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- Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...eath at the [[Battle of L?(1632)|Battle of L?] ([[November 6]], [[1632]]) during Sweden's intervention...
6: <tr valign=top><td>'''Reign'''<td>[[November 6]], [[1632]]-[[June 5]], [[1654]]
7: <br>(Government [[November 8]], [[1644]])
22: ...termine if she was [[intersexual]], but they were not able to come to a clear conclusion.
25: ...nora of Brandenburg|Maria Eleonora]] of [[Prussia|Brandenburg]], came from the [[Hohenzollern]] family. She was... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
7: ...ded to send her to [[London]] and accompanied by another agent, she walked across the [[Pyrenees| Pyre...
9: ...[Torgau]] in [[Saxony]] and at [[Konisberg]] in [[Brandenburg]] where she suffered great hardship from exposure...
11: ...ration of France, she is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on the [[Valen硹 SOE Memorial]] in the town of... - Piccolo heckelphone (2734 bytes)
3: ...amed the terz-heckelphone, Strauss ultimately did not score for it and only a single prototype was eve...
5: ...f the instrument's conicity is quite wide (though not as wide as that of a [[saxophone]]), giving it a...
7: ...he excesses of the [[Romantic]] period, massive sonorities and by extension instruments capable of cut...
9: ...bers, but not fitted with keys. Four or five are known to be on display at the Heckel museum in [[Bieb... - Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ... the windway with respect to the labium, there is no need to form an [[embouchure]] with the lips. On ...
3: ...ever, that the instrument intended was the sopranino recorder.
5: ... easy to play at some level, is pre-tuned, and is not too strident in even the most musically-inept ha...
7: ...eat stature have written for it, including [[Luciano Berio]], [[John Tavener]], [[Michael Tippett]], [...
9: ... contrabass in F is about 2 meters tall. The soprano and the alto are the most common solo instruments... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ... ''cor de chasse'' or hunting horn, and has been known as the '''French horn''' since at least 1750, a...
4: ...is named ''Horn'' ([[German language|Gr.]]), ''corno'' (plural ''corni'') ([[Italian language|It.]]), ...
14: ... finally made the horn a true melodic instrument, not simply limited to a harmonic series, and some of...
16: ...these three valves, the player could play all the notes reachable in the horn's range.
21: ... make with his or her [[embouchure]] from note to note became increasingly precise. An early solution... - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ... [[Europe]]. It is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to...
51: ...ages per the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages|ECRML]].<br>
57: ...e [[G8]] nations and a founding member of what is now the [[European Union]].
62: ...o back more than a thousand years, the state now known as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state...
66: ...ading state of Germany, from the more western and northern parts. - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...''chau-fort,'' for in French a simple ''chau'' connotes a grand [[country house]] at the center of an ...
8: Castles were built not only as a defensive measure, and offensive weapo...
15: ... tried anything, were easily overcome as they had no refuge.(Hariulf, ''Gesta ecclesiae Centulensis'')
17: ...ing exploded as local warlords staked claims to minor kingdoms from behind newly-built castles.
30: ... many survive through to the modern day; they are now mostly considered monuments. - Giovanni Boccaccio (10149 bytes)
2: ...]] in the vernacular. Boccaccio's characters are notable for their era in that they are realistic, sp...
5: ...son of a [[Florence|Florentine]] banker and an unknown woman. An early biographer claimed his mother w...
7: ...his father had introduced him into the Neopolitan nobility and the French-influenced court of Robert t...
9: It seems Boccaccio enjoyed law no more than banking but his studies allowed him the...
13: ... in 1344. Boccaccio also became a father again, another illegitimate child, Violante, was born in [[R... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...uman life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and never t...
8: ...f Copernicus' father. His brother Andrew became canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[B...
10: ...menico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a discip...
12: ...opernicus made in [[1497]] together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium c...
14: ...some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this remains to us). - Digital photography (33923 bytes)
4: ...]. Some other devices, such as [[mobile phone]]s, now include digital photography features.
18: ...flatbed [[image scanner|scanner]]. Since this technology predates area arrays, it was available earlie...
28: ...ch as the [[Canon_Inc.|Canon]] PowerShot S1 IS, Canon PowerShot SD200/300 and the Pentax Optio MX/MX4 ...
34: ...immediately and can correct the problem and take another picture.
36: ...uses, such as computer storage and e-mailing, but not printing. - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
1: ...Berlin Wall on November 16, 1989|Berlin Wall on [[November 16]][[1989]]]]
3: ...ears, but was opened to unrestricted transit on [[November 9]], [[1989]] and subsequently almost entir...
11: ...s, Britain and France ([[West Berlin]]), although nominally still under joint four-power Allied sovere...
13: ...larly the Soviet Union, because East Germany's economy was being subsidized by the Soviet government.
17: ...rier, the East Germans were to fall back and were not to fire first under any circumstances. - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...In [[1023]], merchants from [[Amalfi]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were given permission by the [[Cal...
9: ... and [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided...
17: ...I]] in [[1480]], who after the [[fall of Constantinople]] made the Knights a priority target.
19: ...ed to leave Suleiman's minions in peace. It would not be a promise they would keep.
27: ...]] in the Hall of St Michael and St George, also known as the Throne Room, in the Grandmaster's Palace... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: While the German people were not fully unified into a single political unit until...
5: ...e [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent fro...
15: ...itary campaigns the Romans made the [[Rhine]] the north-eastern frontier of the [[Roman Empire]], givi...
19: ...ern Roman Empire, but the states they founded did not last. The western Germans moved into the territo...
25: ...nd was anointed by the Church. The Frankish kings now set up as protectors of the [[Pope]], and began ... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...avier]], the [[Mass in B Minor (Bach)|Mass in B Minor]] and the [[St. Matthew Passion]].
13: ...ry, at which point the elder brother demanded to know how Sebastian had come to learn them.
17: ...s instrument, it seems, was in constant need of minor repairs, and he was often sent into the belly of...
19: ...scholars, his famous ''[[Toccata and Fugue in D Minor]]''), but much of the music Bach wrote during th...
22: ... key|major]] and [[minor key]], a monumental work not only for its masterful use of [[counterpoint]] b... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: While the German people were not fully unified into a single political unit until...
5: ...e [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent fro...
15: ...itary campaigns the Romans made the [[Rhine]] the north-eastern frontier of the [[Roman Empire]], givi...
19: ...ern Roman Empire, but the states they founded did not last. The western Germans moved into the territo...
25: ...nd was anointed by the Church. The Frankish kings now set up as protectors of the [[Pope]], and began ... - Arctic Wolf (3212 bytes)
15: ...ic Wolves inhabit the [[Canadian Arctic]] and the northern parts of [[Greenland]].
21: ...rk "face mask" created by repeatedly digging the snout into prey viscera. They also possess smaller, m...
27: ...aribou]] and [[musk ox]]en, but will also kill [[Snowshoe Hare]]s and [[lemming]]s. Due to the scarcit...
39: ...e arctic wolf'', [[National Geographic]] Vol. 171 No. 5 (May 1987), pp. 562-593
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