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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. - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
2: ...er 17]], [[1705]]) was a French [[author]], and patron of the arts.
8: ... [[salon]]s, and her own drawing room became a centre for the discussion and consumption of the litera...
10: ...n a convent in 1656 at the behest of [[Anne of Austria]], Queen of France and regent for her son [[Lou...
14: ...1660s she retired from her love affairs and concentrated more on her literary friends -- from 1667, sh... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...ead and how it is interpreted. Depending on which tradition is believed, she may or may not have been ...
11: ...0px|thumb|right|''Adam and Eve'', by [[English poetry|English poet]] and [[Painting|painter]] [[Willia...
12: ...|200px|thumb|right|Traditional woodblock print portraying Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden with many...
13: ... means "red earth"), and God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and gave him dominion over...
15: ...oy its fruits under this one prohibition: "Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt no... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
38: ...Its state bird is the [[purple finch]]. Its state tree is the [[Paper Birch|American white birch]], al...
44: ...ire International Speedway]] (formerly Loudon Racetrack), home of the [[Loudon Classic]], the longest-...
49: ...ed by Captain [[John Mason]] and first settled in 1623, just three years after the Pilgrims landed in Ma...
51: ...tories: the founding of the [[Republic of Indian Stream]] on its northern border with [[Canada]] over ...
60: ...utive Council's duties include voting on state contracts worth more than $5,000, on nominations made b... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ''Note:'' Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
36: *[[Tracey Ullman|Ullman, Tracey]] (born 1959), British-born comedian
38: ...lmann|Ullmann, Liv]], (born 1938), Swedish-born actress
43: *[[Ulrich of Strassburg]], scholastic philosopher
58: ...on|Union, Gabrielle]] (born 1973) United States actress
63: ...meyer|Untermeyer, Louis]], (Treasury of Erotic Poetry) - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: The '''''Mayflower''''' was the [[ship]] which transported the [[Pilgrim Fathers]] from [[Plymouth]...
6: ...ry's Rotherhithe]] following his death in March [[1623]], and it is likely that the ship was broken up f...
17: ...lymouth Colony]] in [[Massachusetts]] on a return trip to [[England]], arriving back on [[May 6]], [[1...
21: ...society took great interest in tracing their ancestry back to one of these. See [[list of passengers o...
25: ...e famous, virtually an icon of a perilous one-way trip to a new life, and many different kinds of thin... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]...
37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]] - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...has been referred to as the "father of modern [[astronomy]]," as the "father of modern [[physics]]," a...
7: ...lty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explor...
10: ... the pitch of a stretched string. Galileo also contributed to the rejection of blind allegiance to aut...
12: ...deductively, and the experiments were merely illustrative thought experiments.
16: ==Astronomy== - 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... - 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... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...l Portrait Gallery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
4: ... very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[tragedy]] and [[comedy]].
6: ... of Shakespeare plays|chronology of the plays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific ou...
14: ...s also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of England.
16: ...earebirthplace.JPG|left|thumb|230px|The house in Stratford known as 'Shakespeare's Birthplace' (althou... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
10: ...ttle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from [[Greenville, North Carolina]].
15: ...20]] - The [[United States Senate]] rejects the [[Treaty of Versailles]] for the second time (first ti...
20: ...nd communications facilities in [[Germany]] be destroyed.
26: ...irl from Ipanema]]'', sung by [[Astrud Gilberto|Astrud]] and [[JoćÆ Gilberto]].
27: ... [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] sign a friendship [[treaty]]. - 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]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
45: ...'the Porte'', from the [[French language|French]] translation of the [[Ottoman language|Ottoman]] name...
47: ...much of this was under indirect control of the central government(see ''Main article: [[State organiza...
53: ... [[Suleiman I]] in the [[16th century]], when it stretched from the [[Persian Gulf]] in the east to [[...
55: ...[spice]] trade. In Aceh, the Ottomans built a fortress and supplied huge cannon. The [[the Netherlan...
57: ...lemate with their European and Asian neighbor countries, the European development went into overdrive.... - 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...
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