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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...bacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-199...
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
28: ...hbishop George Abbot|Abbot, Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara
52: ... Abdo|Abdo, Hussam]], (born 1989), Palestine suicide bomber - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
2: ...to [[1572]], wife of [[Antoine de Bourbon|Antoine de Bourbon, duke of Vendome]] and mother of [[Henry ...
6: ...f France|Henry II]] Jeanne was married to Antoine de Bourbon, "first prince of the blood," who would b...
10: ...leaguered [[Huguenot]] ministers which led to her declaring [[Calvinism]] the official religion of her...
12: ...se to support the Catholics, but was mortally wounded at the siege of [[Rouen]]. Jeanne's son [[Henry ...
20: On [[October 20]] [[1548]] she married [[Antoine de Bourbon]]. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]...
9: ...[[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ...ames V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
15: ...es of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
17: ...Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...al monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. S...
9: ...]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impat...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|ho...
16: ...on after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Successio...
18: ...daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbish... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - January 17 (12233 bytes)
5: ...562]] - [[France]] recognized the [[Huguenot]]s under the [[Edict of St. Germain]].
7: ...Charles Edward Stuart]], "Bonnie Prince Charlie", defeats a [[House of Hanover|Hanoverian]] army at [[...
9: ...General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the ...
11: ...1852]] - [[United Kingdom]] recognizes the independence of the [[Boer]] colonies of the [[Transvaal]].
13: ...[United Kingdom|British]] force defeats a large [[Dervish]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the ... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...s]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a source counts [[#Notes on num...
6: ...] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
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29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]]...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small> - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...ontain complex, highly original, imaginative, and dense use of symbolic figures and [[iconography]], s...
3: ...with ''Bosch'' (pronounced as ''Boss'' in Dutch), derived from his birthplace [['s-Hertogenbosch]]. In...
5: ...urg]]. In 1463, some 4000 houses in the town were destroyed by a catastrophic fire, which the then abo...
7: ...panel from the triptych ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]'']]
8: ... and birds on the middle panel, and [[hell]] with depictions of fantastic punishments of the various t... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: '''Pieter Brueghel the Elder''' or '''Bruegel''' (c.[[1525]] – [[Septem...
7: ...r Brueghel the Younger]] and [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] who both became painters, but as they were sti...
9: ...e. The most obvious influence on his art is the older Dutch master [[Hieronymus Bosch]]. He is nicknam...
11: ...is winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the severity of winters during the [[Little...
16: ... elder-children playing-detail.jpeg|thumb|250px|A detail of ''Children Playing'']] - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: ...s [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] –...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]]...
26: *[[Harold Alden]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1890]] – [[196...
27: *[[Hannes Alfv鮝] ([[Sweden]], [[1908]] – [[1995]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - Maya codices (899 bytes)
1: ...stroyed by [[Bishop Diego de Landa]] in July of [[1562]].
5: ... codices and a fragment of a fourth survived to modern times. These are:
7: ...Madrid Codex, also known as the Tro-Cortesianus Codex
8: * The Dresden Codex
9: * The Paris Codex, also known as the Peresianus Codex - Xia Dynasty (4866 bytes)
2: ...he Three August Ones and the Five Emperors]] precede this dynasty, and it is followed by the [[Shang d...
4: ...common in [[mainland China]], Xia society is considered a slave society (奴隸社ć...
6: .... From this the earliest forms of Chinese legal codes came into being.
8: ...corrupt king. He was overthrown by T'ang, the leader of Shang people from the east.
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