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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...r the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema b...
5: ...thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...Portuguese]]) is the name of both a [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|state]] and a city in southeastern [[Braz...
9: ...area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 mi... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...at''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novembe...
5: ...nths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by C...
9: ...-Bonesana|Beccaria]] and [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine drew up ...
11: ...e status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catheri...
13: Catherine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[P... - Mary Read (2833 bytes)
1: ...ised herself as a man and later escaped hanging through an unplanned pregnancy.
3: ...join the British military. Read proved herself through battle and found herself in love with a fellow...
9: ...ther, but not for long. In October of 1720, the troops of Captain Barnet captured Rackham and his cre...
11: .... Bonny was pardoned from her sentence and lost from official records while Read and her unborn child... - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
4: ... in the marshes of the western Delta, broke away from the central authority to form the [[Fourteenth d...
6: ...fteenth Dynasty. This dynasty was succeeded by a group of Hyksos princes and chieftains, who ruled in ...
8: ...ppear to be only ephemeral monarchs under the control of a powerful line of [[vizier]]s, and indeed it...
10: ...would eventually lead the war of liberation that drove the Hyksos back into Asia. The two last kings o... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
16: | vicepresident=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|George Cli...
18: ...ulturalist]], [[Horticulture|horticulturist]], [[Property|land owner]], [[architect]], [[Archaeology|a...
23: ...]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virginia]] for sev...
25: ..., [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unani...
27: The [[Library of Congress]] was founded from the sale of his collection (the Library was foun... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ..., and is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is bordered by [[Spain]] to the north...
5: ...ural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial pow...
7: ...]. Portugal made significant social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow...
13: ...'''[[Lusitanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitania|Roman Lusitania]]'''''
15: - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
2: ...ramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a single worker able to work eight...
4: ...ves was born in Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn, in 1720. He received no formal education and was never ta...
6: ...had been, and he could place them vertically in a row.
8: ... the proper thickness. A clamp-like device in the roving beam allowed the operator to then release all...
10: ...stronger yarn for the warp. Later developments improved the quality of the yarn and increased the numb... - 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 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 - Sicily (18450 bytes)
6: governor = Salvatore Cuffaro <br/>(''[[House of Freedoms]]'') |
8: ...]]<br />[[Province of Syracuse|Syracuse]]<br />[[Province of Trapani|Trapani]] |
24: ...s include [[Cefal?[[Taormina]], [[Bronte, Sicily|Bronte]], [[Marsala]], [[Corleone]], [[Castellammare ...
30: ...,900 ft) high, making it the tallest volcano in Europe. It is also one of the world's most active vol...
34: ...altanissetta]] district became a leading sulphur-producing area in the [[1800s|19th century]], but hav... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
54: *Sir [[Anthony Caro]] (1924 - ) - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...d]]. The words 'lute' and 'oud' are both derived from [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''al‘ud'', "the...
7: ...ed, that are held in place by friction in holes through the ''peg box''. (There are no gears or other ...
9: ...e frets are made of loops of gut tied completely around the neck. They fray with use, and must be repl...
11: ... The courses are numbered sequentially, counting from the highest pitched, so that the ''chantrelle'' ...
15: ...s use a simple loop of yarn from the tuning head around the player's neck and back.) - 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) - 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 ... - Calico Jack (2810 bytes)
2: ... during the [[18th century]]. He earned his name from the colourful [[Calico_(fabric)|Calico]] clothes...
8: ... was himself a former pirate turned [[privateer]] roaming the [[Caribbean]] in search of [[Spain|Spani...
10: ...and fought alongside her male counterparts in numerous successful engagements.
12: ... by a Spanish ship but managed to escape sailing around [[Jamaica]] and taking possession of several f...
16: ...De La Vega]] in [[Jamaica]] on [[November 16]], [[1720]]. He and the remaining members of his crew were ... - Christopher Condent (2308 bytes)
1: ... fled [[New Providence]] in [[1718]], when Woodes Rogers became governor of the island.
3: ... the voyage, the crew captured a merchant vessel. Roughly half of the crew sailed away, while the othe...
5: ...his men captured a Portuguese wine vessel, a squadron of small ships, and a Dutch war ship. Condent ke...
9: ... and the [[Red Sea]] for a further year or so. In 1720, near [[Bombay]], Condent and his crew captured a...
11: ...and of [[Saint Marie]], dividing their haul into around ?2000 each. Condent and forty other members of... - Germanium (8776 bytes)
9: | rowspan="3" valign="center" | [[Silicon|Si]]<br>'''G...
23: | [[periodic table group|Group]], [[periodic table period|Period]], [[periodic...
24: | [[group 14 element|14 (IVA)]], [[period 4 element|4]], ...
32: ..."2" align="center" bgcolor="#cccc99" | '''Atomic properties'''
46: | [[Electron configuration]] - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: '''François-Marie Arouet''' ([[November 21]], [[1694]] – [[May 30...
8: ...etimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
10: ...married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relation...
12: ...the basis of his considerable [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...oor family, but his father stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...ly every musician in the [[Europe]]an tradition, from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] to [[Arnold S...
7: ...r were all professional musicians, as well as numerous other more distant relatives, while his sons [[...
11: ...les were also all professional musicians ranging from church organists and court chamber musicians to ...
13: ...om his private library, at which point the elder brother demanded to know how Sebastian had come to le...
17: ...erience with the innards of the instrument would provide a unique counterpoint to his unequalled skill...
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