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- St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...thumb|right|300px|The Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the...
2: ...r]]. [[Pope]]s have been buried there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and w...
4: ...silica also holds a relic of the ''[[Cathedra]] Petri'', the episcopal throne of the basilica's namesa...
8: ...officially recognized Christianity he started construction in [[324]] of a great basilica in this exac...
12: ... the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance. - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
10: * [[1624]] - Galileo presents his ''occhiolino'' to Prince...
12: ...micrographs. He coins the word ''cell'' for the structures he discovers in [[cork (material)|cork]] b...
14: ...[[1931]] - [[Ernst Ruska]] builds the first [[electron microscope]].
15: ...]] in Physics for his invention of the [[phase contrast optical microscope]]. - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...n]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ...n to [[Rudolf II|Emperor Rudolf II]], and court astrologer to [[Albrecht von Wallenstein|General Walle...
6: ...College for Social and Economic Sciences Linz (Austria) was renamed [[Johannes Kepler University Linz]...
11: ...ompared to the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of i...
13: ...look at it." At age nine, he observed another astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]],... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: ...mb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch Trials]]
17: *[[1612]]-[[Tobacco]] cultivation introduced to [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] by [[J...
23: *[[1624]]-[[New Netherlands]] founded by the [[Dutch West...
28: *[[1630]]-[[Winthrop Fleet]] travels to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]
45: *[[1655]]-English take control of [[New Sweden]] - January 17 (12233 bytes)
9: ...at British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[Sou...
11: ...he independence of the [[Boer]] colonies of the [[Transvaal]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United States|US]] [[Modoc War]...
19: ...gar]], first appeared in a [[newspaper]] [[comic strip]].
20: ...|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Warsaw]]. - Palermo (10618 bytes)
3: ...ulation 680,000) is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of [[Sicily]],...
6: ...s founded in the 8th century BC by [[Phoenicia]]n tradesmen around a natural harbour on the north-west...
8: ... calm, Palermo coming under the provincial administration in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]. When the [[...
10: ... In the Muslim period Palermo was a major city of trade, culture and learning, with (it is said) more ...
14: ...ot last, and Sicily in [[1194]] fell under the control of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Palermo was the p... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
17: founded = [[1624]] |
25: metro pop = |
33: ... first trading post near present-day Albany. In [[1624]] [[Fort Orange]], the first permanent settlement...
41: *[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/ny_state_capitol.html PBS report on the Sta...
48: ...1.8 [[square mile|mi²]] (56.6 [[square kilometre|km²]]). 21.4 mi² (55.4 km²) of i... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]])
82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] – [[1993]]) - 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}} - 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... - Oslo (11319 bytes)
19: language=[[Norwegian language|Neutral]]|
29: ...ge parts of the western part of Oslo, mainly [[Vestre Aker]] and [[Nordre Aker]]. The highest point is...
33: ...s reduced to that of provincial administrative centre, with the kings residing in [[Copenhagen]]. The ...
39: ...ity]], the [[National_Theatre_(Oslo)|National Theatre]] and the [[Oslo Stock Exchange|Stock Exchange]]...
41: ...in cause of the depopulation of the Norwegian countryside, the growth of a modern urban landscape has ...
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