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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the sta...
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
7: ...n, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...les). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 million. It's Brazil's [[Secon...
11: ==History== - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ...nically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...f present, is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[p...
8: ...environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting resu...
10: ...tningVolt Iron Ore Pellets.jpg|thumb|left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in stee... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ...d be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...] or [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] and led to the establishment of the [[Presbyterian Church]]. The term was...
7: ==History==
8: ...s in [[Calvinism|Calvinist Geneva]] and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Germany]]. These contacts shaped their ...
10: ... several phases. They shared a belief that all existing churches had become corrupted by practice, by... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...lative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
6: ...rchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Au...
8: ...o was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him, with 6 daughte...
12: ...37-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [...
14: ...40-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...o.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3: '''Denis Diderot''' ([[October 5]], [[1713]] – [[Jul...
5: ...ilosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets o...
7: ...of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
10: ...losophiques'' (1746), and he presently added to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
1: The '''history of sculpture''' is varied and is illustrative of how sculpture has changed extensi...
4: ...C), from the area of [[Willendorf]], [[Austria]], is a well-known example.
6: ...lourished. Materials used for sculpture during this time included basalt, diorite (a type of dark, co...
8: ... stone sculptures of this type from 2700 BC were discovered at [[Tell Asmar]]. Many masterpieces have...
11: ...|code of law]]. A bearded head, made of diorite, is believed to represent Hammurabi. The head has th... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ... horn''' since at least 1750, although this usage is uncommon among players of the instrument.
4: In other languages, the instrument is named ''Horn'' ([[German language|Gr.]]), ''corno...
6: ...mall, deep [[mouthpiece]], giving it its characteristic "mellow" tone. The typical [[playing range]] ...
8: == History ==
12: ...ded to play and the other could be free to guide his steed. The only way to change the pitch was to u... - 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 painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: ...[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
12: ...840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
13: ...([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
1: {{History of China}}
2: ... books were printed using [[movable type]]. Some historians argue that Early Ming China was the most a...
6: ... capital at [[Nanjing]] and adopting "Hongwu" as his reign title.
8: ...onventions, and not as a popular rebel. Despite his humble origins, he emerged as a national leader a...
10: ...amities of the Mongol invasion, and given the realistic threat to China still posed by the Mongols, Ho... - Prehistory (4111 bytes)
1: ...ing]] (which marks the beginning of ''[[recorded history]]'').
5: [[Image:Prehistory_122.jpg|thumb|250px]]
6: ...i Gorge]]. Others would date the beginning of prehistory with the advent of [[Homo erectus]] c. 1.5 mi...
8: ... in [[New Guinea]] the end of the prehistoric era is set much more recently, [[1900|AD 1900]].
10: ... of the information we know about the time period is deduced from the study of artifacts left behind b... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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9: !align="left"| Discovered by
12: !align="left"| Discovered on
15: ...color="#c0ffff" colspan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|...
9: *[[1438]] - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] is crowned King of [[Hungary]].
14: *[[1707]] - [[John V of Portugal|John V]] is crowned King of [[Portugal]]
15: ...scovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
16: ...eviously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published. - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
15: ...(900 to 1300 lbs) and occasionally exceed 800 kg (1750 lbs). Females are about half the size of males an...
18: ...not actually [[pigmentation|pigmented]] white; it is unpigmented and hollow, like white hair in [[huma...
20: ... viewed with [[infrared camera]] they are barely visible. Only the pads of their feet emit detectable ...
22: ...belief, polar bears do not eat [[penguin]]s: this is because polar bears live at the ''North'' Pole, a... - 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... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
1: {{histphil}}
3: ...entury]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
4: ... science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ...-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both [[Church]] and [[State]]...
8: ...ernment]] and sciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]]. - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
1: {{histOfScience}}
2: ...cially [[star]]s and [[planet]]s. An example of this early astronomy might involve a study of the [[re...
6: ==Ancient history==
8: ...]]", hence astronomy's ancient connection to what is now called astrology. Ancient constructions with ...
10: ...ect time of year. The most common modern calendar is based on the Roman calendar, which divided the ye... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...who spoke an [[Indo-European language]] and established a kingdom centered in [[Hattusa]] (the modern ...
3: ...500 to 1400 BC. After 1200 BC the Hittite polity disintegrated into several independent city-states, s...
5: ...ittite language]]. The Hittites should be distinguished from the "[[Hattians]]", an earlier people who...
7: ...to be the same, but this identification is still disputed.
11: ==Archaeological discovery== - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... was well known also for his many quotations and his experiments with [[electricity]]. Franklin was a ...
9: ...to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
11: ...ne Child at Ecton; and over the next few years, this couple had three children, all of whom being half...
21: ...rentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New England Courant''.
23: ...m for agitating for a variety of local reforms. His intelligence combined with a great deal of savvy ... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
1: '''March 21''' is the [[80 (number)|80]]<sup>th</sup> day of the ye...
5: ..., [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] [[Thomas Cranmer]] is [[Execution by burning|burned at the stake]].
8: ...France|French]] forces near the ruins of [[Nicopolis]] in [[Egypt]].
11: ...enry Morton Stanley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone]].
12: *[[1919]] - [[The Chinese High School]] is established in Singapore by [[Tan Kah Kee]].
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