On the 10th of April 1912 The Titanic set out on her maiden voyage from Portsmouth to New York. On April the 14th, just 4 days into the voyage she struck an iceberg south of Newfoundland, sinking the ship and causing the …
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Here at Histropedia the whole team is really excited about the upcoming Wikimedia event this August. In an extreme stoke of good luck Wikimania is being held in London this year, and as a London based start-up that …
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Today marks the end of support for Microsoft's operating system Windows XP. First released in 2001 Windows XP was one of Microsoft's most popular operating systems. Reaching an estimated market share of over 80% in 2007 …
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Tomorrow Mars will be the closest to earth that it’s been since 2007, so not only will it be visible to the naked eye, but through the use of even a small telescope a number of topical Martian features will be visible. …
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We have recently switched Histropedia’s primary source for event dates from Wikipedia to Wikidata. We are still using Wikipedia as a date source and all the events remain linked to a Wikipedia article, but now whenever …
Read moreWe are continuing our recent literary theme today, this time looking at historical fiction. One of our major goals here at Histropedia is to make history more accessible, we are attempting to do this through creating a …
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We are excited to announce some major changes to the event editing system and an increase in the available zoom levels. The new editing options allow events to be pinned to the exact dates they occurred and the extra …
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Books are a wonderful thing. They transport us to new worlds, let us explore new ideas and teach us something new about ourselves. Throughout history there have been many amazing authors who have produced works that have …
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Facebook has been in the news again with another high profile acquisition. Just over a month after acquiring WhatsApp the social media giant has now purchased the leaders in virtual reality Oculus Rift. The list of …
Read moreHello Everyone, We’re still waiting for the latest deployment to go live and expect to have the ‘Zooming in Further’ feature ready for testing sometime during the week. With not much else to talk about this week I felt …
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