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- Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...[1654]], was the daughter of King [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]]. As the [[heir presumptive|heiress p...
8: ...ign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]], [[1650]]
12: ...lign=top><td>'''Predecessor'''<td>[[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]]
31: ... peasants) in the [[Riksdag of the Estates]] of [[1650]] for the reduction of tax-exempt noble landholdi...
34: ...ce openly her previously secret [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]], or to accept the same publicly ... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: [[Image:GENTILESCHI Judith.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[H...
9: [[Image:Susanna.jpg|left|thumb|200px| Susanna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collectio...
24: In Florence, Artemisia enjoyed huge success. She was accepted in the ''Accademia de...
30: ... was full of problems with creditors and with her husband. These problems lead to her return to [[Rome...
40: ... she became friend with [[Cassiano dal Pozzo]], a humanist, collector and lover of arts. However, des... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
1: [[Image:Oboe.jpg|thumbnail|50px|right|Modern Oboe]]
3: ...] and air-pressure allows the player to express a huge range of emotions and moods.
9: ... pitch are also possible by adjusting the [[embouchure]].
11: The oboe first appeared in French courts around [[1650]]. In the [[17th century]] [[Jean Hotteterre]] an...
15: [[Image:Baroque_oboe.jpg|right|thumbnail|60px|Baroque Oboe, Stanesby Copy]] - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...rance in about 1650 from the ''cor de chasse'' or hunting horn, and has been known as the '''French ho...
10: ... the Manuscript of Phoebus Fifteenth Century.png|thumb|right|"How to shout and blow Horns."--Fac-simil...
12: ...bell'' of the horn). They evolved from the early hunting horns and, as such, were meant to be played ...
14: ... vibration of the lips could be varied in speed, thus moving to a different pitch on the given harmoni...
21: ...ions a player had to make with his or her [[embouchure]] from note to note became increasingly precise... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
6: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://cla...
28: * [[1650 BC]] - [[Rhind Mathematical Papyrus]] - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb|170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroo...
2: [[Image:Ancient Egypt.png|thumb|250px|left|Map of Ancient Egypt]]
7: [[Image:Giza_ph2.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipar...
15: [[Image:Sakkara_02.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipar...
34: ... [[Shipbuilding]] (see [[Sahure#History|Pharaoh Sahure: History]], [http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
47: ...ent called Providence (now called Annapolis). In 1650 the Puritans revolted against the proprietary gov...
49: ...tionary government, all of the original Catholic churches of southern Maryland were burned down. St M...
70: [[Image:Map of maryland counties.JPG|300px|thumb|Maryland counties]]
81: ...rt of the [[Atlantic Coastal Plain]], which has a humid subtropical climate of hot summers and mild wi...
148: [[Image:Mduds.jpg|thumb|right|The sample version of Maryland's [[licens... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
84: *[[Ludolf Bakhuysen]] ([[1631]]-[[1708]])
89: *[[Balthus]] ([[1908]]-[[2001]])
187: *[[Arthur Boyd]] ([[1920]]-[[1999]])
264: *[[Frederick Edwin Church]] ([[1826]]-[[1900]])
353: *[[Tommaso Dolabella]] ([[1570]]-[[1650]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: [[Image:SalemWitchcraftTrial.jpg|thumb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch ...
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]] founded
12: ...], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
13: ...inces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [[Hudson Valley]] area
22: ... found [[Plymouth Colony]] in present-day [[Massachusetts]]; [[Mayflower Compact]] signed - History of California (38344 bytes)
7: [[Image:california_poppies.jpg|thumb|325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California ...
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
13: ...s now California. Among the tribes were the ''[[Chumash]]'', ''[[Maidu]]'', ''[[Miwok]]'', ''[[Modoc]...
19: ..., Hernán Cortés was attracted by stories of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the...
47: ...px|left|"California" shown as an island on this [[1650]] map.]] - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
25: [[Image:ChineseCrossbow.JPG|thumb|200px|Remains of an ancient Chinese crossbow, [...
26: ... as late as China-Japan war of 1894-1895 by [[Manchurian]] troops. [[Roman Empire|Roman]] bows tended ...
30: [[Image:Crossbow3.png|thumb|200px|A winching crossbow.]]
32: ...k being placed on the shoulder for accuracy. By [[1650]], the cross bow looked like it had a rifle stock...
35: [[Image:Crossbow4.png|thumb|200px|Loading a winching crossbow.]] - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wave.jpg|thumb|250px|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [...
4: ...ly pass unnoticed at sea, forming only a passing "hump" in the ocean.
9: [[Image:Tsunami_comic_book_style.png|thumb|200px|Schema of a tsunami]]
21: [[Image:Hokusai-fujibig.png|thumb|right|300px|There is a common misconception tha...
22: ...any obstacle. Most of the damage is caused by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as... - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: '''Swimming''' is the method by which [[human]]s (or other animals) move themselves through ...
3: [[image:swimming.breaststroke.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Part of the breaststroke]]
5: ...water, has nearly the same [[density]] as water. Thus, staying afloat requires only a slight propellin...
26: ...''trudgen'' was introduced in [[1873]] by John Arthur Trudgen, copying it from [[Native American]]s.
33: ...stances of 50 y, 100 y, 200 y, 500 y, 1000 y, and 1650 y. - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: [[Image:Lute_guitar.jpg|thumb|250px|Medieval Illustration of a Lute and Guita...
5: [[Image:8-course-tenor-renaissance-lute-04.jpg|thumb|8-course tenor Renaissance lute. This is a repl...
7: ...h; makes lutes tedious if not difficult to tune. Thus lutenists share a joke with [[harp|historical ha...
11: ...t pair of strings is the ''second course'', etc. Thus an 8-course lute will usually have 15 strings.
19: ... on the Iberian Peninsula instead adopted the [[vihuela]]. [[Saracens]] brought the lute to [[Sicily]]... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
3: ...ut 1680 BC to 1200 BC, with an as yet unexplained hundred-year gap from 1500 to 1400 BC. After 1200 BC...
15: ...guage as the Egyptian letters from Kheta — thus confirming the identity of the two names. He als...
40: [[Image:Hitt Egypt Perseus.png|thumb|350px|The Hittite Empire at the height of its p...
43: ... the Hittite Empire was plunged into chaos. The [[Hurrians]], a people living in the mountainous regio...
46: ...y struggles and wars with neighbouring Assyrians, Hurrians and Egyptians, especially when the Hittites... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
26: ...York (then called [[Nieuw Amsterdam]]) in about [[1650]]. In [[1788]] [[Isaac Roosevelt]] was a member o...
30: ...or Phillippe de la Noye having arrived in [[Massachusetts]] in [[1621]]. Her mother was a Lyman, anoth...
32: ...art to some extent from most other members of the Hudson Valley aristocracy. The Roosevelts believed i...
34: ...n elite [[Episcopalian]] boarding school in Massachusetts. He was heavily influenced by the headmaster...
42: [[Image:04652.jpg|thumb|right|300px|FDR as Assistant Secretary for the ... - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
4: [[Image:Ancient_architecture_egypt.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Ancient Architecture of Egypt.]]
17: ... was accompanied by [[rituals]] intended to enter human activity into continued divine [[benediction]]...
31: ...ent [[Athens]]]][[image:Ancient.rome.forum.1.jpg|thumb|250px|The forum of Ancient [[Rome]]]]
33: ...ture, set within a world refracted through myth, thus temples were sited atop mountains all the better...
41: ...o the communicative nature of space was opened to human manipulation. None of which would have been po... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
95: *[[Farkas Wolfgang Bolyai]] (Hungary, [[1775]] - [[1856]])
96: *[[Jᮯs Bolyai]] (Hungary, [[1802]] - [[1860]])
108: *[[Raoul Bott]] (Hungary, [[1923]]-)
139: *[[Arthur Cayley]] (Britain, [[1821]] - [[1895]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
32: *[[Andronicus of Cyrrhus]]
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[2...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[1695]])
46: *[[Arthur Auwers]] ([[Germany]], [[1838]] – [[1915]]...
115: *[[C鳡r-Fran篩s Cassini de Thury]] ([[France]], [[1714]] – [[1784]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: [[Image:Thomas Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John M...
6: ...osophy and other matters, providing an account of human nature as self-interested cooperation. He was ...
10: ...brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport church from the age of four, passed to the [[Malmesbu...
14: ...uld not survive war or provide stability and was thus undesirable.
20: ... not to fall back into "brutishness and misery". Thus he proposed to unite the separate phenomena of B...
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