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- Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ...efore also called, [[patronymic|patronymically]], Erik Torvaldsson (or Eiríkr Þorvaldsson).
4: ... pushed him aside in the history of Greenland and Erik the Red has been dubbed the genuine discoverer.
6: ... In 985, after spedning a winter back in Iceland, Erik returned to Greenland with a large number of [[c...
8: ...volved twenty-five [[ship]]s, fourteen of which made the journey successfully; of the other eleven, so...
10: ...tury]], shortly before [[Christopher Columbus]] made his fateful journey.
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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... - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ...efore also called, [[patronymic|patronymically]], Erik Torvaldsson (or Eiríkr Þorvaldsson).
4: ... pushed him aside in the history of Greenland and Erik the Red has been dubbed the genuine discoverer.
6: ... In 985, after spedning a winter back in Iceland, Erik returned to Greenland with a large number of [[c...
8: ...volved twenty-five [[ship]]s, fourteen of which made the journey successfully; of the other eleven, so...
10: ...tury]], shortly before [[Christopher Columbus]] made his fateful journey. - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
4: ... a circus acrobat at the age of 15 until a fall ended her career. In the [[Montmartre]] quarter of [[P...
8: ...c]], [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]] and [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]], and she had affairs with all of them...
10: Degas impressed with her bold line drawings and fine...
12: Despite her achievements, she lived in the shadows o...
14: ... was, however, best known for her candid female nudes. - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ...c actually consists of is something that is still debated today.
4: ... by way of the Latin ''musica''. It is ultimately derived from ''mousa'', the Greek word for [[muses|m...
6: ... may be combined with it in song) is relatively modern.
10: ...s. From this concept later resulted the romantic idea of a music of the spheres.
12: ..., all things were connected with each other - a mode of thought that finds its traces today in the [[o... - Finland (29511 bytes)
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9: ...center width=130px| ([[Coat of Arms of Finland|In Detail]])
22: |'''[[List of Presidents of Finland|President]]''': || [[Tarja Halonen]] - Alcibiades (7778 bytes)
1: [[Image:Alcibiades.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Alcibiades]]
2: '''Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides''' ([[ancient Greek]]: <small>ΑΛΚ...
4: ...born in [[Athens]], the son of [[Cleinias]] and [[Deinomache]], who belonged to the family of the [[Al...
5: ...s a near relative of [[Pericles]], who, after the death of Cleinias at the [[Battle of Coronea (447 BC...
6: Thus early deprived of his father's control, possessed of great... - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
14: ...s]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed po...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
22: ... U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer. - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...n and instead encouraged the decoration of Alcibiades. During such campaigns, he also showed his extra...
7: ...ates that he teaches for a living, paid by his students, and that he thinks this is the most important...
9: ...g and everyone, and apparently it offended the leaders of this time. He was found guilty as charged, a...
11: ...hy for much longer than this and include [[Parmenides]], [[Anaxagoras]], [[Prodicus]], the priestess [...
15: See [[Trial of Socrates]] for more detail and background about Socrates' trial and exec... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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5: <small><font color="white">Click image for description</font></small>
48: | 0.769 86°<br>(6.48? to Sun's equator)
50: ...e ascending node|Longitude of the<br> ascending node]]
51: | 74.229 88° - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...onship with the universe. In the course of the [[development of religion]], it has taken a huge numbe...
2: ...is used to designate what should be more properly described as a "religious organization" – that...
5: ...ht|Fishers of men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Venne]] ([[1614]])]]
10: ...e. The second interpretation, favoured by more modern scholars such as [[Tom Harpur]], is ''re + ligi...
12: ===Defining "religion"=== - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
5: :'''Founded:''' [[1893 in sports|1893]], as the [[Milwaukee,...
7: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Oriole Park at Camden Yards]] [[1992]]-present
10: :'''Logo design:''' An [[Baltimore Oriole|oriole]]
18: ...Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], nearly two decades before big league baseball eventually arrived in...
24: ...on (19th century)|American Association]] in 1882. Despite its on-field success, it was one of the four... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
6: ...Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]], the son of [[Sweden|Swedish]] immigrants. He grew up in [[Little Fal...
11: ...[NC-4]] in 1919, with the first non-stop flight made by [[Alcock and Brown]] later that same year.
13: ... voice on behalf of aviation activities until his death. He served on a variety of national and intern...
15: ...onsumption. These innovations are the basis of modern intercontinental air travel.
17: {{multi-video start}} - Leif Ericson (4502 bytes)
1: ...ate Capitol]] in [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]] dedicated on [[October 9]], [[1949]].]]
4: ... language|Icelandic]]: '''Leifur Eiríksson'''; modern [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: '''Leiv Eirik...
6: ... known, Leif Ericson had two brothers, [[Thorvald Eriksson|Þorvaldr]] and [[Thorstein Eiríksson|Þorst...
10: ...nd]]. Next he came to a land that was flat and wooded, with white sandy beaches, which he called [[Mar...
12: ... crew left Markland and found land again, they landed and built some houses. They found the land pleas... - 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) - Ballet (9155 bytes)
3: ...ng]] positions and footwork, perhaps due to their development during the same periods of history.
5: ...o establish [[Italy]] as a major centre of ballet development.
9: ... on Copper of the Ballet de la Royne by Balthazar de Beaujoyeulx folio Paris Mamert Patisson 1582.png|...
11: ... de Musique, where instruction was based on noble deportment and manners.
13: ...llet also came to be featured in operas as interludes called divertissements. - 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]] (?))
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