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- 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. - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
7: ...e in France. She was young, a foreigner, in a country that had little weight in the great world of pol...
11: ...ry being completely under the influence of his mistress, [[Diane de Poitiers]], Catherine had little a...
13: ...ions to as little as 43, 38, or even fewer centimetres (17, 15, or fewer inches).
15: ...d her influence for more than twenty years in the troubled period of the [[French Wars of Religion]]. ...
17: ...r followed another toward the end of her life. In 1567, after the Enterprise of Meaux, she dismissed l'H... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
12: ...r struggle between Catholics and Huguenots for control of the French court and France as a whole led t...
14: In [[1567]] war broke out again, and Jeanne fled to the Hug... - 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... - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plantae]]}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asterales]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Asteraceae]]}} - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
27: ...griculture|agricultural]] [[economy]] and more centralized [[society]] (see [[Nile#History|Nile: Histo...
29: ...ey were [[herding]] cattle and [[construction|constructing]] large buildings.
31: .../entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12495079]; reveals also that ''moder...
33: ...orial extent in the period called the New Empire (1567–1085 BC).
39: ...ded something more. Thus, the Egyptians began construction of the [[mastaba|mastabas]]. - Senet (1763 bytes)
7: ...me of the [[New Kingdom]] in [[Egypt]] ([[1567 BC|1567]]-[[1080s BC|1085 BC]]), it had become a kind of ... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
11: ... = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
25: ... [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] <small>(central and western)</small> |
39: ...ican]] village named "Tanasqui" in [[1567]] while travelling inland from [[South Carolina]]. European ...
43: The modern spelling, ''Tennessee'', is attributed to [[James Glen]], the Governor of [[South ...
48: ...t of [[Arkansas]]. This came to be known as the [[Trail of Tears]], as an estimated 4,000 Cherokees di... - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ... [[Hirschig]], 1856; [[Hercher]], 1858. There are translations in many languages; in English by [[Anth...
3: ...the ''Uranologion'' of [[Petavius]], with a Latin translation, 1630. Nothing definite is known as to t... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...is time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
10: ...g that time, as later, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of ...
16: ...ce|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
21: ... his thoughts on philosophical reform in the lost tract, ''Temporis Partus Maximus'', but he failed to... - 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.
14: ...sh Proverbs'', [[1559]], with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 [[proverb]]s]]
18: ...trap.jpg|thumb|250px|Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap]] - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
4: ...mage:mercator.jpg|200px|Gerardus Mercator]]</td></tr>
9: ...r copper engraving of maps. He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be published in no...
12: ...on by sea, as compass courses could be marked as straight lines.
14: ... map, drawn in [[1587]] after his father's map of 1567 (published in 1595)]]
15: ...ted versions of the maps of [[Ptolemy]] (though introducing a number of new errors). Maps of [[France]... - 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]]) - July 24 (8660 bytes)
5: *[[1567]] - [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Queen of Scots]] is...
6: *[[1701]] - [[Detroit, Michigan]] founded.
8: ...- [[Benjamin Bonneville]] leads the first [[wagon train]] across the [[Rocky Mountains]] by using [[Wy...
9: *[[1847]] - After 17 months of travel, [[Brigham Young]] leads 148 [[Mormon]] pione...
10: ...rly|Jubal Early]] defeats [[United States|Union]] troops led by General [[George Crook]] in an effort ... - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...t departs from some of the social traditions and structure of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (such as the ...
4: ... as well as certain ritualistic practices that distracted people from focusing on [[God]]. He wanted t...
10: ...rnally One, the Sovereign and omnipotent God (the Truth of Love).
12: ...hat only spiritual minds, free of desire, can penetrate it by the grace of the Guru (Gurprasad).
14: ...taining the Hindu doctrine of the [[reincarnation|transmigration of souls]], together with its corolla... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...France to regain funding. This article covers his travels, as they have had the most lasting importanc...
5: ==Early Travels==
7: ...ance on [[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: Instructed by [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] to make a...
23: ...would become an exclusive warehouse for their fur trade and, in return, the Rouen merchants would supp... - History of Ancient Egypt (27975 bytes)
27: ...griculture|agricultural]] [[economy]] and more centralized [[society]] (see [[Nile#History|Nile: Histo...
29: ...ey were [[herding]] cattle and [[construction|constructing]] large buildings.
31: .../entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12495079]; reveals also that ''moder...
33: ...orial extent in the period called the New Empire (1567–1085 BC).
39: ...ded something more. Thus, the Egyptians began construction of the [[mastaba|mastabas]].
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