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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
7: ...ddressed Catherine as his niece, he was in fact a first cousin of her grandfather. It was the pope wh...
15: ...the moderate counsels of l'H?al to avoid siding definitely with either party, but her character and th...
17: ... statesmanship in particular as a career in which finesse, lying, and assassination were the most admi...
19: ...nking her influence menaced, sought to regain it, first by the murder of Coligny, and, after that fail...
21: ...hateau Fontainebleau|Palace of Fontainebleau]] in 1564 were famous for their sumptuousness. In architect... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succe...
9: ...is era. In addition, [[Francis Drake]] became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; [[Fran...
18: ... before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth b...
25: .... In [[1553]], however, Edward died at the age of fifteen, having left a will which purported to super...
27: ...r house arrest under the guard of Sir Henry Bedingfield; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsel... - Painting (4567 bytes)
34: ...st.]] Different types of paint are usually identified by the medium that the pigment is suspended or ...
48: *[[Spray paint]] ([[Graffiti]])
70: *[[Graffiti]]
80: *[[Figure painting]]
99: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]] - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...ion of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre...
13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrᮠna bhFiann]]'' |
14: official_languages = [[Irish language|Irish]], [[Engli...
58: ...ted term for the state, ''Ireland'' is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and leg...
60: ...'. Historically the state has had more than one official title. The revolutionary state established by... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom...
46: ...inority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's official name is as follows:
52: ...>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]. As of April 2005, th...
54: ...untry" to "state", "nation", "union", etc, please first contribute to the extensive discussion of this...
58: ...ded Wales]] as a [[principality]]) with those of, first, [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and then [[Kingdom of... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...Jesus]] and first [[Bishop of Antioch]] and later first [[Bishop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his ...
8: ...ine I of the Roman Empire|Emperor Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity he started construc...
12: ...dent [[Giacomo della Porta]] continued with the unfinished portions of the church. [[Carlo Maderno]] b...
20: ...46. At the time of his death (1564), the dome was finished as far as the drum, the base on which domes...
24: ...d on it. The piers at the crossing which were the first masonry to be laid, which were intended to sup... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
214: *[[Pieter Brueghel the Younger]] ([[1564]]-[[1638]])
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
73: ..., (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — roll film
83: *[[Adolf Eugen Fick]], (1829-1901) — [[contact lens]]
93: *[[Galileo Galilei]], (1564-1642), [[Italy]] — [[thermometer]]
137: ...ited States|USA]] — [[Polaroid]] polarizing filters and the [[Land Camera]]
139: *[[Irving Langmuir]], (1851-1957), gas filled incandescent lamp, hydrogen welding - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Aristotle]]. In additio...
7: ...rsity of Pisa]], but was forced to "drop out" for financial reasons. However, he was offered a positio...
10: ...losophy]] or religion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science....
18: ...makers. His work on the device also made for a profitable sideline with merchants who found it useful ...
20: ...humb|200px|right|It was on this page that Galileo first noted an observation of the [[natural satellit... - March (3907 bytes)
8: ...ed to use March 25 until 1752, the same year they finally adopted the Gregorian calendar.
10: ...yoi]]'' (弥生). In [[Finnish language|Finnish]], the month is called ''maaliskuu'', of obs...
18: *On the first [[Sunday]] of March the [[Vasaloppet]] cross c...
21: ...s. Highlights include the [[Boeing]] Night Alight Finale. - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
11: He is often credited as being the first western painter to paint landscapes for their ...
19: ...:image:bigfishlittlefish.JPG|Large Fish Eat Small Fish]]'' 1556, Albertina, Vienna
23: * ''The Fight Between Carnival and Lent'' 1559, Kunsthistori...
25: * ''Saul (Battle Against The Filistines On The Gilboa)'' 1562, Kunsthistorisches ...
32: * ''The Procession to Calvary'' 1564, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...il [[1564]]; [[baptism|baptised]] [[April 26]], [[1564]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]]); – [[April 23]], [[1...
4: ...the range and depth of human emotions. A colossal figure in world literature, Shakespeare's legacy and...
6: ...] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of the ...
14: ... [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], [[England]], in April [[1564]], the son of [[John Shakespeare]], a glove-maker... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
7: He was born named Filippo in [[Nola]], in [[Campania]], the son of Gio...
10: ...s are the four [[classical element]]s: earth, air fire, water]]
11: ...inas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]], [[Marsilio Ficino]], and [[Nicholas of Cusa]].
17: ...e our [[Sun]], that the universe was [[infinity|infinite]], with a "Plurality of Worlds", and that all...
21: ...makes a case that Bruno is the previously unidentified 'Henry Fagot' whose reports to Francis Walsingh... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ...suited for copper engraving of maps. He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be publis...
12: ...ve]] in [[1564]]. He devised a new projection and first used it in [[1569]]; it had parallel lines of ...
15: ... produced his own atlas in a number of parts, the first of which was published in [[1578]] and consist...
22: ...phicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura'' (Atlas, or Cosmographical Meditations on th... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
95: *[[Mino da Fiesole]] (c.1429 - 1484)
96: *[[Steve Fiorilla]]
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-) - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
4: ...een stars and planets; as Stars remain relatively fixed over the [[century|centuries]], while planets ...
8: ...lineation]]s (such as [[Stonehenge]]) probably fulfilled both astronomical and [[religion|religious]] ...
14: ...ibe their designs are conservatively dated to the first millennium BC, but their contents appear to be...
46: ...ment of [[precession]] and the compilation of the first star catalog. [[Ptolemy]] later referred to th...
57: ...rp.300pix.jpg|thumb|left|200px Gallileo Gallilei (1564-1642) crafted his own telescope and discovered th... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
29: *[['Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]], ([[Persia]], [[903]] – [[986]])
198: *[[David Fabricius]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1564]] – [[1617]])
205: *[[Erwin Findlay-Freundlich]] ([[1885]] – [[1964]])
220: *[[Galileo Galilei]] ([[Italy]], [[1564]] – [[1642]])
375: *[[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
293: *[[John Calvin]], (1509-1564){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
387: *[[Lady Anne Finch Conway]], (1631-1679){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Hippocampus (8957 bytes)
4: ...ry problems and disorientation appear amongst the first symptoms. Damage to the hippocampus can also r...
6: ...ungest species]], especially [[human]]s. The significant development of hippocampal volume in primates...
12: ...rts of the brain. However, experimentation has difficulties in testing the sparing of older memories, ...
18: ...eir way around in a [[virtual reality]] town. The findings resulted from research with individuals who...
20: ...ed for simple spatial memory tasks (for instance finding the way back to a hidden goal). - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
1: :''For other meanings of '''Pacific''', see [[Pacific (disambiguation)]].''
2: {{Five Oceans}}
3:
5: ...which are found south of the equator. (See: [[Pacific Islands]].)
7: ...st, and the [[Straits of Magellan]] links the Pacific with the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on the east.
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