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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its...
15: ...ilt and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - n...
17: ...ore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an...
19: ...ahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio.
21: ...ope. Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arr... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
5: *[[Gregor Aichinger|Aichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
9: *[[ɴienne Aignan|Aignan, ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright...
16: *[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
22: ...|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist
24: ...eorge Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
17: ...obert I of Scotland|Robert I, the Bruce]]). James truly believed that Mary marked the end of the Stewa...
19: ...land. Two months later, Mary and her mother, who strongly opposed the marriage proposition, went into ...
24: ...bes in miniature. A crimson velvet mantle, with a train furred with ermine, was fastened around her ti...
26: ...y. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><...
9: ...r]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[Briti...
16: ...treason (adultery against the King was considered treason), incest with her elder brother, and witchcr...
18: ...ll-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker b...
20: ...zabeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
3: ...structure in the US. The [[adobe]] walls were constructed around A.D. 1610]]
5: The elevation of Santa Fe is 2,132 metres (6,996 feet), compared with 1655.4 m for [[Denv...
7: ...gestive of the area's traditional [[adobe]] construction. Many contemporary houses in the city are b...
9: ...outiques, and [[Art gallery|galleries]] line the streets of the city center and Canyon Road.
11: ...l, art and tourism remain Santa Fe's biggest industries. - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall o...
64: *[[Trisha Yearwood|Yearwood, Trisha]] (born 1964), musician
68: ...egorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...sei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
74: *[[Philip Yeo|Yeo, Philip]], industrial and systems engineer - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
23: *[[Riza Abbasi]] ([[1565]]-[[1635]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: [[Image:treimann.summi_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jp...
6: ...aly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus ...
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small>
28: | '''Petrus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...[[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the two were not yet distinct) and [[alc...
8: ...was born at his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]] to [[Otte Brahe]] and...
10: ...and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in the [[Tostrup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 155...
12: ...descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis.
14: ...t as many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed is... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: ...isseur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self portrait]]
5: ... master in the painters' guild of [[Antwerp]]. He travelled to [[Italy]] soon after, and then returned...
7: ...ants when their father died; neither received any training from him.
11: ... religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the severity of win...
14: ...sh Proverbs'', [[1559]], with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 [[proverb]]s]] - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...hought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
7: ...ia]], the son of Giovanni Bruno, a soldier. In [[1565]] he took the name Giordano on becoming a [[Domin...
9: ...theism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
10: ...noBrunomnemonic.gif|thumb|left|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices:...
13: ...same reason and abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined the [[Cal... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
8: After his six years in the country, he was sent to study at a prestigious boarding ...
10: Montaigne married in 1565; he had five daughters, but only one survived chi...
12: He started to write in 1569, first a translation of the Spanish monk [[Raymond Sebond]]'s...
18: ...lished much later, in [[1774]], under the title ''Travel Journal''.
33: ...y to solve problems and mediate conflicts without truly getting emotionally involved, his disdain for ... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...f [[Madhya Pradesh]] are found the earliest known traces of human life in [[India]]: [[Stone Age]] roc...
8: ...round [[180 BC]], a series of invasions from [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishm...
11: ...an philosophy|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
20: ...agara Empires]] to progressively colonise the country. This process unfolded under the aegis of the me...
23: A prolonged and remarkably non-violent struggle for independence, the [[Indian independence ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]]) - Malta (18511 bytes)
36: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 184th]] <br>[[1 E8 m?|316 km?]]...
39: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 211th]]<br> 399,867 <br> ...
48: ...]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1)<br>[[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Univ...
56: |'''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
59: |'''[[Patron Saints|Patron Saints]]''' - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...alta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ... [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It w...
9: ... [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided int...
15: ...] surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the...
19: ... the survivors were allowed to leave Rhodes and retreated to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. In exchange, t... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: ...f [[Madhya Pradesh]] are found the earliest known traces of human life in [[India]]: [[Stone Age]] roc...
8: ...round [[180 BC]], a series of invasions from [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishm...
11: ...an philosophy|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
20: ...agara Empires]] to progressively colonise the country. This process unfolded under the aegis of the me...
23: A prolonged and remarkably non-violent struggle for independence, the [[Indian independence ... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
5: ...], who classified animals based on their means of transportation (air, land, or water).
7: ...bic. His original commentary is now lost, but its translation into Latin by [[Michael Scot]] survives....
9: ...wiss professor, [[Conrad von Gesner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of lif...
11: ...ymus Fabricius|Fabricius]] (1537–1619), [[Petrus Severinus]] (1580–1656), [[William Harvey...
17: ...fetime (1st ed. 1735). He is best known for his introduction of a method of modern classification; he ... - December 9 (7837 bytes)
9: ...[[YMCA]] in [[North America]] established in [[Montreal, Quebec]]
14: ...[Marguerite Durand]], a [[France|French]] stage actress, [[journalist]], and a leading [[suffragette]]...
21: *[[1946]] - [[Doctors' Trial]]: The [[trial]] for [[war crime]]s and crimes against humani...
23: *[[1953]] - [[General Electric]] announces that all [[Communist]] employees wi...
25: *[[1960]] - ''[[Coronation Street]]'' first airs on televisions across the [[Uni...
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