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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... - 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.
17: ...nce: William of Orange. When Charles II died in [[1685]] (converting to Roman Catholicism on his deathbe...
26: ...shed, then it would have become simple for the deposed King James to reclaim the Throne. To preclude a... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...her own right, did not wield actual power during most of her reign. She did, however, govern the realm...
15: ...e William II of Nassau]]. At first, Charles II opposed the alliance with a Dutch ruler — he pref...
20: ...oman Catholic. Some charged that the boy was "suppositions," having been secretly brought in as a subs...
22: ...liam was reluctant; he was jealous of his wife's position as the heiress to the English Crown, and fea...
24: ...r his wife's death. Although some individuals proposed to make her the sole ruler, Mary, remaining loy... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
3: ...that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
16: ...anels (usually 27" or 36"). Larger works are composed of several stripes sewn together. Moquette car...
19: ..., 3-dimensional flowers. Patterns for tiled (composed of a series of squares) carpets, called [[Berli...
39: ...rigin of this carpet is debated. It has been proposed to be a product of either the Iranian [[Scythia...
48: ...h century. Until the mid-18th century they were mostly used on walls and tables. Except in royal or ... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
1: ...condary set of pipes in the choir loft, at the opposite end of the interior space. It is also common ...
5: ...than one [[musical keyboard|keyboard]], with the most common configuration being two [[manual]]s playe...
7: Pipe organs are most commonly found in [[church]]es, and in some [[Re...
17: ...xample, the [[Sydney Opera House Grand Organ]], whose construction started in 1969 and was completed i...
31: ...etails of its construction remain sketchy, and almost nothing is known of the actual music it played. ... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
12: ...her to recapture [[Nubia]] and other territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. The Lybian...
14: ...nemhat II]] ([[1875 BC]] - [[1840 BC]]) made the position of the nomarchs hereditary again (weakening ...
24: ... are credited with preserving for us some of the most fabulous of [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[papyrus...
27: * [[1800 BC]] - [[Moscow Papyrus|Moscow Mathematical Papyrus]]
34: ...oximately 63 years. A few of the kings and their possible dates include: - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: ...y but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.
7: ... particular rulers. Often there are also several possible spellings of the names.
9: ...re is a 60 year discrepancy between the dates proposed by these two authors. There is no attempt to re...
63: ===Position uncertain===
65: *Ba (two different writings, possibly two separate kings) - Texas (39610 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = TX |
36: ...]] in [[1845]]. It has the [[U.S. Postal Service|postal abbreviation]] '''TX'''.
42: * [[List of U.S. state mottos | state motto]] — "Friendship"
55: ...nd [[Arkansas]] on the east. To the southwest, across the [[Rio Grande]], Texas borders the [[Mexico|M...
116: * [[18 February]] [[1685]]: [[Ren魒obert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle]] est... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
53: *[[Jacopo Amigoni]] ([[1685]]-[[1752]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
9: Franklin's father, Josiah Franklin, was born at [[Ecton]], [[Northampton...
11: In around [[1677]], Josiah married a one Anne Child at Ecton; and over th...
13: ...), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth). - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: ...roys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves most of the town in ruins.
20: ...ntiary]] on an island in [[San Francisco Bay]], closes.
24: ...lamation was issued by [[San Francisco]] Mayor [[Joseph Alioto]].
27: ...[[boycott]] of the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] to [[protest]] the [[Soviet Invasion of Afgh...
30: ... allegations that tie [[baseball]] player [[Pete Rose]] to [[baseball]] [[gambling]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
179: *[[Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham]] (UK, [[1842]] - [[1928]... - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
7: ... supply systems hinder efficient utilization of those resources.
11: ...ee (''Gosudarstvennyy planovyy komitet''—[[Gosplan]]) formulated countrywide output targets for ...
15: ... livestock bread rather than grain because bread cost less. In another example, rental fees for apartm...
17: ...n, and to reindustrialize the country during the postwar period. The rapid development of its defense ...
19: ...anning seemed unlikely, the configuration of the post-transition economy remained unpredictable. - 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) - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...ost famous works include the [[Brandenburg Concertos]], [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]], the [[Mass in B...
7: ...ristian Bach]] became important musicians and composers in their own right. (See [[Bach family]].)
11: ...urch organists and court chamber musicians to composers, although Bach would later surpass them all in...
13: ...to one popular legend of the young composer's curiosity, late one night, when the house was asleep, he...
17: ...nifold stops, and complicated mechanism, was the most complex machine in any European town. This pract...
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