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- Esther (5002 bytes)
2: '''Esther''' ('''אֶסְתֵּר''', [[Standar...
7: ... "hidden" in Hebrew, and her name is interpreted thus in [[Midrash]], where it is told that Esther hid...
12: ... in the household of the Persian king at "[[Susa|Shushan]] in the palace."
19: [[Image:Esther-mordechai.jpg|thumb|right|The Shrine of Esther and [[Mordechai]] in... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: [[Image:joan of arc miniature graded.jpg|right|thumb|Image of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] betw...
2: ...rs and an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] since the early [[20th centu...
4: ...II of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
10: [[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal o...
11: ...e:Jeanne d' Arc (Eugene Thirion).jpg|200px|right|thumb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) ... - Israel (51605 bytes)
68: ...the area that is today's Israel alongside several hundred thousand Arabs. Towards the end of the centu...
85: [[Image:Declaration_of_State_of_Israel_1948.jpg|thumb|250px|[[David Ben Gurion|Ben Gurion]] pronounce...
86: ...|thumb|250px|[[May 16]], [[1948]] edition of [[Yishuv]] newspaper ''[[The Palestine Post]]'', soon ren...
129: ...488;ו מלחמת סיני
141: [[Image:Knesset.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Knesset|The Knesset]] is the Israeli [[... - Dodo (9332 bytes)
9: ...us'''''}}<br/>{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
12: ...nomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Raphus cucullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]...
15: The '''Mauritius Dodo''' (''Raphus cucullatus'', called ''Didus ineptus'' by [[Caro...
24: ...ry reports speak of the birds "greedy" appetite. Thus, in captivity with its ready availability of foo...
27: ...first visited by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] in [[1505]], but the Dutch were the first permanent settler... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ...records, he became a choir boy in the collegiate church of [[Saint-Quentin]] at an early age, probably...
10: ...n at Ferrara was filled by [[Jacob Obrecht]] in [[1505]], who died of the plague that year, and by [[Ant...
16: ...imitive forms to ever increasing perfection, and thus venerated Palestrina as the peak of development ... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leonardo da Vinci.jpeg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci]]
26: [[image:leonardo_self.jpg|thumb|left|[[Self-portrait]] in [[red chalk]], circa ...
36: [[Image:Leonardo Da Vinci's house.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Clos Luc鮝]
39: ...his casket. He was buried in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert in the castle of [[Amboise]]. Melzi was his p...
43: [[Image:The_Last_Supper_Da_Vinci.jpg|thumb|300px|''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last S... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Hol...
2: ...|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of ...
7: ... [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the rest of his life he continued to o...
9: ...re raised as his own her daughter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excel...
17: [[Image:Utopia.jpg|300px|thumb|left|[[Woodcut]] by [[Ambrosius Holbein]] for a... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
1: [[Image:Charles_Lindbergh.jpg|thumb|Charles Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis....
10: [[Image:Spirit of St. Louis Smithsonian.JPG|thumb|right|The Spirit of St. Louis on display at the...
38: ...out Lindbergh and found snapshots and more than a hundred letters written from him to her mother. She ...
39: [[Image:Time-magazine-cover-charles-lindberg.jpg|thumb|In 1927, Lindbergh was named the inaugural ''Ti...
40: ...as buried on the grounds of the Palapala Ho'omau Church. His [[epitaph]], which quotes [[Psalms]] 139:... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
9: At age 20, Magellan first went to sea. In [[1505]] he was sent to [[India]] to install Francisco d...
26: Magellan took an oath of allegiance in the church of Santa Mar�de la Victoria de Triana, givin...
32: [[Image:AndalusAndMorocco.jpg|100px|thumb|left|The arrow points to the city of [[Sanl?de ...
43: [[Image:Strait of Magellan.jpeg|thumb|right|The Straits of Magellan cut through the s...
53: ...ho guided them to [[Cebu]], on [[April 7]]. Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly to them, and even agree... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
8: [[Image:Johncabotbonavista.jpg|left|thumb|150px|John Cabot in Bonavista, Newfoundland]]
14: [[Image:Cabottowernf.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Cabot Tower in St. John's Newfoun...
18: [[Image:Matthew-BristolHarbour-Aug2004.jpg|thumb|left||150px|A replica of the ''Matthew'' in Bri...
23: [[Image:Cabot Tower (600px).jpg|thumb|right|200px|''The Cabot Tower in the centre of ...
28: [[Image:Cabotstamp.jpg|left|thumb|150px|John Cabot Stamp]] - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
29: ...h Africa changed him dramatically as he faced the humiliation and oppression that was commonly directe...
38: [[Image:Gandhi and Kasturbhai 1902.jpg|thumb|Gandhi and Kasturba (1902)]]
39: ...:Mohandis Karamchand Gandhi.jpg|framepx100|right|thumb|Gandhi]]
60: ...[New Delhi]], on [[January 30]], [[1948]] by [[Nathuram Godse]], a Hindu radical who held him responsi...
66: ... arms you have as being useless for saving you or humanity. You will invite Herr Hitler and Signor Mus... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ... [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
17: [[Image:Luther haus eisenach.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boa...
21: ...r's degree in [[1502]] and a Master's degree in [[1505]]. According to his father's wishes, Martin enrol...
23: ...at changed during a thunderstorm in the summer of 1505. A [[lightning bolt]] struck near to him as he wa...
31: ...ther's study of the Bible convinced him that the Church had lost sight of several central truths. To L... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
1: [[Image:Charles Darwin aged 51.jpg|thumb|300px|Charles Darwin, about the same time as th...
14: [[Image:Charles Darwin 1816.jpg|thumb|A seven-year old Charles Darwin in 1816]]
15: ...Josiah Wedgwood]], a family of the [[Unitarian]] church. ''See also [[Darwin -- Wedgwood family|Darwin...
19: ...[[Robert Edmund Grant]], learning from Grant's enthusiasm for the theories of [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]...
24: ... focused on his studies, becoming particularly enthused by the set texts by [[William_Paley|Paley]] wh... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
9: ...us'''''}}<br/>{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
12: ...nomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Raphus cucullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]...
15: The '''Mauritius Dodo''' (''Raphus cucullatus'', called ''Didus ineptus'' by [[Caro...
24: ...ry reports speak of the birds "greedy" appetite. Thus, in captivity with its ready availability of foo...
27: ...first visited by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] in [[1505]], but the Dutch were the first permanent settler... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...'Elam'' means "highland"), and the lowlands of [[Khuzestan]], and among the earliest civilizations alt...
5: ...]] [[Persian Empire]] that succeeded it, and may thus be considered the starting point of the [[histor...
10: ...tān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', which means "Elam."
17: [[Image:Gav.JPG|thumb|left|Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, Pr...
21: ...run]]. In modern terms, Elam included more than Khuzestan; it was a combination of the lowlands and t... - Flight (3194 bytes)
6: [[image:flight.gull.arp.600pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Animal '''flight''': Herring Gull]]
11: ...hy membranes between their limbs: some can travel hundreds of [[metres]] in this way with very little ...
13: ...ing-like fins, and have been observed soaring for hundreds of metres using the updraft on the leading ...
26: [[image:flight.rob.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Mechanical '''flight''': Robinson R...
57: [[he:טיסה]]
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