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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...plorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] ...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portugue...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
30: ...er]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
17: ...e|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
18: *[[Jakob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...[April 15]], [[1683]]/[[1684]]–[[May 17]],[[1727]]) was the second wife of [[Peter I of Russia|Pet...
7: ...ldhood except for Anna and [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta]].
10: *[[Empress]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]]
14: *Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich ([[1717]]-[[1717]])
17: ...Sarskoje Selo estate, later renamed [[Tsarskoye Selo]]. - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: [[Image:elizabeth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the ...
3: ...]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarskoye Selo]]. The [[Winter Palace]] and the [[Smolny]] Cath...
7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Grea...
9: ...uency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and v...
11: ...y remaining near relation, the princess found herself at the age of eighteen practically her own mistr... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia]]
14: | wife=[[Elizabeth Kortright Monroe]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Daniel D. Tompkins]]
22: ...]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were well-to-do farmers.
24: ... direction of President [[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped negotiate the [[Louisiana Purchase]]. - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
13: *[[Elihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
45: ...es, Dornford]], ([[1885]] - [[1960]]), British novelist
48: ... W.]], ([[1747]]-[[1826]]), Continental Congress delegate from [[New York]]
50: ...t)|Yates, Richard]], ([[1926]]-[[1992]]), U.S. novelist - 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]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
10: ...known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] and completed in [[1514]].
12: ... [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]] painter [[Raffaello Santi]] ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), who painted full-s...
16: ...] ([[1599]]-[[1641]]), [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]]), and [[John Constable]] ([[1776]]-[[1...
25: Watercolor paint is made of finely-ground [[pigment]] or dye mixed with [[gum arabi...
33: ... used in transparent watercolor. Opaque paint is seldom used for whites or to ''overpaint''. - 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]] - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...ed Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] for the development of differential [[calculus]]. While they bo...
4: ...h as those of [[comet]]s) were not only [[ellipse|elliptic]], but could also be [[hyperbola|hyperbolic...
6: Newton also developed a [[Newton's law of cooling|law of cooling]],...
17: According to [[Eric Temple Bell|E.T. Bell]] (1937, Simon and Schuster) and H. Eves:
19: ...he romance cooled and Miss Storey married someone else. It is said he kept a warm memory of this love,... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...ohn II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]].
20: *[[1882]] - [[John D. Rockefeller]] unites his oil holdings into the [[Standard ...
27: *[[1921]] - The first religious [[radio]] broadcast ([[KDKA AM]] in [[Pitts...
32: ...Bombing During World War II|German bombing]] severely damaged the [[Llandaff Cathedral]], built in [[1... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...skyscrapers serve as [[office building]]s or [[hotel]]s. The term ''highrise'' is also used to describ...
7: ...skyscraper development was the invention of the [[elevator]].
9: ...-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Another contender for the title is ...
11: ... of glass that are laterally supported by these skeletal frames. Special consideration must also be gi...
23: {| cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border:3p... - 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... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
17: *[[J?Jakob Berzelius]], (1779-1848), Swedish ''chemist''
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German inventor, chemist
23: *[[Eduard Buchner]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - March 20 (10075 bytes)
9: ... in [[India]] and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]].
11: ...Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,000 and a voluntee...
15: ... Place]] becomes the first woman executed in an [[electric chair]].
19: ...h; [[Albert Einstein]] publishes his [[theory of relativity]].
35: ...[1990]] – [[Ferdinand Marcos]]'s widow, [[Imelda Marcos]], goes on trial for [[bribery]], [[embe... - 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) - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
1: ...mb|Leonhard Euler aged 49 (oil painting by [[Emanuel Handmann]], 1756)]]
5: ...f the newly invented [[calculus]]. He was completely [[blindness|blind]] for the last seventeen years...
10: ...ical lectures and respected his family. When Daniel and Nikolaus Bernoulli asked him to allow his son...
12: In [[1727]] Euler was called to [[Saint Petersburg|St. Pete...
14: In [[1733]] he married Katharina Gsell, the daughter of the director of the academy of ... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ...tion of large-scale patterns and trends in the development of [[science]], and asking questions about ...
7: ...us. Earlier, most natural philosophers worked in relative isolation, due to the difficulty and slownes...
9: ...ce on the peer review and publishing process, as well as the internal disciplinary limitations to the ...
11: ...founded in [[Naples]] [[1560]] by [[Giambattista della Porta]]. The Academy had an exclusive membershi...
13: ...on his condemnation in [[1633]]. The [[Accademia del Cimento]], [[Florence]] [[1657]], lasted 10 years...
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