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- Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ... is [[Chinese traditional religion]] and its constituent components, including [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]...
5: ... [[God]], classifying a Chinese belief system as either a religion or a [[philosophy]] can be problema...
7: ...ciples and participating in [[ancestor worship]] rituals. A Buddhist would have no trouble viewing [[...
9: Major belief systems that developed within China include [[ancestor worship]], [[Chinese ...
11: ...e annual rituals. He was not believed to be a [[deity]], but rather someone who mediated between the f... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|250px|right|style=margin-left:1em|Marguerite de Valois]]
2: ...arre]]. She should not be confused with [[Marguerite_of_Navarre|the famous author of the same name]] ...
4: Born Marguerite de [[Valois]] at the Royal Chⴥau in [[Saint-Ge...
6: ...pposed the marriage, many of her nobles supported it, and the marriage was arranged. Jeanne d'Albret d...
8: ...ing at each other. When the Cardinal asked Marguerite if she willingly took Henri to be her husband, s... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...'Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...context of his time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]...
8: ...of Sir Nicholas, a member of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, ...
10: ...3 at the age of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
14: ..., which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives. - New Year (5703 bytes)
9: ...hanah cannot occur later than [[October 5]], when it occurred in [[1967]] and will again occur in [[20...
11: ...h [[fireworks|firecrackers]], and in some places with a [[parade]].
20: ...[Vietnam]]ese New Year is the [[T괝] Nguyen Dan. It is celebrated on the same day as Chinese New Year...
35: ...ecords such as the tax year, but over that period it gradually fell out of favour and was replaced by ...
38: ...ch]] was used in the [[Republic of Venice]] until its destruction in [[1797]], and in [[Russia]] until... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...anuary 1 was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], previously...
17: ...[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New York.
18: ...d [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...tenure of [[Pope Siricius]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a sourc...
6: ... [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servor...
7: ...been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Sep...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Oct... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ... famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...ht]], has a reputation as the greatest of all [[writer]]s in the [[English language]], as well as one ...
4: ...th of human emotions. A colossal figure in world literature, Shakespeare's legacy and influence contin...
8: ...f titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases|titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases]], and...
14: ...commonly considered to be [[England]]'s greatest, it is also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...Nolano''' or '''Bruno the Nolan''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occ...
9: ...sm|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
13: ...left Naples to avoid the attention of the [[Inquisition]]. He left [[Rome]] for the same reason and ab...
15: ...f mnemonics, but many of his contemporaries found it easier to attribute them to magical powers.
17: ... summarizing some of his cosmological positions, titled ''Il Candelaio'' ("The Torchbearer"). - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...y''' multi-[[conductor]] [[geometry]] has '''capacitance'''.
4: == Physics of the capacitor ==
7: ...ric. Because each plate stores an equal but opposite charge, the ''total'' charge in the device is al...
9: ...l capacitor, the dielectric is in direct contact with the plates.)]]
11: === Capacitance === - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...C Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of [[Britain]], and his conquest of [[Gaul|Gallia Comata]] ...
4: ...lic. Caesar's friend [[Marcus Brutus]] conspired with others to assasinate Caesar in hopes of saving t...
6: ...aigns are known in detail from his own written [[Literary works of Julius Caesar|''Commentaries'' (''C...
9: ...ns]]'' [[Julius|Julia]]), which supposedly traced its ancestry to [[Julus]], the son of the [[Troy|Tro...
11: ...st men in Rome at the time and while he gained political clout, the Caesar family gained the wealth. - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
1: {{Template:US City infobox |
2: city = Indianapolis |
4: nickname = Circle City, Indy, 'Naptown |
16: city pop = 791.926 |
18: density = 835.1 | - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...glish language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ...[[Ralph Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}} - Ballet (9155 bytes)
3: ...es]] bear a striking similarity to [[fencing]] positions and footwork, perhaps due to their developmen...
5: ...nual on ballet dancing that helped to establish [[Italy]] as a major centre of ballet development.
9: ...ry of the Louvre. (folio, Paris, Mamert Patisson, 1582.)]]
11: ...ocial dances performed by the nobility in tandem with music, speech, verse, song, pageant, decor and c...
13: ...ve. Reforms were also being made in ballet composition by composers such as [[Christoph Gluck]]. Fin... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ...excoco]] – the site of modern-day [[Mexico City]].
7: ...eals with the historical Aztec civilization, not with modern-day Nahuatl speakers.
9: ...'' was like the modern use of ''Latino'', or ''Mediterranean'': a broad term that does not refer to a ...
11: ...in Codex]] relates that after leaving Aztlan, [[Huitzilopochtli]] ordered his people not to use the wo...
13: ... should be built. This sculpture is in [[Mexico City]].]] - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
1: ...hemy is the [[transmutation]] of any metal into either [[gold]] or [[silver]].
2: ... well be powder or liquid as a stone, had the ability to do both. The third goal was creating human li...
8: ... word, not Coptic, and have been later connected with ancient Egypt through what linguists term a "[[f...
11: ... instead on [[rule of thumb|rules of thumb]], traditions, basic observations, and mysticism to fill in...
13: ...eferring to the spiritual development of the practitioner as well as a material meaning connected to p... - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
1: ...'''All Fools' Day''', though not a [[holiday]] in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many c...
3: == Superstitions ==
4: ...mpensated by marriage to, or at least friendship with her.
6: ...st matters, but will only meet with disaster when it comes to gambling.
9: ...f so-called 'fool's errands' and tests of gullibility. - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
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25: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
33: | [[Atomic weight]] || 74.92160 [[Atomic mass unit|amu]]
42: ...i>]</nowiki>3[[d-orbital|d]]<sup>10</sup> 4[[s-orbital|s]]<sup>2</sup> 4p<sup>3</sup>
56: ...elvin|K]] (817.2 ?[[Celsius|C]] / 1503 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
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