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- Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...r known as '''Maria Christina Alexandra''' and sometime '''Count Dohna''', was Queen of [[Sweden]] fro...
8: ...ign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]], [[1650]]
18: ...tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Burial'''<td>[[St. Peter's Basilica]], [[Rome]]
22: ...f scientists examined her bones in an attempt to determine if she was [[intersexual]], but they were n...
31: ... peasants) in the [[Riksdag of the Estates]] of [[1650]] for the reduction of tax-exempt noble landholdi... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
16: ...essive for the violence portrayed, and was interpreted as a wish of psycological revenge for the viole...
20: ...ived to adulthood — following her mother's return to [[Rome]] in [[1621]] and later move to [[Na...
26: ...ntings, that the appearance of the curvy and energetic heroines is similar to her portraits and selfpo...
30: ...and with her husband. These problems lead to her return to [[Rome]] in [[1621]].
38: ... the artistic novelties of the period and enough determination to live as a protagonist during this wo... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
7: ...wind instruments such as the [[flute]] or [[clarinet]], the oboe is difficult to play and produce a go...
9: ...ly 442 Hz and 443 Hz in [[Germany]]). Setting the pitch of the oboe is not achieved by chan...
11: ...in early military bands until ousted by the clarinet.
13: ...7;3 is omitted, with the lowest note being B3. Together with the flute/recorder it is one of the oldes...
24: ...one]] is used. The least common of all is the mussette, the sopranino of the family. - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...instrument was first developed in France in about 1650 from the ''cor de chasse'' or hunting horn, and h...
4: ...nguage|It.]]), ''cor'' ([[French language|Fr.]]), etc.
6: ...estra]], the typical range of the French horn is set an octave higher in its [[harmonic series (music)...
14: ...the bell, he could bend the pitch to interpolate between the elements of a harmonic series. This inte...
16: ...e introduced, which allowed the player to switch between crooks without the effort of manually removin... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ...h dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasty]], roughly between [[1986 BC]] and [[1633 BC]].
5: .... Some authorities point to cultural differences between the Eleventh and [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|T...
10: ... Senuseret, campaigning against Lybian invaders, returned to Iljtawy with haste to prevent a takeover ...
12: [[Senusret I]] ([[1917 BC]] - [[1872 BC]]) continued the pol...
14: Senusret's successor [[Amenemhat II]] ([[1875 BC]] - [[184... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...ecent excavations reveal a cattle-[[herding]] society of peoples living in the region as early as [[60...
14: ... works) was one of the main agricultural breadbaskets of the ancient world. There is evidence of ancie...
16: ... with devising the world's earliest known [[alphabet]], [[decimal system]] [http://www.math.buffalo.ed...
25: * [[2900 BC|2900 BCE]] - [[Senet]], world's oldest confirmed [[board game]]
34: ...icago.org/exhibit/ships/], [http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/navy.htm]) - Maryland (22654 bytes)
41: ...]]. The new colony was named in honour of [[Henrietta Maria]], Queen Consort of Charles I.
43: ... as it was [[Christianity|Christian]]), and is sometimes seen as a precursor to the [[First Amendment]...
45: ...Mason-Dixon line]] which would form the boundary between their two colonies.
47: ... revolted against the proprietary government and set up a new government that outlawed both Catholicis...
55: ...ion]]. A [[constitutional convention (political meeting)|constitutional convention]] was held during 1... - 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 pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]] founded
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 - History of California (38344 bytes)
13: ...ne]]'' and ''[[Tongva]]''. California holds a variety of unique [[ecosystem]]s and each tribe speciali...
19: ...ve of the [[Seven Cities of Cibola]] that had streets paved with gold and silver. About the same time,...
21: ...r|La Paz]], before experiencing difficulties and returning. Cortés accompanied expeditions in [[1534]...
40: ...] to the modern California-Oregon border before returning to Spain.
47: ...px|left|"California" shown as an island on this [[1650]] map.]] - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
2: ...nt to its invention in China, but the crossbow nonetheless played a significant role in the history of...
18: ..., which was later incorporated into rifles, [[musket]]s and other [[firearm]]s. Triggers are known to ...
20: .... They also typically only have two [[fletching|fletch]]es per bolt instead of three commonly seen on ...
26: ...]] bows tended to be ornate and well engineered, yet western European bowstocks that were produced 600...
28: ...Since composite prods involved gluing material together which would have to withstand a great deal of ... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...andslide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorite impact]]s all have the potential to generat...
4: ... very long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnoti...
10: ...[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. However, the most common cause is...
14: Sub-marine landslides; which are sometimes triggered by large earthquakes; as well as co...
21: ...ushika Hokusai|Hokusai]]). In fact, a tsunami is better understood as a new and suddenly higher sea le... - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: ...its of swimming, yet basic swimming skills and safety precautions are needed to participate in water a...
13: ...cing drag further, and also increasing the ratio between the bodies water-line-length and width. Simil...
15: ..., oriented as perfectly as possible, because the returning appendage has to move at least twice as fas...
19: ...strength. With strength training, the hands and feet can be extended further into the water, gaining m...
26: ...ote the first swimming [[book]] "Colymbetes". Competitive swimming in [[Europe]] started around [[1800... - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...te''' is a plucked [[string instrument]] with a fretted neck and a deep round back. It evolved from an...
7: ... strings. Unlike most stringed instruments, the fretboard is mounted flush with the top. The ''tuning ...
9: ...till made of gut or a synthetic substitute, with metal windings on the lower-pitched strings as on a c...
11: ...he next pair of strings is the ''second course'', etc. Thus an 8-course lute will usually have 15 stri...
13: ...ourse are virtually always stopped and plucked together, as if a single string, but in extremely rare ... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
3: ...lasted from about 1680 BC to 1200 BC, with an as yet unexplained hundred-year gap from 1500 to 1400 BC...
7: ...Patriarchs (Bible)|Patriarch]]s up to [[Ezra]]'s return from [[Babylonian captivity of Judah|Babylonia...
12: ...in "land of ''[[Hatti]]''". Some names in the tablets were neither Hattic nor Assyrian, but clearly In...
14: ...tolian Hatti was identical with the "kingdom of Kheta" mentioned in these [[Egypt]]ian texts, and with...
15: ...e unknown language as the Egyptian letters from Kheta — thus confirming the identity of the two ... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
22: In his lifetime Roosevelt was a polarizing figure: he was a he...
26: ...York (then called [[Nieuw Amsterdam]]) in about [[1650]]. In [[1788]] [[Isaac Roosevelt]] was a member o...
28: ... two branches remained friendly: James Roosevelt met his wife at a Roosevelt family gathering at Oyste...
30: ...Phillippe de la Noye having arrived in [[Massachusetts]] in [[1621]]. Her mother was a Lyman, another ...
32: ...he fact that his father was a Democrat, however, set him apart to some extent from most other members ... - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
1: ...gh the necessities of life (food, work, communion etc.) within the historical context. Architectural h...
5: ...open architecture to a wide variety of new interpretations. New [[linguistic]] theories were popular i...
7: ...ortunism can be seen as a reaction to both the [[metaphysics]] of the previous theories, as well as th...
9: ...aced across the many editions of [[Sir Banister Fletcher]]'s popular book is a case in point. But in g...
17: ...nt architecture is characterised by this tension between the divine and mortal world. Cities would mar... - 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]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[155...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[1695]])
76: *[[Adriaan Blaauw]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1914]] – ) - 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...
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