Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
5: ...t "Puritan" was most often used by opponents and detractors of the group, rather than by the practitio...
8: ...hese contacts shaped their position towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (middle way).
12: ...lesiastical courts. They refused to endorse completely all of the ritual directions and formulas of t...
14: ...d the episcopal [[hierarchy]] into a specific target of their grievances. [[Tract]]s such as the ''[[...
16: ... rather than being the absence of doctrine, is a set of specifically ordained rules. His thinking on ... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
11: ...ean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist
52: *[[Milton Acorn|Acorn, Milton]], (1923-1986), poet
57: *[[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Acosta, Oscar Zeta]] (1935-1974)
59: *[[Uriel Acosta|Acosta, Uriel]], (1585-1640), philosopher - Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
4: ...of Spain|Philip III]], king of Spain, and [[Margaret of Austria]].
6: ...638]] and [[Philip I, Duke of Orl顮s]] born in [[1640]]. The marriage was not a happy one, filled with ...
10: In [[1661]], on the death of Mazarin, Anne retired to a convent where she later died.
12: ... in [[Alexandre Dumas]]' novel, ''[[The Three Musketeers]]''. - Painting (4567 bytes)
8: ...st known '''paintings''' are at the [[Grotte Chauvet]] in [[France]], dated at about 32,000 years old....
34: ...]], [[miscibility]], [[solubility]], drying time, etc.
39: *Heat-set oils
52: ... the distinctive visual elements, techniques and methods that typify an ''individual'' artist's work. ...
88: A proposed and yet-unrealised development in painting is [[four dime... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ... and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other col...
15: .... The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settled in [[Alentejo]].
23: ...he [[Visigoth]]s, invaded the Iberian peninsula, set up kingdoms, and became assimilated. The [[Vandal...
25:
27: ...ds of the cities of [[Coimbra]] and [[Porto]], together with the clergy of Braga, demanded the indepen... - Spain (36498 bytes)
42: time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]]<sup>3</sup> |
43: utc_offset = +1 |
45: utc_offset_DST = +2 |
48: ...up>2</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[peseta|Spanish Peseta]]<br><sup>3</sup> Except in the Canary Islands, ...
58: ...e [[Iberian peninsula]] through the Pyrenees and settled throughout the peninsula, becoming the [[Celt... - Biography (6028 bytes)
1: ...erent textures of personality including intimate details of experiences. A biography is more than a l...
8: ... [[kings]], [[tribes]], [[patriarchs]] and [[prophets]]. ...
12: ...' by [[Plutarch]] and ''Lives of Caesars'' by [[Suetonius]]. During the reign of the [[Roman Empire]]...
18: ...lesser people of society like [[artist]]s and [[poet]]s.
22: ...erestingly enough, Dryden's work delved in great detail about Plutarch's popularization of the word ''... - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
3: ...re of [[Cape Cod Bay]] in southeastern [[Massachusetts]].
5: ...colonial ventures in America. When the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] got its new charter in [[1691]], P...
7: ...was surrendered by Bradford to [[The Freemen]] in 1640, minus a small reserve of three tracts of land. ...
9: ...mouth County]], and [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts]]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - Macau (16856 bytes)
34: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.mo]]
42: ...bitants of Macau. But narrowly, it refers to an [[ethnic group]] in Macau originating from Portuguese ...
44: ... to the city. [[Ferry]] service by [[hydrofoil]] between Hong Kong and Macau is available 24 hours a d...
48: ...門, Cantonese Jyutping: ou3 mun4) means "Inlet Gates". The "gates" refer to two erect gate-like ...
50: ...665;澳; Xiangshan'ao; "Fragrant-mountain Inlet"), Lin Do (蓮島; Liandao; "Lotus Isla... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...[[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th century]] and [[1752]], January 1 ...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
15: ...nce|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
18: ...reat Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - March 17 (9666 bytes)
8: ...[[1673]] - [[Jacques Marquette]] and [[Louis Jolliet]] begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and ...
10: ...gdom|British]] forces evacuate [[Boston, Massachusetts]] after [[George Washington]] places [[artiller...
20: ...se War (1937-1945)]]: The [[Battle of Nanchang]] between the [[Kuomintang]] and the [[Japan]]ese break...
25: ...zin Gyatso]], the 14th [[Dalai Lama]], flees [[Tibet]] and travels to [[India]].
30: *[[1988]] - A [[Colombia]]n [[Boeing 727]] jetliner, [[Avianca Flight 410]], crashes into the si... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ted below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
32: *[[Kenneth Appel]] (? - ?)
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...homas Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[Nati...
12: ...cted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was recommended...
14: ... was exposed to European scientific and critical methods during the tour in contrast to the [[scholast...
16: ...r debater in philosophic groups in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637]] he consid...
20: ...ng treatise, how Men were moved to enter into society, and argued how this must be regulated if Men we... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra.
6: ...c geometry]], that bridge between algebra and geometry crucial to the invention of the [[calculus]] an...
11: ...ulosis]]. At the age of ten, he entered the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[Prytanee|Collège Royal Henr...
13: ...assau]], leader of the United Provinces of the [[Netherlands]]. His intention was to see the world and...
14: ...e profit from it. (Descartes, ''Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and Seeking... - 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}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
73: *[[Anaximenes of Miletus]]{{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Chimpanzee (10645 bytes)
17: ...Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. The boundary between the two species is formed by the [[Congo Rive...
26: ...ulture. The exposed skin of the face, hands and feet varies from pink to very dark in both species but...
30: ...al consciousness, mainly through fragmented and sketchy accounts of European adventurers. Apes are men...
32: ...]] in [[1640]] and was followed by a few of its brethren over the next several years. Scientists who e...
34: ...ght sound, with much attention being focused on whether or not the animals had traits that could be co... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
2: ...x130;mparatorluğu'''</big></big><br/>'''Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye'''
45: ...as referring to the Empire's position as gateway between Europe and Asia. In its day, the Ottoman Empi...
53: ...[Suleiman I]] in the [[16th century]], when it stretched from the [[Persian Gulf]] in the east to [[Hu...
55: ... a fortress and supplied huge cannon. The [[the Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Protestants]] were helped by th...
61: ...h in 1798, Cyprus occupied by the British in 1876 etc.). Socially, the advent of nationalism and the y... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
7: ...ion of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further details, please consult the ''main articles'' given a...
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust int...
25: ...s anointed by the Church. The Frankish kings now set up as protectors of the [[Pope]], and began to ta...
35: Between 843 and 880 the Carolingian empire was succes...
37: ...isively defeated near [[Augsburg]] and the Slavs between the [[Elbe]] and the [[Oder]] were submitted....
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).