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1453 is currently a World history good article nominee. Nominated by Generalissima (talk) (it/she) at 09:09, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

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A fact from 1453 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 1453, a "mystery eruption" cooled the Northern Hemisphere?

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It came to my attention that the date the Fall of Constantinople happened, was May 29 according to Julian and not Gregorian calendar. It was a Tuesday. Should the date change to June 7 or note the different calendar? --geraki 20:22, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

1453 as a number is a prime number SkippyUK 11:07, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by Hilst talk 19:47, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in 1453, a "mystery eruption" cooled the northern hemisphere?

Source: Abbott, Peter M.; Plunkett, Gill; Corona, Christophe; Chellman, Nathan J.; McConnell, Joseph R.; Pilcher, John R.; Stoffel, Markus; Sigl, Michael (March 4, 2021). "Cryptotephra from the Icelandic Veiðivötn 1477 CE Eruption in a Greenland Ice Core: Confirming the Dating of Volcanic Events in the 1450s CE and Assessing the Eruption's Climatic Impact". Climate of the Past. 17 (2): 565–585. Bibcode:2021CliPa..17..565A. doi:10.5194/cp-17-565-2021. ISSN 1814-9324. S2CID 233267071.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Macrobdella decora

5x expanded by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 101 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:04, 5 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

This is a particularly intriguing hook. Assuming good faith on the book sources for an article that has been expanded 5x in the week before nomination. Echetus Xe 17:58, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good job

I do not think I have ever seen a year article this developed and worth reading. Brava! Surtsicna (talk) 12:30, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! I hope this inspires more people to try their hand at improving year articles. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 17:34, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]