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  1. Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
    3: ...dici family|Medici]]''' ([[April 13]], [[1519]] – [[January 5]], [[1589]]), born in Italy as '''...
    5: Born in [[Florence, Italy]], she was a daughter of [[Lorenzo II de' Medici]], Duke of Urbin...
    11: ... a course of secret opposition. On [[April 1]], [[1560]] she named as chancellor [[Michel de l'H?al]], w...
    13: ... she enforced a ban on thick waists at court attendance during the 1550s. For nearly 350 years, women'...
    15: On the death of Francis ([[December 5]], [[1560]]), Catherine became regent during the minority o...
  2. Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
    7: ... of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best...
    9: ... lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that...
    17: ... during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.)
    19: ... who continued as regent until her own death in [[1560]]). Six months after her birth, in July [[1543]],...
    24: On the day of the coronation Mary was dressed in heavy rega...
  3. Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
    16: LandArea = 150,132 |
    24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 2]], [[1788]] |
    25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
    48: ...to]] in [[1540]], had completely disappeared by [[1560]].
    50: ... the Spanish moving north from their base in Florida. In [[1724]], it was first suggested that what wa...
  4. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
    11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
    29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
    45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
    110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-)
  5. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    2: ...Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[England|Englis...
    8: ...mber of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married ...
    25: ...]ship fell vacant in 1594 and Bacon became a candidate for the office, Lord Essex's influence could no...
    31: ...ment session Bacon married [[Alice Barnham]], the daughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is ...
    37: ...re (which was that he should be released in a few days), and to be incapable of holding office or sitt...
  6. January 17 (12233 bytes)
    1: ...year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 348 days remaining (349 in [[leap year]]s).
    3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
    9: ...]] - Continental troops under Brigadier General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutena...
    13: ...h]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the [[Sudan]].
    32: * [[1982]] - [[Cold Sunday|"Cold Sunday"]] in the [[United States]] sees temperatures fa...
  7. January 1 (18244 bytes)
    1: ... holiday when gifts were exchanged. There are 364 days remaining (365 in [[leap year]]s).
    3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
    6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
    8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
    10: ...0]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
  8. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    3: ...hemia]] (now [[Czech Republic]])) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer...
    8: ...leman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's moth...
    10: ...ter wrote that when he was around two, his uncle, Danish nobleman [[J? Brahe]], ''... without the know...
    12: ...r, the [[eclipse]] which occurred on August 21, [[1560]], particularly the fact that it had been predict...
    18: ...rrelled with Parsbjerg. A subsequent duel (in the dark) resulted in Tycho losing the bridge of his nos...
  9. Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
    1: ...Bosch''', also '''Jeroen Bosch''', (c. [[1450]] – [[August]], [[1516]]) was a prolific [[Netherl...
    5: ...ife in 's-Hertogenbosch, a town in the south of today's Netherlands, near [[Tilburg]]. In 1463, some 4...
    8: ...ights]]''. This triptych depicts paradise with [[Adam and Eve]] and many wonderous animals on the left...
    16: ... of them. All in all, about 25 paintings remain today that are attributed to him. [[Philip II of Spain...
    24: ...s Into His Life and Work'', NAi Publishers, Rotterdam 2001, ISBN 90-5662-214-5.
  10. Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
    3: ...e [[Belgium|Belgian]] town of [[Bree]], called Breda in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' ...
    5: ...Pieter van Aelst|Pieter Coecke van Aelst]], whose daughter Mayke he later married, and was in [[1551]]...
    24: * ''Children's Games'' 1560, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna
    31: ...el'' c. 1563, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam <br>
    36: ** ''The Gloomy Day (Feb.-Ma.)'' 1565, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien...
  11. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    19: *[[César Baldaccini]]
    21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
    22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
    58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]]
    63: *[[Eduardo Chillida]] (1924-2002)
  12. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
    25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]...
    66: *[[David Bates (physicist)|David Bates]]
    75: *[[Daniel Bernoulli]] (Switzerland, [[1700]] - [[1782]]...
    88: *[[Danilo Blanusa]], ([[Croatia]], [[1903]] - [[1987]])
  13. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    8: ...arc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] &ndash; [[1987]])
    9: ... Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] &ndash; [[1983]])
    10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] &ndash; [[1928]])
    11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] &ndash; [[1982]])
    12: ...reeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] &ndash; [[1973]])
  14. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
    19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
    20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
    21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
  15. Molybdenum (10247 bytes)
    1: <!-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
    5: ...n="center"|[[niobium]] &ndash; '''molybdenum''' &ndash; [[technetium]]
    11: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
    51: | [[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]])
    101: | 1560 kJ/mol
  16. Broccoli (4962 bytes)
    8: ..._classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
    22: Broccoli possesses abundant fleshy green flower heads arranged in a tree-li...
    37: ...lsewhere. Its first mention in [[France]] is in [[1560]], but in [[1724]] broccoli was still so unfamili...
    43: ...orge Bush]] (41st) was known to have an active disdain for broccoli, having actually said so in an off...
  17. Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
    7: ...hs or years for a hand-copied letter to arrive, today scientific communication can be practically inst...
    9: Nowadays, almost all modern scientists participate in a ...
    11: ...rst scientific community; founded in [[Naples]] [[1560]] by [[Giambattista della Porta]]. The Academy ha...
    13: ... Society]] of [[London]], [[1660]] to the present day, brought together a diverse collection of scient...
    15: ...II]], which produced such "wonder weapons" as [[radar]], [[rocketry]], and the [[atomic bomb]]. During...

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