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- Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
4: When she was 24 her husband ɴienne du Castel died, and Pizan became a court writer employed ...
9: ...les V]]. At fifteen Christine married ɴienne du Castel, who became Charles's notary and secretary. Aft...
13: ...f France]] (1396), took her elder son, [[Jean du Castel]] (b. 1384), and reared him as his own; the boy...
19: ...'Livre de la paix'' (1412-1413), but after the disasters of the [[battle of Agincourt|campaign of Aginc...
25: ...) by Stephen Scrope for his stepfather, Sir John Fastolf, and is preserved in a manuscript at Longleat.... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
10: ...ge:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of Arc w...
24: ... finally came on [[September 8]], but ended in disaster when Jeanne was shot in the leg and the attack ...
34: ...is, Duke of Orl顮s|Louis, Duke of Orl顮s]] in [[1407]].
36: ...which allowed the pants and tunic to be securely fastened together. For this, she was accused of the s...
40: ...ned, [as] he had burned a saint." Her ashes were cast into the [[Seine]] River. - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...lgium, by Gerard Brils, for reading aloud in a monastery.]]
6: == East Asian calligraphy ==
10: ...rt in [[East Asia]] and the most refined form of East Asian [[painting]].
12: ...For centuries, Chinese literati were expected to master the art of calligraphy.]] The style of Chinese ...
14: ...s the unique calligraphic style of Japan. In contrast to the loops and curves of hiragana, katakana is ... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ... vast [[navy]] and [[army]] was built, with four masted ships displacing 1,500 tons and a standing army...
6: ...ps and Zhu declared the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]], establishing his capital at [[Nanji...
8: ...ss, the other being [[Han Gaozu]] of the [[Han Dynasty]]; [[Mao Zedong]] and [[Deng Xiaoping]] are the ...
10: ...l a threat. As an aside, the name Hongwu means "Vast Military" and reflects the increased prestige of ...
12: ...xpropriated with the establishment of the Ming dynasty. Great [[landed estate]]s were confiscated by t... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
6: *[[45 BC]] - In his last victory, [[Julius Caesar]] defeats the [[Pompey|P...
15: ...hip]] [[SS Utopia|SS ''Utopia'']] sinks off the coast of [[Gibraltar]], killing 574.
26: *[[1966]] - Off the coast of [[Spain]] in the [[Mediterranean]], the [[DSV ...
38: *[[1780]] - [[Thomas Chalmers]], Scottish pastor, social reformer, educator, author, and scienti...
46: *[[1880]] - Sir [[Patrick Hastings]], barrister (d. [[1952]]) - Mercury (element) (24761 bytes)
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81: | 1407 [[metre per second|m/s]] at 20 ?C
210: ...with the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]. The astrological symbol for the planet is also one of the...
220: ... Neither are used to the extent they were in the past. [[Mercury-in-glass thermometer|Thermometer]]s an...
243: ...ic mercury deposited at Fremont glacier over the last 270 years.]]
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