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  1. Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
    1: ...21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
    3: ... Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She was also the first female artist to paint history and religious p...
    7: ...was born in [[Rome]], on [[July 8]] [[1593]], the first child of the painter [[Orazio Gentileschi]], o...
    10: The first work of the young 17-years old Artemisia (even...
    14: ... using a device made of thongs wrapped around the fingers and tighted by degrees — a particularl...
  2. New Jersey (35646 bytes)
    13: OfficialLang = ''None defined'' |
    36: ... postal abbreviation of '''NJ'''. It is also the fifth smallest state. The state is named after the ...
    39: ...egion were the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] in the early 1630's, who formed a settlement at present-day [[Jerse...
    43: ... in St. Helier that [[Charles II of England]] was first proclaimed King of England in 1649, following ...
    45: ... region and came primarily from New England. The first permanent English settlement was Elizabethtown...
  3. Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
    1: ...s attests its popularity. (Editio princeps, 1601; first important critical edition by [[Jacobs]], 1821...
    3: ...vius]], with a Latin translation, 1630. Nothing definite is known as to the authorship of the other wo...
  4. St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
    1: ...of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in Christendom an...
    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...
  5. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
    218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
    363: *[[Willem Drost]] (ca.[[1630]]- ca.[[1680]])
    381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
    394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
  6. Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
    6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1...
    10: There are five basic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivor...
    19: These traps may also be classified as active or passive. For example, there are bo...
    47: waterproofing, species of ''Sarracenia'' secrete enzymes such...
    76: toxic alkaloid, which probably increases the efficiency of the traps by intoxicating the prey items...
  7. Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
    2: ...arl Sagan]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
    15: ... of the T?n faculty. However, before he took his final exams he was recommended for the vacant post o...
    19: ...perial Mathematician (from November [[1601]] to [[1630]]) to the Habsburg Emperors.
    23: ...ograph on the origins of [[snow|snowflakes]], the first known work on the subject. He correctly theori...
    25: ...ed. He initially rejected this idea, but later confirmed it on [[May 15]] of the same year.
  8. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    4: ...ize an inductive methodology for [[science|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]...
    8: He was the youngest of five sons of [[Nicholas Bacon|Sir Nicholas Bacon]], ...
    12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precoc...
    18: ... a fifth of that money. Having started with insufficient means, he borrowed money and became habitual...
    25: ...nt in 1594 and Bacon became a candidate for the office, Lord Essex's influence could not secure him th...
  9. Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
    18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
    27: === [[1630s]] ===
    28: *[[1630]]-[[Winthrop Fleet]] travels to [[Massachusetts B...
  10. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    2: ...glish]] began to colonize [[North America]]. The first attempts, notably the [[Colony of Roanoke]], r...
    4: ...the [[Southern Colonies]]. Some historians add a fifth region – the [[frontier]] had certain un...
    11: ...e route to the [[East Indies|"Indies"]] would benefit immensely. It was in this atmosphere that [[Chr...
    16: ...lizabeth]]. At this time, however, there was no official attempt by the English government to create a...
    25: The first truly successful English colony was establishe...
  11. Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
    2: ...ld the office of [[bishop]], declaring that the office of bishop was a development of later [[Christia...
    4: ...elieved to have been sentenced to death by [[crucifixion]] by the [[Roman Empire]]. According to trad...
    8: ... Bible lists the Apostles, Peter is always listed first, and [[Judas Iscariot]] is always listed last.
    11: ... disciple of Jesus, Simon (''i.e.'', Peter) was a fisherman. The [[synoptic gospels]] all recount how ...
    13: ...ish, He told them "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
  12. Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
    6: ...Ambrosius Brueghel, and other ''fijnschilders'' ("fine painters") of the [[Northern Renaissance]] prod...
    8: ...elf and was made dean of the local [[guild]] in [[1630]]. Jan the Younger's best works are his extensive...
  13. 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...
  14. March 22 (9294 bytes)
    8: *[[1630]] - [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the poss...
    10: ...nt]] passes the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], the first direct tax levied from [[England]] on the Amer...
    12: ...governor of a [[U.S. state]] to be removed from office by [[impeachment]].
    14: *[[1894]] - The first playoff game for the [[Stanley Cup]] starts.
    15: *[[1895]] - First display (a private screening) of [[motion pict...
  15. Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
    9: founded = [[September 17]], [[1630]] |
    25: ... with an economy based on education, health care, finance, and high technology. Its nicknames include ...
    27: ...fifteenth in the Americas, and the one of the top-fifty largest in the world.
    34: Founded on [[September 17]], [[1630]], on a peninsula called Shawmut by the [[Native ...
    38: ...ding ports, exporting products such as [[rum]], [[fish]], [[salt]] and [[tobacco]]. It was chartered ...
  16. Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
    12: founded = [[September 17]], [[1630]] |
    37: ...ian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.54% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|othe...
    48: * [[1859]] - The City of Lansing is officially incorporated.
    50: * [[1897]] - Ransom E. Olds drives his first car down a Lansing street. He would later foun...
    85: ...http://www.cityoflansingmi.com/ City of Lansing Official Website]
  17. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
    64: *[[Isaac Barrow]] (England, [[1630]] - [[1677]])
    117: *[[Henry Briggs]] (Britain, [[1561]] - [[1630]])
    195: *[[Bruno de Finetti]] (Italy, [[1906]] - [[1985]])
    254: *[[Leonardo of Pisa|Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci]] (Italy, [[1170]] - [[1250]])
  18. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    29: *[['Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]], ([[Persia]], [[903]] – [[986]])
    205: *[[Erwin Findlay-Freundlich]] ([[1885]] – [[1964]])
    318: ...ohannes Kepler]] ([[Germany]], [[1571]] – [[1630]])
    375: *[[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]])
    437: *[[Liisi Oterma]] ([[Finland]], [[1915]] – [[2001]])
  19. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
    267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
    348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
    387: *[[Lady Anne Finch Conway]], (1631-1679){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    430: *[[Bruno de Finetti]], (1906-1985){{fn|O}}
  20. Sikhism (31029 bytes)
    2: ...uru]] ideal, and [[bhajan]]s) as well as [[Sufi|Sufi Islam]].
    6: ...s. The five baptised Sikhs were named Panj Pyare (Five Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at...
    8: ...ikh Holy Scripture was compiled and edited by the Fifth Guru, [[Guru Arjan]] in AD [[1604]].(Although ...
    26: ... [[1604]] he installed the [[Adi Granth]] for the first time as the [[Holy Book]] of the Sikhs. In [[1...
    28: ...]] and led the Sikhs until [[1675]], when he sacrificed his life to save the [[Kashmiri Hindu]]s who h...

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