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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...
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...
25: ...nora of Brandenburg|Maria Eleonora]] of [[Prussia|Brandenburg]], came from the [[Hohenzollern]] family. She was...
34: ...rder to either practice openly her previously secret [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]], or to acce... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
7: ... her as a wireless operator in preparation for a return to France.
9: ...[Torgau]] in [[Saxony]] and at [[Konisberg]] in [[Brandenburg]] where she suffered great hardship from exposure...
11: ... [[crematorium]]. Both [[Lilian Rolfe]] and [[Violette Szabo]], two other female members of the SOE he... - Piccolo heckelphone (2734 bytes)
3: ...denburg Concerto]], where it played the high trumpet part in the last movement. In [[1915]], Strauss r...
7: ...emely small numbers, with production ceasing altogether in [[1955]] due to lack of interest. Apparentl...
11: ...g an alternative to the less-than-satisfactory musette oboe in F or Eb. - Recorder (12954 bytes)
3: ... It consisted of two recorders in f' connected together by leather flanges: one instrument was voiced ...
5: ...]], which is not surprising since the early clarinet was, in a sense, derived from the recorder, at le...
7: ...mi Hendrix]]. Prominent jazz musician [[Keith Jarrett]] has even recorded an entire album of recorder ...
9: ...ficult to handle: the contrabass in F is about 2 meters tall. The soprano and the alto are the most co...
15: ...corders currently being produced are equal to or better than lower-end wooden instruments. Beginner's ... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
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...
20: [[Image:French horn detail.jpg|frame|right|The valves of a double horn]] - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...], to the west by [[France]], [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Luxembourg]], and to the east by ...
44: | [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1)<br>[[Cen...
46: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.de]]
66: ...he [[Holy Roman Empire]] came to be the division between [[Austria]], formerly the leading state of Ge...
71: ... by a measure of [[Klemens Wenzel von Metternich|Metternich]] repressing the liberal agitation. The ''... - Castle (27805 bytes)
10: ...of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can be seen by many of the typical feat...
19: ...|[[Craigievar Castle]] in [[Aberdeenshire]], completed in 1626.]]
26: ...ry strong perimeter defense. [[Castle walls]], together with lodgings ([[keep]]) suitable for a [[Baro...
38: For a more complete list see [[List of castles]].
40: ...drawbridge]]s, [[battlements]], [[portcullis]]es, etc. - Giovanni Boccaccio (10149 bytes)
2: ...ith the [[Medieval]] virtues of [[Chivalry]], [[Piety]] and [[Humility]]).
5: The exact details of his birth are not certain. He was almost c...
7: ...finity and he eventually persuaded his father to let him study law at the ''Studium'' in the city. How...
11: ...cio began what he considered his true vocation, poetry. Works produced in this period include ''Filost...
13: ...egorical poem ''Amorosa visione'' in 1342, ''Fiammetta'' in 1343 and probably the pastoral piece ''Nin... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...ed) [[theory]] of the [[solar system]] in a form detailed enough to make it scientifically useful. His...
10: ...law|canon]] and [[civil law]] at [[Ferrara]], he met his teacher [[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]],...
12: ... first observation Copernicus made in [[1497]] together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De rev...
16: ...nd obtained permission to return to Italy to complete his studies in Padua (with Guarico and Fracastor...
18: ...en he progressively became ill. Throughout his lifetime he made astronomical observations and calculat... - Digital photography (33923 bytes)
24: ...an display pictures directly on a [[television]] set. Similarly, many [[camcorder]]s can take still ph...
44: ... the camera, shutter speed, flash use, film speed etc, to aid in the reviewing and sorting of photogra...
55: ...ing process (caveat: dust on the sensor requires retouching)
63: ... models can produce astoundingly detailed images better than a 35mm film images and the majority of me...
73: ...ow-quality ink and paper that will cause them to deteriorate severely over time, while most film print... - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
3: ...ast Germany]]. Its intent was to restrict access between West Berlin and East Germany. It was built in...
7: ... portion of the city under their control. The Soviet sector was by far the largest and contained the t...
9: ...[[Berlin Airlift]] by the Western Allies. The Soviets lifted the ineffective blockade the next year.
11: ...n effect an [[exclave]] of [[West Germany]], completely surrounded by East Germany. West Berlin's prec...
13: ...Germany's economy was being subsidized by the Soviet government. - 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.... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...rg]]. Some of his most famous works include the [[Brandenburg Concertos]], [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]], the [...
13: ...Johann Pachelbel]]) from his brother's music cabinet and began to copy it by the moonlight. This went ...
19: ...las Bruhns]]. Shortly after graduation (Bach completed Latin school when he was 18, an impressive acco...
24: ... to be instructive to organ students. This incomplete work introduces two major themes into Bach's cor...
28: ...rk from this period is secular in nature. The ''[[Brandenburg concerti]]'', as well as many other instrumental ... - 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.... - Arctic Wolf (3212 bytes)
19: ...olves]], being about 90 to 150 [[cm]] (3 to 5 [[feet]]) long including the tail; males are larger than...
27: ...to find prey, up to and beyond 2600 [[square kilometer|km<sup>2</sup>]] (1000 [[square mile]]s), and t...
39: * L. David Mech (text), Jim Brandenburg (photos), ''At home with the arctic wolf'', [[Nat...
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