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- Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
2: ...France]]. During her relatively brief reign, [[Jules Cardinal Mazarin|Cardinal Mazarin]] served as Fra...
6: ...rusted the government to the prime minister, [[Jules Mazarin]], who was believed to be her lover.
8: ... niece, the Spanish Hapsburg princess [[Maria Theresa of Spain|Marie-Th鲨se of Austria]].
12: ... cunning woman and she is one of the central figures in [[Alexandre Dumas]]' novel, ''[[The Three Musk... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
2: ...is''' ([[May 14]], [[1553]] – [[May 27]], [[1615]]), "Queen Margot" was Queen of [[France]] and [[...
4: ...France|Fran篩s II]], [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]] and [[Henri III of France|Henri III]].
6: ...of Navarre, opposed the marriage, many of her nobles supported it, and the marriage was arranged. Jean...
8: ... be her husband, she did not answer; so King Charles IX, placed a hand on his sister's head, compellin...
10: ...on St Bartholomew's Day, Catherine de' Medici orchestrated the slaughter by French Catholics of thousa... - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
2: ...de Lanclos'' ([[November 10]]? sometime between [[1615]] and [[1623]] - [[October 17]], [[1705]]) was a ...
8: ...the literary arts. In her early thirties she was responsible for encouraging the young [[Moli貥]], an...
10: ...eden|Christina]], former queen of [[Sweden]]. Impressed, Christina wrote to [[Cardinal Mazarin]] on Ni...
12: ...in a stock of provisions, but not of pleasures: these should be gathered day by day."
14: ...the salon of Ninon de l'Enclos despite other locales in the past. During this time she was a friend of... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...x|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria...
3: ...ligious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
7: ...o Gentileschi]], one of the greatest representatives of the school of [[Caravaggio]]. Artemisia was in...
12: ...promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ...the [[feminism|feminist]] view of Atermisia Gentileschi during the [[20th century]] - Alphorn (1746 bytes)
3: ...generally spruce but sometimes pine. In former times the alphorn maker would find a tree bent at the b...
5: ... now in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], measures 8 ft. in length and has a straight tube.
8: ...movement of his First Symphony (played in the orchestra by the French Horn) was an alphorn melody he h...
10: ...erni trummet in ''Syntagma Musicum'' (Wittenberg, 1615-1619). - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in Christendom and often used by the Pope...
2: ...int Peter]], one of the twelve [[apostle]]s of [[Jesus]] and first [[Bishop of Antioch]] and later fir...
4: ... but which is no longer used. These are the sources of the confusion.
7: ... Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by Bernini.]]
12: ...derno]] became the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...f thought]], particularly with [[science]], in [[Western society]].
7: ... explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...on. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ... determine the law of acceleration of falling bodies, for instance, required accurate measurements of ...
14: ...he experiments and even indicated the particular results that led to the time-squared law (Drake, 1973... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: [[Image:Shakespeare.jpg|frame|right|William Shakespeare ([[National Portrait Gallery, London|Nationa...
2: ... and [[playwright]], has a reputation as the greatest of all [[writer]]s in the [[English language]], ...
4: ...e continually performed all around the world. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have ...
6: ... uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of the fact that he lived only 52 ye...
8: ...ases]], and the many [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...ate actors, authorized by their national authorities, until this form of [[commerce raiding]] was outl...
4: ...challenges global governance |date=2009-04-09 |accessdate=2009-04-09 |publisher=[[Open Democracy]]}}</...
10: ...ref> By the 1st century BC, there were pirate states along the [[Anatolia]]n coast, threatening the co...
12: ...sar raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and had them put to death.
14: ...e threat. (See [[Pompey#Campaign against the pirates]]). - 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... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
13: *[[Charles Hitchcock Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1868]] – [[1951]])
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876]] – [[1956]]) - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...ransliterated]] as '''Quran''', '''Koran''', and less commonly '''Alcoran''') is the [[Sacred text|hol...
6: ...gest sura, and closes with some of the shortest ones.
10: ...is provided by the [[ruku'at]], semantical units resembling paragraphs and comprising roughly ten ayat...
14: ...uspended Odes'', are believed by some to be examples of pre-Islamic Arabic; others say that they were ...
16: ...emains to this day the speech used in Qur'anic times, rather than the current spoken dialects. - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ...ica, centred on the [[Andes|Andean]] mountain ranges. The Inca empire proved short-lived: by [[1533]] ...
6: ...Quechua, although over seven hundred local languages were spoken. The Inca leadership encouraged the w...
9: ...gions between", which referred to the four provinces whose corners met at the empire's capital, [[Cusc...
13: == Origin stories ==
17: ...]] sent forth his four sons and four daughters to establish a village. Along the way, [[Sinchi Roca]] ... - 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. - Lithium (11359 bytes)
18: | [[periodic table series|Series]]
24: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
30: ...gn="center" bgcolor="#FF6666" | '''Atomic properties'''
56: ...="center" bgcolor="#FF6666" | '''Physical properties'''
65: | 1615 K (2448 ?F)
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