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- Germany (46412 bytes)
15: ...| [[List of national anthems|National anthem]]: [[Das Lied der Deutschen]]<br>3rd stanza (''Einigkeit ...
51: <sup>1</sup> [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Low German language|Low German]], [[Sorb...
61: ...lector]]s of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. From ''Bildatlas der Deutschen Geschichte'' by Dr Paul Kn? (18...
66: ... the [[Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation]] – stemmed from a division of the [[Franks|Caroli...
78: [[Image:Reichsgruendung2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Foundation of modern Germany, Versailles, 1871. Bismarck... - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...ses of the war]] are a matter of debate. On which date the war began is also debated, cited as either ...
6: ...an surrendered]] on [[15 August]] [[1945]] ([[V-J Day]]).
8: ...ee. [[Atomic weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[RADAR]] are only a few of many [[Technology during Wor...
10: ...y as the [[Warsaw pact]], alliances which were fundamental to the ensuing [[Cold War]]. In Asia, the U...
18: ...id they supply the Axis powers with any great abundance of troops or supplies. - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
3: ...the "[[Evening Star]]", and when it is visible in dark skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like ...
5: ...vilization (the Mayans developed a religious calendar based on Venus's motion) and must have been know...
14: ... the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the heat.
18: ...ture, listed in the table, refers to cloud tops — the surface temperature is never below 400°...
21: [[Image:Venus globe.jpg|thumb|left|[[Radar]] image of the surface of Venus, centered at 180... - Flood (7770 bytes)
7: ...The control of annual flooding, by dikes and by [[dam]]s, also prevents the deposition of silt on the ...
16: ...slip on continental shelf'') may all engender a tidal wave called a [[tsunami]] that causes destructio...
22: ...lta Works]] with the [[Oosterschelde|Oosterscheldedam]] as its crowning achievement.
33: ...s a great flood caused by the breaking of the ice dams holding [[Lake Agassiz]].
34: ...oods]] of Washington, also caused by breaking ice dams. - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
3: '''Jan van Eyck''' (c. [[1385]]–[[1441]]) was a [[15th century]] [[Flanders|Fle...
7: The date of his birth is not more accurately known than ...
13: ...Bruges, where he married, and his wife bore him a daughter, known in after years as a nun in the conve...
17: ...nd may now be seen at [[Chatsworth]], bearing the date of 1421; no doubt this picture would give a fai...
24: ...familiar, we find such delicate perceptions of gradations in tone, such atmosphere, yet such minutenes... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
5: ...ber 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely these days) referred to as the [[Great French War]].
13: ... system)|Civil law]] legal system, with clearly redacted [[code of law|codes]] compiling the basic law...
15: ...er hand, another concept had been brought about — that of Europe. Napoleon mentioned on several ...
20: ...ces in support of other troop units. Napoleon standardized the [[cannonball]] sizes to ensure easier r...
24: ...organization of the French army in 1793–4 — a time in which French fortunes were reversed ... - Sword (24928 bytes)
2: ..., to hurt") is a term for a long edged weapon, fundamentally consisting of a [[blade]], usually with t...
10: ...nze Age]] onwards. The sword developed from the [[dagger]] when the construction of longer blades beca...
22: ... BC]] [[Qin Dynasty]]. The Chinese [[Dao (sword)|Dao]] (刀 [[pinyin]] dāo) is single-edged, sometim...
25: {{dablink|Main articles: [[Viking sword]], [[Arming sw...
27: ... coins). The [[Viking Age]] sees again a more standardized production, but the basic design remains in... - Christmas (35108 bytes)
2: ...hany, when the Magi visited baby Jesus. The exact date of his birth was determined centuries later.
10: ...h in Bethlehem of Judea, the home of the house of David from which Joseph was descended, fulfilled the...
18: ==Dates of celebration==
19: ...g on the civil ([[Gregorian calendar|Gregorian]]) date of [[January 7]] from [[1900]] to [[2099]]. The...
21: ...man world was the Natalis Solis Invicti, the Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun. - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...ssical]] [[orchestra]] in the [[17th century]]. Today, they are used in many types of [[musical ensemb...
14: ...|500px|[[Walter Light]] [[Timpani#Pedal timpani|pedal]] and [[Timpani#Chain timpani|chain]] timpani se...
20: ... tones while [[Parabola|parabolic]] bowls produce darker tones. Another factor that affects the timbre...
22: ...impani can play up into the [[treble clef]]. In [[Darius Milhaud]]'s [[ballet]] ''La cr顴ion du monde...
30: ...– seen here on the left of the pedal – to change the pitch of the drum.]] - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
11: *[[1825]] Stephenson's [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], the world's first steam operat...
15: ...] near [[Wurzen]], in [[1839]] the line reaches [[Dresden]].
34: ...e|diesel]] locomotive service introduced in [[Canada]]. - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
1: {{dablink|For the singer and songwriter of the same na...
4: ...;ois-Marie Arouet''' ([[November 21]], [[1694]] – [[May 30]], [[1778]]), better known by the [[p...
8: ...]] to François Arouet and Marie-Marguerite Daumart or D'Aumard. Both parents were of [[Poitou|...
16: ...ore dangerous way of writing [[libel]]ous poems — so that his father was glad to send him to sta...
18: ...pts have been made to show that it existed in the Daumart pedigree or in some territorial designation.... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...sh; [[July 28]], [[1750]] <small>[[Gregorian calendar|(N.S.)]]</small>){{an|birthanddeath}} was a Germ...
19: ...en]]. Some of Bach's earliest extant compositions date to this period (including, according to some sc...
22: ...ble by their slight differences from each other — available to keyboard musicians when their ins...
24: ...otables as [[Johann Friedrich Agricola]]. Still today, students of nearly every instrument encounter B...
28: ...for Solo Violin'', and the ''Orchestral Suites'', date from this period. - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
5: | date1=[[September 14]], [[1901]]
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1909]]
9: | date of birth=[[October 27]], [[1858]]
12: | date of death=[[January 6]], [[1919]]
18: ...'Theodore Roosevelt''' ([[October 27]], [[1858]]–[[January 6]], [[1919]]) was the twenty-fifth (... - Holocaust (53541 bytes)
10: ... rites, gods of the earth and underworld received dark animals, which were offered by night and burnt ...
12: ...ction" since the [[Middle Ages]]), became the standard Hebrew term for the Holocaust as early as the e...
14: ...enerically to any mass killings such as the [[Rwandan Genocide]] and the actions of the [[Khmer Rouge]...
30: ...in other words, to kill them or have them killed—and to let the avengers in the form of the chil...
32: ...etter race by eliminating the designated "unfit"—along the same lines as their programs of [[com... - Maya codices (899 bytes)
1: ...]] were ordered destroyed by [[Bishop Diego de Landa]] in July of [[1562]].
8: * The Dresden Codex - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
2: {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}}
10: ...nland China]], [[December 25]] is not a legal holiday. The small percentage of Chinese citizens who co...
12: ...and [[Macau]] designate Christmas as a public holiday on December 25. Both are former [[colony|colonie...
20: ...ons play holiday music on Christmas Day and a few days before, while television stations are known to ...
22: ...ial services on [[Christmas Eve]] and [[Christmas Day]]. Young people especially enjoy the fellowship ...
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