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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...ry and religious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's re...
6: ===The Roman Beginning===
7: ...ince her father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was...
12: ... restore her reputation, he later reneged on his promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ...ure to a painter. Both procedures were used to corroborate the truth of her allegation, the torture de... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
38: ...te state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...ylor]] round out the list of American Presidents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footno...
44: ...]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [[Saponi]], and [[Cherokee]].
46: ...me incorporated as a [[joint stock company]] by a royal charter drawn up on [[April 10]], [[1606]]. I...
48: ...ed by Virginia [[History of Washington, DC|was retroceded to Virginia]] effective [[1847]], and is no... - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
12: *[[Uda, Emperor of Japan|Uda, emperor of Japan]], (867-931)
26: *[[Charlotte Uhlenbroek|Uhlenbroek, Charlotte]], (born 1968), British zoolologist ...
46: *[[Yoshijiro Umezu|Umezu, Yoshijiro]], Japanese general
52: ...wood, Frederick D.]], president of the [[Erie Railroad]] [[1901]]–[[1927]]
57: ...rn von Sternberg|Ungern von Sternberg, Roman Fyodorovich]], (1886-1921) [[Russia|Russian]] military co... - 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]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...ristotle]]. In addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early ex...
7: ...ty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explore...
10: ...ters of science and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the primar...
14: ...search into Galileo's unpublished working papers from as early as [[1604]] clearly showed the reality ...
16: ==Astronomy== - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ... to [[Rudolf II|Emperor Rudolf II]], and court astrologer to [[Albrecht von Wallenstein|General Wallen...
6: ...ity Linz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("Th...
11: ...the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as we...
13: ...ook at it." At age nine, he observed another astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]], ... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...yist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount ...
4: ...mplies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of h...
10: ... 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
14: ...ilosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives.
16: ...[Gray's Inn]], and a few months later they went abroad with Sir [[Amias Paulet]], the English ambassad... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
4: ...e]], and his plays are continually performed all around the world. Shakespeare was among the very few ...
6: ...ays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of ...
8: ...p://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakespeare quotations from Shakespearean plays], the [[List of titles of wo...
12: ...individual whose life can be clearly mapped out through the study of considerable historical evidence.
14: ... also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of England. - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...eems likely, and he is presumed to have died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
3: ... this point the ship was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is no way to go...
5: ...hern coast of [[Norway]]. Once again all northern routes were blocked by ice and he ended up reaching ...
7: ...]], [[Maine]], and [[Cape Cod]]–the first Europeans to describe these locations (although [[Giov...
9: ... England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released. - 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) - Tiger (11674 bytes)
13: ... | binomial_name = Panthera tigris | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: ...ir [[penis]]es, believed to be [[aphrodisiac]]s. From the destruction of its habitat, to the poaching ...
23: ...oloration of normal tigers, and stripes that are brown. This variation in color is very rare, and only...
25: ...s that of humans, so the color is not so great a problem as one might suppose).
29: ...mn or windpipe, or severing the jugular vein or carotid artery. - 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: ...'s plans and elevations of many Roman buildings, provided such a useful repertory of classical images ... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
7: ...nd, on his return to France on [[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages...
9: ...[Bay of Fundy]] to found the [[Habitation at Port-Royal]] (which had been located with Champlain's ass...
19: ...e Champlain]]. Having had no encounters with the Iroquois at this point many of the men headed back, l...
21: ...ed and fled. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.
23: ...warehouse for their fur trade and, in return, the Rouen merchants would support the settlement. Champl... - Culture of Scotland (11420 bytes)
3: ...he rest of the [[British Isles]]). It originates from various differences, some entrenched as part of ...
7: ... court for criminal cases. [[Scots Law]] differs from England's [[common law]] system.
9: ... to the islands as part of a devolution of power from Edinburgh to Shetland and Orkney.
15: ...n Act of 1696 and became compulsory for children from the implementation of the Education Act of 1872 ...
17: ...ollege graduates per-head than anywhere else in Europe. - Bowhead Whales (5651 bytes)
14: ...binomial_name = Balaena mysticetus | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linneus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
20: ...[Inuit]] hunters have reported whales surfacing through 2 feet (60 centimeters) of ice. Bowheads may ...
23: ...en whale]]s that spend their entire lives in and around [[Arctic]] waters. The Bowhead Whales found of...
25: ==Reproduction and Lifespan==
26: ... activity occurs between pairs and in boisterous groups of several males and one or two females. - Tigers (12435 bytes)
13: ... | binomial_name = Panthera tigris | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: ...ir [[penis]]es, believed to be [[aphrodisiac]]s. From the destruction of its habitat, to the poaching ...
23: ...louration of normal tigers, and stripes that are brown. This variation in colour is very rare, and onl...
25: ... that of humans, so the colour is not so great a problem as one might suppose).
29: ...mn or windpipe, or severing the jugular vein or carotid artery. - Hudson Bay (2815 bytes)
2: ... Bay]], lies to the south. The [[International Hydrographic Organization|IHO]] lists Hudson Bay as par...
4: ...merous former beachfronts can be seen far inland from the current shore.
6: ...st of the area, but the crew mutinied on June 22, 1611.
8: ...[Hudson's Bay Company]]. This land, an area of approximately 3.9 million sq.km., would in [[1870]] be ...
17: ...g/2003/calendar/calendar.php?Print=y][http://www.crossharborstudy.com/deisDocument/Chapter13/Chapter13... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
4: ...c groups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and consists of four quarters: [[Je...
6: ...ctory in the [[1967]] [[Six-Day War]], it has controlled the entire city and claims sovereignty over i...
9: ...thumbnail|300px|Jerusalem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]]
16: ...bnail|150px|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]]
18: ...ebusites in war and captured the city without destroying it. David then expanded the city to the sout...
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