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- Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ... [[20th century]]; currently being a focus of considerable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[...
12: ...undian-controlled territory to Chinon. She was said to have convinced Charles to believe in her by re...
14: ...sus" and "Mary" on the side. With her piety, confidence, and enthusiasm, she boosted the morale of th...
16: ...ting of the siege—the "sign" that she had said would verify her legitimacy as a visionary—...
18: ...lds. [[Jargeau]] was taken on [[June 12]]; the bridge at [[Meung-sur-Loire]] was occupied on the 15th... - Piccolo (2812 bytes)
1: ...alternate fingerings may be used to tune the individual pitches, as many are consistently out of tune.
6: ...r (music)|register]], it has a potential to be strident or [[shrill]]. Thus, it is often used only as...
8: ...nd]] as "two piccolos playing in [[unison]]". Besides being generally sensitive to tuning, the piccol...
13: ...histle register]] notes at that altitude can be said to mimick a piccolo, hence its name. An example o...
16: ...n traditional formations at the [[carnival]] of [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]]. - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ...), the [[Latin]] version of the official name, avoids choosing one of the four official languages. The...
18: ...Joseph Deiss]]<br>[[Samuel Schmid]] <small>([[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|Pres. 2005]...
63: ... was both planned and anticipated, it ultimately didn't occur. The massive mobilization of Swiss armed...
67: ...d Nations]], leaving the [[Vatican]] as the last widely recognized state without full UN membership. S...
82: ...s. The [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Confederation]] is elected from the sev... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
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17: ! width="12%" | Place of Birth - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
5: ... surname "Brahe". Apparently his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
10: ...Apparently this did not lead to any disputes nor did his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho lived ...
18: ...d [[alchemy]]. For the rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of [[silver]] and...
22: ... on to Augsburg, where he built a great quadrant, Basel, and Freiburg. He was informed about his father's...
33: ...er, observed that the [[parallax]] of the object did not change from night to night, suggesting that t... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
1: ...[Image:erasmus.jpg|thumbnail|Erasmus. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip...
2: '''Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus''' (also '''Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam''') ([[October 27]], pr...
8: ...professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] and may have been an [[alumnus]].
12: ... of sympathy as persecution, and sought refuge in Basel, where under the shelter of Swiss hospitality he ...
14: ...teousness. It was this lifelong conviction that guided Erasmus as he regenerated [[Europe]] through so... - Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
63: * [[January 30]]: Mirabeau elected President of the Assembly
71: ...urope to come to his brother-in-law, Louis XVI's aid.
134: ...7]]: Fall of [[Maximilien Robespierre]] ([[9 Thermidor]])
139: * [[March 5]]: [[Treaty of Basel]] (Prussia withdraws from war)
167: * [[July 21]]: [[Battle of the Pyramids]] - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
5: ...istianization]] of the ancient [[Paganism|pagan]] idea that the [[evergreen]] tree represents a celebr...
9: ...nd, [[Saint Boniface]] attempted to introduce the idea of [[trinity]] to the pagan tribes using the co...
11: ... Christmas day. Another early reference is from [[Basel]], where the taylor apprentices carried around to...
15: ...Queen [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], but did not spread much beyond the royal family until the...
17: ... trees are not usually put up until at least the middle of December and are always taken down by the 6... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...] [[mathematician]] and [[physicist]]. He is considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians who ...
5: Born and educated in [[Basel]], he was a mathematical [[child prodigy]]. He w...
7: The [[asteroid]] [[2002 Euler]] is named in his honour.
10: ...]] Euler began his studies at the [[University of Basel]]. There Euler met [[Daniel Bernoulli|Daniel]] a...
16: ... time in Berlin was very productive; however, he did not have an easy position due to a lack of the ki... - Basilisks (3192 bytes)
1: ... snake that is so [[poison]]ous that it leaves a wide trail of deadly venom in its wake, and its gaze ...
3: ...ogy)|egg]] (in some legends specifically an egg laid by a seven-year-old cock during a full moon, or u...
5: ...is also the guardian creature of the Swiss city [[Basel]].
9: ...hat kill those who see them, and the deceased [[Spider-Man]] villain Basil "Basilisk" Ecks, who was tr...
12: *[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Animals Classroom Clipart ... - Cellulose acetate (4564 bytes)
6: ...ygen]] to an unusable state, releasing [[acetic acid]]. This is known as "[[vinegar]] syndrome."
12: ... [[film]], which was then widely used in [[celluloid]] plastics and [[film|motion picture]] film. By ...
20: ...llent absorption; in textile applications, it provides comfort and absorbency, but also loses strength...
27: ...eakened by strong alkaline solutions and strong oxidizing agents.
40: ...cetic anhydride]] in the presence of [[sulfuric acid]]. It is then put through a controlled, partial [...
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