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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... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
26: ...s|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]] - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...er, she was also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his death in the next year.
5: ...sant. She was married at the age of 17 to a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dragoon]], having been working at th...
7: ...v]], the best friend of [[Peter the Great]]. In [[1703]], while visiting Menshikov at his home, Peter me...
20: ...4]]-[[1725]]''<br>''De-facto ruler Prince [[Alexander Menshikov]] [[1725]]-[[1727]]''}} - 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]]) - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
1: [[Image:Hooke 2.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ... Hooke''' ([[July 18]], [[1635]] - [[March 3]], [[1703]]), one of the greatest experimental scientists o...
4: ...led because his observations of plant cells reminded him of [[monk]]s' cells. Also in 1665 he gained ...
6: ... of London|Great Fire]] in [[1666]]. He worked on designing the [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]] and th...
8: He died in [[London]] in 1703. No authenticated portrait of him survives, altho... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...fried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] for the development of differential [[calculus]]. While they...
4: ...a prism was inherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in t...
6: ...ped a [[Newton's law of cooling|law of cooling]], describing the rate of cooling of objects when expos...
12: ...ief biography of Newton's early life. For more in-depth information, see [[Isaac Newton's early life a...
14: ... said that his body at that time can even fit inside a quart mug. His father had died three months bef... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
7: ...ific]] coast of that isthmus; the pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning...
9: ...of ten vessels. In Mexico Cook died, and a new leader, Captain Davis, took command. Dampier transferre...
11: ...e ship was being [[careening|careened]] Dampier made notes on the fauna and flora he found there. Late...
20: On the return voyage to England, ''Roebuck'' foundered near [[Ascension Island]] on [[21 February]] [...
22: ...as able to save many new charts of coastlines, trade winds and currents in the seas around Australia a... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...klin was a member of the [[Freemasons]], corresponded with members of the [[Lunar Society]] and was al...
4: Franklin's [[invention]]s include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [[catheter]],...
9: ...[[Ecton]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thomas Franklin, ...
11: ...ing half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May... - 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) - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
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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 ... - Viking (18085 bytes)
4: ... [[Northmen|Norse]] seafaring [[warrior]]s who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, the [[British Isles]...
12: ...right|250px|A composite image made from several sides of the [[Ledberg Runestone]] having illustration...
13: ...ory is filled with tales of Vikings and their plundering.
33: ... [[fornyr𩳬ag]] from the [[H? Runestone]] in Sweden, raised by a man who mourns the loss of all his ...
43: ...'KᲩ var𠡴 Dundee/֤di.'' (Kari so was in [[Dundee]]/at the point of [[Zealand]] (?)) - Jim Abbott (6907 bytes)
1: ... [[1967 in sports|1967]] in [[Flint, Michigan]]). Despite being born without a right hand, Abbott was ...
3: .... When batting, Abbott would swing the bat one-handed.
5: ... the most since [[Mark Fidrych]] won 19 for the [[Detroit Tigers]] in [[1976 in sports|1976]], and he ...
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50: JIM ABBOTT LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: .... Some of his most famous works include the [[Brandenburg Concertos]], [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]], ...
7: ...e distant relatives, while his sons [[Wilhelm Friedemann Bach]], [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]] and [[J...
13: ...te library, at which point the elder brother demanded to know how Sebastian had come to learn them.
17: ...; Bach was equally at home talking with organ builders and with performers.
19: ...Bach took a post as organist at [[Arnstadt]] in [[1703]]. He apparently felt cramped in the small town a... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...[[1789]], denoting the period of time between the death of [[Louis XIV of France]] and the start of th...
9: ... political changes began that would lead to the modern [[nation state]]. France's absolutism would gen...
13: ...]] style replaced the [[Baroque]], then was succeeded by the [[Neoclassical]] movement.
17: * [[1703]]: [[Saint Petersburg]] founded by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russ...
19: ...eb]]'s death, the [[Mughal Empire]] enters a long decline. - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...x|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconic event of the [[Americ...
6: ...ut with the French revolution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ...al revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radica...
15: ...[1700]]: The [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]] (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwes...
17: * [[1700]]-[[1721|21]]: [[Russia]] supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Baltic]] power... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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13: ...stricts of Russia|District]]: || [[Northwestern Federal District|North West Russia]]
15: ...ia|Subdivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
25: | [[Altitude]]: || 3 m
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