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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ... [[Valois Dynasty|Valois]] branch of the kings of France, and mother of three further kings of that br...
5: ...the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
7: ...proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Francis lived long enough to see his grandchildren b...
11: ...r the accession of her sickly son [[Francis II of France]] at age 15. His wife, [[Mary I of Scotland|...
13: ...e or metal. They forcefully shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 43, 38... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ngland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Somet...
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - Painting (4567 bytes)
4: ...of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface.
8: ...''paintings''' are at the [[Grotte Chauvet]] in [[France]], dated at about 32,000 years old. They are ...
47: *[[Fresco]]
52: ...that an artist is associated with. This can stem from an actual group that the artist was consciously...
96: *[[Paul C麡nne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21 January...
58: ... "Republic of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name ''Re...
60: ...dence in [[1922]] it became known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was retained until [[1937...
67: ...in and Ireland]]. From [[1874]], but particularly from [[1880]] under [[Charles Stewart Parnell]], the...
69: ...of an independent Irish State whereby the [[Irish Free State]] (in the [[Gaelic|Irish language]] ''Sao... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
10: ...t mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and my right)''<sup>2</sup></small> |
56: ...r, although there is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The ...
62: ...d). This political usage of "Great Britain" dates from the personal union of the Crowns of Scotland an...
64: The [[British Isles]] is a term frequently used to refer to the [[archipelago]] whic...
71: ...nce]] of [[Ulster]], immediately opted out of the Free State and to remain in the UK. The nomenclature... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
20: ...hief architect in 1546. At the time of his death (1564), the dome was finished as far as the drum, the b...
22: ...pear to be part of the drum, but which stand away from it like buttresses, to absorb the outward thrus...
26: ...right|300px|Light streams down into the sanctuary from the dome cupola.]]
31: ...y [[Antonio Averulino]] ([[1455]]), and preserved from the previous basilica.
33: ...ating the most recent openings:<!-- This is taken from an old source, is the inscription new since 200... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
29: *[[Franklin Adams]] - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
53: *[[Jacques-Yves Cousteau|Jacques Cousteau]], [[France]] — [[Aqua-Lung|aqualung]]
56: ...illiam Cullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
87: *[[Benjamin Franklin]], (1706-1790), [[United States|USA]] &mdas...
88: *[[William Friese-Greene]], (1855-1921) — [[cinematograph... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ... early example of the conflict of authority and [[freedom of thought]], particularly with [[science]],...
10: ...tters of science and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the prima...
12: ...eo's experiments, in particular the distinguished French [[History of science and technology|historian...
14: ...esearch into Galileo's unpublished working papers from as early as [[1604]] clearly showed the reality...
24: ... on the opposite side of the Sun and to face away from the Earth when it was on the Earth-side of the ... - March (3907 bytes)
8: ...stituted as [[New Year's Day]] in [[France]] in [[1564]]. [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] and her colon...
14: **french ''mars'' - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ... in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintings as '...
7: ... their father died; neither received any training from him.
9: ...s nicknamed 'Peasant Brueghel' to distinguish him from other members of the [[Brueghel|Brueghel dynast...
32: * ''The Procession to Calvary'' 1564, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna
33: * ''The Adoration of the Kings'' 1564, The National Gallery, London - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: [[Image:Shakespeare.jpg|frame|right|William Shakespeare ([[National Portrait...
2: ...il [[1564]]; [[baptism|baptised]] [[April 26]], [[1564]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]]); – [[April 23]], [[1...
8: ...tp://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakespeare quotations from Shakespearean plays], the [[List of titles of w...
14: ... [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], [[England]], in April [[1564]], the son of [[John Shakespeare]], a glove-maker...
31: ...re.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Shakespeare's signature, from his will]] - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ... popularly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against ...
7: ...rdano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[...
9: ...t [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated with [[...
13: ...ernicus|Copernicanism]] and forced to leave for [[France]].
17: ...powerful French patrons, including [[Henry III of France|Henry III]]. During this period, he published... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ...ius]] and [[Gaspar Myrica]]. They worked together from [[1535]] to [[1536]] to construct a terrestrial...
12: ...rt Cosmographer to [[Duke Wilhelm of Cleve]] in [[1564]]. He devised a new projection and first used it ...
15: ...gh introducing a number of new errors). Maps of [[France]], [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]] were a...
22: ...ra'' (Atlas, or Cosmographical Meditations on the Frame for the World and its Form) by Gerardus Mercat... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
24: *[[Frédéric Bartholdi]] (1834 - 1904)
28: *[[Wilfried Behre]]
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
87: *[[François-Joseph Duret]] (1804 - 1865) - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ...woven with astronomy, and not completely separate from it until about 1750‑1800 in the [[Western...
26: The other important names of astronomers from India are [[Madhava]] and [[Nilakantha]].
50: ...y cultured, and many important works of knowledge from [[ancient Greece]] were translated into Arabic,...
54: ...[[Medieval university|Universities]]"). The model from the Greeks most remembered through the [[Middle...
57: ...rp.300pix.jpg|thumb|left|200px Gallileo Gallilei (1564-1642) crafted his own telescope and discovered th... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
34: *[[Eugene M. Antoniadi]] ([[Greece]], [[France]], [[1870]] – [[1944]])
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], ...
47: *[[Adrien Auzout]] ([[France]], [[1622]] – [[1691]])
56: *[[Benjamin Baillaud]] ([[France]], [[1848]] – [[1934]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
62: *[[Henri-Fr餩ric Amiel]], (1821-1881)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
122: *[[Alfred Ayer|Alfred Jules Ayer]], (1910-1989){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R... - Hippocampus (8957 bytes)
2: ...n [[memory]] and [[navigation]]. The name derives from its curved shape, which supposedly resembles th...
4: ...mptoms. Damage to the hippocampus can also result from oxygen starvation ([[anoxia]]) and [[encephalit...
6: ...est parts of the brain. The hippocampal emergence from the [[archipallium]] is most pronounced in [[pr...
18: ...a [[virtual reality]] town. The findings resulted from research with individuals who had electrodes im...
30: The anatomist Giulio Cesare Aranzi (circa 1564) first used the term [[hippocampus]] for describi... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...approximately [[1 E7 m|19,800 km]] (12,300 miles) from [[Indonesia]] to the coast of [[Colombia]]. The...
9: ...agellan]] named the ocean. For most of his voyage from the [[Straits of Magellan]] to the [[Philippine...
18: ...]] and [[phillipsite]]. Pelagic sediments derived from seawater include pelagic red clays and the skel...
26:
36: ...iderable cloudiness, light fluctuating winds, and frequent calms.
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