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HMS Bellerophon
HMS Bellerophon was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1786, she served mostly on blockades or convoy escort duties. Known to sailors as the "Billy Ruffian", she entered service on the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, and took part in the Glorious First of June fleet action in 1793. Bellerophon narrowly escaped being captured by the French in 1795, saved only by the bold actions of the squadron's commander, Vice-Admiral Cornwallis. Detached to reinforce Rear-Admiral Nelson's fleet in 1798 under Admiral Jervis, she took part in the decisive defeat of a French fleet at the Battle of the Nile. At the Battle of Trafalgar Bellerophon fought a bitter engagement against Spanish and French ships, sustaining heavy casualties including the death of her captain, John Cooke. In July 1815, when Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and found escape to America barred by the blockading Bellerophon, he came aboard "the ship that had dogged his steps for twenty years" to finally surrender to the British, ending 22 years of nearly continuous war with France. The ship's long and distinguished career has been recorded in literature and folk songs. (Full article...)
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§Did you know...


From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

The beetle Goliathus orientalis
... that in captivity, the larvae of the beetle Goliathus orientalis (pictured) can be fed commercial dog or cat food?
... that Lyle Stevik's true identity has never been discovered?
... that although the Battle of Vientiane caused some 600 civilian deaths, the losing military force escaped intact?
... that although Alabama Chief Justice and botanist Thomas Minott Peters owned slaves before the Civil War, he later championed equal rights for African Americans and women, and wanted Jefferson Davis hanged?
... that Abbey Brewing Company, founded in 2005 in Abiquiu, New Mexico, is the first American monastic brewery founded since before Prohibition?
... that the Hamdanid prince Abu Firas, widely regarded as one of the greatest Arab poets, wrote his most renowned work while a Byzantine prisoner of war?
... that Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 329 are the smallest state game lands in Columbia County?
... that the LGBT drama series Cucumber, Banana, and Tofu are all named after the same study of the male erection?
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§In the news


Pakalitha Mosisili
Pakalitha Mosisili (pictured) forms a coalition government following a snap election in Lesotho.
The wreck of the Japanese battleship Musashi is discovered in the Sibuyan Sea of the Philippines.
The Reform Party wins the Estonian parliamentary election.
Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission votes to reclassify Internet broadband as a utility, enforcing net neutrality rules.
Avijit Roy, a secularist activist and blogger, is murdered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
British soldier Joshua Leakey is awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the war in Afghanistan.
Ongoing: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – War in Ukraine
Recent deaths: Dave Mackay – Minnie Miñoso – Yaşar Kemal

§On this day...


March 5: Learn From Lei Feng Day in China; St Piran's Day in Cornwall, United Kingdom; Purim (Judaism, 2015)

"Guerrillero Heroico" by Alberto Korda
1616 – Nicolaus Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, describing his heliocentric theory of the Solar System, was prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church.
1770 – British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston, Massachusetts, killing five civilians.
1824 – The First Anglo-Burmese War, the longest and most expensive war in British Indian history, began.
1960 – Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph (pictured) of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
1975 – Computer hackers in Silicon Valley held the first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club, whose members would go on to have great influence on the development of the personal computer.
More anniversaries: March 4 – March 5 – March 6
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Portrait of Bindo Altoviti
The Portrait of Bindo Altoviti is an oil painting on canvas completed around 1515 by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. It depicts Bindo Altoviti, a rich banker born of Florentine origin who was in his mid-twenties when he commissioned this work. The painting remained in Altoviti's family until the 1800s, and after a series of sales it was ultimately acquired by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Painting: Raphael
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§From today's featured article


HMS Bellerophon
HMS Bellerophon was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1786, she served mostly on blockades or convoy escort duties. Known to sailors as the "Billy Ruffian", she entered service on the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, and took part in the Glorious First of June fleet action in 1793. Bellerophon narrowly escaped being captured by the French in 1795, saved only by the bold actions of the squadron's commander, Vice-Admiral Cornwallis. Detached to reinforce Rear-Admiral Nelson's fleet in 1798 under Admiral Jervis, she took part in the decisive defeat of a French fleet at the Battle of the Nile. At the Battle of Trafalgar Bellerophon fought a bitter engagement against Spanish and French ships, sustaining heavy casualties including the death of her captain, John Cooke. In July 1815, when Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and found escape to America barred by the blockading Bellerophon, he came aboard "the ship that had dogged his steps for twenty years" to finally surrender to the British, ending 22 years of nearly continuous war with France. The ship's long and distinguished career has been recorded in literature and folk songs. (Full article...)
Recently featured: History of Bradford City A.F.C. – Three-cent nickel – Maggie Gyllenhaal
Archive – By email – More featured articles...

§Did you know...


From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

The beetle Goliathus orientalis
... that in captivity, the larvae of the beetle Goliathus orientalis (pictured) can be fed commercial dog or cat food?
... that Lyle Stevik's true identity has never been discovered?
... that although the Battle of Vientiane caused some 600 civilian deaths, the losing military force escaped intact?
... that although Alabama Chief Justice and botanist Thomas Minott Peters owned slaves before the Civil War, he later championed equal rights for African Americans and women, and wanted Jefferson Davis hanged?
... that Abbey Brewing Company, founded in 2005 in Abiquiu, New Mexico, is the first American monastic brewery founded since before Prohibition?
... that the Hamdanid prince Abu Firas, widely regarded as one of the greatest Arab poets, wrote his most renowned work while a Byzantine prisoner of war?
... that Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 329 are the smallest state game lands in Columbia County?
... that the LGBT drama series Cucumber, Banana, and Tofu are all named after the same study of the male erection?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
§In the news


Pakalitha Mosisili
Pakalitha Mosisili (pictured) forms a coalition government following a snap election in Lesotho.
The wreck of the Japanese battleship Musashi is discovered in the Sibuyan Sea of the Philippines.
The Reform Party wins the Estonian parliamentary election.
Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission votes to reclassify Internet broadband as a utility, enforcing net neutrality rules.
Avijit Roy, a secularist activist and blogger, is murdered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
British soldier Joshua Leakey is awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the war in Afghanistan.
Ongoing: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – War in Ukraine
Recent deaths: Dave Mackay – Minnie Miñoso – Yaşar Kemal

§On this day...


March 5: Learn From Lei Feng Day in China; St Piran's Day in Cornwall, United Kingdom; Purim (Judaism, 2015)

"Guerrillero Heroico" by Alberto Korda
1616 – Nicolaus Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, describing his heliocentric theory of the Solar System, was prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church.
1770 – British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston, Massachusetts, killing five civilians.
1824 – The First Anglo-Burmese War, the longest and most expensive war in British Indian history, began.
1960 – Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph (pictured) of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
1975 – Computer hackers in Silicon Valley held the first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club, whose members would go on to have great influence on the development of the personal computer.
More anniversaries: March 4 – March 5 – March 6
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now March 5, 2015 (UTC) – Reload this page




§Today's featured picture


Portrait of Bindo Altoviti
The Portrait of Bindo Altoviti is an oil painting on canvas completed around 1515 by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. It depicts Bindo Altoviti, a rich banker born of Florentine origin who was in his mid-twenties when he commissioned this work. The painting remained in Altoviti's family until the 1800s, and after a series of sales it was ultimately acquired by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Painting: Raphael
Recently featured: Hooded pitta – Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913 – Snow leopard

Archive – More featured pictures...




§Other areas of Wikipedia
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§Wikipedia's sister projects
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§Wikipedia languages

This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 4,734,847 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.
More than 1,000,000 articles: Deutsch ·
 español ·
 français ·
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 polski ·
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More than 400,000 articles: català ·
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