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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
7: ...ible that Francis, alarmed at the possible extinction of his royal house, would listen to such a propo...
11: ...l de l'H?al]], who advocated a policy of conciliation.
13: ...ly shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 43, 38, or even fewer centimetr...
15: ... the troubled period of the [[French Wars of Religion]]. At first she listened to the moderate counsel...
17: ...resumed, in 1570, the policy of peace and negotiation. She conceived the project of marrying her favou... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ry I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...ted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]...
16: ...der the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]].
18: ...d to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth and remained her confidante a...
20: ...tic, glamorous, flirtatious, charismatic and religiously tolerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...is used especially if this is his or her [[profession]]. Evidence indicates that humans have been pai...
8: ...] and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples of [[...
20: *[[Pointillism]] (aka divisionism, 'stippling')
34: ...riety of artists' paints available for the professional or ameteur artist.]] Different types of paint...
52: ...sense has fallen out of favour in academic discussions about contemporary painting, though it continue... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...nder the [[Constitution of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland...
11: image_map = LocationIreland.png |
12: national_motto = none |
13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrá® na bhFiann]]'' |
26: population_estimate = 4,015,676 | - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
9: image_map = LocationUnitedKingdom.png |
10: national_motto = [[Dieu et mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br...
11: national_anthem = [[God Save the Queen]]<sup>3</sup> |
16: government_type = [[Constitutional monarchy]] |
23: population_estimate_year = July 2003 | - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ... [[Pope]]s have been buried there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was co...
4: ... longer used. These are the sources of the confusion.
8: ... great basilica in this exact spot, which had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christi...
12: ...o della Porta]] continued with the unfinished portions of the church. [[Carlo Maderno]] became the chi...
14: ...ago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/Lanciani/LANPAC/3*.html#sec16 Ci... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...entions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
23: ...ird]], (1888-1946), [[Scotland]] — [[television]]
25: ...[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]]
56: ...ullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
63: ...ph Day]] --(1855-1946) Two Stroke Internal Combustion Engine - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...ficant break from that of [[Aristotle]]. In addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]...
7: ...financial reasons. However, he was offered a position on its faculty in [[1589]] and taught mathematic...
10: ...se are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...New Sciences]]'' to determine the law of acceleration of falling bodies, for instance, required accura...
14: ...escribed by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precision of the results was consistent with Galileo's rep... - March (3907 bytes)
4: ...llation of [[Aquarius]] and ends in the constellation of [[Pisces]].
8: ...stituted as [[New Year's Day]] in [[France]] in [[1564]]. [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] and her colon...
10: ...ellenic civilization]], March was called Anthesterion. In [[Japanese calendar|old Japanese calendar]],...
19: ...dividuals who struggled to end tyranny and oppression. See [http://www.harriettubman.com/] and [http:...
21: *[[March 18]] The Australian International Air Show. Largest and most comprehensive ever ... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
9: ...ate]] art that prevailed at the time. The most obvious influence on his art is the older Dutch master ...
11: ...eir own sake, rather than as a backdrop to a religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are...
32: * ''The Procession to Calvary'' 1564, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna
33: * ''The Adoration of the Kings'' 1564, The National Gallery, London
37: ** ''Hay-Harvest (June-July)'' 1565, National Museum, Prague - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...akespeare ([[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]]), in the famous [[Chandos p...
2: ...glish]] [[poet]] and [[playwright]], has a reputation as the greatest of all [[writer]]s in the [[Engl...
4: ...understanding of the range and depth of human emotions. A colossal figure in world literature, Shakesp...
8: ...list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works.
10: ==Biography== - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
3: '''Giordano Bruno''' ([[1548]] – [[February 17]] [...
7: ... Bruno, a soldier. In [[1565]] he took the name Giordano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] ...
10: ...|thumb|left|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels a...
11: ...Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]], [[Marsilio Ficino]], and [[Nicholas of Cusa]]. - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
7: ...man descent, remembered for the [[Mercator projection]] named after him.
9: ...per engraving of maps. He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be published in norther...
12: ... it had parallel lines of longitude to aid navigation by sea, as compass courses could be marked as st...
15: ...lished in [[1578]] and consisted of corrected versions of the maps of [[Ptolemy]] (though introducing ...
18: ...ercator(02).jpg|thumb|left|250px|modern impersonation]] - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
20: *[[Giovanni di Balduccio]]
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
51: *[[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822) - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ...rly astronomy might involve a study of the [[relationships]] between the "[[height|apparent height]]" ...
8: ...and [[religion|religious]] [[social function|function]]s.
10: ...lternating thirty and thirty-one days apiece. Various Roman emperors altered the calendar subsequentl...
14: ... the year and that of the [[vernal equinox]] in Orion; this was the case around 4500 BC. Fire altars, ...
16: ...]) advanced a 95-year cycle to synchronize the motions of the sun and the moon. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
117: *[[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cas...
172: *[[Giovanni Battista Donati]], ([[Italy]], [[1826]] &nda...
198: *[[David Fabricius]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1564]] – [[1617]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937)
170: *[[Vissarion Belinsky]], (1811-1848){{fn|R}} - Hippocampus (8957 bytes)
2: ...tem]] and plays a part in [[memory]] and [[navigation]]. The name derives from its curved shape, which...
4: ...he hippocampus can also result from oxygen starvation ([[anoxia]]) and [[encephalitis]].
6: ... occupies less of the [[telencephalon]] in proportion to [[cerebral cortex]] among the [[phylogeny|you...
10: ...ple, [[semantic memory|memory for facts]] in addition to [[episodic memory]]).
12: ...to other parts of the brain. However, experimentation has difficulties in testing the sparing of older... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
1: ...nings of '''Pacific''', see [[Pacific (disambiguation)]].''
3: ...oss Sea]] in the south (although the Antarctic regions of the Pacific are sometimes described as part ...
20: ==Elevation extremes==
26: ...udes salinity is also low, because little evaporation of seawater takes place in these areas.
28: ...a and forms the base of an anti-clockwise circulation in the Bering Sea. Its southern arm becomes the ...
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