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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
116: ...erre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye]], (1685-1749), explorer
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl...
129: ...rlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]] - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: .... When the [[Scottish Parliament]] refused to accept the choice of the English Parliament, various coe...
17: ...tholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion.
19: ...erefore vacant. The Crown was offered to, and accepted by, William and Mary, who ruled as joint monarc...
33: ... army to Lord Marlborough, whom she appointed [[Captain-General]]. Marlborough also received numerous ...
38: ...unite with England. The Estates chose the latter option, and Commissioners were appointed to negotiate... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
20: ...He had a controversial religious policy; his attempts to grant freedom of religion to non-[[Church of ...
22: ...mpted to flee, but was intercepted. A second attempt at flight ([[23 December]]) was successful.
26: ...f Right]], in which it deemed that James, by attempting to flee on [[11 December]] 1688, had abdicated...
28: ...nd Mary were offered the Scottish Crown; they accepted on [[11 May]]. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
48: ...y they were mostly used on walls and tables. Except in royal or ecclesiastical settings they were con...
54: ...rie d'Apollon]] in the [[Louvre]] between c. 1665-1685. These 105 masterpieces, made under the artistic...
57: ... as "Norwich carpets." These works are either adaptations of Anatolian or Indo-Persian designs or emp... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
19: ...instruments may combine several styles in an attempt to provide authentic voices for an extended reper...
83: Nearly all stops (there are however notable exceptions) fall into one of two types:
144: ...for manuals are Choir, Great, Swell (English); Hauptwerk, Brustwerk, Oberwerk, Schwellwerk, R?itiv (Ge...
146: ...rman]] equivalents of these three names are: ''Hauptwerk'', ''Oberwerk'' and ''Positiv'' respectively....
201: ...ol]], [[England]]. Many of the pipes date back to 1685 although the organ has been rebuilt many times si... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
1: {{Egyptian Dynasty list}}
2: ...ty]] to the end of the [[Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasty]], roughly between [[1986 BC]]...
5: ... between the Eleventh and [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth dynasties]], and date the Middle Kingdom ...
6: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Clipart provided by <br> [...
8: ... same man as Amenemhat, the (Vizier) of (Upper Egypt), under the reign of Mentuhotep IV. This explains... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
5: ...ypt|ancient Egypt]], taking into account well accepted developments during the 20th century but not in...
9: ...s proposed by these two authors. There is no attempt to remove this in the combined chronology present...
15: ...ncescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt].
16: ...are from Baines and Malek, ''Atlas of Ancient Egypt'' (Oxford, 1980). - Texas (39610 bytes)
116: * [[18 February]] [[1685]]: [[Ren魒obert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle]] est...
125: ...xas "Declaration of Independence", making an attempt at a clear break from Mexican rule.
128: ... de Santa Anna|Santa Anna]] himself passed into captivity.
132: ...42]]: 1,400 Mexican troops, led by Adrian Woll, captured San Antonio again. They retreated, as before,...
134: * [[9 September]] [[1850]]: The [[Compromise of 1850]] strip... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
53: *[[Jacopo Amigoni]] ([[1685]]-[[1752]])
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]]) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
9: ... Josiah Franklin, was born at [[Ecton]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]...
13: ...children, including: Josiah Jr. ([[August 23]], [[1685]]), Ann ([[January 5]], [[1687]]), Joseph ([[Febr...
17: ...7]]), Sarah ([[July 9]], [[1699]]), Ebenezer ([[September 20]], [[1701]]), Thomas ([[December 7]], [[1...
23: ...o to [[London]] where, finding Keith's promises empty, he again worked as a compositor in a printer's ...
27: ...and Franklin felt that this [[enlightenment (concept)|enlightenment]] partly contributed to the Americ... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
8: ...]] forces near the ruins of [[Nicopolis]] in [[Egypt]].
9: ...1804]] - [[Napoleonic code|Code Napol鯮]] was adopted as [[France|French]] [[civil law]].
38: *[[1685]] - [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], German composer, (...
40: *[[1768]] - [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier]], [[France|French]] [[mathema... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
114: *[[Brahmagupta]] (India, [[598]]-[[668]])
141: ...àro]] (Italy, [[March 12]], [[1859]] - [[September 12]], [[1906]])
211: *[[Diophantus]] of Alexandria (Ptolemaic Egypt, circa [[298 BC|298 B.C.]] - [[214 BC|214 B.C.]])
233: *[[Eratosthenes]] (Ptolemaic Egypt, [[276 BC|276 B.C.]] - [[194 BC|194 B.C.]]) - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
9: ...uction and over investment, production, and consumption decisions throughout the economy. Economic pol...
11: ...utput plan. Central planning operated on the assumption that if each unit met or exceeded its plan, th...
19: ...c reform through the mid-1990s is mixed. The attempts and failures of reformers during the era of [[pe...
40: ...alistic relationship between production and consumption that had been lacking in the central planning ...
67: ...estern supporters greeted the appointment with skepticism, Paramonova was able to implement a tight mo... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
183: *[[George Berkeley]], (1685-1753){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
606: *[[John Gay]], (1685-1732){{fn|C}}
967: *[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]], (1744-1829){{fn|O}} - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...l time. His works, noted for their intellectual depth, technical command, and artistic beauty, have pr...
11: ...n [[Eisenach]], [[Germany]]{{an|birthplace}} in [[1685]]. His father, [[Johann Ambrosius Bach]], was the...
13: ...when the house was asleep, he retrieved a manuscript (which may have been a collection of works by Joh...
32: ...on" and carefully prepared a calligraphic manuscript of the work, which required every available music...
44: ...de frequent visits to Bach's house and may have kept up frequent correspondence with him. Interestingl...
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