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- Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...[[20th century]]; currently being a focus of considerable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[C...
7: ...e River|Meuse]] to [[Jacques D'Arc]] and Isabelle de Vouthon, a [[peasant]] family later granted [[nob...
11: ...mb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the ...
12: ...lies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by the English since the previous October.... - Piccolo (2812 bytes)
1: ...[octave]] lower than than the sounds desired in order to avoid too many [[leger line]]s above the [[Mu...
6: ...sh" instrument. A typical flute section may include only one or two piccolos, and since piccolo playe...
8: ...itive to tuning, the piccolo does require a great deal of breath support and is quite conspicuous when...
10: ... In more recent years the piccolo has also been made out of a plastic composite material. The composit...
13: ...strident [[whistle register]] notes at that altitude can be said to mimick a piccolo, hence its name. ... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ... landlocked federal state in [[Europe]], which borders [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Austria]]...
3: ... example, it is used as Switzerland's [[country code top-level domain|ccTLD]], [[.ch]].
16: government_type = [[Federal republic]] |
17: leader_titles = [[Swiss Federal Council|Federal Council]]|
18: ...[[Samuel Schmid]] <small>([[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|Pres. 2005]])</small><br>[[Mi... - 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> - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...]], [[Bohemia]] (now [[Czech Republic]])) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[as...
8: ... a [[nobleman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tych...
12: ...eu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis.
14: ...e astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed is a long term project with the aim of mapping t...
16: ...ecame the possessions of Kepler following Tycho's death.) - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
1: ...Image:erasmus.jpg|thumbnail|Erasmus. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
2: '''Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus''' (also '''Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam''') ([[October 27]], pro...
6: ... he was cared for by his parents till their early death from the [[plague]] in [[1483]], and then give...
8: ...in the making of lifelong friendships with the leaders of English thought in the stirring days of King...
10: ... but, as it proved, sufficient, rewards of independent literary activity. From [[1506]] to [[1509]] he... - Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
20: ...mbly of notables]], called by [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]] against a background of state financial...
21: ...[ɴienne Charles de Lom鮩e de Brienne]] replaces de Calonne as Contoller-General of Finances.
35: ... (others) votes for the common verification of credentials, in opposition to the First Estate (the cle...
36: ... Assembly (French Revolution)|National Assembly]] declared
37: ...] in which the National Assembly vows to continue despite royal prohibition - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
2: ... brought in the house or used in the open, and is decorated with [[Christmas lights]] and colourful [[...
5: ...rous tree. [[Medieval]] legends, nevertheless, tended to concentrate more on the miraculous "flowering...
9: ...d, [[Saint Boniface]] attempted to introduce the idea of [[trinity]] to the pagan tribes using the con...
11: ...Rhineland for a relatively long time. It was regarded as a Protestant custom by the Catholic majority ...
13: ...[Image:New-year-3974099 1280.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Decorated Christmas Tree ]] - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...d by [[Gottfried Leibniz|Leibniz]] - [[1694]]) to describe an [[Expression (mathematics)|expression]] ...
5: ... dominated [[eighteenth century]] mathematics and deduced many consequences of the newly invented [[ca...
10: ...ematics. Paul Euler, Leonhard's father, had attended [[Jakob Bernoulli]]'s mathematical lectures and ...
14: ... only three sons and two daughters survived. The descendants of these children, however, were in high...
16: ...or of the mathematical class at the [[Prussian Academy of Sciences]] in [[Berlin]]. His time in Berli... - Basilisks (3192 bytes)
1: ...s so [[poison]]ous that it leaves a wide trail of deadly venom in its wake, and its gaze is likewise l...
3: ...ological]] portents). In [[Medieval Europe]], the description of the creature began taking on features...
5: ...ed to the basilisk's deadly capabilities, such as describing it as a larger beast, capable of breathin...
7: ...lisks lived in the desert - in fact they were the desert, as no plants could live around them. Basilis...
9: ...at kill those who see them, and the deceased [[Spider-Man]] villain Basil "Basilisk" Ecks, who was tra... - Cellulose acetate (4564 bytes)
6: Acetate photographic film deteriorates in the presence of [[oxygen]] to an unu...
12: ...ate filament was spun in the United States and trademarked as ''Celanese''.
18: * easily bonded with plasticizers, heat, and pressure
20: ...lent absorption; in textile applications, it provides comfort and absorbency, but also loses strength ...
23: * made from a renewable resource: reforested trees.
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