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- 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]]... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
6: *[[Bernard Accama|Accama, Bernard]] (1697-1756), Dutch painter
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) - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
3: *[[Sin Ai|Ai, Sin]], poet
9: ...], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
11: *[[Conrad Aiken|Aiken, Conrad]], (1889-1973), poet
13: *[[Thomas Aikenhead|Aikenhead, Thomas]], (died 1697), hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
19: *[[Danny Ainge|Ainge, Danny]], (born 1959), [[basketball]] player, coach, [[baseball]] player - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ... art form called music actually consists of is something that is still debated today.
3: ==Etymology==
4: ...sigma;ικη (τεχνη)) by way of the Latin ''musica''. It is ultimat...
6: ...tract and has nothing to do with language (but something which may be combined with it in song) is rel...
8: ...hematical [[quadrivium]] - [[arithmetic]]s, [[geometry]], [[astronomy]] and [[musica]]. The concept of... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
13: ...antong|Xuantong, Qian]], ([[1887]]-[[1939]]), phonetician
27: ...[Johann Joachim Quantz|Quantz, Johann Joachim]], (1697-1773), composer
29: ...rancis Quarles|Quarles, Francis]], (1592-1644), poet
30: ...Quarrie|Quarrie, Don]], (born 1951), Jamaican athlete
40: ...een|Queen, Ivy]], born (1972), "The Queen of Reggaeton" - 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...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]]) - 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 - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...]] [[philosopher]] concerned primarily with [[society]] and [[epistemology]]. An [[English (people)|En...
6: ... [[Westminster School]] in [[London]]. After completing his studies there, he obtained admission to th...
8: ...with Locke and pressed him to become part of his retinue.
10: ...nd in [[1667]] moved into Shaftesbury's home at Exeter House in London, ostensibly as the household ph...
14: ...ftesbury's household, during [[1671]], that the meeting took place, described in the Epistle to the re... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...he [[Piave River|Piave]] (north) Rivers. The [[Venetian Republic]] was a major sea power and a [[stagi...
5: ''See also [[Veneti]].''
6: ...trategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invulnerable...
8: ...tials for the power of Venice were laid: the [[Venetian Arsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Veni...
10: ...rona, Italy|Verona]] rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
5: ...me disagreement about the borders and difference between the early Maya and their neighboring Pre-Clas...
11: ...sually called ''stelae'' (the Maya called them ''Tetun'', or "Tree-stones"), which depict rulers along...
22: ...Maya architecture spans many thousands of years; yet, often the most dramatic and easily recognizable ...
29: At the onset of large-scale construction, a predetermined axis was typically established in congruen...
31: ...y were constructed in accordance with Maya interpretation of the orbits of the stars. Immediately outs... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...umnavigate]] the world twice, and went on to complete a third circumnavigation.
4: ...a plantation manager on [[Jamaica]], but he soon returned to the sea,
7: ...en raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the Caribbean.
9: ...he ''Cygnet'', and on [[31 March]] [[1686]] they set out across the Pacific to raid the [[East Indies]...
11: ...in [[Sumatra]]. After further adventures Dampier returned to England in [[1691]] via the [[Cape of Goo... - William Kidd (4938 bytes)
2: ...h Bradley Cox Oort. They had two daughters: Elizabeth and Sarah Kidd. The marriage brought to Kidd a c...
8: ...ght a few days later, Kidd threw an ironbound bucket at Moore which killed him.
10: ...nglish ship. Kidd tried to persuade his crew to return the ship to its owners but they refused.
14: ...nd leaky. With the loyal remnant of his crew, he returned home in the captured ''Quedah Merchant''.
16: When Kidd returned to New York City, he was arrested with his c... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[Unit...
4: ...include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [[catheter]], the [[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improve...
9: ...[[Massachusetts]] on [[August 15]], [[1667]], to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wif...
11: ...blings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May 16]], [[16...
13: ... for [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]; and while in Boston, they had several more c... - 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...
76: *[[Adriaan Blaauw]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1914]] – )
80: *[[Bart Bok]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1906]] – [[1983]]) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...wear wooden crosses, half a metre long by half a metre wide, around their necks. Although Christians w...
9: Together with the [[Knights Templar]], who were formed ...
15: ...e their new home. His successor [[Fulkes de Villaret]] executed the plan, and on [[August 15]], [[1309...
17: ... Constantinople]] made the Knights a priority target.
19: ...h the survivors were allowed to leave Rhodes and retreated to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. In exchange, ... - 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.... - Germany in the Middle Ages (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.... - Maya (24836 bytes)
5: ...me disagreement about the borders and difference between the early Maya and their neighboring Pre-Clas...
11: ...sually called ''stelae'' (the Maya called them ''Tetun'', or "Tree-stones"), which depict rulers along...
22: ...Maya architecture spans many thousands of years; yet, often the most dramatic and easily recognizable ...
29: At the onset of large-scale construction, a predetermined axis was typically established in congruen...
31: ...y were constructed in accordance with Maya interpretation of the orbits of the stars. Immediately outs...
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