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- Netherlands (35958 bytes)
55: ...s "Low-lands") and is famous for its [[Dike (construction)|dike]]s, [[windmill]]s, [[Clogs|wooden shoe...
62: ...1568]] the [[Eighty Years' War]] started and in [[1579]], the northern half of the Seventeen Provinces d...
68: ... branch of the Nassau family, which are still the ruling family in Luxembourg today.
72: ...boring countries, mainly due to its unique infrastructure of waterways and reliance on windpower. Afte...
75: ...eing used instead of the [[United Kingdom]], or [[Russia]] instead of the defunct [[Soviet Union]]. In... - Flag of California (3028 bytes)
5: ... been for thirteen years under [[Mexico|Mexican]] rule as the department of [[Alta California]], whose...
11: ...fornia by his namesake, Sir [[Francis Drake]] (in 1579), and made good American colonial claims on the l...
15: ...alifornia|Sonoma]] and hauled down the Bear Flag, running up in its place the [[Stars and Stripes]]. R... - California (63989 bytes)
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89: ... to California's 1849 [[California Gold Rush|Gold Rush]]. {{ref|origin_of_nickname}}
101: ...d claim possession of it was [[Francis Drake]] in 1579. Beginning in the late 1700s, Spanish missionarie...
103: In this period, some nobles of [[Imperial Russia]] made brief attempts to explore and claim pa...
109: ...d other immigrants in the great [[California gold rush]]. In 1850, the state was admitted to the Union... - Levant (3602 bytes)
2: ...arge area in [[Southwest Asia]] south of the [[Taurus Mountains]], bounded by the [[Mediterranean Sea]...
8: ...greement ("capitulations") with the Grand Turk in 1579 (Braudel).
11: ...logists and historians, as when discussing the [[Crusades]]. The term in archaeology became popular d...
14: ...eople were for the majority descendants of the [[Crusader State]]s or traders. After the British took ... - 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: ... he took up his residence in law at Gray's Inn in 1579.
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... - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ...nd of opportunity and wealth, first with the Gold Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lan...
23: On [[May 3]], [[1535]], Cortés claimed "Santa Cruz Island" (now known as the peninsula of [[Baja Ca...
45: ...l flags to fly over California: that of England, Russia, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of California, a...
55: ...]]. He found good ports with rich pearl beds and fruitful islands, and re-established the city of [[La...
71: ...e threat of invasion by [[Imperial Russia|Tsarist Russia]] in [[1765]], however, that King [[Charles I... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
3: ... 17]] [[1600]]), a.k.a. '''Bruno Nolano''' or '''Bruno the Nolan''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philoso...
7: ...n [[Nola]], in [[Campania]], the son of Giovanni Bruno, a soldier. In [[1565]] he took the name Giord...
9: ....D. and to be associated with [[Neoplatonism]]. Bruno embraced a sort of [[pantheism|pantheistic]] [[...
10: ...ft|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the fo... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
7: ...eportedly named after his [[godfather]] [[Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford]]. As with many of Drak...
12: ...ces executed a surprise attack in violation of a truce agreed to a few days before, nearly costing Dra...
13: ...and encouraged Drake's raids, signed a temporary truce with King [[Philip II of Spain]], and so was un...
24: On [[June 17]], [[1579]], Drake landed somewhere above Spain's most nort...
58: ...England is ever in peril, if Sir Francis Drake's drum is beaten, he will return to save the country.
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