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- List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: ...[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architect
5: ...ichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
25: *[[John Aislabie|Aislabie, John]], (1670-1742), director of the [[South Sea Bubble|South S...
28: ...Aiuppa, Joseph]], (1907-1997), Chicago [[mafia]] boss - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...es II of England|James II]], had been forcibly deposed in [[1688]]; her sister and brother-in-law then...
12: ...e [[Whig]]s. Her closest friend, and perhaps her most influential advisor, was [[Sarah Churchill, Duch...
15: ...rlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most important generals.
26: ...shed, then it would have become simple for the deposed King James to reclaim the Throne. To preclude a...
31: ...eirs died. (This was not an unrealistic worry: most of family was killed by [[smallpox]] shortly bef... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = GA |
36: ...te|state]] of the [[United States]] and its U.S. postal abbreviation is '''GA'''. [[Province of Georgi...
40: ...e [[state flower]] is the [[cherokee rose]] (''[[Rosa laevigata]]'').
50: ...er control of Georgia began in earnest in about [[1670]], when the British, moving south from their [[Ca...
64: ...ral government, but like many other U.S. States, most of the executive officials who comprise the gove... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = SC |
42: ...English settlers sent by the Lords Proprietors in 1670, followed by French Huguenots. The Carolina upcou...
44: ...War]]. Students from [[The Citadel]] were among those firing the first shots of the war, though Edmund...
93: ...t by [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], located across the [[Savannah River]], and to the east by the [...
95: ...he '''Coastal Plain''', which is nearly flat, composed entirely of recent sediments such as sand, silt... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...a namesake [[Saint Peter]], one of the twelve [[apostle]]s of [[Jesus]] and first [[Bishop of Antioch]...
4: ...er, due to the proximity of the Papal residence, most Papal ceremonies take place at St. Peter's. The...
10: .... [[Pope Nicholas V]] asked architect [[Bernardo Rossellino]] to start adding to the old church. This ...
12: The basilica in itself is an artwork composed of many valuable artistic elements. Constructio...
14: ...cus of Nero and the old and new Basilicas superimposed, showing the tomb of Peter] - Macau (16856 bytes)
40: ...strative Region]] of the PRC. Residents of Macau mostly speak [[Cantonese Chinese|Cantonese]] natively...
44: ... many forms of [[gambling]] are legal there, the most popular game is [[Pai Gow]], a game played with ...
49: ...om "door", as it is geographically situated at "Cross' Door".
57: ...ugh there was no transfer of sovereignty. Macau prospered as a port and was a subject of repeated atte...
69: To peacefully oppose the government, the Chinese people enacted ?thre... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...sopher]], and [[alchemist]] who wrote the ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]]'' (publis...
4: ...also notable for his arguments that light was composed of [[particle]]s (see [[wave-particle duality]]...
6: ...describing the rate of cooling of objects when exposed to air; the [[binomial theorem]] in its entiret...
19: ...versity]] at the age of 19. As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss St...
23: ...obtained his degree in [[1665]], the University closed down as a precaution against the [[Great Plague... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
52: === [[1670s]] ===
54: *[[1670]]-Charles Town ([[Charleston, South Carolina|Char...
65: *[[1688]]-[[Glorious Revolution]] deposes James II and replaces him with [[William and Ma... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ... these different colonies found themselves more closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[Ki...
9: ...ing]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...es"]] would benefit immensely. It was in this atmosphere that [[Christopher Columbus]] left Spain on ...
13: .... Though these northerly lands were relatively close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken little i...
16: ...roto-[[nationalism]] and national assertiveness blossomed under the threat of Spanish invasion, assist... - Clock (10086 bytes)
5: ==Purposes ==
11: The main purpose of a clock is not always to ''display'' the time...
19: [[Image:PDphotos-org_alarm_clock_1_bg_050304.jpg|thumb|200px|right...
25: ...a clock (i.e., recurrent process) that makes the most other recurrent processes periodic.
27: ...rrent, periodic process (a [[metronome]]) is an [[oscillator]] and typically generates a ''clock signa... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...upreme Pontiff]] of the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|Universal Church]], [[Patriarch]] of...
27: | <small>''post''[[42]]/''ante''[[57]] to [[64]]/[[67]](?)</smal...
315: | '''[[Pope Zosimus]]'''<br><small>Saint Zosimus</small>
316: | Papa '''Zosimus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
405: | <small>[[Frosinone]], Southern Latium, Italy</small> - Lute (15915 bytes)
7: ...Baroque]] era was turned back from the neck at almost 90? (see image), presumably to help hold the low...
19: ... in Europe in the [[Middle Ages]], transferred across the Muslim-Christian cultural divide in [[Spain]...
25: ...an fingers are not long enough to stop strings across a neck wide enough to hold 14 courses, the bass ...
27: ...e continued to be produced at least as late as [[Joseph Haydn]], but the instrument completely disappe...
33: ...te performances are not common, but it should be possible to find one or more per year in any medium t... - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
4: ...d by the Spanish shortly afterwards, Morgan was chosen by the buccaneers as their admiral.
6: ...glish a free hand to attack the Spanish whenever possible. In [[London]] the Admiralty publicly claime...
8: Modyford almost immediately entrusted Morgan with another expedi...
10: ...5]], [[1670]], and on the [[December 27]] gained possession of the castle of Chagres, killing 300 of t...
12: ...ing to Jamaica the following year to take up the post of Lieutenant Governor. He remained in Jamaica u... - 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) - Navigation (15650 bytes)
7: ...Polynesian]] [[Navigator|navigators]] routinely crossed thousands of miles of open ocean, to tiny inha...
13: ...wildlife species (which congregate at particular positions)
18: ...cuate people. The guild secrets might have been lost, had not one of the last living navigators train...
20: ...e-hulled canoe called the [[Hokulea|Hokule'a]], whose crew, in [[1976]], successfully navigated the Pa...
34: * [[position fixing]] - determining current position by visual and electronic means - Fluorine (8588 bytes)
34: ...], [[univalent]] gaseous [[halogen]] that is the most chemically reactive and [[electronegative]] of a...
37: ...d in elemental form and has such an affinity for most elements, including [[silicon]], that it can nei...
42: ...]s. Fluorine compounds with metals are among the most stable of salts.
55: ...emits [[positron|positrons]], is often used in [[positron emission tomography]] because of its half-li...
57: ...y 1960s have studied elemental fluorine gas as a possible [[rocket fuel|rocket propellant]] due to its... - Coriander (6994 bytes)
17: ...but the fresh leaves and the dried seeds are the most commonly used in cooking. Coriander belongs to t...
20: ...s ''-ander'', "resembling", and refers to the supposed similarity of the scent of the crushed leaves t...
30: ...t keep well and should be eaten quickly, as they lose their aroma when dried or frozen.
36: ... a [[mortar and pestle]]; ground coriander seeds lose their flavour quickly in storage and are best on...
46: ...0 years ago although there are but a few plant [[fossils]] exist to back up the literature.[http://www...
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