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- Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: ... Later that year, she also met violinist [[Joseph Joachim]] who became one of her frequent performance part...
9: ...]], and in which she contributed greatly to the modern improvement in technique.
11: ...c, at a time when such technical ability was considerably rarer than in the present day, she was herse...
14: ...ed them for King George V of Hanover, Germany who declared them a "marvelous, heavenly pleasure." - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ... figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Chris...
11: ...t|250px|thumbnail|[[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] delivering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by...
13: ... strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...rs only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: his going up to [[Jerusalem]] when twelve years...
17: ... and other women (John 19:26). Mary cradling the dead body of her son is a common motif in art, calle... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
8: ...Al Qadhafi|Qadhafi, Moammar]], Libyan military leader
20: *[[Dennis Quaid|Quaid, Dennis]], actor
23: ...Quant|Quant, Mary]], (born 1934), British fashion designer
27: *[[Johann Joachim Quantz|Quantz, Johann Joachim]], (1697-1773), composer
28: ...819 - 1899), German-born, London-based rare books dealer - 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 Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
3: ==Political leaders==
12: **[[Cosimo de' Medici]]
13: **[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (a.k.a. ''Lorenzo il Magnifico'')
22: **[[Catherine de Medici]] Queen of France
23: ...f Poland]] (duchess of [[Finland]], queen of [[Sweden]]) - 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]].... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...ntal starting point of modern [[astronomy]] and modern science itself, (it inaugurated the [[scientifi...
7: ...cus_00125w.jpg||thumb|250px|Copernicus Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
8: ...raised him and his three other siblings after the death of Copernicus' father. His brother Andrew beca...
10: ... him, as his books (stolen by Swedes during [[The Deluge]], and now in [[Uppsala]]'s library) show. Af...
12: ... together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium''. - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ...opponents of the revolution. It attempts to give identifying facts and ultimate fates. ''As a rule, th...
6: *[[Pierre François Charles Augereau, duc de Castiglione|Charles Pierre François Augereau]] -...
10: ...e]] who administered the [[Tennis Court Oath]], made mayor of [[Paris]] after the [[storming of the Ba...
11: ...dor|Thermidorian]], finally the main executive leader during the [[French Directory|Directory]] regime
14: ... Jules Bernadotte]] - General, later king of [[Sweden]] - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...on's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dynasty, Restored...
5: ..., following Napoleon's final [[Battle of Waterloo|defeat at Waterloo]] and the [[Treaty of Paris (1815...
12: ...ld, and the United Kingdom's industrial economy made it the most powerful commercial nation as well.
13: ...gal system, with clearly redacted [[code of law|codes]] compiling the basic laws.
14: ..., but on the basis of human culture, origin, and ideology. - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...ilar [[oud]]. The words 'lute' and 'oud' are both derived from [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''al‘u...
3: ==Description of the instrument==
7: ...h the ''peg box''. (There are no gears or other aides for tuning the instrument, which fact — al...
9: ...t (or extremely rarely of metal), and are still made of gut or a synthetic substitute, with metal wind...
13: ...of a lute is a somewhat complicated issue, and is described in a separate section of its own, [[Lute#T... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
7: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death = [[30 April]] [[1945]] |
9: place_of_death = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
11: ...[[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party...
13: ...eople, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]]. - Germanic tribes (16394 bytes)
3: ...allis]], [[Walloon]], and [[Wallachia]] have been derived.
5: ...ed free, led by their own hereditary or chosen leaders.
10: ...egarding the question of ethnic origins, evidence developed by both archaeologists and linguists sugge...
12: ...ural features at that time included small, independent settlements and an economy strongly based on th...
14: ...(2-3 degrees warmer than today) deteriorated considerably, which not only dramatically changed the flo... - 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) - List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
7: *[[Fred Alexander]] ([[1880]]-[[1969]]) (United States)
8: *[[John Alexander (tennis player)|John Alexander]] ([[1951]]-) - ([[:Category:Australian tennis p...
12: *[[Mal Anderson]] ([[1935]]-) (Australia)
32: ...1972]]-) - ([[:Category:Swedish tennis players|Sweden]]) - doubles specialist
34: *[[Bj?Borg]] ([[1956]]-) - (Sweden) - Samuel F. B. Morse (8859 bytes)
1: ...b|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...nventing the electric [[telegraph]] and [[Morse code]].
9: ...an painter. While at [[Yale University]], he attended lectures on [[electricity]] from [[Benjamin Sill...
11: ...f that same year, Morse's wife, Lucretia, died suddenly. She was buried before he returned to New Have...
13: ...ing [[telegraph]] and [[Morse code|dot-and-dash code system]] (a signalling [[alphabet]]) in his [[ske... - Holocaust (53541 bytes)
4: ...oups during [[World War II]]. Early elements include the [[Kristallnacht]] [[pogrom]] and the [[T-4 Eu...
6: ...ups into account, the total death toll rises considerably. Estimates place the total number of Holocau...
10: ...nd Roman [[pagan]] rites, gods of the earth and underworld received dark animals, which were offered b...
12: ...st, use the word '''''[[Porajmos]]''''', meaning "Devouring".
14: ... to any mass killings such as the [[Rwandan Genocide]] and the actions of the [[Khmer Rouge]] in [[Cam...
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