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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...mbers of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
4: ...list]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...at "Puritan" was most often used by opponents and detractors of the group, rather than by the practiti...
8: ...nacceptably subservient to politics. Persecuted under [[Mary I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), Protestan...
10: ...ble|biblical]] supremacy, and they shared, to one degree or another, a belief in the [[priesthood of a... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600)
56: *[[Mercedes de Acosta|Acosta, Mercedes de]] (1893-1968)
59: *[[Uriel Acosta|Acosta, Uriel]], (1585-1640), philosopher - Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
6: ...in [[1643]] Parliament ratified her powers on his death. Their four-year-old son was crowned King Loui...
8: ...e over her son. In [[1659]], the war with Spain ended with the [[Treaty of the Pyrenees]]. The followi...
10: In [[1661]], on the death of Mazarin, Anne retired to a convent where sh...
12: ...ne's memoirs were published in 1662 by [[Fran篩s de la Rochefoucauld]]. Many view her as a brilliant ... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...using written language. Artistic painting is considered by many to be among the most important of the ...
8: The oldest known '''paintings''' are at the [[Grotte Chauv...
14: ...ry:Artistic techniques|Painting technique]]s include:
34: ...at the pigment is suspended or embedded in, which determines the general working characteristics of th...
36: Examples include: - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ... [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] (including the [[Savage Isla...
5: ...After the rise of other colonial powers, Portugal declined.
7: ...ocial and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...ver among some other tribes. {{Inote | ''Hist de Portugal - A Forma磯 do Territ'', page 9, "A...
17: ...atin Right]] in [[73|73 AD]].{{Inote | ''Hist de Portugal - A Forma磯 do Territ'', page 135, ... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ..., the Spanish language remains widely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of n...
7: native_name = Reino de Espa
10: image_coat = Escudo de Espang |
19: leader_titles = [[Kings of Spain|King]]<br>[[President of the Government of Spain|Pres. of the Gov.]] ...
20: leader_names = [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]]... - Biography (6028 bytes)
1: ...ducation, work, relationships and death. It also delves into the emotions of experiencing such events...
8: ...of some of the earliest biographies in existence, detailing the lives of [[chief]]s, [[kings]], [[trib...
12: ... The best known of the classical biographies include ''Memorabilia'' by [[Xenophon]], ''Parallel Lives...
16: ...]s used this historic period to write the first modern biographies. Their subjects were usually restr...
20: == Modern forms == - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
1: ...620]] before that company was dissolved. They founded the colony in a location the company did not hav...
3: ...620]], 102 [[Pilgrims]] from the [[Mayflower]] landed at [[Plymouth Rock]] on the western shore of [[C...
5: ...ony]] got its new charter in [[1691]], Plymouth ended its history as a separate colony.
7: ...was surrendered by Bradford to [[The Freemen]] in 1640, minus a small reserve of three tracts of land. ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]]) - Macau (16856 bytes)
1: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
4: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:...
22: ...'<br>- Total ([[2004]])<br>- [[Population density|Density]]
27: <br>[[20 December]] [[1999]]
36: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' || +853 - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ... which the months are displayed, [[January]] to [[December]]. The first day of the medieval Julian yea...
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
15: ...|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
22: ...[[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published.
25: ... The first claim under the [[Homestead Act]] is made by [[Daniel Freeman]] for a farm in [[Nebraska]].... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
6: ...[45 BC]] - In his last victory, [[Julius Caesar]] defeats the [[Pompey|Pompeian]] forces of [[Titus La...
11: ...], with [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] as president, becomes the [[Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)|Ki...
16: ...Gogh]] paintings in [[Paris]], 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
21: ...rt]] is officially opened by President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
28: ...s with suppressing information related to the incident. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
30: *[[Adolf Anderssen]] (Germany, [[1818]] - [[1879]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 ...
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...Thomas Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[Nat...
4: ...Thomas Hobbes''' ([[April 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (peopl...
6: ...artes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...abandoning his three children to the care of an older brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport...
12: ... Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devonshire|Earl of Devonshire]]), and began a lifelong connection with ... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...y studied from his time down to the present day. Descartes was one of the key thinkers of the Scienti...
2: ...ge-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descartes Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
4: ...heless, many elements of his philosophy have precedents in late [[Aristotelianism]], the revived [[Sto...
6: ...e invention of the [[calculus]] and [[analysis]]. Descartes's reflections on mind and mechanism began ...
11: On March 31, 1596, Descartes was born in [[La Haye en Touraine]], [[Ind... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
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) - Chimpanzee (10645 bytes)
17: ...Pan paniscus''), is found in the forests of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. The boundary bet...
30: ...", however, did not occur until 1738. The name is derived from an [[Angolan]] [[Bantu language]] term ...
32: ... Europe, mainly acquired by various zoological gardens as entertainment for visitors.
34: ...to [[domestication|domesticate]] chimpanzees in order to have them work at various menial tasks (i.e. ...
36: ...ous ''Mentality of Apes'' in 1925 (which is coincidentally when Yerkes ''began'' his analyses), eventu... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
1: ...ackground: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
2: ...; İmparatorluğu'''</big></big><br/>'''Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye'''
45: ...ey'', though it should not be confused with the modern [[nation-state]] of that name.
47: ...ern [[Turkey]] during the [[Turkish War of Independence]].
53: ...as its [[emperor]]. The Empire reached its apex under [[Suleiman I]] in the [[16th century]], when it ... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...s often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reason...
7: ...tion of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further details, please consult the ''main articles'' given ...
10: ''See also: [[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germ...
12: ...us Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Ro...
13: ... from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the [[Oder]] and the [[Rhine]] and into southern Germany.
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