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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
19: ...Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
41: ...above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...[November 6]], [[1632]]) during Sweden's intervention in Germany in the [[Thirty Years' War]].
4: ...aption><font size="+1">'''Kristina'''</font></caption>
6: ...r valign=top><td>'''Reign'''<td>[[November 6]], [[1632]]-[[June 5]], [[1654]]
8: <tr valign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]], [[1650]]
10: ...e prop of the realm''") <!-- Official English version from www.royalcourt.se --> - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
4: ...cknamed "Ninon" by her father at an early age. In 1632 her father was exiled from France after a duel, a...
6: ...nly an aspect of the clear idea that drove her actions: she was determined to remain unmarried and ind...
8: ...om became a centre for the discussion and consumption of the literary arts. In her early thirties she ...
10: ...ess, both this and her opinions on organized religion caused her some trouble, and she was imprisoned ...
12: ...d "We should take care to lay in a stock of provisions, but not of pleasures: these should be gathered... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = MD |
36: ...[American Revolution]]. ''See: [[Annapolis Convention]].''
41: ...Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]], on [[June 20]], [[1632]]. The new colony was named in honour of [[Henri...
43: ... laws that explicitly tolerated varieties of religion (as long as it was [[Christianity|Christian]]), ...
47: ...family regained control and re-enacted the Toleration Act. - 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)
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]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
2: ...cellular]], (humans have an estimated 100,000 billion = 10<sup>14</sup> cells).
3: ...d for transmitting information to the next generation of cells.
11: ...cessary. Each cell stores its own set of instructions for carrying out each of these activities.
14: *Reproduction by [[cell division]].
15: ...ecule]]s and releasing [[by-product]]s. The functioning of a cell depends upon its ability to extract... - 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... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...r's laws of planetary motion|laws of planetary motion]]. He is sometimes referred to as "the first [[t...
9: ...y child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
11: ... of ideas, as well as an abiding religious conviction, for solace.
15: ...nt school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the position in April of [[1594]], at the age of 23.
23: ...not ascertain a physical cause for this. The question of snowflakes was not resolved until the [[20th ... - Microscope (8708 bytes)
8: ... microscope that uses only one lens for magnification. [[Anton van Leeuwenhoek|Van Leeuwenhoek]]'s mic...
11: ...lamp unit providing stable, controllable illumination.
34: ...ower of 100×. The actual power of magnification is the product of the powers of the ocular (usua...
39: ... produces a [[three-dimensional]] (3-D) visualisation of the sample being examined.
42: ...useful magnification up to 100×. The resolution is maximally in the order of an average 10×... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] period. Locke has been placed in a group called the [[B...
5: ==Biography==
6: ...r completing his studies there, he obtained admission to the college of [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. The...
8: ...ome to Oxford seeking treatment for a liver infection. Cooper was impressed with Locke and pressed him...
12: ...tal in persuading Shaftesbury to undergo an operation (then life-threatening itself) to remove the cys... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...ory of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...hen with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technolog...
11: ...dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago.
13: ...icas|European explorers]] and [[European colonization of the Americas|settlers]] appeared, they found ...
16: ===European exploration=== - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...od in the arts, and receives contemporary application in the unity of science movement which includes ...
6: ...au]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both [[Church]] and [[State]].
8: ...ciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]].
10: ...n]] preceded it (if it is thought of as a long period). Furthermore, [[Romanticism]] followed the Enli...
12: ...eptable to think of them conjoined as one long period. - March 22 (9294 bytes)
7: ...stown, Virginia]], a third of the colony's population.
8: ...- [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the possession of cards, [[dice]], and gaming tables.
9: ...pelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious dissent.
15: ...5]] - First display (a private screening) of [[motion pictures]] by [[Auguste and Louis Lumi貥]].
27: ...weden]], [[Teach-In]] wins the twentieth [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for the [[Netherlands]] singing "... - 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]]) - 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}} - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
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==
19: ... of 1608, Champlain attempted to form better relations with the local Indians. He made alliances with ... - Cell (29541 bytes)
2: ...cellular]], (humans have an estimated 100,000 billion = 10<sup>14</sup> cells).
3: ...d for transmitting information to the next generation of cells.
11: ...cessary. Each cell stores its own set of instructions for carrying out each of these activities.
14: *Reproduction by [[cell division]].
15: ...ecule]]s and releasing [[by-product]]s. The functioning of a cell depends upon its ability to extract... - Aluminium (26079 bytes)
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18: {{Elementbox_section_atomicprop | color1=#cccccc | color2=black }} - Anton van Leeuwenhoek (4111 bytes)
3: ...ontributions towards the establishment of [[cell biology]]. Using his handcrafted microscope he was th...
5: ...n Delft. ''Van Leeuwenhoek'' translates as "from lion's corner".
7: ...erything he could and carefully noted his observations. Unfortunately, he only spoke [[Dutch language|...
15: ...inding in microbiology. This is regarded by microbiologists as the highest honour in their field.
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