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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...lso the first female artist to paint history and religious paintings, at a time when such heroic theme...
9: ...usanna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]]
10: ...located in the [[Sch?rn collection]] in [[Pommersfelden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guida...
12: ...ed the Tuscan painter to tutor his daughter privately. The unfortunate effect was that Artemisia was r...
14: ...orture device in the belief that if a person can tell the same story under torture as without it, the ... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
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36: ...er the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
39: ...ony of [[New Sweden]], which included parts of [[Delaware]] and southeastern [[Pennsylvania]]. These t... - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...e is no evidence of this. [[Photius]], while severely criticizing his lapses into indecency, highly pr...
3: ...gion'' of [[Petavius]], with a Latin translation, 1630. Nothing definite is known as to the authorship o... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in Christendom an...
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. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
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]]) - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
28: traps are probably those of ''[[Heliamphora]]'', the marsh (or sun) [[pitcher plant]]...
32: ... overflow. To counteract this problem, [[natural selection]] has favoured the
36: ''Heliamphora'' is a member of the [[Sarraceniaceae]], ...
37: order [[Ericales]] ([[heather]]s and allies). ''Heliamphora'' is limited to South America, - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...ecember 27]], [[1571]] – [[November 15]], [[1630]]), a key figure in the [[scientific revolution]]...
9: ... for involvement in [[witchcraft]]. Born prematurely, Johannes is said to have been a weak and sickly...
11: ...urn to the world of ideas, as well as an abiding religious conviction, for solace.
13: ...ed to astronomy/astrology at an early age, and developed a love for that discipline that would span hi...
15: ...ng the [[University of T?n]], where he proved himself to be a superb mathematician. Upon his graduati... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
8: ...Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: ... that his health during that time, as later, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], ...
12: ...the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lo...
14: ...Aristotle]] conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious,...
18: ...ney and became habitually in debt. To support himself, he took up his residence in law at Gray's Inn i... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events fro...
27: === [[1630s]] ===
28: *[[1630]]-[[Winthrop Fleet]] travels to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]
35: *[[1638]]-[[Delaware Colony]] founded
57: *[[1676]]-[[Bacon's Rebellion]] in Virginia - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...onies with very different [[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|...
4: ...hese different colonies found themselves more closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[King...
9: ...ellectual growth of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to mak...
11: ...ands he came upon were found to belong to an entirely different landmass. [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] ...
13: ...lonies. Though these northerly lands were relatively close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken li... - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
1: ...asuble and pallium holding keys, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus.]]
2: ...p]], declaring that the office of bishop was a development of later [[Christianity]]. Furthermore, mo...
4: ...o the gates of heaven, as prescribed in the [[Gospel of Matthew]].
8: ...0;ετρα meaning rock. The Gospel of Matthew proclaims that Saint Peter professes J...
11: ....e.'', Peter) was a fisherman. The [[synoptic gospels]] all recount how his mother-in-law was healed b... - Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
1: ...adise.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Paradise by Jan Brueghel the Younger (c. 1620). Oil on oak. Gem䬤egalerie...
4: ...[Flemish]] [[painter]], son of [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]].
6: ...nguishable from that of his parent by being less well executed and lighter.
8: ...elf and was made dean of the local [[guild]] in [[1630]]. Jan the Younger's best works are his extensive...
11: *[[List of Belgian painters]] - 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"). - March 22 (9294 bytes)
8: *[[1630]] - [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the poss...
9: ...s expelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious dissent.
16: *[[1933]] - President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of [...
17: ...1939]] - [[World War II]]: [[Germany]] takes [[Memel]] from [[Lithuania]].
18: ...ton]]'s [[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate [[electricity]]. - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
9: founded = [[September 17]], [[1630]] |
25: ...s of America," owing to its great cultural and intellectual influence.
27: ...ther from the city, has a population of approximately 5.8 million residents. [[Greater Boston]] is one...
34: ...dea. These values molded an extremely stable and well-structured society in Boston. Indeed, Puritan va...
43: ...ts in [[London]], [[Paris]] and [[Germany]], and helped to reinforce the image of Boston as a hotbed o... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
12: founded = [[September 17]], [[1630]] |
29: ... the west and [[Delhi Charter Township, Michigan|Delhi Charter Township]] in Ingham County to the sout...
31: ...the plentiful, fertile, well irrigated land. Largely comprised of rolling plains, Lansing's and its s...
43: ... of 18 and 9.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
60: * An elected Mayor leads the city government (currently T... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ica...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
19: *[[Selman Akbulut]] (Turkey) - 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) - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...metaphysics, [[guru]] ideal, and [[bhajan]]s) as well as [[Sufi|Sufi Islam]].
4: ...s being practised by either religion and hence a well-known saying of [[Guru Nanak]] is, "There is no ...
6: ... five baptised Sikhs were named Panj Pyare (Five Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at his r...
8: ... gurus are also known to have documented their revelations.) This is one of the few scriptures in the ...
14: ...dash; that is, by moderating egoism and sensuous delights, to live in a balanced worldly manner, and b...
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