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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ... at [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother was alive at the time, but who would b...
7: ...talian peninsula, while Clement, ever needful of help against his too powerful protector, was equally ...
11: ...April 1]], [[1560]] she named as chancellor [[Michel de l'H?al]], who advocated a policy of conciliati...
15: ...oderate counsels of l'H?al to avoid siding definitely with either party, but her character and the hab...
17: ... her favourite son, the duke of Anjou, to Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], but that did not come abou... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...'Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
7: ...d|Mary I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ... last quality, viewed with impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital m...
11: ... reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to ...
13: ... member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen". - Painting (4567 bytes)
30: *[[Panel]]
43: ...el]], including dry pastels, oil pastels, and pastel pencils
52: ...o senses: It can refer to the distinctive visual elements, techniques and methods that typify an ''in...
88: A proposed and yet-unrealised development in painting is [[four dimensional painting]...
99: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]] - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...tution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre]]'').<!--
7: native_name = ɩre<br>Ireland |
8: common_name = the Republic of Ireland |
9: image_flag = Ireland flag large.png |
10: image_coat = Ireland coa.png | - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
5: ... = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
18: ...der_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Tony Blair]] |
47: *[[Welsh language|Welsh]]: ''Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwer...
48: *<small>[[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]]: ''An R쯧hachd Aonaichte na Breatainn Mh...
49: *<small>[[Irish language|Irish Gaelic]]: ''R�ht Aontaithe na Breataine M agus T... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below the baldochino and [[altar]]. [[Pope]]s have b...
4: ...place at St. Peter's. The basilica also holds a relic of the ''[[Cathedra]] Petri'', the episcopal th...
8: ...ich had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christians.
10: ...entury]] [[Pope Sixtus IV]] had the [[Sistine Chapel]] started nearby.
12: ...After Michelangelo's death his student [[Giacomo della Porta]] continued with the unfinished portions ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ..., [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadia...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
20: *[[Leo Baekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]] - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...ther of [[science]]." His experimental work is widely considered complementary to the writings of [[Fr...
10: ...the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the primary justifications for hi...
12: ...rived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustrative thought experiments.
18: ...ir shipping businesses. He published his initial telescopic astronomical [[observation]]s in March [[1...
20: ...eo first noted an observation of the [[natural satellite|moons]] of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. Gali... - March (3907 bytes)
4: ...onstellation of [[Aquarius]] and ends in the constellation of [[Pisces]].
8: ...stituted as [[New Year's Day]] in [[France]] in [[1564]]. [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] and her colon...
10: *In ancient [[Hellenic civilization]], March was called Anthesterio...
20: ...one of the [[public holidays in the Republic of Ireland]]. In the [[Irish Calendar]] the month is call...
21: ...ll be thrilled by the roar of high-octane attack helicopters and the zoom of vintage warbirds. Highlig... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: ...e Connoisseur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self portrait]]
3: ...name and started signing his paintings as '''Bruegel'''.
5: ...hen returned to Antwerp before settling in [[Brussels]] permanently 10 years later. He died there on [...
7: ...ter Brueghel the Younger]] and [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] who both became painters, but as they were s...
9: ...when the context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred to. - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
2: ... all [[writer]]s in the [[English language]], as well as one of the world's pre-eminent [[dramatist]]s...
4: ...re was among the very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[tragedy]] and [[comedy]].
14: ...d on that day in [[1616]], and, perhaps appropriately for a playwright commonly considered to be [[Eng...
19: ...n in Latin grammar and literature. The quality of Elizabethian era grammar schools was uneven. It is p...
25: ...hannes [[factotum]], is in his owne conceit the onely Shake-scene in a countrey." (The italicised line... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
9: ...earliest days of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and t...
10: ...evices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical element]]s: earth, air fire, water]]
13: ... reason and abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined the [[Calvini...
15: ...ry were apparently based, at least in part, on an elaborate system of mnemonics, but many of his conte...
17: ...me of his cosmological positions, titled ''Il Candelaio'' ("The Torchbearer"). - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
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9: ...]. Although he never travelled extensively, he developed an interest in [[geography]] as a means of ea...
12: ...ction and first used it in [[1569]]; it had parallel lines of longitude to aid navigation by sea, as c...
15: ...a collection of maps, and encouraged [[Abraham Ortelius]] to compile the first modern world atlas, ''[...
17: The Mercatormuseum in [[Sint-Niklaas]], [[Belgium]] features exhibits about Mercator's life and... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
29: *[[Hans Bellmer]] (1902 - 1975)
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
35: *[[John Blakeley]] (1946 - )
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929) - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ...s early astronomy might involve a study of the [[relationships]] between the "[[height|apparent height...
4: ...ill move an appreciable amount during a comparatively short time.
8: ...bably fulfilled both astronomical and [[religion|religious]] [[social function|function]]s.
10: ...the Roman calendar, which divided the year into twelve months of alternating thirty and thirty-one day...
14: ... texts that describe their designs are conservatively dated to the first millennium BC, but their cont... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[198...
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] &ndash...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]])
37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] – [[1875]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - Hippocampus (8957 bytes)
6: ...brain mass than with [[neocortex|neocortical]] development.
18: ...s resulted from research with individuals who had electrodes implanted in their brains as a diagnostic...
20: The discovery of place cells led to the idea that the hippocampus might act ...
22: ...and how to get where they are going. Researchers believe that the hippocampus plays a particularly imp...
24: ...ampi. It may be that having a bigger hippocampus helps you to become a cab driver. It also seems that ... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...mdash;lies some 10,911 m (35,797 ft) below sea level.
7: ...ian ocean]]s on the west, and the [[Straits of Magellan]] links the Pacific with the [[Atlantic Ocean]...
9: ...[Straits of Magellan]] to the [[Philippines]], Magellan indeed found the ocean peaceful. However, the ...
15: ...margins of the wide western Pacific continental shelf.
18: ...from seawater include pelagic red clays and the skeletal remains of sea life. Terrigenous sediments ar...
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