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- St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...43_W.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 paintin...
2: ...f the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed in [[1626]].
4: ...asilica also holds a relic of the ''[[Cathedra]] Petri'', the episcopal throne of the basilica's names...
7: ...atican Council convened in the Basilica of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by...
8: ...n this exact spot, which had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christians. - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
10: * [[1624]] - Galileo presents his ''occhiolino'' to Prince...
15: ...[[1953]] - [[Frits Zernike]], professor of [[theoretical physics]], [[Nobel Prize]] in Physics for his... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...sometimes referred to as "the first [[theory|theoretical]] [[astrophysicist]]", although [[Carl Sagan]...
13: ...is entire life. At age six, he observed the [[Comet]] of [[1577]], writing that he "...was taken by [...
25: ..., [[1618]] Kepler discovered the third law of planetary motion: distance cubed over time squared. He i...
33: ...of Planetary Motion|Kepler's laws]], in which planets move in ellipses, not circles. Using that knowle...
35: ...rs]], [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]], [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]; and the five classical elements. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]]...
8: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Jamestown, Virginia]]
9: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Popham Colony]] in [[Maine]]
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [[Hudson Valley]] ar...
22: ...und [[Plymouth Colony]] in present-day [[Massachusetts]]; [[Mayflower Compact]] signed - January 17 (12233 bytes)
6: ...harles I of England|King Charles I]] and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the [[Engli...
9: ...sh forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[South Carol...
14: ... Safety (Hawaii)|Citizen's Committee of Public Safety]] overthrow the government of Queen [[Liliuokala...
20: ...iet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Warsaw]]...
21: ...chwitz concentration camp]] as [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces close in. - Palermo (10618 bytes)
21: ...eavily by the allied forces and were all but completely destroyed. Six decades later the city centre h...
23: ...ies were lost in the coming decades, due to incompetence, incapacity, [[corruption]] and [[abuse of po...
30: ...ry, beautiful palaces and churches, colourful markets, marvelous food and a distinctive cultural ident...
42: The Cathedral has a [[heliometer]] (solar "observatory") of 1690, one of a numbe...
44: ...ortantly, did not have the same time as in [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in Rome. It was also important to ... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
1: ...280px|right|New York State Capitol Building, completed in 1899 at a cost of $25 million was the most e...
5: The '''City of Albany''' lies 145 miles (233 kilometers) north of and slightly east from [[New York Ci...
17: founded = [[1624]] |
20: area = 56.6 [[square kilometer|km²]] (21.8 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
25: metro pop = | - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[155...
76: *[[Adriaan Blaauw]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1914]] – )
80: *[[Bart Bok]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1906]] – [[1983]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
73: *[[Anaximenes of Miletus]]{{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
7: ...[map]] of the [[St. Lawrence River]] and, on his return to France on [[September 20]], wrote an accoun...
9: ...abandoned the following spring [[1605]] when the settlers moved across the [[Bay of Fundy]] to found t...
13: ...ldings (each two stories tall) and also moat 15 feet wide. This was to become the [[Quebec City, Quebe...
19: ...in their war against the [[Iroquois]]. Champlain set off with 9 French soldiers and 300 Indians in ord...
21: ... shot. The Iroquois turned and fled. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the ne... - Oslo (11319 bytes)
29: ...nd [[Nordre Aker]]. The highest point is Kirkeberget, at 629 m. Although the city's population is smal...
33: ...m before [[1000]], evidence of a preceding urban settlement. This called for the celebration of Oslo's...
35: ...ne, the Norwegians decided to do away with that pretty name and call it Oslo instead.'' -- [[Roald Dah...
39: ...[Edvard Munch]], [[Knut Hamsun]] and [[Sigrid Undset]] (the latter two won the [[Nobel Prize]] for lit...
41: ...side, the growth of a modern urban landscape has met with both popular and political resistance.
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