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April 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 1

1. Napoleon Bonaparte
2. Irmgard Hörl (1927-1973)
3. Maximilien de Robespierre

April 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 2

1. Cargo ship destination Toronto to Dubai
2. Scott Nearing's suicide

April 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 3

1. Black Jesus
2. The Ho Chi Minh Trail and Laos's neutrality
3. Was giving Kaliningrad Oblast to the Belarusian SSR ever seriously considered?
4. Dissolution of Perry Barr Urban District, England, 1928
5. 2020 taxes and procrastination

April 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 4

1. Insurgencies that benefitted from having sanctuaries across the border in different countries?
2. Generation Beta

April 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 5

1. Austro-Hungarian troops in Bosnia and Herzegovina question
2. Another name for "has-a" and "is-a" relationships

April 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 6

1. Greek style of wearing the toga

April 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 7

1. Tasmanian electoral divisions
2. How is the first name "Menzie" pronounced "Mingus"?

April 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 8

1. how do i be the very best
2. Abraham Adolf Kaiser to Jesse Owens
3. Doris Wenban, artist
4. Cueva de las Manos source request

April 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 9

1. Historical maps of border forts in various areas
2. Are Eliyahu Meridor and Ya'akov Meridor related?
3. Are sanctions actually effective?
4. Napoleonic-era French gunboat in Birmingham
5. Brazilian census records online

April 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 10

1. The USS Maine: Is there any particular reason that it specifically was sent to Havana Harbor in 1898 rather than another US battleship?
2. Epicurean Objection

April 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 11

1. Reviews of and references to The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain, Ron Ramdin
2. How did Nelson become a popular name among Ibero-Americans?

April 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 12

1. Has it ever been argued that the RICO statute violates the Free Association clause of The First Amendment?

April 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 13

1. Purported School Milk Act 1946

April 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 14

1. Why did the Almohads fail to eliminate the Jewish presence in North Africa like they did with the Christian presence there?

April 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 15

1. Was Brexit the UK 'seceding' from the EU
2. politician death
3. Semilong, Northampton

April 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 16

1. Who's with Halifax?
2. Indian state boundaries
3. Who's with Lloyd George?

April 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 17

1. Military ribbon ID
2. British styles

April 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 18

1. Here are a few questions about Sandro Botticelli‘s Birth of Venus
2. Can anyone tell me some information about this painting by Peter Paul Rubens?
3. Seeking answers about paintings
4. I have a few questions about Bouguereau‘s [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_The_Birth_of_Venus_%281879%29.jpg Birth of Venus]
5. Jamborkretz, Czechoslovakia
6. Who routes mail to fictional characters?
7. historic paper sizes

April 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 19

1. Who would be considered unlawful combatants according to international laws?
2. "Destroy Japan"

April 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 20

1. Essex, Wessex, Sussex, and ?
2. Legal terms: "malice aforethought" and treacherous behavior
3. US - Allowing for Women to lead local congregations - Majority?
4. Change in location

April 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 21

1. US scenic placenames
2. Jamaican Ministry of tourism

April 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 22

1. Wadai Empire Question
2. Murder of George Floyd

April 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 23

1. Has Saudi Arabia been committing a genocide in Yemen????

April 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 24

1. Outcome of slave importation to Europe
2. Libyan independence
3. Pregnant people

April 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 25

1. Do most Greek Cypriots and most Turkish Cypriots currently support the reunification of Cyprus?
2. Ancient Egyptian exonym for other groups
3. Circumnavigation and canals

April 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 26

1. Repatriation during (not after) World War II

April 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 27

1. I need help
2. Burial of Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein at Pretoria
3. Royal first-class cricketers
4. Text of Peter Stuyvesant's letter to the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch West India Company in 1654

April 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 28

1. Second try: alligorical meaning of pony music videos
2. Jacintha Buddicom's Labour Lord
3. New York school districts

April 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 29

1. Historic Photographer

April 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 April 30

1. Persian / Zoroastrian superstitions
2. Paul du Chaillu publishing his book 'Explorations and adventures in Equatorial Africa' with Richard Owen.
3. african nok statue
4. Vietnam War: South Vietnamese and United States victory