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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... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
18: *[[Jakob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
36: ...bott, Edwin Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian
46: ...rahman III]], (912-961), prince of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain
70: ...鬡rd|Ab鬡rd, Pierre]], (1079-1142), French scholastic philosopher
71: ...e Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...[April 15]], [[1683]]/[[1684]]–[[May 17]],[[1727]]) was the second wife of [[Peter I of Russia|Pet...
20: ...o ruler Prince [[Alexander Menshikov]] [[1725]]-[[1727]]''}} - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...rojects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarsk...
11: ...d to her, so that on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved...
23: ..., and summoned all the notables, civil and ecclesiastical, to her presence. So swiftly and noiselessly ...
25: ...hat in her sometimes seemed irresolution and procrastination, was, most often, a wise suspense of judgm...
29: ...d to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became the bound... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: ...urg]], Virginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]...
28: ...election, 1820|re-elected in 1820]]. Monroe, the last American [[Revolutionary War]] veteran to serve a...
38: ...ssia must not encroach southward on the Pacific coast. "... the American continents," he stated, "by th...
72: ...t"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Return Meigs]]'''|... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall ...
68: ...|Yegorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...eksei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
86: *[[Yi Jachun]], ([[1315]] - [[1360]]),[[Yuan Dynasty]] officer
115: *[[Yoannis XVII of Alexandria]], ([[1727]]-[[1745]]), Coptic Pope - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
443: *[[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]])
453: *[[Aert de Gelder]] ([[1645]]-[[1727]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...per. Others include [[papyrus]], bark papers, [[plastic]]s, [[leather]], [[fabric]], wood, and [[canvas...
10: ...nting using pigments in a water medium on wet [[plaster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the...
16: ...] ([[1599]]-[[1641]]), [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]]), and [[John Constable]] ([[1776]]-[[1...
33: According to a tradition, dating from at least the early [[20th century]], the white of the pape... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
20: ... - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
73: *[[George Eastman]], (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — ...
77: *[[John S. Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple ...
100: *[[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]], (1638-...
103: * [[William Gruber]] — [[View-master]] - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...le)|English]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[astronomer]], [[philosopher]], and [[alchemist]] who ...
25: ...Voltaire]] wrote in his ''Essay on Epic Poetry'' (1727), "Sir Isaac Newton walking in his gardens, ...
29: ...s among the brightest scientists of his era, the last twenty-five years of his life were marred by a bi...
52: ...s not the first of the age of reason: he was the last of the magicians." Newton's interest in alchemy c...
61: ...with whom he formed an intense relationship that lasted until [[1693]]. The end of this friendship led ... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
8: *[[1492]] - [[Reconquista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surren...
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practic...
27: *[[1921]] - The first religious [[radio]] broadcast ([[KDKA AM]] in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]) .
42: ... match, [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]. See [[Ibrox disaster]].
46: ...- The musical ''[[Annie]]'' is performed for the last time after 2,377 shows at the Uris Theatre on [[B... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...ary of nautical terms|nautical term]] for a tall mast or sail on a [[sailing ship]]. Today the word is ...
19: ...ed as high rises, such as the [[CN Tower]], [[TV masts]], bridges, or oil platforms.
186: ...ter]]||1972||Destroyed||1368 ft||417 m||1727 ft|| 526 m||110 ||
210: ...1 [[World Trade Center]] (destroyed)||526 m||1727 ft||New York City||
247: [[Image:KLCC_PetronasTowers.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Petronas Towers]] in [... - 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... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
93: *[[Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner]] (1783 - 1857)
130: *[[Isaac Newton]], (1642-1727), scientist
140: *[[Louis Pasteur]], (1822-1895), French [[biochemistry|biochemi...
198: *[[William Hyde Wollaston]], (1766-1828), [[England|English]] [[chemist]] - March 20 (10075 bytes)
8: *[[1602]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
107: *[[1727]] - Sir [[Isaac Newton]], English physicist, (b. ...
127: *Feast of [[Cuthbert of Lindisfane|St. Cuthbert]], [[pat... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
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]] - [[...
531: *[[Isaac Newton]] (Britain, [[1643]] - [[1727]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
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
202: *[[Charles Fehrenbach (astronomer)|Charles Fehrenbach]] ([[France]], [[1914]... - 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}} - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
5: .... He was completely [[blindness|blind]] for the last seventeen years of his life, during which time he...
7: The [[asteroid]] [[2002 Euler]] is named in his honour.
12: In [[1727]] Euler was called to [[Saint Petersburg|St. Pete...
27: ... [[proportional]] to a measure of the [[elastic|elasticity]] of the material and the [[moment of inerti...
71: * "Read Euler: he is our master in everything." —[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
7: ...had the support of a religious community. In contrast, today there are more scientists alive now than h...
13: ...[Accademia del Cimento]], [[Florence]] [[1657]], lasted 10 years. The [[Royal Society]] of [[London]], ...
39: ...ed in [[1925]]), each one more accurate than the last.
41: ...y just more accurate versions of theories of the past. Rather, Kuhn's version of scientific development...
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