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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]]) - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...i Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-...
7: ...|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
18: ...Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
1: ...459.jpg|thumb|right|230px|H.I.M. Ekaterina I, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias]]
3: ... of [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] and Empress of [[Russia]] from [[1725]] until her death. Wit...
5: ...to minister Gluck of [[Marienburg]]. Russian forces captured the city, she was captured and forced to...
7: ... Marfa, and shortly after he took her as his mistress. In [[1705]], she converted to [[Orthodoxy]] an...
9: *Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna ([[1708]]-[[1728]]) - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...s.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
3: ...[[St Petersburg]]. Generally, she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow...
5: ==Life before becoming Empress==
7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine ...
9: ...es with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordina... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Monroe
3: | image name=jamesmonroe-npgallery.jpg
4: | order=5th President
7: | preceded=[[James Madison]]
10: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
18: *[[Yamamoto Tsunetomo]] (1659-1719), Japanese Author of [[Hagakure]]
19: ...[Akira Yamaoka|Yamaoka, Akira]] (born 1968), Japanese composer
20: ...saki|Yamasaki, Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: ...ant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines - 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
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: ... [[Fabriano]], Italy, opened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opened in [[1492]].
10: ...wet [[plaster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] an...
12: ...d full-scale cartoons as precursors for tapestry designs.
16: ...] ([[1599]]-[[1641]]), [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]]), and [[John Constable]] ([[1776]]-[[1...
27: ==Techniques== - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
14: ...of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Ana...
22: ...U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
28: ...liner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[gramophone]] - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...work for [[classical mechanics]]. Newton also shares credit with [[Gottfried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm...
4: ...r's laws of planetary motion]]. He would expand these laws by arguing that [[orbit]]s (such as those o...
6: ...nomial theorem]] in its entirety; and the principles of conservation of [[momentum]] and [[angular mom...
17: ...l|E.T. Bell]] (1937, Simon and Schuster) and H. Eves:
19: ...ge of 19. As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss Storey married someo... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
10: ...tate to ratify the [[United States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durh...
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''.
15: ...nnounced at a meeting of the [[Acad魩e des Sciences]] in [[Paris]]. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
1: ...e.jpg|right|thumb|[[Taipei 101]], the world's tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise.]]
3: ...ings, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential buildings.
5: ...le walk up so many flights of stairs, and water pressure could only provide running water to about 50&...
7: ...r 300 metres (987 ft) tall. The other development essential to practical skyscraper development was th...
9: ...ure was constructed in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Anot... - 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. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
40: * Sir [[James Dewar]]
59: *[[Carl Remigius Fresenius]]
60: *[[Wilhelm Fresenius]], son of Carl, German chemist, (1913-2004)
77: *[[Charles Hatchett]], (1765-1847), English chemist who disc... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
7: ...413]] – [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] becomes King of [[England]].
8: ...602]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]] and sacks the city, steali...
10: ...Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
11: ...eon I of France|Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,00... - 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]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...]]) to describe an [[Expression (mathematics)|expression]] involving various [[parameter|argument]]s; ...
5: ...invented [[calculus]]. He was completely [[blindness|blind]] for the last seventeen years of his life...
10: ... [[Jakob Bernoulli]]'s mathematical lectures and respected his family. When Daniel and Nikolaus Berno...
12: ...ost much of his vision in the right eye due to excessive observation of the [[Sun]].
14: ...and two daughters survived. The descendants of these children, however, were in high positions in Rus... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ...s in the development of [[science]], and asking questions about how science "works" both in a philosop...
7: ...elative isolation, due to the difficulty and slowness of communication. Still, there was a considerabl...
9: ...ary limitations to the scientific publication process.
11: ... the first scientific community; founded in [[Naples]] [[1560]] by [[Giambattista della Porta]]. The A...
13: ...functions, including a community open to and interested in empirical inquiry, and also more familiar w...
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