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- 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... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
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...
32: Galileo observed the planet [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] in [[1611]], but took no particular notice o... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
15: ...t the Protestant school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the position in April of [[1594]], at the age o...
27: ... She was released in October [[1621]] after attempts to convict her failed. Even though she was subj...
40: ...e universe was created, there were no numbers except the Trinity, which is God himself… For, th...
46: ...tober 17]], [[1604]], Kepler observed that an exceptionally bright star had suddenly appeared in the c...
50: ...n the [[Platonic solid]]s with the classical conception of the elements: the [[tetrahedron]] was the f... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
25: ...; in fashion, Bacon failed to become solicitor in 1595. To console him for these disappointments Essex ...
33: ... income; but old debts and present extravagance kept him embarrassed, and he endeavoured to obtain fur...
37: ...nd so clear was the evidence that he made no attempt at defence. To the lords, who sent a committee to...
40: ... be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt heart. I know I have clean hands and a clean hear...
94: ...ze:XS text:Viscount St. Albans; Charged with corruption, retires from public life. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...an to colonize [[North America]]. The first attempts, notably the [[Colony of Roanoke]], resulted in ...
11: ...alth and power necessary to begin systematic attempts at exploration. Also, as the economy of Europe ...
16: ...At this time, however, there was no official attempt by the English government to create a colonial em...
37: ...ng - not the sort of audience that is usually receptive to the call of religion. It did not attract m...
56: ...other important example is [[Anne Hutchinson]] ([[1595]] - [[1643]]), an intelligent and charismatic wom... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ...He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be published in northern [[Europe]].
14: ...87]] after his father's map of 1567 (published in 1595)]]
15: ...e]] in [[1588]], further maps were published in [[1595]] after his death by his son [[Rumold Mercator]]....
22: ...rld and its Form) by Gerardus Mercator, Duisburg, 1595; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Cong... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
1: This is a partial list of [[sculptor (artist)|sculptor]]s.
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
26: *[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]] (1850 - 1899)
55: *[[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]] (1827 - 1875)
116: *[[John Gibson (sculptor)|John Gibson]] (1790 - 1866) - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
9: ...h Sea]], and eventually, after the death of the captain for whom he was sailing, becoming the master o...
13: ...ted of Drake's [[Caribbean]] adventures was his capture of the Spanish Silver Train at Nombre de Dios ...
22: ...h ports like [[Valpara�]] as it went. He also captured Spanish ships on the journey north, making go...
24: ...h Drake's claim to the new lands, fitting a description in Drake's own account, was discovered in [[Ma...
34: ... He brought with him a rich cargo of spices and captured Spanish treasures, and was hailed as the firs... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
155: *[[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] ([[France]], [[1749]] &ndas...
167: ...[Thomas Digges]] ([[England]], [[1546]] – [[1595]])
240: *[[Benjamin Apthorp Gould]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1824]] &nda...
313: *[[Jacobus Kapteyn]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1851]] – [[1922]])
472: *[[Ptolemy]] of Alexandria ([[Roman Egypt]], circa [[85]] – [[165]]) - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
6: ...med Panj Pyare (Five Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at his request.
8: ... unique in that it is written in [[Gurmukhi]] script but contains many languages including [[Punjabi l...
10: ...erence is attributable to its single central concept – the sovereignty of the One [[God]], the C...
12: Guru Nanak's ascribed to the concept of ''[[Maya (illusion)|maya]]'', regarding materi...
14: ... to live in a balanced worldly manner, and by accepting ultimate reality. Thus, by the grace of Guru (... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
13: ... city [[Tenochtitlan]] should be built. This sculpture is in [[Mexico City]].]]
14: ... of the work of [[William Prescot]], it became adopted by most of the world, including the Mexican sch...
45: ...ence as distinct entities apart from these ''teixiptla'' representations of ''teotl'' (Boone 1989).
66: ... Tlaxcala also practiced the human sacrifice of captured Aztec warriors.
74: In the later days of the empire, the concept of ''macehualli'' also had changed. Eduardo Nogue... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
29: ...m km² (1902); 19.9m km² maximum extent (1595)
47: ... I]], during which most of its territories were captured by the [[Allies]], Ottoman elites established...
53: ...st to [[Hungary]] in the northwest, and from [[Egypt]] in the south to the [[Caucasus]] in the north. ...
59: ...Janissaries]] were disbanded, and a modern conscripted army was formed.
61: ...defending itself from foreign occupation (e.g. Egypt occupied by the French in 1798, Cyprus occupied b... - Babylonia (8254 bytes)
7: ...rs, but then the [[Hittites]] sacked Babylon in [[1595 BC]], installing the [[Kassite]] dynasty. Its cit...
13: ...s been discovered, relating to his invasion of Egypt in [[567 BC]], and referring to "Phut of the Ioni...
15: ...nnals of Nabonidus, supplemented by another inscription of Nabonidus where he recounts his restoration...
17: ... Bel, where the services continued without interruption. Cyrus did not arrive until the 3rd of ''March...
19: ... excited a strong feeling against himself by attempting to centralize the religion of Babylonia in the... - Sumer (14409 bytes)
2: ...Sumerian pre-[[Cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]] script may precede any other form of writing, and dates ...
21: ...nded themselves against the [[History of Egypt|Egyptians]] and the [[Hittites]]. The Hittites defeated...
26: ...on the canals, although the rich were able to exempt themselves.
49: ...several seals inscribed with the Indus Valley script suggest a remarkably wide-ranging network of anci...
90: ...known languages. There have been many failed attempts to connect Sumerian to other languages, especial... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...n the site of the monastery of Saint [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to vis...
9: ...ted by the Papacy, for example, the order was exempt from all authority save that of the Pope, and it ...
15: ...[County of Tripoli]] and when [[Akko|Acre]] was captured in [[1291]] the order sought refuge in the [[...
17: ... in the [[15th century]], one by the Sultan of Egypt in [[1444]] and another by [[Mehmed II]] in [[148...
29: ...st the entirety of their fleet was destroyed or captured in what is now known as the [[Battle of Lepan... - Atlas (cartography) (4308 bytes)
9: ...nstructed by [[medieval]] [[Greek]] scholars from Ptolemy's text.
15: ...escription of the Universe) (Duisburg, [[1585]]-[[1595]]).
19: ...n of the term atlas is a common source of misconception.
21: ...er]] refers to this Atlas as "one who knows the depths of the whole sea, and keeps the tall pillars wh...
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