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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: *[[Adolphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
19: ...Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
41: ...son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
1: ...ovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias, Duchess of Courland]]
3: ...om 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
5: ==Ascension to the throne==
7: ...fter the death of her husband, but was reputed by her enemies to indulge in a love affair with [[Count...
10: ...s an autocratic ruler, using her popularity with the imperial guards and lesser nobility. - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
3: ...nment and not a single person was executed during her reign.
7: ...by political opponents to challenge her right to the throne.
9: ...rom her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and vivacity.
11: ... found herself at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...actical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ... of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
19: ... 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...o apply the principles of [[mass production]] to the process of [[invention]].
5: ...te of nine major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
7: ...Edison and Ford Winter Estates]] are now open to the public.
10: ...ilor, and tavern keeper who would marry Nancy Matthews Elliott.
12: ...nd, like his grandfather, Sam fled for his life. He went to [[Port Huron, Michigan]], temporarily lea... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
1: ...pei 101]], the world's tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise.]]
3: ...ers serve as [[office building]]s or [[hotel]]s. The term ''highrise'' is also used to describe tall b...
5: Until the [[19th century]], buildings of over six stories w...
7: ...ical skyscraper development was the invention of the [[elevator]].
9: ...'s building. Another contender for the title is the 1892 ten-story [[Wainwright Building]] by [[Louis... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ... source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
6: ...rovince'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
7: ...overeign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small> - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]]
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
103: *[[Daniel Chester French]] (1850 - 1931) - March 20 (10075 bytes)
1: ...[[Gregorian Calendar]] (80th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 286 days remaining.
7: *[[1413]] – [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] becomes King of [[England]].
8: ...dash; The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
9: ...dia]] and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]].
10: *[[1760]] – The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]]... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Shinto (25829 bytes)
2: ...ophical]] sense). Thus, Shinto means "the way of the gods."
4: ...gs, once given a great deal of prominence during the war, are no longer taught nor practiced today, an...
7: ...holars to speculation that links the Japanese to the [[Lost Ten Tribes |lost tribes of Israel]] [http:...
9: ...ities were given prominence over the deities of other groups, though different systems continued to co...
11: ...s with the worthiness of the Imperial family and their divine mandate to rule. - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
11: ...n Empire]]<br/><small>''The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power''</small>
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra)
23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
31: | '''[[Rise of the Ottoman Empire|Establishment]]'''
34: | '''[[Fall of the Ottoman Empire|Dissolution]]''' - Navigation (15650 bytes)
3: There are several traditions of '''navigation'''.
7: ...pen ocean, to tiny inhabited islands, using only their own senses and knowledge, passed by oral tradit...
10: ...re they would rise and set on the [[horizon]] of the [[ocean]]
11: * [[weather]]
14: ...swells on the ocean, and how the crew would feel their motion - Cherokee (38956 bytes)
2: |group=Cherokee
3: |image=<br>[[Image:Cherokeenationalflagpublicdomainimage.gif|none|200px]...
4: Flag of the Cherokee Nation
6: Flag of the United Keetoowah Band
7: [[Image:Easternbandcherokeeflag.png|none|200px]] - Cobalt (13481 bytes)
1: ...-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
16: <td>[[Chemical series]] </td><...
40: ...l structure]] </td><td>hexagonal</td></tr>
45: ... </td><td>1768 [[Kelvin|K]] (2723 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])</td></tr>
51: <td>[[Heat of vaporization]] </td>... - Abraham Clark (2137 bytes)
1: ...resentative of [[New Jersey]] and later attended the [[Continental Congress ]].
3: ...d to the Provincial Congress. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety.
5: ...ylvania|Philadelphia]] on [[June 28]] and signed the Declaration of Independence in early July.
7: ... from [[1786]] to [[1788]]. Clark retired before the state's [[Constitutional Convention]] in [[1794]]...
10: ...raham, 1726-1794." ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. <small>[http://biogui... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
1: {{dablink|For the singer and songwriter of the same name, see [[Voltaire (band)]].}}
4: ...riter]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...oughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
10: ...other was very fond, married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] an...
12: ...], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
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