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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]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
18: *[[Jakob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a...
91: ...aharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...[April 15]], [[1683]]/[[1684]]–[[May 17]],[[1727]]) was the second wife of [[Peter I of Russia|Pet...
20: ...o ruler Prince [[Alexander Menshikov]] [[1725]]-[[1727]]''}} - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...e also spent exorbitant sums of money on the grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, [[...
9: ...od, if not brilliant, but unfortunately her education was both imperfect and desultory. Her father had...
11: ...beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found herself at the age of eighte...
13: ...ower, she was treated with liberality and distinction by the government of her adolescent nephew [[Pet...
17: == Palace Revolution of 1741 == - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
22: ...urg]], Virginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]...
24: ...with [[Robert R. Livingston]] and under the direction of President [[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped neg...
28: ...president, was almost uncontested in his two elections.
34: ...9]] when their application for admission to the Union as a [[slave state]] failed. An amended bill for... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
31: ...ing]], (born 1980), [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
115: *[[Yoannis XVII of Alexandria]], ([[1727]]-[[1745]]), Coptic Pope
129: *[[Thom Yorke|Yorke, Thom]], of [[Radiohead]]
148: ...oung|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader
160: *[[Horatio Nelson Young|Young, Horatio Nelson]], (1845-1913), military hero - 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]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: Watercolor painting began with the invention of [[paper]] in [[China]] shortly after [[100 AD...
14:
16: ...] ([[1599]]-[[1641]]), [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]]), and [[John Constable]] ([[1776]]-[[1...
21: ...ercolor on cardboard, 104 x 74 cm, private collection.]]
23: ...term ''watercolor'' most often to refers to traditional transparent watercolor or [[gouache]] (an opaq... - 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 - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...contemporaneously, their work was not a collaboration.
4: ...ubstantiation for [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion]]. He would expand these laws by arguing that [[...
6: ...] in its entirety; and the principles of conservation of [[momentum]] and [[angular momentum]]. Finall...
12: ...of Newton's early life. For more in-depth information, see [[Isaac Newton's early life and achievement...
23: ...ked at home on calculus, [[optics]] and [[gravitation]]. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
10: ...ed States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
11: *[[1793]] - [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] partition [[Poland]].
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
7: ...to practical skyscraper development was the invention of the [[elevator]].
11: ...orted by these skeletal frames. Special consideration must also be given for wind loads.
15: ... tallest..." depends greatly on matters of definition.
19: ...es, such as [[antenna (radio)|antenna]]s and [[radio masts and towers|mast]]s. This sort of ranking al...
40: |6||[[Two International Finance Centre]]||[[Hong Kong]]||415 m||1... - 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== - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
31: ...ka-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiation physicist
37: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
42: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
47: ...mist, winner of the [[1908]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
75: *[[John Haldane]], British biochemist - March 20 (10075 bytes)
14: ...h; Signature of [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]].
15: *[[1899]] – At [[Sing Sing Correctional Facility|Sing Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place...
17: ...tionalist party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
18: ..., the first international [[figure skating]] championship takes place.
20: ...sh; The [[USS Langley|USS ''Langley'']] is commissioned as the first [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft... - 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 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...
206: *[[Camille Flammarion]] ([[France]], [[1842]] – [[1925]]) - 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}} - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...xpression (mathematics)|expression]] involving various [[parameter|argument]]s; ie: ''y'' = F(''x''). ...
9: == Biography ==
12: ... vision in the right eye due to excessive observation of the [[Sun]].
14: ...nts of these children, however, were in high positions in Russia in the 19th century.
16: ...productive; however, he did not have an easy position due to a lack of the king's favor. Therefore he... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ...n the development of [[science]], and asking questions about how science "works" both in a philosophic...
7: ...here was a considerable amount of cross-fertilization between distant groups and individuals.
9: ...isciplinary limitations to the scientific publication process.
11: ...was soon shut down by [[Pope Paul V]] under suspicion of [[sorcery]].
13: ...Early scientific societies provided valuable functions, including a community open to and interested i...
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