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- Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
2: ...72]]) was Queen of [[Navarre]] from [[1555]] to [[1572]], wife of [[Antoine de Bourbon|Antoine de Bourbo...
6: ...the blood," who would become heir to the French throne if the Valois line died out.
12: ...olics, but was mortally wounded at the siege of [[Rouen]]. Jeanne's son [[Henry IV of France|Henry]] n...
14: ...ne fled to the Huguenot city of [[La Rochelle]]. From here she conducted peace negotiations, and in [[... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
4: ... II]] and [[Catherine de' Medici]]. Three of her brothers became kings of France: [[Francis II of Fra...
6: ...[[Henry IV of France|Henri IV]]), the son of the Protestant [[Jeanne d'Albret]], Queen of Navarre, a m...
8: ...reported that during the ceremony, the bride and groom stared straight ahead, never looking at each ot...
12: ...i III in the castle of [[Usson]], in [[Auvergne (province)|Auvergne]], where she spent eighteen years....
14: ...t scandalized the population. The beautiful and strong-minded Marguerite took many lovers, notably [[J... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [...
9: ...y I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]])...
14: ...that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first marriage were questionabl...
15: ...ed the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mar...
17: ... of the Stewarts' reign over Scotland. Instead, through Mary's son, it was the beginning of their reig... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...gland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Someti...
9: ... VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, in...
11: ...he number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...s addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wives...
18: Elizabeth's first governess was Lady Bryan, a baroness whom Elizabeth called "Muggie". At the age of... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
1: '''[[Timeline]] of [[microscope]] [[technology]]'''
3: [[Image:Microscope_08.jpg|thumb|200px]]
5: ...1668) to have invented a [[Microscope|compound microscope]].
6: ...lilei]] develops an ''occhiolino'' or compound microscope with a convex and a concave lens.
8: ... [[1633]]) presents, in [[London]], a compound microscope with two convex lenses. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: ...rge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
29: ...r]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [[Bessemer process]]
36: ...63;]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
40: ..., [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - January 17 (12233 bytes)
7: ...ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[Jacobite]] dynasty.
8: ...ain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
9: ...leton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[South Carolina]].
10: * [[1819]] - [[Simol�r]] proclaims the Republic of [[Colombia]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United States|US]] [[Modoc War]]... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...tself has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the tenure of [[Pope Sir...
6: ...[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the...
21: | rowspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint P...
23: | rowspan="2" | <small>Simon Peter</small><br>'''—... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the two were not yet distinct) and [[alch...
8: ...er, also came from an important family which had produced leading churchmen and politicians.
10: ...e [[Tostrup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 1552 his uncle was given the command of Vordin...
12: ...purchased an [[ephemeris]] and books such as [[Sacrobosco]]'s Tractatus de Sphaera, [[Apianus]]' Cosmo...
14: ...ct with the aim of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...'' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] executed as a [[heresy|...
7: ...nastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ... [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated with [[N...
11: ...her influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]], [[Marsilio Ficino]], and [[...
13: ...d the attention of the [[Inquisition]]. He left [[Rome]] for the same reason and abandoned the Dominic... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[...
18: *[[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] ([[Germany]], [[1912]] – [[1954]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &n...
23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - National anthem (4891 bytes)
3: ...herlands]], it was written between [[1568]] and [[1572]] during the [[Eighty Years' War]]. It is unusual...
5: ... a handful of non-European countries have anthems rooted in indigenous traditions, most notably [[Japa...
11: ...tune of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" was taken from "[[To Anacreon in Heaven]]" by the otherwise unk...
13: ... although the noted poet [[Rabindranath Tagore]] wrote the lyrics both for the Indian and for the Bang...
17: ...unofficial anthems, and countries may also have [[royal anthem]]s, [[presidential anthem]]s, [[state a... - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ...e orders of the [[Conquistador]] [[Francisco Pizarro]], marking the beginning of [[Spanish_colonizatio...
9: ...our regions between", which referred to the four provinces whose corners met at the empire's capital, ...
11: ...oday the word <i>Inca</i> still refers to the emperor, but can also refer to the people or the civiliz...
17: ...apac|Manco]] and [[Mama Ocllo|Ocllo]], and Sinchi Roca is the person who finally led them to the valle...
19: ...he city of Cuzco. They traveled by means of underground caves until reaching Cuzco where they establis... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...id to have come to an end following its ejection from Malta by [[Napoleon]]. The '''Sovereign Military...
5: ...e of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soo...
9: ...h located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], ...
15: ... surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the ... - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...ential treatise, ''Tutte l'opere d'archittura et prospetiva''.
3: ...ruzzi, he began as a painter. He lived in Venice from 1527 to 1540 but left little mark on the city.
6: ...made more classical, of the innovative method of providing a facade to a church with a high vaulted na...
10: ... in the libraries of Sir [[Christopher Wren]] and Robert Woods, the entrepreneur who laid out [[Bath]]...
12: ...sical images that it was reprinted in 1563 and in 1572.
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