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- Religion in China (12456 bytes)
1: [[Image:China_temple.jpg|thumb|300px|Temple incense near Beijing China. Image provided by [h...
3: ...ginning of its [[history of China|history]]. [[Temple]]s of many different religions dot the landscape...
5: The study of '''religion in China''' is complicated by several issues. Because many Chinese bel...
7: ... living life according to [[Taoism|Taoist]] principles and participating in [[ancestor worship]] ritua...
35: ...e ethnic groups|minority groups]] as the [[Hui people|Hui]], the [[Uyghur]]s, and the [[Kazakh]]s. The... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
8: ... husband, she did not answer; so King Charles IX, placed a hand on his sister's head, compelling her t...
12: ... and quarrelled frequently. After an illness in [[1582]], Queen Marguerite returned to her brother's cou...
16: ...arts and benefactor of the poor. She often helped plan events at court and nurtured Henri IV and Marie... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
694: *[[Giovanni Lanfranco]] ([[1582]]-[[1647]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-) - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...n called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world throu...
21: ... law, until admitted as an [[outer barrister]] in 1582. In 1584 he took his seat in [[parliament]] for [...
25: ...e (he objected to the time span) offended many people; he was accused of seeking popularity, and was f...
29: ... a gift of a fine of ?1200 on one of Essex's accomplices.
35: ... to sit in parliament -- and to the various royal plans which Bacon had supported. His obvious influen... - New Year (5703 bytes)
11: ...ated with [[fireworks|firecrackers]], and in some places with a [[parade]].
14: ...s in the months of [[March]] or [[April]]. The people of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]] celebrate the a...
35: ... period it gradually fell out of favour and was replaced by Circumcision Style. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ... 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated in [[1582]] did ''not'' specify that January 1 was to be ei...
7: ...known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
15: ...vet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
17: *[[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New York.
18: ... Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - List of popes (77758 bytes)
17: ! width="12%" | Place of Birth
25: | <small>Disciple of [[Jesus]] from whom, according to {{biblevers...
171: ! width="12%" | Place of Birth
357: | '''[[Pope Simplicius]]'''<br><small>Saint Simplicius</small>
358: | Papa '''Simplicius''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small> - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
2: ...tyle|N.S.]])), [[England|English]] [[poet]] and [[playwright]], has a reputation as the greatest of al...
4: ...und the world. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[tragedy]] an...
6: ...Chronology of Shakespeare plays|chronology of the plays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His p...
8: ...d the many [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works.
12: ...ree that William Shakespeare{{fn|1}}—actor, playwright and poet—was one individual whose l... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
7: ...r at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated with [[Neoplatonism]]. Bruno embraced a sort of [[pantheism|p...
11: ...rnicus]] and by the newly rediscovered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]...
13: In [[1576]] he left Naples to avoid the attention of the [[Inquisition]]. ...
17: ... "Italian dialogues." In [[1582]], Bruno penned a play summarizing some of his cosmological positions,... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...aced. Intentional capacitors have thin conducting plates (usually made of metal) stacked or rolled to ...
7: ...t the boundary with the dielectric. Because each plate stores an equal but opposite charge, the ''tot...
9: ...tor, the dielectric is in direct contact with the plates.)]]
13: ...] or ''voltage'' (''V'') which appears across the plates:
16: ...a potential difference of one [[volt]] across the plates. Since the farad is a very large unit, value... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...e into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequences are visible to t...
6: ...rded by later historians such as [[Suetonius]], [[Plutarch]], and [[Dio Cassius|Cassius Dio]].
17: ...Roman Senate]], people were forced to stand and applaud his presence.
28: ...n asked why he would have such a reaction, his simple response was: "Do you think I have not just...
30: ...elationship with Rome’s great general would play into his hands later. - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
1: {{Template:US City infobox |
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29: ...many|German]] architect [[Bruno Schmitz]], was completed on the site in [[1901]].
31: ...owntown Indianapolis with the village of Broad Ripple to the north was ever operational.
33: ..., as in most American cities, caused a suburban explosion. With automobile companies as [[Duesenburg]... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
29: ...(mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
70: *[[Eric Temple Bell]] (Scotland, USA, [[1883]] - [[1960]])
386: *[[Johannes Kepler]] (Germany, [[1571]] - [[1630]])
420: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] (France, [[1749]] - [[1827]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
59: *[[John Bainbridge]] ([[Britain]], [[1582]] – [[1643]])
318: *[[Johannes Kepler]] ([[Germany]], [[1571]] – [[1630]])
346: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] ([[France]], [[1749]] – [[1827]])
463: *[[Philip Plait]] ([[United States|USA]])
464: *[[Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana]] ([[Italy]], [[1781]] – [[1864]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
391: *[[Frederick Copleston]], (1907-1994)
896: *[[David Kaplan (philosopher)|David Kaplan]], (born 1933){{fn|O}}
897: *[[Mordecai Kaplan]], (1881-1983){{fn|R}}
907: *[[Johannes Kepler]], (1571-1630){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
973: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]], (1749-1827){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}} - Ballet (9155 bytes)
9: ...ry of the Louvre. (folio, Paris, Mamert Patisson, 1582.)]]
11: ...]] was performed. This early form consisted of a play in which the scenes were separated by dances. ...
15: ...rticularly after [[World War II]] engaged in multiple tours all over the world that revitalized ballet...
104: [[Elisabeth Platel]], - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: The '''Aztecs''' were a [[Mesoamerica]]n people of central Mexico in the [[14th century|14th]], ...
9: ...ebates in Mexica scholarship), so this name was applied to other cultures of the same cultural group. ...
11: ...eaving Aztlan, [[Huitzilopochtli]] ordered his people not to use the word Azteca, instead they should ...
14: ...logia e Historia, for example, refers to these people as Mexica.
22: The Aztec [[Empire]] is not completely analogous to the empires of European history... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
8: ...0;مياء or الخيمياء), which is pr...
11: ...context of their times. They were attempting to explore and investigate nature before many of the most...
13: ...sical insight would have been as partial and incomplete as a metaphysics devoid of physical manifestat...
23: ...of 1989. None of those claims could be reliably duplicated. In either case, the required conditions w...
25: ...e [[New Age]] movement. Even some physicists have played with alchemical ideas in books such as ''[[Th... - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
4: ...r spirit of tolerance and amusement to the tricks played on them is also said to be liable to suffer b...
9: ...s simply refused to break the tradition. These people became the object of so-called 'fool's errands' ...
21: ...San Serriffe]]: ''[[The Guardian]]'' printed a supplement featuring this fictional island (a reference...
24: ...st]]ing [[spaghetti]] from [[tree]]s. A lot of people wanted spaghetti trees of their own.
26: ...ad fallen over. Many shocked and even mourning people contacted the television studio. - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
145: == Applications ==
148: ...leaching from in-situ timbers (such as children's playground equipment) into surrounding soil, the mos...
161: ...uage|Persian]] word زرنيخ ''Zarnik'' meaning "yellow [[orpiment]]". ''Zarn...
170: ...ar and chalk and eaten by women to improve the complexion of their faces.
172: ... it is estimated that approximately 57 million people are drinking [[groundwater]] with arsenic concen...
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