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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...
41: *[[Cornelis de Bruijn]], (1652-1727), Dutch traveler and artist
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
6: ...nk Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
18: *[[Jakob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...[April 15]], [[1683]]/[[1684]]–[[May 17]],[[1727]]) was the second wife of [[Peter I of Russia|Pet...
20: ...o ruler Prince [[Alexander Menshikov]] [[1725]]-[[1727]]''}} - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ... also spent exorbitant sums of money on the grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, [[B...
7: ...ronskaya]], was born at [[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her pa...
11: ...d to her, so that on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved...
15: ...Anne]], consoled herself with a handsome young [[Cossack]], [[Aleksey Grigorievich Razumovsky|Alexis R...
19: ...nant at the Russian court. It is a mistake to suppose, however, that La Chetardie took a leading part ... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: ...urg]], Virginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]...
28: ...onary War]] veteran to serve as president, was almost uncontested in his two elections.
32: ...lings", in part because partisan politics were almost nonexistent. The [[United States Federalist Part...
34: ...y undiminished, followed nationalist policies. Across the facade of [[nationalism]], ugly sectional cr...
36: ...ce with independent countries in the Americas as hostile acts toward the United States. Monroe did not... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
19: ...amaoka|Yamaoka, Akira]] (born 1968), Japanese composer
26: *[[Bosa Yankovich|Yankovich, Bosa]]
42: ...2]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video game]] music composer
47: *[[Joseph C. Yates|Yates, Joseph C.]], (1768-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of Ne...
69: *[[A. B. Yehoshua|Yehoshua, A. B.]], author of ''Mr. Mani'' - 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]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...he grounds used in watercolor painting vary, the most common is paper. Others include [[papyrus]], bar...
16: ...] ([[1599]]-[[1641]]), [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]]), and [[John Constable]] ([[1776]]-[[1...
23: ...a is ''[[watermedia]]''. The term ''watercolor'' most often to refers to traditional transparent water...
25: ...for body, and [[glycerin]] or [[honey]] for [[viscosity]] and to bond the colorant to the painting sur...
35: ...ferences and [[color]] clarity are typically the most difficult properties to achieve and maintain. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787...
51: ...[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
54: ... Cros]], (1842-1888) — [[phonograph]]... almost - 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... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: *[[366]] - [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading ...
38: *[[1955]] - [[Panama]]nian president [[Jose Antonio Remon]] is assassinated.
39: ...ia|San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] [[stock exchange]]s merge.
49: ...3]] - Leaders of the three warring factions in [[Bosnia]] meet to discuss peace plans.
57: *[[1727]] - [[James Wolfe]], British general in [[French ... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...re]]s (500 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]]). Most skyscrapers serve as [[office building]]s or [[h...
7: ...forced concrete]], and [[water pump]]s have made possible the construction of extremely tall buildings...
11: ...s of skyscrapers also differ substantially from those of other buildings. Buildings up to about four s...
78: |21||[[US Bank Tower]]||[[Los Angeles]]||310 m||1,018 ft||73||1990 ||
186: ...ter]]||1972||Destroyed||1368 ft||417 m||1727 ft|| 526 m||110 || - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...ational Portrait Gallery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]...
4: ...ng of the range and depth of human emotions. A colossal figure in world literature, Shakespeare's lega...
12: ...r, playwright and poet—was one individual whose life can be clearly mapped out through the study...
17: ...the black market in [[wool]], and later lost his position as an [[alderman]]. Some evidence exists tha...
21: ...d [[John Richardson (witness)|John Richardson]], posted bond that there were no impediments to the mar... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
18: *[[Joseph Black]], (1728-1799), chemist
19: *[[Carl Bosch]], (1872-1940), German chemist
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
82: *[[Jaroslav Heyrovsk?1890-1967), Czech chemist
130: *[[Isaac Newton]], (1642-1727), scientist - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: ...sh; The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
35: ...ndash; [[Ferdinand Marcos]]'s widow, [[Imelda Marcos]], goes on trial for [[bribery]], [[embezzlement]...
38: *[[1996]] – In [[Los Angeles, California]], [[Erik Menendez]] and [[Ly...
65: *[[1915]] - [[Sviatoslav Richter]], Ukrainian pianist (d. [[1997]])
67: ...y (television)|Jack Barry]], American television host (d. [[1984]]) - 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]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[198...
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]]...
54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[191...
85: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]], [[1711]] &n... - 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) - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
5: ...ars of his life, during which time he produced almost half of his total output.
12: ...ience"—that is, calculus). In [[1735]] he lost much of his vision in the right eye due to exces...
14: ...endants of these children, however, were in high positions in Russia in the 19th century.
16: ...ery productive; however, he did not have an easy position due to a lack of the king's favor. Therefor...
18: ...tinued to be very productive, despite a complete loss of vision, due to his extraordinary powers of me... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ...questions about how science "works" both in a philosophical and practical sense.
7: ...tion. Still, there was a considerable amount of cross-fertilization between distant groups and individ...
9: ...ic content (experimental results, theoretical proposals, or literature reviews) are reported in [[scie...
15: ...ually centered around wherever it could find the most funding.
20: ...resses]] allowed the rapid spread of new ideas across [[15th Century|15th]] and [[16th Century|16th]] ...
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