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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
21: ... Fontainebleau]] in 1564 were famous for their sumptuousness. In architecture, especially, she was wel... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: '''Elizabeth I''' ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) wa...
16: ...lizabeth was the [[heir presumptive|heiress presumptive]] to the throne of England. After Queen Anne f...
27: ...|Catholic]] Mary persecuted Protestants. She attempted to convert Elizabeth, who pretended to be Roman...
33: ...tthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accepted out of loyalty to [[Anne Boleyn]]'s memory, sin...
39: ...eth remained independent in her diplomacy. She adopted a principle of "England for the English". Her o... - Painting (4567 bytes)
99: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
100: ...eo Modigliani]], ([[1884]]-[[1920]]), Italian sculptor and painter
107: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ... ''Poblacht na hɩreann'') is the official "description" of an independent state which covers approxim...
58: ...]]. Today while ''Republic of Ireland'' is an accepted term for the state, ''Ireland'' is used for off...
67: ...mentary Party]] moved to prominence with its attempts to achieve [[Home Rule]], which would have given...
69: ...ublic]] remained unrecognised internationally except by Lenin's Russian Republic. Nevertheless the Rep...
71: ...he ''[[Government of Ireland Act 1920]]'') could opt out and choose to remain part of the United Kingd... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
62: ...es and Scotland (''i.e.'', the United Kingdom except for Northern Ireland). This political usage of "G...
64: ...o Britain (''i.e.'' the United Kingdom)", a description out of date in the Irish case since 1922. An a...
71: ... of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'' being adopted.
76: ...ven the German economic difficulties following adoption of the Euro, would seem to be possible in the ...
113: ...regions." [[Northern Ireland]]'s most recent attempt at home rule, with a directly elected power-shari... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
17: ...isk dates back to the [[13th century BC]] in [[Egypt]], and was moved to Rome in the [[1st century]] t...
20: ...hief architect in 1546. At the time of his death (1564), the dome was finished as far as the drum, the b...
29: ... high. On top are statues of Christ, [[John the Baptist]], and eleven of the apostles; St. Peter's sta...
31: ...rnacchini]] to the south, and an [[equestrian sculpture]] of [[Constantine I of the Roman Empire|Emper...
33: ...-- This is taken from an old source, is the inscription new since 2000, and if so, what does it read n... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
214: *[[Pieter Brueghel the Younger]] ([[1564]]-[[1638]])
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
93: *[[Galileo Galilei]], (1564-1642), [[Italy]] — [[thermometer]]
211: ...provided an influential formalisation of the concept of [[algorithm]] and computation: the [[Turing ma...
242: ...–1995) was the inventor of the Bell [[helicopter]] - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...'Galileo Galilei''' ([[Pisa]], [[February 15]], [[1564]] – [[Arcetri]], [[January 8]], [[1642]]), ...
10: ...hese are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
18: ...pe to observe the [[sky]]. Based on sketchy descriptions of telescopes invented in the [[Netherlands]]...
20: ...planet)|Jupiter]]. Galileo published a full description in ''[[Sidereus Nuncius]]'' in March [[1610]]....
24: ...e Sun. By contrast, the [[geocentric model]] of [[Ptolemy]] predicted that only crescent and new phase... - March (3907 bytes)
8: ...arch 25 until 1752, the same year they finally adopted the Gregorian calendar.
21: ... thrilled by the roar of high-octane attack helicopters and the zoom of vintage warbirds. Highlights i... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...Elder''' or '''Bruegel''' (c.[[1525]] – [[September 9]], [[1569]]) was a [[Flemish]] [[painter]]...
5: ...ermanently 10 years later. He died there on [[9 September]], [[1569]].
30: * ''Flight To Egypt'' 1563, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London
32: * ''The Procession to Calvary'' 1564, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna
33: * ''The Adoration of the Kings'' 1564, The National Gallery, London - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
2: ...il [[1564]]; [[baptism|baptised]] [[April 26]], [[1564]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]]); – [[April 23]], [[1...
4: ...lled, due to his understanding of the range and depth of human emotions. A colossal figure in world li...
8: ...y [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works.
14: ...ord dates to [[April 26]] of that year. Because baptisms were performed within a few days of birth, tr...
23: ...rd. A son, Hamnet, and a daughter, Judith, were baptized soon after on [[February 2]], [[1585]]. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
9: ...te uniformly to the earliest days of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from abou...
29: ...s rather than some form of magic. When Bruno attempted to leave Venice, Mocenigo denounced him to the ...
43: ...view of a [[celestial sphere]], immutable, incorruptible, and superior to the terrestrial region. Brun...
45: ...bes]]'' (''sic''). [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]] ([[1564]]-[[1642]]) and [[Johannes Kepler]] ([[1571]]-[[1...
49: ...the immobile earth at the center of the sphere. [[Ptolemy]] had numbered these at 1,022, grouped into ... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ...He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be published in northern [[Europe]].
12: ...rt Cosmographer to [[Duke Wilhelm of Cleve]] in [[1564]]. He devised a new projection and first used it ...
15: ... consisted of corrected versions of the maps of [[Ptolemy]] (though introducing a number of new errors... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
1: This is a partial list of [[sculptor (artist)|sculptor]]s.
26: *[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]] (1850 - 1899)
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
55: *[[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]] (1827 - 1875)
116: *[[John Gibson (sculptor)|John Gibson]] (1790 - 1866) - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
22: [[Brahmagupta]] (598-668) was the head of the astronomical obs...
24: ... continuing the mathematical tradition of Brahmagupta. He wrote the ''[[Siddhantasiromani]]'' which co...
46: ... and the compilation of the first star catalog. [[Ptolemy]] later referred to this work in his importa...
52: ...allowed him to calculate the obliquity of the ecliptic, also known as the tilt of the Earth's axis rel...
57: ...rp.300pix.jpg|thumb|left|200px Gallileo Gallilei (1564-1642) crafted his own telescope and discovered th... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
155: *[[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] ([[France]], [[1749]] &ndas...
198: *[[David Fabricius]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1564]] – [[1617]])
220: *[[Galileo Galilei]] ([[Italy]], [[1564]] – [[1642]])
240: *[[Benjamin Apthorp Gould]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1824]] &nda...
313: *[[Jacobus Kapteyn]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1851]] – [[1922]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
293: *[[John Calvin]], (1509-1564){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
597: *[[Galileo Galilei]], (1564-1642){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
967: *[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]], (1744-1829){{fn|O}} - Hippocampus (8957 bytes)
4: ...ms and disorientation appear amongst the first symptoms. Damage to the hippocampus can also result fro...
30: The anatomist Giulio Cesare Aranzi (circa 1564) first used the term [[hippocampus]] for describi...
33: ...uding the hippocampus) to relieve frequent [[epileptic seizure]]s. Of particular note is that HM was s... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
15: ...acific basin is relatively uniform, with a mean depth of about 4270 m (14,000 ft). The major irregular...
53: ...ng his circumnavigation ([[1519]]-[[1522]]). In [[1564]] [[conquistadors]] crossed the ocean from [[Mexi...
59: ...mineral wealth is hampered by the ocean's great depths. In shallow waters off the coasts of Australia ...
71: * Soule, Gardner, The Greatest Depths (1970)
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