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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...jpg|right|thumb|250px|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 1...
3: ...at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
6: ===The Roman Beginning===
10: ...assimilated the realism of [[Caravaggio]] without being indifferent to the language of the [[Bologna]]...
14: ...story under torture as without it, the story must be true. At the end of the trial Tassi was imprisone... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 18]], [[1787]] |
39: ...egion were the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] in the early 1630's, who formed a settlement at present-day [[Jerse...
41: ...ohn Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton|Lord Berkeley of Stratton]].
45: ...st Jersey]] and [[East Jersey]], for the 28 years between [[1674]] and [[1702]]. In 1702 the two provi...
53: ...y history of the United States of America, having been immortalized in [[Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze]]'s p... - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...sons, are the best part of the work. The large number of existing manuscripts attests its popularity. ...
3: ...gion'' of [[Petavius]], with a Latin translation, 1630. Nothing definite is known as to the authorship o... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in Christendom an...
2: ...ied there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed in [[1626]].
4: ... it is not a cathedral at all). That distinction belongs to the [[Basilica di San Giovanni in Lateran...
7: ...r. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by Bernini.]]
8: ...basilica in this exact spot, which had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christians. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey]] ([[1852]]-[[1911]])
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
19: These traps may also be classified as active or passive. For example, the...
30: rolled leaf, whose margins have been sealed together. These plants live in areas of
36: ''Heliamphora'' is a member of the [[Sarraceniaceae]], a [[New World]] famil...
46: ...ed-leaf tube, and protects it from rain. Possibly because of this improved
51: ...ls the opening to the tube. This balloon-like chamber is - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...er]], [[mathematician]] and [[astrologer]]. He is best known for his [[Kepler's laws of planetary moti...
9: ...ft]]. Born prematurely, Johannes is said to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill he...
11: ...pler was frequently bullied, and was plagued by a belief that he was physically repulsive, thoroughly ...
13: ...lipse]] of [[1580]], recording that he remembered being "called outdoors" to see it and that the moon ...
15: ...]], becoming a part of the T?n faculty. However, before he took his final exams he was recommended fo... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...unt St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ... professional life as a lawyer, but he has become best known as an philosophical advocate and defender...
8: ..., Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: Biographers believe that Bacon received an education at home in ...
16: ...let]], the English ambassador at Paris. The disturbed state of government and society in [[France]] un... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]...
11: ...1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
27: === [[1630s]] ===
28: *[[1630]]-[[Winthrop Fleet]] travels to [[Massachusetts B...
57: *[[1676]]-[[Bacon's Rebellion]] in Virginia - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...he late [[16th century]], the [[England|English]] began to colonize [[North America]]. The first atte...
4: ...es found themselves more closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|...
11: ...or Asia, but the lands he came upon were found to belong to an entirely different landmass. [[Spain]]...
16: ... create a colonial empire. Rather, the motivation behind the founding of colonies was piecemeal and va...
22: The English made a number of failed ventures in the closing decades of the... - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
1: ...ight|thumb|Saint Peter, portrayed by Peter Paul Rubens in a papal chasuble and pallium holding keys, w...
2: ...nd later [[Bishop of Rome]] but do not affirm the belief that his [[episcopacy]] had primacy over othe...
4: ...olding the keys to the gates of heaven, as prescribed in the [[Gospel of Matthew]].
8: ...hew proclaims that Saint Peter professes Jesus to be the promised [[messiah]] of the [[Old Testament]]...
11: ...ried, but the name of his wife is not known. A number of later legends mention that he had a daughter. - Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
1: ...he Younger (c. 1620). Oil on oak. Gem䬤egalerie, Berlin, Germany]]
6: ...ork is distinguishable from that of his parent by being less well executed and lighter.
8: ...he local [[guild]] in [[1630]]. Jan the Younger's best works are his extensive landscapes, either unde...
11: *[[List of Belgian painters]] - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...s a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
7: ...oldier. In [[1565]] he took the name Giordano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at th...
9: ...ved to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated with [[Neoplatonism]]. Bruno embraced...
13: ... and briefly joined the [[Calvinism|Calvinists]], before he was [[excommunication|excommunicated]] for...
15: ...briefly had a teaching position. At this time, he began to gain fame for his prodigious memory. Bruno'... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
1: '''March 22''' is the [[81 (number)|81]]st day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calen...
8: *[[1630]] - [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the poss...
12: ...becomes the first governor of a [[U.S. state]] to be removed from office by [[impeachment]].
16: ...]] signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of [[beer]] and [[wine]].
18: *[[1941]] - [[Washington]]'s [[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate [[electricity]]. - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
4: nickname = "Beantown," "The Hub," "Athens of America" |
9: founded = [[September 17]], [[1630]] |
25: ...ance, and high technology. Its nicknames include "Beantown", "The Hub" (shortened from [[Oliver Wendel...
34: ...l prominent colonists originated. Early colonists believed that Boston was a community with a special ...
38: After the revolutionary war, the city became one of the world's wealthiest international t... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
12: founded = [[September 17]], [[1630]] |
14: mayor = [[Tony Benavides]] |
29: ...er]]. The city occupies most of what had formerly been part of [[Lansing Charter Township, Michigan|La...
43: ...e of 18 and 9.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
50: ...treet. He would later found [[Oldsmobile]], which became a [[General Motors]] division in [[1908]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...sted below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]])...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
22: *[[Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[19...
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &nda...
37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...t in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...d able disciple. The core beliefs of Sikhism are belief in one [[God]] and the teachings of [[#The_Te...
4: ...using on [[God]]. He wanted to go beyond what was being practised by either religion and hence a well-...
6: ...e five baptised Sikhs were named Panj Pyare (Five Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at his ...
8: ...s one of the few scriptures in the world that has been compiled by the founders of a faith during thei...
10: ...he Creator. Guru Nanak called God the "True Name" because he wanted to avoid any limiting terms for Go...
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