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- Religion in China (12456 bytes)
9: ...believed in such practices as [[Chinese astrology|astrology]], [[Feng Shui]], and [[geomancy]].
11: ...[[dynastic cycle]] was that an unjust imperial dynasty that had lapsed into [[corruption]] could lose t...
23: ...was introduced from [[India]] during the [[Han dynasty]] and has been very popular among Chinese of all...
35: It is now practised by a vast number of Chinese, predominantly such [[list of C...
42: ...of [[Nestorianism]] spread by European or Middle-Eastern travellers who came to China in AD [[635]], as... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
6: ...rite's marriage to [[Sebastian of Portugal|Dom Sebastian]] of Portugual were also considered but abando...
12: ...[[1586]], she was imprisoned by Henri III in the castle of [[Usson]], in [[Auvergne (province)|Auvergne...
16: ... this beloved Queen and the last of the Valois dynasty. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
694: *[[Giovanni Lanfranco]] ([[1582]]-[[1647]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]]) - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
21: ... law, until admitted as an [[outer barrister]] in 1582. In 1584 he took his seat in [[parliament]] for [...
29: ...a Queen's Counsel, but missed the appointment of Master of the Rolls. During the next few years, his f...
37: ...B. showed a failure of character in striking contrast with the majesty of his intellect. He was corrupt...
40: ...was the justest judge, that was in England these last fifty years. When the book of all hearts is opene...
56: ... Bacon's Personal Life Story" and Mark Twain's last book , "Is Shakespeare Dead" are good starting po... - New Year (5703 bytes)
11: ... Calendar]]. Because the [[Chinese calendar]] is astronomically defined, unlike the Gregorian Calendar...
33: ... number of significant feast days in the [[Ecclesiastical calendar]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] c...
35: ...e introduction of the [[Gregorian calendar]] in [[1582]]. Annunciation Style continued to be used in [[E...
36: ...were distinguished as "before Easter" and "after Easter".
37: ...ing, the new year started on [[1 January]], the feast of the [[Male circumcision|Circumcision]] (of [[J... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ... 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated in [[1582]] did ''not'' specify that January 1 was to be ei...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered by [[Giuseppe Pi...
42: *[[1937]] - [[Anastasio Somoza]] becomes [[President of Nicaragua]].
52: ...the Republic of Cuba]], is overthrown by [[Fidel Castro]]'s forces. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair o...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small>
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 October]]</small> - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
4: ...re's literary achievement is not confined to his mastery of the poetic and dramatic form; his ability t...
14: ... to be [[England]]'s greatest, it is also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of En...
21: ...to the marriage. There appears to have been some haste in arranging the ceremony: Anne was three months...
25: ...layers hyde'', supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blanke verse as the best of you: and beeing...
41: ...ands. (Enclosure enabled land to be converted to pasture for sheep, but removed it as a resource for th... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...an''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] executed as a [[heres...
7: ...a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572...
15: ...uno's feats of memory were apparently based, at least in part, on an elaborate system of mnemonics, but...
17: ...re jointly known as his "Italian dialogues." In [[1582]], Bruno penned a play summarizing some of his co...
21: ...rts to Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spy master, have been found in surviving records of Walsin... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
62: ...higher performing and more expensive than other plastic dielectrics.
63: *[[Silver]]ed [[mica]]: These are fast and stable for HF and low VHF RF circuits, but ex...
80: ...eplaces the manganese dioxide with a conductive plastic [[polymer]] ([[polypyrrole]]) which eliminates ...
103: ...and recharge cycles. But capacitor voltage drops faster than battery voltage during discharge so a DC-t...
112: ...acitive and inductive by nature. Processing for faster semiconductors generally involves reducing stor... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
4: ...nd won a [[civil war]] which left him undisputed master of the Roman world, and began extensive reforms...
34: ...us honorum]] and was a grand opportunity for the master of the public spectacle. The curule aediles wer...
47: ...ated by the inability to get land reform for his eastern veterans and Caesar brilliantly patched up any...
58: ...C. Beyond the province of Transalpine Gaul was a vast land comprising modern France, called Gallia Coma...
68: ...and eastern portions of Gaul. Caesar had to make haste from Cisalpine Gaul and joined his army in the l... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
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31: ... The [[Central Canal]] was one of eight major infrastructure projects authorized by the state's Mammoth...
33: ...was a center of production rivaling Detroit, at least for a few years. With roads as the spokes of a w...
47: ... Indianapolis is the One-Mile Square, bounded by East, West, North, and South Streets. At the center o...
118: ...University Purdue University Indianapolis]]. The last was originally an urban conglomeration of branch ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
29: ...(mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
190: *[[Jean Gaston Darboux]] ([[France]], [[August 14]],[[1842]] -...
299: * [[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]] (Scotla...
372: *[[Gaston Julia|Gaston Maurice Julia]] (Algeria, France, [[1893]] - [[... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
59: *[[John Bainbridge]] ([[Britain]], [[1582]] – [[1643]])
90: *[[Louis Boyer (astronomer)|Louis Boyer]] ([[France]])
132: *[[Josep Comas Sol ([[Spain]])<!--Last name = "Comas Solᦱuot;, list under C -->
166: *[[Terence Dickinson]], ([[Canada]]), astronomer and author - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
311: *[[Hector-Neri Casta]], (1924-1991){{fn|C}} - Ballet (9155 bytes)
9: ...ry of the Louvre. (folio, Paris, Mamert Patisson, 1582.)]]
15: ...enmark]] and, most notably, [[Russia]] thanks to masters such as [[August Bournonville]], [[Jules Perro... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
45: ...that permeated the world. ''Teixiptla'', by contrast, denoted the physical representations ("idols", s...
51: ...he ancient [[Toltec]] whom they seem to have at least partially confused with the more ancient civiliza...
61: ... number of skulls reported by [[Bernal Díaz del Castillo]] would have occupied several orders of magni...
66: ... the time of the Spanish Conquest, show that at least some of them considered it an honor to be sacrifi...
79: ... they had children with or were married to their masters. - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
1: ...mbining elements of [[chemistry]], [[physics]], [[astrology]], [[art]], [[semiotics]], [[metallurgy]], ...
8: ...lour "black" (Egypt was the "Black land", by contrast with the "Red land", the surrounding desert), so ...
15: ...tertwining of chemical, spiritual and [[astrology|astrological]] themes that was characteristic of medi...
23: ...the new gold atoms, being unstable [[isotope]]s, lasted for under five seconds before they broke apart....
25: ...The Tao of Physics]]'' and ''[[The Dancing Wu Li Masters]]''. - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
4: ... girl will be compensated by marriage to, or at least friendship with her.
6: ... luck in most matters, but will only meet with disaster when it comes to gambling.
9: ...nd last for a week, hence ending on 1 April. In [[1582]], King [[Charles IX of France]] brought in the n...
15: ...air game, and spotting them has become an annual pastime. The advent of the [[Internet]] as a worldwide...
27: ...ust pay a television licence to fund public broadcasting) by simply driving through the streets with a ... - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
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148: ...copper arsenate]] ("CCA", or "Tanalith", and the vast majority of older "pressure treated" wood). CCA t...
152: ...xide has been used in a variety of ways over the past 200 years, but most commonly in the treatment of ...
156: ...it]]s. Circuits made using the compound are much faster (but also much more expensive) than those made ...
161: ...uage|Persian]] word زرنيخ ''Zarnik'' meaning "yellow [[orpiment]]". ''Zarn...
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