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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...nk Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
18: *[[Jakob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
22: ...a Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...[April 15]], [[1683]]/[[1684]]–[[May 17]],[[1727]]) was the second wife of [[Peter I of Russia|Pet...
17: ...hikov, and the Supreme Privy Council. She was the first royal owner of the Sarskoje Selo estate, later...
20: ...o ruler Prince [[Alexander Menshikov]] [[1725]]-[[1727]]''}} - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...tion of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]. ...
11: ...d to her, so that on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved...
19: ... existing government. The idea seems to have been first suggested to her by the French ambassador, La ...
25: ...this may be added that she was ever ready to sacrifice the prejudices of the woman to the duty of the ...
29: ...Sweden ceded to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus beca... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
18: ...], [[1758]] – [[July 4]], [[1831]]) was the fifth ([[1817]]–[[1825]]) [[President of the U...
22: ...urg]], Virginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]...
24: ...alist]]s in the [[Virginia Convention]] which ratified the Constitution, and in [[1790]], an advocate ...
38: ...lso Russia must not encroach southward on the Pacific coast. "... the American continents," he stated,...
42: ...ntation to pay off the debts, since then he never financially recovered. As a result, he and his wife ... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
44: ..., Andrea Pia]], former mother and murderer of her five children
73: ...ser|Yenser, Stephen]], Whitman winner–''The Fire In All Things''
86: ...achun]], ([[1315]] - [[1360]]),[[Yuan Dynasty]] officer
89: *[[Zhang Yimou|Yimou, Zhang]], (born [[1950]]), film director
91: ...rvo Ylpp?pp?rvo]], ([[1887]]-[[1992]]), [[Finland|Finnish]] [[pediatrician]] - 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]]-) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
1: ...97.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Carl Larsson]], ''Crayfishing'', watercolor, 1897]]
14: ... painted watercolors in the [[15th century]]. The first school of watercolor painting in Europe was le...
16: ...] ([[1599]]-[[1641]]), [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]]), and [[John Constable]] ([[1776]]-[[1...
25: ...the colorant to the painting surface. Unpigmented filler is added to gouache to lend opacity to the pa...
31: ...t and is reflected back to the viewer through the film. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
73: ..., (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — roll film
83: *[[Adolf Eugen Fick]], (1829-1901) — [[contact lens]]
137: ...ited States|USA]] — [[Polaroid]] polarizing filters and the [[Land Camera]]
139: *[[Irving Langmuir]], (1851-1957), gas filled incandescent lamp, hydrogen welding
156: *[[Montgolfier]] brothers, (1740-1810) and (1745-1799), [[Fran... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...or [[4 January]], [[1643]] – [[31 March]] [[1727]] by the [[Gregorian calendar]]) was an [[English...
4: ...le]]s (see [[wave-particle duality]]). He was the first to realise that the spectrum of [[color|colour...
6: ...rvation of [[momentum]] and [[angular momentum]]. Finally, he studied the speed of sound in air, and v...
14: ...her also said that his body at that time can even fit inside a quart mug. His father had died three mo...
25: ...;Sir Isaac Newton walking in his gardens, had the first thought of his system of gravitation, upon see... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...ius became [[Pope]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the...
19: *[[1879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Syd...
21: *[[1890]] - [[Alice Sanger]] becomes the first female staffer for the [[White House]].
27: *[[1921]] - The first religious [[radio]] broadcast ([[KDKA AM]] in ...
37: *[[1949]] - [[Luis MuMar�] became the first democratically elected [[Governor of Puerto Ri... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...e tall buildings, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential buildings.
9: ...]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Another contender for the title i...
15: ...rld's tallest..." depends greatly on matters of definition.
19: ...nclude free-standing buildings that are not classified as high rises, such as the [[CN Tower]], [[TV m...
40: |6||[[Two International Finance Centre]]||[[Hong Kong]]||415 m||1,362&n... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
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 ...
19: ...ce he was entitled to, although this cannot be confirmed because the school's records have not survive...
23: On [[May 26]], [[1583]] Shakespeare's first child, Susanna, was baptised at Stratford. A s... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
56: *[[Hermann Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with :
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
58: *[[Hans Fischer]], German organic chemist, [[1930]] [[Nobel ...
64: *[[Johan Gadolin]], (1760–1852), [[Finns|Finnish]] chemist
107: *[[Primo Levi]], (1919-1987), resistance fighter, [[chemist]] and novelist - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: *[[1760]] – The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys ...
15: ...ng Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place]] becomes the first woman executed in an [[electric chair]].
18: ...w Haven, Connecticut]], the first international [[figure skating]] championship takes place.
20: ... Langley|USS ''Langley'']] is commissioned as the first [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]].
21: *[[1933]] – [[Dachau]], the first [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]], is completed. - 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 astronomers (40322 bytes)
29: *[['Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]], ([[Persia]], [[903]] – [[986]])
205: *[[Erwin Findlay-Freundlich]] ([[1885]] – [[1964]])
375: *[[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]])
425: ...[[Isaac Newton]] ([[Britain]], [[1643]] – [[1727]])
437: *[[Liisi Oterma]] ([[Finland]], [[1915]] – [[2001]]) - 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}} - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...= F(''x''). He is credited with being one of the first to apply [[calculus]] to [[physics]].
5: ...fic mathematician of all time, his collected work filling 75 volumes. He dominated [[eighteenth centu...
10: ...sked him to allow his son to study mathematics he finally agreed and Euler began to study mathematics.
12: ...thematics appointment in [[1733]]. Euler was the first to publish a systematic introduction to [[mech...
20: ...te down a complete mathematical proof between the first and the second call for supper. - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ... [[philosophy of science]], as well as the entire field of [[science studies]], have in the [[20th cen...
7: ...phers worked in relative isolation, due to the difficulty and slowness of communication. Still, there ...
9: ...e internal disciplinary limitations to the scientific publication process.
11: ...ies of Nature) can be considered the first scientific community; founded in [[Naples]] [[1560]] by [[G...
13: ...ten]] began in [[Berlin]] [[1700]]. Early scientific societies provided valuable functions, including...
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