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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ...ourteen when she was married (1533), at [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother wa...
7: ...ggle against [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], was only too glad of the opportunity to str...
9: When her maternal aunt the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County...
11: ...ver, soon grew weary of the domination of the Guises, and entered upon a course of secret opposition. ...
13: ..., or even fewer centimetres (17, 15, or fewer inches). - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
4: ... thirteen, Francis married her to the Duke of Cleves, but this political marriage was annulled four ye...
6: After the death of Francis and the accession of [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] Jeanne was...
14: In [[1567]] war broke out again, and Jeanne fled to the Hug...
16: ==Marriages==
18: In [[1541]] Jeanne married William, Duke of Cleves, annulled in [[1545]], with no issue. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...ndash; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because ...
9: Mary, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, [[Ma...
12: ...tland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de G...
14: ...es could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...ary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the de... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...irgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch ...
9: ...en saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VI...
11: ...ies, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony i...
13: ...ica]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen...
16: ... under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asterales]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''annuus''''' }}
15: ... [[Asteraceae]] with a large flower head ([[inflorescence]]). The stem of the flower can grow up to 3 ...
18: ...f their [[Solar deity|sun god]], and [[gold]] images of the "flower" as well as [[seed]]s were taken b...
20: ==Description== - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: ... about [[1300 BC]]. Archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society has existed for...
9: events in Egyptian history is still a subject of research.
10: The conservative dates are not supported by any reliable absolute date f...
13: ...ypt|Early Dynastic Period]] (1st–2nd Dynasties)
14: ...gdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]] (3rd–6th Dynasties) - Senet (1763 bytes)
3: ... external link below). Therefore, Senet is the oldest board game whose ancient existence has been conf...
5: ... is depicted in a painting in the tomb of [[Rashepes]] (c. [[2500 BC]]).
7: ...ional pantheon : [[Ra|Re]], [[Thoth]], and sometimes [[Osiris]]. Consequently, Senet boards were often...
9: ... as [[Cyprus]] and [[Crete]] but with apparently less religious significance.
13: ...storians who have proposed (different) sets of rules to play the game. - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
2: Name = Tennessee |
3: Fullname = State of Tennessee |
4: Flag = Tennessee state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Tennessee]] |
6: Seal = Tennesseestateseal.jpg | - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...ns in many languages; in English by [[Anthony Hodges]], 1638, and [[R. Smith]], 1855.)
3: ...''Leucippe''. The fragment was first published in 1567, then in the ''Uranologion'' of [[Petavius]], wit... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...scount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...erimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, such methods were co...
8: He was the youngest of five sons of [[Nicholas Bacon|Sir Nicholas Ba...
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustome...
14: ...ed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...aper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
5: ... his surname "Brahe". Apparently his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
8: ...itten Tÿcho). He was born at his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]]...
10: ...tempt to get him back. Tycho lived with his childless uncle and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in t...
12: ...ctatus de Sphaera, [[Apianus]]' Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De tri... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...ainter]] known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. There are records that he was born in Broghel ne...
9: ...s also the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred...
11: ...p to a religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the severit...
14: ...herlandish Proverbs'', [[1559]], with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 [[proverb]]s]]
21: ...andscape with the Fall of Icarus'' c.1558, Mus饠des Beaux-Arts, Brussels - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
7: ... [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[cartographer]] of German descent, remembered for the [[Mercator projection]] n...
9: ...ercator produced a map of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] ([[1537]]), another map of the world ([[153...
12: ...as compass courses could be marked as straight lines.
14: ... map, drawn in [[1587]] after his father's map of 1567 (published in 1595)]]
15: ...e took the word [[atlas (cartography)|atlas]] to describe a collection of maps, and encouraged [[Abrah... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 B... - July 24 (8660 bytes)
5: ...aced by her 1 year old son [[King James I|King James VI]].
7: ...[Niagara]] to halt [[Jacob Brown]]'s [[United States|American]] invaders.
9: ... pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of [[Salt Lake City]].
10: ...eneral [[George Crook]] in an effort to keep Yankees out of the [[Shenandoah Valley]].
11: ...U.S. state]] to be readmitted to the [[United States|Union]] following the [[American Civil War]]. - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...]] (such as the [[caste system]] and [[purdah]], respectively). Sikhism was influenced by reform movem...
4: ...s no Muslim." [[Guru Gobind Singh]] reinforced these words by saying "Regard the whole human race as ...
6: ...d Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at his request.
8: ...n in [[Gurmukhi]] script but contains many languages including [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sanskri...
10: ...st in many ways, many places and known by many names, is eternally One, the Sovereign and omnipotent G... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...fur trade]]. His influence is still felt in the presence of French Canadians in [[Quebec]], where he d...
7: ... of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: ...rance|Henry IV]] to make a report on his discoveries, Champlain joined another expedition to New Fran...
13: ...sions, which he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
19: ...aving Champlain with only 2 Frenchmen and 60 natives. - History of Ancient Egypt (27975 bytes)
3: ... about [[1300 BC]]. Archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society has existed for...
9: events in Egyptian history is still a subject of research.
10: The conservative dates are not supported by any reliable absolute date f...
13: ...ypt|Early Dynastic Period]] (1st–2nd Dynasties)
14: ...gdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]] (3rd–6th Dynasties)
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