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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]] - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
5: ...''Jacques le fataliste'', which challenged conventions regarding [[novel]]s and their structure and co...
7: ... [[Paris]]. In 1743 he married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. He had affairs wit...
10: ...entary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
14: ...tion]]. It is worth noticing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot ...
16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: national_motto = Yaqeen-e-muhkam, ittihād, n...
8: ...ge_map = LocationPakistan.png|Location of Pakistan |
9: national_anthem = [[Pak sarzamin shad bad]]<br...
21: population_estimate = 162,419,946 |
22: population_estimate_year = 2004 | - Vermont (39851 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = VT |
36: ...nks 45th in land area (24,923km?), and its population (608,827) ranks as the second smallest of the fi...
38: ...and after the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] prod...
42: Vermont is located in the New England region in the [[eastern United States]] and comprises 9...
44: ...ont from New York and Canada in the northwest portion of the state. The state's greatest length, from ... - 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]]) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...tion]], he was well known also for his many quotations and his experiments with [[electricity]]. Frank...
4: Franklin's [[invention]]s include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [...
6: ==Biography==
23: ...y about cultivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young man earned him a great d...
25: ...nd borrowed) on which a lot of his popular reputation is based. Adages from this almanac such as "A pe... - 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 "... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
7: ... [[Charles IX of France]] make substantial concessions to the [[Huguenots]].
9: *[[1775]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Henry]] delivers his famous ...
12: ...irst recorded use of "[[Okay|OK]]" as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" in the ''[[Boston Morning Post...
18: ... Brothers]] apply for a [[patent]] on their invention of one of the first successful [[airplane]]s aft...
19: ...sored by the [[Smithsonian Institution]] and [[National Geographic Society]]. - 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...
155: *[[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] ([[France]], [[1749]] – [[1822]])
172: *[[Giovanni Battista Donati]], ([[Italy]], [[1826]] &nda... - 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}} - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
6: ==Biography==
8: ... Both parents were of [[Poitou|Poitevin]] extraction, but the Arouets were long established in Paris,...
10: ...trong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...owledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...e Temple, of which the [[knights of Malta|grand prior]] Vendôme was the head, and the poets [[Gu... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...[[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Proto-Elamite]] period beginning around [[3200 BC]].
8: ...tes this word was borrowed prehistorically). Additionally, the Haltamti were known as ''Elam'' in the ...
10: ... empire, the Elamites had extended their civilisation into the province of [[Fars]] in prehistoric tim...
13: ... by some theorists with the [[Harappan]] civilisation found in the Indus Valley somewhat to the East, ...
17: ...g bull holding a spouted vessel, Proto-Elamite period; 3100?2900 BCE, Iran, kept at The Metropolitan M... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ... the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]]]]
6: ...ution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ... the American revolution. The [[industrial revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginni...
13: ...ope on the eve of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1700)]]
17: ... supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Baltic]] power after the [[Great Northern War]]. - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
15: | [[Subdivisions of Russia|Subdivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
17: ...ystem|Location]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_type:city(4,661,219)}}
21: | [[Population]]: || 4,661,219 <small>(2002 Census)</small>
23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
36: ...ation of Russian into English|English transliteration]]: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as i...
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