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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] n...
11: ...cisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...eorge Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Ca...
23: ... de Balboa]], (c. [[1475]]-[[1519]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded... - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
2: ...([[November 10]]? sometime between [[1615]] and [[1623]] - [[October 17]], [[1705]]) was a French [[auth...
4: Born Anne de Lenclos in [[Paris]], [[France]], she was nicknamed "Ninon" by her f...
6: ...married and independent. Influenced by [[Epicureanism]] in general and [[Michel de Montaigne|Montaigne...
8: ...and her own drawing room became a centre for the discussion and consumption of the literary arts. In h...
10: ...tina]], former queen of [[Sweden]]. Impressed, Christina wrote to [[Cardinal Mazarin]] on Ninon's beha... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
1: ...he mural on the ceiling of the [[Sistine Chapel]] is one of the most famous works of art in the world....
2: ...w it is interpreted. Depending on which tradition is believed, she may or may not have been the [[firs...
10: ==Adam in Genesis==
11: ...b|right|''Adam and Eve'', by [[English poetry|English poet]] and [[Painting|painter]] [[William Blake]...
13: ... which means "red earth"), and God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and gave him dominio... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
33: ISOCode = US-NH |
36: ...y a [[2003]] [[U.S. Census Bureau]] estimate). It is the site of the [[New Hampshire primary]], the fi...
38: ...tate bird is the [[purple finch]]. Its state tree is the [[Paper Birch|American white birch]], also ca...
40: New Hampshire is home to the highest winds ever recorded on Earth:... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...igin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
11: ...0 KYA: [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]] and [[arrow]] in [[Tunisia]]
19: * 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
5: *[[U Ba Maw]], Burmese prime minister during Japanese occupation
6: *[[U Nu]], 3-time Burmese prime minister
14: *[[Mo Udall|Udall, Morris King "Mo"]] (1922-1998)
17: ...erzo|Uderzo, Albert]], (born 1927), French cartoonist of ''[[Asterix]]'' fame - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
6: ...e]] following his death in March [[1623]], and it is likely that the ship was broken up for scrap lumb...
11: ...forced to return, to Plymouth. After some reorganisation the voyage was made in the ''Mayflower'' alo...
15: Before disembarking, the settlers wrote and signed the [[May...
21: ... the descendants of these Mayflower Pilgrims in this Mayflower Descendants Chart at http://www.familyf...
27: The Mayflower is the emblem of the English football club [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.]], who are ... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of inventors'''.
3: ''See also:'' [[list of scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline o...
5: ==Alphabetical list==
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
23: ...Baird]], (1888-1946), [[Scotland]] — [[television]] - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ..., his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of...
5: Galileo was born in [[Pisa]], [[Italy]], as the son of [[Vincenzo Galilei]]...
7: ... time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...ligion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...ished French [[History of science and technology|historian of science]] [[Alexandre Koyr靝. The exper... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...s were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
8: ...arried William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...al leaders, this title in [[English language|English]] usage generally refers to the supreme head of ...
6: ... of [[Italy]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[...
9: == List of popes ==
25: | <small>Disciple of [[Jesus]] from whom, according to {{bible... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...allery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...as well as one of the world's pre-eminent [[dramatist]]s.
4: ...slated into every major living [[language]], and his plays are continually performed all around the wo...
6: ...d to him are often uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of the fact that h...
8: ...ptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works. - March 19 (9902 bytes)
1: '''March 19''' is the 78th day of the year in the [[Gregorian calen...
7: ...uth of the [[Mississippi River]], is murdered by his own men.
8: ...of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ($245,000 taken).
11: ...1914]] - [[Giuseppe Mercalli]], Italian volcanologist (b. [[1850]])
12: *[[1915]] - [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] is photographed for the first time but was not recog... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ian]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
22: ...Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
40: *[[Aristotle]] (Greece, [[384 BC|384 B.C.]] - [[322 BC|32...
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
17: | [[Ottoman Turkish]]
20: | [[Istanbul|İstanbul]] ([[Constantinople]]/[[Asit...
31: | '''[[Rise of the Ottoman Empire|Establishment]]'''
34: | '''[[Fall of the Ottoman Empire|Dissolution]]'''
43: ...an=2 style="text-align: center;" | Part of the [[History of Turkey]] series - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...f Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
3: == Foundation and early history ==
5: ...ptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [...
7: ... His successor, Raymond du Puy of Provence, established the first significant Hospitaller infirmary ne...
9: ...igious buildings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were the work...
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