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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
16: ...orge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
18: ...ob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
31: *[[Robert Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...til her death. With Peter, she was also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his death in the next year.
5: ...rfa Skavronska and was the daughter of Samuil Skavronski, a [[Lithuania]]n peasant. She was married a...
9: *Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna ([[1708]]-[[1728]])
10: *[[Empress]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]]
11: *Grand Duchess Nataliya Petrovna ([[1713]]-[[1715]]) - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...beth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709...
3: ...xorbitant sums of money on the grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Ras...
7: ...litical opponents to challenge her right to the throne.
9: ...these languages with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by he...
11: ...d to her, so that on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Monroe
3: | image name=jamesmonroe-npgallery.jpg
14: | wife=[[Elizabeth Kortright Monroe]]
18: ...[[United States]]. He is the namesake of the [[Monroe Doctrine]], although it was his [[United States ...
22: ...urg]], Virginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
16: *[[Yamagata Hiro]] (born 1964), author
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
23: *[[Yan Chia-kan]] (1905-1993), ROC politician
27: ...nkovic|Yankovic, "Weird Al"]] (born 1959), US [[parody]] musician
31: ...ssociation|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]] - 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]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...]] suspended or dissolved in water. Although the grounds used in watercolor painting vary, the most co...
6: ... the [[12th century]] the conquering [[Moors]] introduced papermaking to [[Spain]] and the technology ...
10: The forerunner of watercolor painting in Europe was [[Fresco|buon fresco painting]] — wal...
12: The earliest known use of European watercolor painting is by [[Italy|Italian]] [...
14: ...y]]. The first school of watercolor painting in Europe was led by [[Hans Bol]] ([[1534]]-[[1593]]) and... - 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 - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...wton's laws of motion|laws of motion]], laid the groundwork for [[classical mechanics]]. Newton also s...
4: ...n the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
19: .... As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss Storey married someone else....
25: ...ater life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events.
29: ...thod" were superior, and were generally adopted throughout the English-speaking world. (Curiously, in ... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: ...the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading [[Roman Empire]].
8: ...ista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[...
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins.
19: ...ck]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] against [[England]]. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
1: ...[[Taipei 101]], the world's tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise.]]
5: ...flights of stairs, and water pressure could only provide running water to about 50 feet (15 ...
9: ... was constructed in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Another...
11: ...ponents of skyscrapers also differ substantially from those of other buildings. Buildings up to about ...
18: ...] in [[Chicago]], the world's tallest skyscraper from [[1974]] to [[2004]]. Retained Highest pinnacle ... - 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. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German invento...
28: *[[Heinrich Caro]], (1834-1910), German chemist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemi... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
9: ... the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]].
10: ...at Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
11: ...regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
14: ...aris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]].
16: ...e start of the New Aeon known as the Aeon Of The Crowned And Conquering Child. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]]) - 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) - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
5: ...eventeen years of his life, during which time he produced almost half of his total output.
7: The [[asteroid]] [[2002 Euler]] is named in his honour.
12: .... Euler was the first to publish a systematic introduction to [[mechanics]] in [[1736]]: ''Mechanica ...
16: ...es]] in [[Berlin]]. His time in Berlin was very productive; however, he did not have an easy position...
18: Euler continued to be very productive, despite a complete loss of vision, due to... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
7: ...le amount of cross-fertilization between distant groups and individuals.
9: ...linary limitations to the scientific publication process.
13: ...[[Berlin]] [[1700]]. Early scientific societies provided valuable functions, including a community op...
15: ...pe, in a practical sense it has usually centered around wherever it could find the most funding.
17: Early scientific societies provided valuable functions, including a community op...
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