- World War I
- 782, 954, 955, 955, 955, 955, 955, 957, 957, 959, 980, 999, 1141, 1143, 1144, 1170, 1171, 1176, 1198, 1206, 1225, 1237, 1253, 1266, 1270, 1283, 1310, 1310, 1319, 1326, 1333, 1346, 1348, 1353, 1364, 1397, 1409, 1471, 1472, 1512, 1598, 1604, 1634, 1639, 1640, 1661, 1677, 1698, 1700, 1700, 1701, 1702, 1702, 1703, 1703, 1706, 1706, 1706, 1707, 1738, 1764, 1781, 1782, 1812, 1814, 1882, 1916, 1920, 2084, 2102, 2187, 2187, 2194, 2194, 2217, 2238, 2242, 2423, 2463, 2524, 2530, 2537, 2550, 2551, 2555, 2619, 2637, 2641, 2641, 4320; airplanes in, 991; U.S., 1598, 2191; Western Front, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1738, 1754, 1754, 1754, 1754, 1754, 1754, 1754, 1754, 1754, 1754, 1754, 1755, 1755, 1755, 1755, 1755, 1755, 1755, 1764, 1780, 1780, 1780, 1780, 1780, 1781, 1781, 1781, 1781, 1781, 1781, 1781, 1781, 1781, 1781, 1781, 1781, 1782, 1782, 1789, 1789, 1789, 1789, 1789, 1789, 1789, 1789, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1791, 1791, 1791, 1791, 1791, 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800, 1801, 1801, 1801, 1801, 1801, 1801, 1801, 1812, 1812, 1812, 1812, 1812, 1812, 1812, 1812, 1812, 1812, 1813; Eastern Front, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1739, 1740, 1740, 1740, 1740, 1740, 1740, 1756, 1756, 1756, 1756, 1756, 1756, 1756, 1756, 1756, 1792, 1792, 1792, 1792, 1792, 1792, 1792, 1792, 1792, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1794, 1794, 1794, 1802, 1802, 1803, 1803, 1803, 1803; sea, 1741, 1741, 1741, 1741, 1741, 1741, 1741, 1741, 1741, 1741, 1762, 1762, 1762, 1762, 1762, 1762, 1762, 1763, 1763, 1763, 1795, 1795, 1795, 1795, 1795, 1795, 1795, 1795, 1795, 1796, 1796, 1796, 1796, 1796, 1809, 1809, 1809, 1810, 1810, 1810, 1811, 1811; Balkans, 1742, 1742, 1742, 1742, 1742, 1742, 1742, 1743, 1743, 1743, 1743, 1743, 1743, 1743, 1743, 1743, 1743, 1743, 1743, 1743, 1744, 1744, 1744, 1744, 1745, 1745, 1758, 1758, 1758, 1758, 1758, 1758, 1758, 1758, 1758, 1758, 1758, 1759, 1759, 1759, 1759, 1759, 1760, 1760, 1760, 1760, 1761, 1797, 1797, 1797, 1798, 1806, 1806, 1806, 1806, 1806, 1806, 1806, 1806, 1806, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1808, 1808; Italy, 1746, 1746, 1746, 1746, 1746, 1746, 1746, 1746, 1746, 1747, 1757, 1757, 1757, 1757, 1757, 1757, 1757, 1757, 1799, 1799, 1804, 1804, 1804, 1804, 1804, 1804, 1805, 1805, 1805, 1941; Middle East, 1748, 1748, 1748, 1748, 1748, 1748, 1748, 1748, 1748, 1748, 1749, 1749, 1749, 1749, 1749, 1749, 1750, 1750, 1750, 1750, 1750, 1750, 1750, 1750, 1751, 1751, 1751, 1751, 1751, 1751, 1751, 1751, 1752, 1752, 1752, 1752, 1752, 1752, 1752, 1752, 1752, 1753, 1753, 1753, 1753, 1753, 1753, 1753, 1753; armistice, 1756, 1779, 1781, 1781, 1782, 1782, 2189, 2220; colonies, 1768, 1768, 1768, 1768, 1768, 1768, 1768, 1768, 1768, 1769; U.S. intervention, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1770, 1770, 1770, 1770, 1770; peace negotiations, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1769, 1771, 1771, 1771, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1787, 1787, 1788, 1788, 1788; Eastern Europe settlement, 1772, 1772, 1772, 1772, 1772, 1772, 1772, 1772, 1772, 1772, 1772, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1774, 1774, 1774, 1774, 1774, 1774, 1774, 1774, 1774, 1774, 1774, 1775, 1775, 1776, 1776, 1777, 1777, 1777; Habsburg monarchy, 1778, 1778, 1778, 1778, 1778, 1779; Allied aims, 1780, 1780, 1780; March offensive, 1781, 1812; losses, 1783, 1814; German responsibility, 1784; Scandinavia, 2036; Africa, 2554, 2555, 2565. See airplanes.
- World War II
- 1409, 1699, 1700, 1700, 1700, 1700, 1701, 1702, 1705, 1706, 1706, 1706, 1706, 1707, 1725, 1730, 1731, 1734, 1736, 1743, 1814, 1814, 1815, 2067, 2187, 2187, 2187, 2208, 2210, 2217, 2398, 2406, 2481, 2551, 2582, 2636, 2636, 2636, 2637, 2638, 2638, 2641, 2641, 2672, 2700, 2887, 2950, 2962, 2979, 2982, 3271, 3778, 4048, 4086, 4104, 4189, 4223, 4243, 4245, 4320, 4320, 4320, 4321; peace negotiations, 1699, 2632; begins, 1728; Normandy, 2215; Asia, 2519, 2520, 2520, 2520, 2521, 2521, 2521, 2521, 2521, 2521, 2522, 2522, 2523, 2523, 2523, 2523, 2623; Pacific, 2532, 2626; Africa, 2560, 2580, 2607; campaigns in Finland and Poland, 2582; invasion of Denmark and Norway, 2584; conquest of Low Countries and France, 2585; Battle of Britain, 2587; Balkan Campaigns, 2590; Russia, 2593; Western Hemisphere, 2598; naval warfare, 2604; Italian invasion, 2608, 2608, 2609; Normandy invasion, 2609; Africa and Middle East, 2610; Italy, 2617; France and Belgium, 2619; battle of _Germany, 2621; end in Europe, 2621, 2982; Germany's surrender, 2758.
- World Zionist Congress
- 2391.
- World Zionist Movement
- 1701.
- Worms
- 467, 622.
- Wörth, battle of
- 1185.
- Wounded Knee
- 1604; protests, 2670, 3424.
- Wovoka, American Indian leader
- 1604.
- Wrangel, Ferdinand von
- 995.
- Wrangel, Friedrich Heinrich Ernst von, Prussian general
- 1097.
- Wrangel, Gustavus, Swedish admiral
- 622, 624.
- Wrangel, Peter, Russian counterrevolutionary
- 2067.
- Wren, Christopher
- 643, 675.
- Wright, Frances, Scottish reformer
- 1579.
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, architect
- 2502.
- Wright, Orville and Wilbur, aviation pioneers
- 990.
- writing
- 83, 84, 84, 85, 85, 86, 88, 90, 97, 101, 102, 108, 112, 117, 121, 126, 129, 138, 156, 167, 169, 169, 169, 171, 176, 222, 223, 1534, 1561.
- writs of assistance
- 941.
- Wrocaw
- 486.
- Wu, Chinese emperor
- 397.
- Wu, Chinese empress
- 368, 368, 368.
- Wu, Chinese king
- 138, 138, 138, 157, 158.
- Wu, K. C., Taiwanese leader
- 4181.
- Wuchang
- 1425, 2468.
- Wu Cheng'en, Chinese writer
- 851.
- Wu Daoyuan, painter
- 370.
- Wudi, Chinese emperor
- 154, 154, 154, 154, 154, 155, 155, 156, 156, 156, 156, 160.
- Wu dynasty
- 157.
- Württemberg-Baden
- 2983.
- Wuhan
- 374, 1417, 2468, 2469, 2469, 4157, 4166.
- Wu Han, Chinese leader
- 4151.
- Wuhan-Beijing, railroad
- 2466.
- Wuhan-Changsha, railroad section
- 2463.
- Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer
- 854.
- Wuli
- 359.
- Wundt, Wilhelm, psychologist
- 1144.
- Wu of the Liang, Chinese emperor
- 158.
- Wu Peifu, Chinese leader
- 2466.
- Würm, glaciation
- 18, 18, 23, 25, 28, 28, 29.
- Wurm of Württemberg, bishop
- 1993.
- Württemberg
- 1009, 1072, 1096, 1102, 1234.
- Wurusemu
- 112.
- Würzburg
- 425, 1009.
- Würzburg, Conrad von, poet
- 459.
- Wu Sangui, Chinese general
- 852, 852.
- Wusterhausen, treaty of
- 659.
- Wu-tsung, Chinese emperor
- 376.
- Wuyue
- 371.
- Wuzong, Chinese emperor
- 368.
- Wyandotte Chemicals
- 2640.
- Wyatt, Francis
- 925.
- Wyatt, Thomas
- 587.
- Wye Memorandum
- 3437, 3876.
- Wye River, Maryland
- 3868.
- Wye River Accords
- 2694, 3784, 3867.
- Wyndham Land Act, England
- 1170.
- Wyoming
- 1603, 1607; territory, 1594.
- Wyoming massacre, Pennsylvania
- 949.
- Wyss, Rudolf, Swiss poet
- 751.
- Wyszynski, Jozsef, Polish cardinal
- 3095, 3096.
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- Yaacoubi, Souad, Tunisian leader
- 3945.
- Yacine, Kateb, writer
- 3933.
- Yadava dynasty
- 327, 3977.
- Ya'diya
- 103, 106.
- Yaggid-Lim, king of Mari
- 102.
- Yagoda, Genrikh, Russian leader
- 2078.
- Yahdun-Lim, king of Mari
- 102.
- Yahgan
- 570.
- Yahweh, god of the Israelites
- 101, 104, 104, 104, 250.
- Yahya, Abbasid leader
- 293.
- Yahya, imam of Yemen
- 1362, 1364.
- Yajurveda
- 129.
- Yakub Beg, ruler of Kashgaria
- 1418.
- Yakub Khan, emir of Afghanistan
- 1108.
- Yakubovsky, Ivan I., Russian commander
- 2728, 3281.
- Yale College, New Haven
- 934.
- Yalta
- 1699, 2216, 2486, 2493, 2621, 3089, 3091, 3382.
- Yalu River
- 160, 161, 379, 379, 1420, 1436, 1436, 1462, 4194.
- Yamagata, Aritomo
- 1452, 1455, 1459.
- Yamamoto, Gonbee
- 1471, 1472, 2503.
- Yamana Mochitoyo, Japanese leader
- 396.
- Yamashiro no e, Japanese prince
- 383.
- Yamassee Indians
- 938, 938.
- Yamatai, state
- 167.
- Yamato, Japan
- 167, 167, 167, 383, 383, 383.
- Yameogo, Maurice, Upper Voltan leader
- 4330.
- Yamhad
- 100.
- Yan, state
- 139, 160, 160.
- Yanagida Kunio, ethnographer
- 2520.
- Yanagi Setsu, artist
- 2520.
- Yan'an
- 2477, 2478, 2480, 2481, 2481, 2483, 2485, 2486, 2528, 4142, 4143; Soviet, 2477.
- Yan'an Forum on Art and Literature
- 2483.
- Yandabu, treaty of
- 1402.
- Pinzón, Vicente Yáñez, explorer
- 573.
- Yan Fu, Chinese scholar
- 1425.
- yangban, Korean society
- 855, 855, 1429, 1429, 1429, 1429, 1429, 1429, 1436.
- Yangdi, Chinese emperor
- 367, 367, 367, 377.
- Yanggu, Korea
- 4196.
- Yang Guifei, concubine
- 368, 368.
- Yang Jian, Chinese leader
- 159.
- Yang Ki-t'ak, Korean leader
- 1436, 2488.
- Yangming, Wang, Japanese philosopher
- 859.
- Yangshao culture
- 39, 138.
- Yang Shoujing, Chinese envoy
- 1425.
- Yang Xiuqing, Chinese leader
- 1417.
- Yang Yan, Chinese leader
- 370.
- Yang Zhu, Chinese philosopher
- 145.
- Yangzi Agreement
- 971, 972.
- Yangzi River
- 39, 138, 138, 153, 157, 367, 367, 370, 375, 968, 1417, 1423, 2461, 2473, 2479, 2480, 2482, 4144.
- Yanjavalkya
- 131.
- Yanjing
- 369, 375.
- Yan Kejun, scholar
- 1416.
- Yanomami Indians
- 3624.
- Yanosuke, Iwasaki
- 1425.
- Yan Ruoju, Chinese scholar
- 854.
- Yantin'ammu of Byblos
- 103.
- Yan Xishan, Chinese leader
- 2470.
- Yao, Chinese ruler
- 138, 889, 889, 889.
- Yao people
- 1506, 1529, 1548.
- Yap, Micronesia
- 4284.
- Ya'qub, Aq-Qoyunlu leader
- 308.
- Yaqub al-Kindi, philosopher
- 296.
- Yaqub al-Saffar, Saffarid leader
- 295.
- Yaqui Indians
- 1692.
- Yaqut, geographer
- 303.
- Yarmouth, England
- 548, 1795, 1809.
- Yarmuk, battle of
- 429.
- Yarmuk River
- 104, 106.
- Yaroslav I, the Wise
- 486, 488, 488.
- Yarur
- 3511.
- Yasin al-Hashimi, Iraqi leader
- 2400, 2405.
- Yasmah Addu, king of Mari
- 102.
- Yasodharman, ruler of India
- 324.
- Yasovarman, king of Kanauj
- 324, 325.
- Yasovarman I, king of Angkor
- 340.
- Yasukuni Shrine, Japan
- 1448.
- Yasushi
- See Aizawa ~Seishisai, Japanese leader.
- Yatenga
- 870.
- Yathrib, later Medina
- 125, 286, 286.
- Yatom, Danny, Israeli leader
- 3867.
- Yauri
- 1507.
- Yauta`, king of Qedar
- 127.
- Yavanas
- 129, 129.
- Yavo ya Mbanyi, African leader
- 1538.
- Yawnghwe, Burma
- 4048.
- Yayoi period
- 50, 167, 167.
- Yazd
- 1352.
- Yazdgird I, king of Persia
- 273, 273.
- Yazdgird II, king of Persia
- 273, 273, 273.
- Yazdgird III, king of Persia
- 275, 275, 288.
- Yazid ibn al-Muhallab, Umayyad challenger
- 290.
- Yazilikaya
- 113.
- Yazlan
- 292.
- Ydígoras Fuentes, Miguel, Guatemalan leader
- 3651, 3651.
- Year Books, England
- 446.
- Yeardley, Thomas
- 925.
- Yeats, William Butler, writer
- 1170, 1866.
- Yegros, Fulgencio, Latin American leader
- 1645.
- Yejong, Korean king
- 382.
- Yekunno-Amlak, Ethiopian ruler
- 360.
- Yellow Emperor, mythical Chinese emperor
- 156.
- yellow fever
- 908.
- Yellow River
- 39, 63, 138, 138, 138, 155, 159, 367, 369, 371, 374, 374, 1415, 1417, 1417, 2480, 2480.
- Yellow Sea
- 377, 968.
- Yellowstone Park
- 53.
- Yellow Turbans, Chinese rebel band
- 156, 156, 156, 156, 156.
- Yeltsin, Boris, Russian leader
- 2688, 2689, 2754, 3159, 3294, 3295, 3297, 3298, 3300, 3301, 3303, 3303, 3304, 3323, 3359, 3363, 3363, 3363, 3363, 3364, 3364, 3364, 3364, 3364, 3364, 3364, 3365, 3365, 3366, 3366, 3367, 3367, 3367, 3369, 3369, 3370, 3370, 3370, 3382, 3383, 4172.
- Yelü Abaoji, Khitan emperor
- 369.
- Yelü Chucai, adviser
- 374, 375.
- Yemen
- 286, 291, 296, 323, 794, 796, 799, 801, 820, 820, 820, 1358, 1358, 1358, 1359, 1359, 1359, 1359, 1361, 1362, 1362, 1362, 1363, 1364, 2408, 2411, 2412, 2413, 2415, 2416, 2416, 2638, 2660, 3769, 3771, 3776, 3895, 3895, 3895, 4154; and Great Britain, 2415; and U.S., 3441; unification of North and South Yemen, 3895. See North Yemen; South Yemen.
- Yemeni Socialist Party
- 3893.
- Yen Bai
- 2525.
- Yenikale
- 789.
- Yenishehir
- 315.
- Yeo, Tim, British leader
- 2798.
- Yerevan
- 3296.
- Yermak, Cossack leader
- 629.
- Yerovi Indaburu, Clemente, Ecuadorian leader
- 3567.
- Yhombi-Opango, Jacques-Joachim, Congolese leader
- 4446, 4446, 4446, 4447.
- Yi Cha-gym, coup leader
- 380.
- Yi dynasty, Korea
- 381, 855, 855, 855, 856, 1429, 1429, 1436, 1436, 1473, 2488.
- Yi Hae-jo, writer
- 2488.
- Yi Hwang
- See Yi T'oegye, Korean philosopher.
- Yi Ik, Korean scholar
- 856.
- Yi In-jik, writer
- 2488.
- Yijing
- 158.
- Yi Kwang-su, Korean leader
- 2488, 2489, 2491, 2491.
- Yildiz Palace, Istanbul
- 1342.
- Yili
- 138, 152, 154.
- Yilmaz, Mesut, Turkish leader
- 3802, 3803, 3811.
- Yi Mun-jin, historian
- 377.
- Yingkou
- 2473.
- Yingzong, Chinese emperor
- 376.
- Yi Pyng-do, historian
- 2493.
- Yi Pyng-gi, writer
- 2491.
- Yishan, Chinese official
- 1417.
- Yishuv, Jewish community of Palestine
- 1346.
- Yi Sng-hun, Korean leader
- 2488, 2491.
- Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral
- 856.
- Yithil
- 128.
- Yi T'oegye, Korean philosopher
- 856.
- Yi Tong-hwi, Korean leader
- 2489, 2490.
- Yi Wan-yong, Korean leader
- 2488.
- Yixing, astronomer
- 370.
- Yi Yulgok, Yi I
- 856.
- Yodogimi, wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 859.
- yoga
- 1701.
- Yohannes, emperor of Ethiopia
- 880.
- Yohannes IV, emperor of Ethiopia
- 1522, 1523, 1523.
- Yokohama
- 1440, 1442, 1450, 2503, 2631, 2690, 4248.
- Ymei, emperor of Japan
- 383.
- Yom Kippur
- 286.
- Yom Kippur War (October War, Ramadan War)
- 3774, 3774, 3860.
- Ym Sang-sp, writer
- 2491.
- Ym T'ae-jin, Korean leader
- 2491.
- Yonai Mitsumasa, Japanese leader
- 2520, 2523.
- Yongzheng reign
- 853.
- Ynsan'gun, king of Korea
- 855.
- Yopitzingo
- 570.
- York, Toronto
- 1623.
- York
- 255, 421, 444, 447, 512, 519, 548, 591, 592, 676; cathedral, 446.
- York dynasty
- 515, 515, 515.
- Yorkshire
- 253, 587, 590, 2813.
- Yorktown, battle of
- 951, 951.
- York Typographical Society, Canada
- 1625.
- Yr Code, Japan
- 384.
- Yorubaland
- 1513, 1514, 1514.
- Yoruba people
- 345, 351, 359, 875, 877, 1513, 1516, 4320, 4324, 4325, 4371.
- Yoshiaki, Ashikaga, shogun
- 857.
- Yoshida Kenk, writer
- 392.
- Yoshida Shigeru, Japanese leader
- 4223, 4224, 4224, 4226, 4227.
- Yoshida Shin, Japanese leader
- 1440.
- Yoshifusa, Japanese leader
- 385.
- Yoshihito, emperor of Japan
- 1470, 1471, 2506.
- Yoshimitsu
- 396.
- Yoshimune, Tokugawa, Japanese shogun
- 861, 861, 861.
- Yoshinaka, Kira, Japanese leader
- 861.
- Yoshino
- 396, 396.
- Yoshinobu
- See Keiki, Yoshinobu, Japanese shogun.
- Yoshino Sakuz, scholar
- 2520.
- Yoshishige, lord of Kysh
- 857.
- Yoshiwara, Edo quarter
- 861.
- You, Chinese king
- 138.
- Youlou, Abbé Fulbert, Congolese leader
- 4446, 4446, 4446.
- Youmans, Letitia, Canadian reformer
- 1632.
- Young, Arthur, agriculturist
- 647.
- Young, John
- 1630.
- Young, Thomas, scientist
- 1038.
- Young Afghans
- 1356, 1357.
- Young Algerians
- 1384, 1384.
- Young committee
- 1828, 1828.
- Young Czechs
- 1243.
- Young Egypt Party, Green Shirts
- 1704, 2354, 2364.
- Young Ethiopians
- 1523.
- Young Europe movement
- 1069.
- Young Hegelians
- 1036.
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