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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
32: ...[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
39: *[[James Bruce]]
40: *[[William S. Bruce]], (1867-1921) Scottish explorer of Antarctica
41: *[[Cornelis de Bruijn]], (1652-1727), Dutch traveler and artist
64: *[[Samuel de Champlain]], (c. 1567-1635), established the French colony in [[Canada]... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
7: ...rance]]. Francis, still engaged in his lifelong struggle against [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charl...
17: ... and joined the Catholic party. Having failed to crush the Protestant rebellion by arms, she resumed, ...
21: ...love of magnificence and luxury, Catherine was a true Medici; her banquets at the Royal [[Chateau Font... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
8: ...f Navarre died, and Jeanne and her husband became rulers of Navarre.
12: The power struggle between Catholics and Huguenots for control o...
14: In [[1567]] war broke out again, and Jeanne fled to the Hug... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish ...
17: ...bert I of Scotland|Robert I, the Bruce]]). James truly believed that Mary marked the end of the Stewar...
26: ... and the palms of her hands. When the chill air struck her, she began to cry. The [[Earl of Lennox]] b...
33: ...ambers of Stirling Castle. The French, remaining true to the [[Auld Alliance]], came to the aid of the...
36: ...the only sensible solution to her troubles. In February [[1548]], hearing that the English were on the... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...eth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impatience by ...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|...
18: ...l-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker be...
20: ...abeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she ...
27: ...d; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsely rumoured to be pregnant, Elizabeth was allowed to re... - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
23: ...uit]] (an ''[[achene]]'') of the plant, with the true seeds encased in an inedible husk.
34: Sunflower "whole seeds" (fruit) are sold as snacks, especially in the [[United...
38: The [[Jerusalem artichoke]] (''Helianthus tuberosa'') is rel...
40: Scientific literature reports, from [[1567]], that a 12 m (40'), traditional, single-head, s... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
8: ...different periods according to the dynasty of the ruling [[pharaoh]]. The dating of
29: ...y were [[herding]] cattle and [[construction|constructing]] large buildings.
33: ...orial extent in the period called the New Empire (1567–1085 BC).
39: ...ed something more. Thus, the Egyptians began construction of the [[mastaba|mastabas]].
41: ...l government were typically open-air temples constructed of wood or sandstone. - Senet (1763 bytes)
7: ...me of the [[New Kingdom]] in [[Egypt]] ([[1567 BC|1567]]-[[1080s BC|1085 BC]]), it had become a kind of ...
9: ...also adopted in the [[Levant]] and as far as [[Cyprus]] and [[Crete]] but with apparently less religio...
13: ... historians who have proposed (different) sets of rules to play the game. - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
39: ...[[Native American]] village named "Tanasqui" in [[1567]] while travelling inland from [[South Carolina]]...
50: ...[[constitution]] that abolished [[slavery]] ([[February 22]], [[1865]]), ratified the [[Fourteenth Ame...
56: ... unemployed during the Depression, the desire for rural electrification, and the desire to control the... - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...tually a bishop like [[Heliodorus of Emesa|Heliodorus]], whom he imitated, but there is no evidence of...
3: ...''Leucippe''. The fragment was first published in 1567, then in the ''Uranologion'' of [[Petavius]], wit... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: .... He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount St Alb...
16: ...e|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
18: The sudden death of his father in February 1579 necessitated Bacon's return to England, a...
21: ...es his goals, which were threefold: discovery of truth, service to his country, and service to the chu...
25: ... Bacon took his seat for [[Middlesex]] when in February 1593 Elizabeth called a Parliament to investig... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...Tycho Brahe''' ([[December 14]], [[1546]] [[Knudstrup]], [[Denmark]] – [[October 24]], [[1601]] ...
8: ...as born at his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]] to [[Otte Brahe]] and ...
10: ...nd aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in the [[Tostrup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 1552...
16: ...ve and enlarge the existing instruments, and construct entirely new ones. Tycho's naked eye measuremen...
18: ...]] in a [[duel]] with [[broadsword]]s with [[Manderup Parsbjerg]], a fellow Danish nobleman. This occu... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: [[Image:BruegelPortrait.jpg|right|thumb|Bruegel's ''The Painter and The Connoisseur'' drawn c...
3: ...his name and started signing his paintings as '''Bruegel'''.
5: ...nd then returned to Antwerp before settling in [[Brussels]] permanently 10 years later. He died there ...
7: ...her of [[Pieter Brueghel the Younger]] and [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] who both became painters, but as...
9: ...eant when the context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred to. - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ... copper engraving of maps. He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be published in nor...
14: ... map, drawn in [[1587]] after his father's map of 1567 (published in 1595)]]
15: ...ublished in [[1595]] after his death by his son [[Rumold Mercator]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
12: ...braham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
22: *[[Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
62: ...igory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - ) - July 24 (8660 bytes)
5: *[[1567]] - [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Queen of Scots]] is...
11: *[[1866]] - [[Reconstruction]]: [[Tennessee]] becomes the first [[U.S. st...
18: ...llogg-Briand Pact]], renouncing [[war]] as an instrument of [[foreign policy]], goes into effect (it w...
24: ...S vice-president [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev]] have a "kitchen debate."
28: ...: The [[United States Supreme Court]] unanimously rule that President [[Richard Nixon]] did not have t... - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...[Bhakti]], [[monism]], [[Vedic]] metaphysics, [[guru]] ideal, and [[bhajan]]s) as well as [[Sufi|Sufi ...
4: ...is, "There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim." [[Guru Gobind Singh]] reinforced these words by saying "...
6: ...e (Five Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at his request.
8: ...]] in AD [[1604]].(Although some of the earlier gurus are also known to have documented their revelati...
10: ...nally One, the Sovereign and omnipotent God (the Truth of Love). - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: '''Samuel de Champlain''' ([[c.]][[1567]] – [[ 25 December]] [[1635]]) was a [[Fran...
9: ...]. He helped found the [[Saint Croix Island, New Brunswick|Saint Croix Island]] settlement which was a...
37: ...ith the natives promising to help them in their struggles against the Iroquois. With his native guides...
59: ...uins of Quebec, enlarged its fortifications, constructed another habitation 15 leagues upstream, as we...
63: ...uried temporarily in an unmarked grave while construction was finished on the chapel of Monsieur le Go... - History of Ancient Egypt (27975 bytes)
8: ...different periods according to the dynasty of the ruling [[pharaoh]]. The dating of
29: ...y were [[herding]] cattle and [[construction|constructing]] large buildings.
33: ...orial extent in the period called the New Empire (1567–1085 BC).
39: ...ed something more. Thus, the Egyptians began construction of the [[mastaba|mastabas]].
41: ...l government were typically open-air temples constructed of wood or sandstone.
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