The Basque-language edition of Wikipedia is one of the many language editions of the free online encyclopedia run by the Wikimedia Foundation. It began in December 2001, only a few months after the project was created, which makes it one of the oldest non-English editions. Basque, or Euskara, is a language isolate with no known relatives, spoken by several hundred thousand people in the Basque Country, which straddles Spain and France. The edition grew over the years to hundreds of thousands of articles, written by volunteer editors, and it has played a role in promoting the use of the language in digital media.
Before and after
- 16 November 2001Release of Afrikaans Wikipedia
- from 25 November 2001 to 1 December 2001Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
- 29 November 2001Death of George Harrison
- 1 December 2001Publication of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- 6 December 2001Release of Basque Wikipedia
- from 6 December 2001 to 17 December 2001Battle of Tora Bora
- 8 December 2001Creation of D
- 9 December 2001Discovery of Hermippe
- 9 December 2001Discovery of Kale
More in Science & technology
- 25 April 1953Watson and Crick publish the structure of DNA
- 1955Discovery of mendelevium
- 14 February 1961Discovery of lawrencium
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
- August 2003Discovery of moscovium
- 2006Discovery of nihonium
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 21st century.