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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
34: *[[Abigail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
41: ...ivil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
66: ...officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer
86: *[[Filippo Addis|Addis, Filippo]], (1884-1974), writer - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...ttle of L?(1632)|Battle of L?] ([[November 6]], [[1632]]) during Sweden's intervention in Germany in the...
6: ...r valign=top><td>'''Reign'''<td>[[November 6]], [[1632]]-[[June 5]], [[1654]]
10: ...br>("''Wisdom is the prop of the realm''") <!-- Official English version from www.royalcourt.se -->
25: ... attempts to bestow guilt on Christina for her difficult birth, or just the horror story itself, may h...
31: National policy was directed during the first half of Christina's reign by her guardian, reg... - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
4: ...cknamed "Ninon" by her father at an early age. In 1632 her father was exiled from France after a duel, a...
8: Returning to Paris, she became a popular figure in the [[salon]]s, and her own drawing room b...
14: ...was a friend of Jean-Baptiste [[Racine]], another first-class French playwright. Later she would beco...
16: Ninon de l'Enclos is a relatively obscure figure in the English-speaking world, but is much be... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
41: ...Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]], on [[June 20]], [[1632]]. The new colony was named in honour of [[Henri...
43: ...]), and is sometimes seen as a precursor to the [[First Amendment]].
63: ...ranch|judicial]]. Unlike most other states, significant autonomy is granted to many of Maryland's [[C...
101: bio-research laboratories, as well as staffing of satellite government headquarters in the sub... - 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)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
412: *[[Stanislaw Fijalkowski]] ([[1922]]-) - Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
3: The [[cell theory]], first developed in the [[19th century]], states that...
18: *[[traffic (locational)|Traffic]] of [[vesicle (biology)|vesicle]]s.
21: ...he cells of eukaryotes and prokaryotes.''' - This figure illustrates a typical human cell (''eukaryote...
25: Cells can also be classified into two categories based on their internal str...
27: ...the [[three-domain system]] of [[scientific classification]], prokaryotic cells are placed in the doma... - 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... - 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...
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.
31: ==Scientific work== - Microscope (8708 bytes)
3: The most common type of microscope—and the first to be invented—is the '''optical microsc...
8: ... is a microscope that uses only one lens for magnification. [[Anton van Leeuwenhoek|Van Leeuwenhoek]]'...
23: #fine adjustment knob
34: ...s a power of 100×. The actual power of magnification is the product of the powers of the ocular ...
42: ...g distance. A stereo microscope has a useful magnification up to 100×. The resolution is maximal... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ... philosophy of mind also had a great deal of significant influence well into the [[The Age of Enlighte...
6: ...out ten miles from [[Bristol]], [[England]], in [[1632]]. His father, a lawyer, served as a captain of ...
18: ...ion 1707|Act of Union]] of [[1707]], though the office of King of England and King of Scotland had bee...
22: ...cke's Puritan upbringing and his Whig political affiliation expressed themselves in his published writ...
24: Locke's first major published work was ''[[A Letter Concerni... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...lennia, the lack of a written record and the significant marginalization in the population of native i...
5: ...agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
7: [[Image:california_poppies.jpg|thumb|325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppie...
13: When the first [[European colonization of the Americas|Europe...
21: ...nied expeditions in [[1534]] and [[1535]] without finding the sought-after city. - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...s the [[Age of Reason]]. The term also more specifically refers to a historical intellectual movement...
16: ...observation, resulted in a coherent system of verifiable predictions and set the tone for much of what...
18: ...If the previous era was the age of reasoning from first principles, Enlightenment thinkers saw themsel...
20: ...s shift united the pure empiricism of Renaissance figures such as Sir [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Fr...
24: ... reflected the intrinsic quality of a person as defined by the philosophers of the age. [[John Locke]]... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
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...
23: ...onard Schawlow]] & [[Charles Townes]] receive the first [[patent]] for a [[laser]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
195: *[[Bruno de Finetti]] (Italy, [[1906]] - [[1985]])
254: *[[Leonardo of Pisa|Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci]] (Italy, [[1170]] - [[1250]])
255: *[[John Charles Fields]] (Canada, [[1863]] - [[1932]])
256: *[[Thomas Fincke]] (Denmark, [[1561]] - [[1656]]) - 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}} - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
7: ... [[fur trading]] expedition. Although he had no official assignment on the voyage, he created a [[map]...
13: ...ded at the "point of Quebec" and set about [[fortification|fortifying]] the area against attack by bui...
15: ...er was difficult for the colonists. Of the twenty-five people who stayed for the winter only 8 survive...
21: ... pointed out the three Iroquois chiefs. Champlain fired his [[arquebus]] and killed two of them with o...
29: ... [[China]] and the [[East Indies]], as well as to find and exploit mines of precious metals in the are... - Cell (29541 bytes)
3: The [[cell theory]], first developed in the [[19th century]], states that...
18: *[[traffic (locational)|Traffic]] of [[vesicle (biology)|vesicle]]s.
21: ...he cells of eukaryotes and prokaryotes.''' - This figure illustrates a typical human cell (''eukaryote...
25: Cells can also be classified into two categories based on their internal str...
27: ...the [[three-domain system]] of [[scientific classification]], prokaryotic cells are placed in the doma... - Aluminium (26079 bytes)
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71: ...able to further oxidation, and is used in various fields of construction.
82: ...ted, he ordered him to be beheaded.'' [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_n3_v19/ai_16...
84: ...um 'alumine'. In [[1808]], [[Humphry Davy]] identified the existence of a metal base of alum, which he... - Anton van Leeuwenhoek (4111 bytes)
3: ... was the first to observe and describe [[muscle]] fibers, [[bacterium|bacteria]], [[spermatozoon|sperm...
7: ...ifetime, Leeuwenhoek was visited by many powerful figures, including [[Queen Anne of England]] and [[P...
11: ...ed, van Leeuwenhoek was appointed curator for the financial affairs of Vermeer's widow. This has led s...
15: ...by microbiologists as the highest honour in their field.
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