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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...onour of her elder brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the E...
6: ... year younger.) Her other brothers ? [[Joseph II|Josef]], [[Leopold II|Leopold]], and Ferdinand-Karl ?...
7: ...ntoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
13: ... education. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she prefer...
15: ...r was his grandson, Louis-Auguste, and it was proposed that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa of ... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...593]] - [[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[Baroque]] painters in the g...
12: ...no della Rose'' inside the [[Pallavicini Rospigliosi Palace]] in [[Rome]], so Orazio hired the Tuscan...
22: ===The Florentine Period ([[1614]]-[[1620]])===
24: ...on of influential people, starting from Granduke Cosimo II de' [[Medici]] and expecially of the Grand...
26: ...aintings wished to have an image of the author, whose fame was rising. The success and the fashion rad... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...tly [[Jew]]ish with a large non-Jewish minority, mostly comprising [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], and [[Dr...
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] |
60: ...ce in Jewish religious obligations and Judaism's most important sites, including the remains of the [[...
62: ...udaism's most important religious texts, were composed in Palestine during this period. The province b...
68: ...cted [[Arab]] settlers. After a brief period of prosperity under the [[Umayyad]] Caliphate, the territ... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = RI |
37: ...|Portsmouth]] are located. Despite the fact that most of the state is part of the [[mainland]], the sh...
40: In 1614 the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block visited the isla...
42: ...ed at the tip of [[Narragansett Bay]] near the [[Moshassuck River]]. He called the site Providence an...
52: ...vote. Before the [[Industrial Revolution]], when most people were employed as farmers, this was consid... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...l 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[England|English]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and...
4: ... a lawyer, but he has become best known as an philosophical advocate and defender of the [[scientific ...
8: ...]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the...
14: ...] conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong...
21: ...oris Partus Maximus'', but he failed to obtain a position of the kind he thought necessary for success... - Religion (72319 bytes)
5: ...men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Venne]] ([[1614]])]]
17: ...those that affirm the existence of one God, and those that affirm the existence of many gods.
19: ...[[atheism]], [[objectivist philosophy]], and [[agnosticism]], which do not appeal to authority or pers...
21: ...taining knowledge. It is typically rejected by those people, religious and non-religious, who see met...
37: *Development of a purpose in life, and the identification of appropriate g... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2: ...[France]] in [[1789]] was one of the richest and most powerful nations in [[Europe]]; only in [[Great ...
7: ...om of the individual, brought about by such [[philosopher]]s as [[Voltaire]], [[Denis Diderot]], [[Ann...
9: ...sses or class divisions. Therefore, where they opposed the bourgeoisie, as they did in France in 1793 ...
13: Since [[1614]], the French monarchy had operated without resor...
19: ...ileges, the king of France lacked the means to impose a "just and proportioned" tax. The desire to do ... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
15: ...both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
21: ...l of Finance 1777–1781), unsuccessfully proposed to revise the French tax system to a more unifo...
23: ..., determined that it was not sustainable, and proposed a uniform land tax as a means of setting France...
25: ...[Grenoble]]. Even more importantly, the chaos across France convinced the short-term creditors on who... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
1: ...mpleted in 1899 at a cost of $25 million was the most expensive government building of its time. Three...
33: ...y constructed [[Fort Nassau]], its first trading post near present-day Albany. In [[1624]] [[Fort Oran...
37: ...ed the Albany Plan of Union, the first formal proposal to unite the colonies.
57: ...28.8% of those under the age of 18 and 12.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
60: ...ge]; [http://www.strose.edu The College of Saint Rose]; [[Excelsior College]]; [http://www.mariacolle... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: The '''Qur'an''' ({{lang-ar|أَلْقُرآن...
6: ...g, the Qur'an proceeds to the longest sura, and closes with some of the shortest ones.
16: ...pidly changed in response to this new situation, losing complexities of case and obscure vocabulary. S...
18: ... Qur’an. Translations are considered mere glosses. The traditions governing the translation and ...
20: ...whole text in Arabic, considering that they are closer to God in doing so. - Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
20: ...eral resistance by e.g. the aristocracy to the imposition of taxes and fiscal reforms.
30: ...1789|Estates-General]] for the first time since [[1614]]
35: ...for the common verification of credentials, in opposition to the First Estate (the clergy) and the Sec...
119: * December: Retreat of the allies across the Rhine
133: * [[July 2]]-[[July 13]]: [[Battle of the Vosges]] (French victory on the Rhine) - El Greco (2407 bytes)
2: '''El Greco''' ([[1541]] – [[April 7]], [[1614]]), a Greek [[painter]], [[sculptor]] and [[archi...
17: ...ired by and dedicated to '''Domenikos Theotokopoulos'''. - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...article covers his travels, as they have had the most lasting importance to World History.
9: ...lowing spring [[1605]] when the settlers moved across the [[Bay of Fundy]] to found the [[Habitation a...
15: ...eople who stayed for the winter only 8 survived, most having died of [[scurvy]] and some of [[smallpox...
21: ...ay. Two hundred Iroquois advanced on Champlain's position as a native guide pointed out the three Iroq...
29: ...eutenant-general]] in New France. Charles died almost immediately, and was succeeded in the office by ...
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