Encyclopedia of Trivia

John Calvin was born in Noyon, France , in 1509, and originally trained as a lawyer before turning to theology.  In 1536 he published The...

John Calvin (1509-1564) was born Place Aristide, Briand, Noyon, Picardie, France (60 miles NE of Paris .) His father, Gerard, was an atto...

The calorie was first defined by Nicolas Clément in 1824 as a unit of heat , and entered French and English dictionaries between 1841 and...

Maria Callas was born Sophia Cecelia Kalos at Flower Hospital (now the Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center), at 1249 Fifth Avenue in...

Caligula was born in Antium (modern day Anzio) on August 31, 12AD. His father, Germanicus Caesar (15BC-19AD), was the stepson and great neph...

Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United St...

The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans , begun on August 11, 31...