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- 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]] - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
3: ...om 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
7: ...]], as her adviser. She never remarried after the death of her husband, but was reputed by her enemies...
10: ...in [[1730]]. They had hoped that she would feel indebted to the nobles for her unexpected fortune and ...
17: ... specially constructed house of ice, where the bride caught a cold and died within several days.
19: ...le hands of two other foreigners, who thoroughly identified themselves with Russia, [[Andrey Osterman]... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Peters...
7: ...[[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married a...
9: ...luency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and ...
11: ...hat on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne...
15: ...banishment to [[Siberia]], minus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...s ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]?
66: ...ntury BC|200s BC]]: Compound [[pulley]]: [[Archimedes]]
74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
83: * [[9th century|800s]]: [[Black powder|Gunpowder]] in [[History of China|China]] - 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]]) - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ... and [[businessman]] who developed many important devices. "The Wizard of [[Menlo Park, New Jersey|Men...
5: ... Nevertheless, Edison received [[patent]]s worldwide, including the [[United States]], [[United Kingdo...
10: ...ing near Vienna, Ontario. Among them was Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr., a shingle maker, tailor, and tavern...
12: ...MacKenzie Rebellion]] that sought Canadian independence. The revolt failed and, like his grandfather,...
14: From [[Port Huron]], Sam Edison moved to [[Detroit]], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Mil... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...s, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential buildings.
5: ...hts of stairs, and water pressure could only provide running water to about 50 feet (15 m).
7: ...her development essential to practical skyscraper development was the invention of the [[elevator]].
9: ...[[1931]] for the Field's building. Another contender for the title is the 1892 ten-story [[Wainwright...
11: ... supported by these skeletal frames. Special consideration must also be given for wind loads. - 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> - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929)
48: *[[Alexander Calder]] (1898 - 1976)
49: *[[Alexander Milne Calder]] (1845 - 1923)
50: *[[Alexander Stirling Calder]] (1870 - 1945) - March 20 (10075 bytes)
9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]] and sacks the city, stealing th...
10: ..."Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
16: ...Aleister Crowley]] invokes [[Horus]] in Egypt and declares the start of the New Aeon known as the Aeon...
17: ...er of the Chinese nationalist party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days late...
24: *[[1956]] – [[Tunisia]] gains independence from [[France]]. - 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]]) - 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) - Shinto (25829 bytes)
2: ...ocesses, for example, [[Amaterasu]], the [[Sun goddess]]. The word Shinto was created by combining two...
4: ...hinto practices and teachings, once given a great deal of prominence during the war, are no longer tau...
9: ... ancestral deities were given prominence over the deities of other groups, though different systems co...
11: ...aterasu]]. Much of the area of modern Japan was under only fragmentary control by the Imperial family,...
13: ...For example, he famously linked Amaterasu, Sun Goddess and ancestor of the Imperial family, with [[Dai... - 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 ... - Navigation (15650 bytes)
9: In Eastern Polynesia, navigators, in order to locate directions at various times of day and...
18: ...times of famine or difficulty, only they could trade for aid or evacuate people. The guild secrets mi...
27: === Modern methods ===
31: * [[pilotage]] - using visible natural and man made features such as [[sea mark]]s and [[beacon]]s
32: * [[dead reckoning]] - using [[compass]] and [[log]] to ... - Cherokee (38956 bytes)
14: <small>(f) = federally recognized <br></small>
25: ...250,000 [[Native Americans in the United States|Federally recognized]] Cherokees, have headquarters in...
29: ...ho'' dialect, since [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|de Soto]] was [[Extremaduran language|Extremaduran]]...
33: ...selves which means approximately this. However, modern Cherokee call themselves Cherokee, or Tsalagi.
39: ...red his great work for the Cherokee people was handed down through the [[Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni]], an ancient ... - Cobalt (13481 bytes)
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right...
4: <table align="center" border="0">
20: <td>[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td>...
32: <td>[[van der Waals radius]] </td><td>...
38: <td>[[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) </td><td>'''2''',3 (amphoteric... - Abraham Clark (2137 bytes)
1: ...a representative of [[New Jersey]] and later attended the [[Continental Congress ]].
5: ... [[June 28]] and signed the Declaration of Independence in early July.
10: ...p://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000418]</small>
13: [[Category:1794 deaths|Clark, Abraham]]
15: ...ategory:Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence|Clark, Abraham]] - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...d in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire ...
10: ...unger brother was very fond, married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansen...
12: ... [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...ther stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it.
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