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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...explorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[...
6: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
28: ...rlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast Passage]]
30: ... several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other pla... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
42: ...e [[Detroit Institute of Arts]] (notable for her mastery of the "chiaroscuro" effects of the candle lig...
52: ...ittent during this second neapolitan period. The last known letter to her mentor is dated [[1650]] and ...
57: ...- the chance to choose the hilt of the sword! At last don't you think that the only aim of Giuditta is ...
70: ... Pitti di Firenze|Palazzo Pitti]], [[Firenze]], [[1618]]-[[1619|19]]. - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
59: ...mbia and the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] (now [[Ghana]]). - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...e [[Netherlands]] and [[Luxembourg]], and to the east by [[Poland]] and the [[Czech Republic]].
66: ...rium'' was overrun and dissolved ([[1806]]). The lasting effect of the dissolution of the [[Holy Roman ...
97: ... the pact with the Soviet Union by opening the [[Eastern Front]]. When war was also declared on the [[U...
101: ...by the Western allies and [[East Germany]] and [[East Berlin]] by the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Uni...
105: ...a West Berlin led on [[August 13]], [[1961]], to East Germany erecting the [[Berlin Wall]] and a fortif... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], ...
68: ...im]] [[Caliphate]] conquered the land from the [[Eastern Roman Empire]] ([[Byzantine]]s) in [[638]] CE ...
73: ...vided the mandated territory into two parts. The eastern portion, called [[Transjordan]], became the Ar...
89: ...ded into a western part annexed by Israel and an eastern part annexed by Jordan. Jordan's annexation o...
94: ... between Israel and the Arab world resulted in a lasting displacement that persists to this day; see [[... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...s a small [[astronomical object]] similar to an [[asteroid]] but composed largely of ice. Comets typica...
5: ...their [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ...and the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...ens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese orac...
29: ...{{hnote|Kronk, '3D/Biela'}}, were named after the astronomers who calculated their orbits rather than t... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
713: *Sir [[Peter Lely]] ([[1618]]-[[1680]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...gan]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ...ian to [[Rudolf II|Emperor Rudolf II]], and court astrologer to [[Albrecht von Wallenstein|General Wall...
13: ...o look at it." At age nine, he observed another astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]]...
15: ...for the vacant post of teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the Protestant school in Graz, Austria. ...
25: On [[March 8]], [[1618]] Kepler discovered the third law of planetary mo... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...ted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621...
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... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
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.
61: ...747]] explodes and crashes into the sea off the coast of [[Bombay]], killing 213. - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
4: ...is natural philosophy, he differs from the [[Scholasticism|Schools]] on two major points: first, he rej...
13: ...tes never actually practiced law, however, and in 1618 he entered the service of Prince [[Maurice of Nas...
50: ...s {{ref|tangent_problem}}. This appears even more astounding considering that the work was just intende...
55: * 1618. ''Compendium Musicae''. A treatise on music theo...
78: *[[3587 Descartes|Asteroid 3587 Descartes]], named after the philosophe... - 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}} - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...he '''Qur'an''' ({{lang-ar|أَلْقُرآن}} ''al-qur'&#...
50: ... with legal verses being particularly long. Contrast the Makkan verses above with a verse such as [[al...
123: ... as it projects current Sunni orthodoxy onto the past -- much as if [[New Testament]] scholars were ded...
125: ... tumultuous early centuries of Islam, with their vast conquests and bloody squabbles between rivals for...
155: ...tion in Islam, a Muslim is required to learn at least some [[sura]]s of the Qur'an (typically starting ... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
45: ...[[Anatolia]] and ruled by the [[Osmanlı]] dynasty. In diplomatic circles it was often referred to ...
53: ...-century history with both the [[Eastern culture|East]] and the [[Western Culture|West]].
65: ...rt to keep power in their hands by regaining at least some of the lost territories, the triumvirate led...
83: ...220;The beginnings of legal reform in the Middle East were initiated in the ottoman empire in the middl... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...tria]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Switzerland]], eastern [[France]], the [[Low Countries]], and parts o...
15: ...ampaigns the Romans made the [[Rhine]] the north-eastern frontier of the [[Roman Empire]], giving way t...
19: ...oman Empire, but the states they founded did not last. The western Germans moved into the territory of ...
23: ...|Boniface]], who established the first monastery east of the Rhine at [[Fritzlar]]. Bishoprics under Pa...
35: ...titioned. The German empire developed out of the East Frankish kingdom. From 919 to 936 the Germanic pe... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
5: ...tria]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Switzerland]], eastern [[France]], the [[Low Countries]], and parts o...
15: ...ampaigns the Romans made the [[Rhine]] the north-eastern frontier of the [[Roman Empire]], giving way t...
19: ...oman Empire, but the states they founded did not last. The western Germans moved into the territory of ...
23: ...|Boniface]], who established the first monastery east of the Rhine at [[Fritzlar]]. Bishoprics under Pa...
35: ...titioned. The German empire developed out of the East Frankish kingdom. From 919 to 936 the Germanic pe...
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