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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - 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... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
6: After the death of Francis and the accession of [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] Jeanne was ma...
10: ... to her declaring [[Calvinism]] the official religion of her kingdom.
12: ... led to the outbreak of the [[French Wars of Religion]] in [[1562]]. Antoine de Bourbon chose to suppo...
14: ...Rochelle]]. From here she conducted peace negotiations, and in [[1570]] official talks began to marry ...
31: {{succession box| - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish ...
14: ... and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...e inherited. In this sort of [[Semi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other male...
19: ...], where preparations were made for Mary's coronation.
21: ==Coronation== - 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... - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
2: ...e | image = [[Image:A sunflower.jpg|260px]] | caption = Sunflowers display bright yellow colors.}}
5: ...x_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
12: {{Taxobox_section_binomial_simple | color = lightgreen | binomial_...
15: ...ing to face the [[Sun]], a behavior known as [[heliotropism]]. - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
8: ...ptian history is broken into several different periods according to the dynasty of the ruling [[pharao...
10: ...bout three millennia. There is a recommended revision of the chronology of Egypt.
12: ...edynastic Period of Egypt|Predynastic Period]] (Prior to 3100 BC)
13: ...[Early Dynastic Period of Egypt|Early Dynastic Period]] (1st–2nd Dynasties)
15: ...ntermediate Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]] (7th–11th Dynasties) - Senet (1763 bytes)
7: ... under the protection of the major gods of the national pantheon : [[Ra|Re]], [[Thoth]], and sometimes...
9: ...rus]] and [[Crete]] but with apparently less religious significance. - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = TN |
39: ...[[Native American]] village named "Tanasqui" in [[1567]] while travelling inland from [[South Carolina]]...
41: .... Some accounts suggest it is a Cherokee modification of an earlier [[Yuchi]] or possibly [[Creek (peo...
43: ...vention (political meeting)|constitutional convention]] met in [[1796]] to organize a new state out of...
46: ...[Tennessee River]] Valley prior to Cherokee migration into the river's headwaters. - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...hig]], 1856; [[Hercher]], 1858. There are translations in many languages; in English by [[Anthony Hodg...
3: ...anologion'' of [[Petavius]], with a Latin translation, 1630. Nothing definite is known as to the autho... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...he natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of hi...
10: Biographers believe that Bacon received an education at home in his early years, and that his health ...
12: ...rst met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the ...
14: ...totelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives.
16: ...nry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press]] and [[paper mil...
8: ... dead twin which was printed as his first publication in 1572). He also had two sisters, one older ([[...
10: ...h they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ...Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis.
14: ...eavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years.'' -Tycho Brahe, [[1563]] (age ... - 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...
33: * ''The Adoration of the Kings'' 1564, The National Gallery, London
37: ** ''Hay-Harvest (June-July)'' 1565, National Museum, Prague - 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...
14: ... map, drawn in [[1587]] after his father's map of 1567 (published in 1595)]]
15: ...lished in [[1578]] and consisted of corrected versions of the maps of [[Ptolemy]] (though introducing ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]])
128: *[[Eugenio Calabi]], (United States)
143: *[[Giovanni Ceva]] (Italy, [[1648]] - [[1734]]) - July 24 (8660 bytes)
5: *[[1567]] - [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Queen of Scots]] is...
9: ...f travel, [[Brigham Young]] leads 148 [[Mormon]] pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the esta...
10: ...son Early|Jubal Early]] defeats [[United States|Union]] troops led by General [[George Crook]] in an e...
11: ...state]] to be readmitted to the [[United States|Union]] following the [[American Civil War]].
22: ...tates|Americans]] by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have ... - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...y book. It departs from some of the social traditions and structure of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (su...
4: ...go beyond what was being practised by either religion and hence a well-known saying of [[Guru Nanak]] ...
8: ...us are also known to have documented their revelations.) This is one of the few scriptures in the worl...
10: Guru Nanak's doctrinal position is clear, despite the appearance that it is a bl...
12: ...egarding material objects and realities as expressions of the creator's eternal truth, which tended to... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: '''Samuel de Champlain''' ([[c.]][[1567]] – [[ 25 December]] [[1635]]) was a [[Fran...
7: ...5]], [[1603]] as part of a [[fur trading]] expedition. Although he had no official assignment on the v...
9: ...across the [[Bay of Fundy]] to found the [[Habitation at Port-Royal]] (which had been located with Cha...
13: ...came one of his passions, which he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
17: ==Relations and War with Indians== - History of Ancient Egypt (27975 bytes)
8: ...ptian history is broken into several different periods according to the dynasty of the ruling [[pharao...
10: ...bout three millennia. There is a recommended revision of the chronology of Egypt.
12: ...edynastic Period of Egypt|Predynastic Period]] (Prior to 3100 BC)
13: ...[Early Dynastic Period of Egypt|Early Dynastic Period]] (1st–2nd Dynasties)
15: ...ntermediate Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]] (7th–11th Dynasties)
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