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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
46: ...ngeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...n Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
58: *[[John Adams (Pitcairn)|Adams, John]], Patriarch Of Pitcairn
65: ...el Adams|Adams, Samuel]], (1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
67: ...1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
3: ...om 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
7: ...of Courland (now western [[Latvia]]) from 1711 to 1730, with the Russian resident, [[Bestuzhev-Ryumin|Pe...
10: ...litzine|Dmitry Galitzine]] made Anna Empress in [[1730]]. They had hoped that she would feel indebted to...
17: ... her maids, dressed as clowns, in a specially constructed house of ice, where the bride caught a cold ...
19: ...ival, the anti-German cabinet minister [[Artemy Petrovich Volynsky]], was executed several months befo... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...abeth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (170...
3: ...jects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarsko...
9: ...r earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and vivacity.
11: ...elf at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress.
13: ...s sensual temperament and, being free from all control, abandoned herself to her appetites without res... - 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 painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]]) - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
5: ... major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
7: ...e magnate lived across the street at his winter retreat (The Mangoes). They were friends until Edison ...
10: ...estors, the Dutch Edeson's, came to New Jersey in 1730. John Edeson remained loyal to England when the c...
14: From [[Port Huron]], Sam Edison moved to [[Detroit]], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Milan...
18: ...m. Some of his earliest inventions related to electrical telegraphy, included a stock ticker. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...le [[building]], usually higher than 150 [[metre]]s (500 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]]). Mo...
7: ...tall buildings, some of which are well over 300 metres (987 ft) tall. The other development essential ...
9: ...e was constructed in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Anothe...
15: ...on of the tallest skyscrapers and other man-made structures, as determining the "world's tallest..." d...
17: == 50 Tallest Skyscrapers by Structural/Architectural Height == - 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... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
33: *[[Treffle Berthlaume]] (1803 - 1884)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
190: *[[Pietro Masni]] - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: ...eat Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
14: ... of [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]].
15: ...ce]] becomes the first woman executed in an [[electric chair]].
21: ...]] – [[Dachau]], the first [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]], is completed.
22: ...[[Douglas MacArthur]], at [[Terowie]], [[South Australia]], makes his famous speech regarding the [[Ba... - 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 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}} - Shinto (25829 bytes)
2: ...nvolves the worship of ''[[kami]]'', which can be translated to mean [[god|gods]], [[spirit|spirits]] ...
7: ...links the Japanese to the [[Lost Ten Tribes |lost tribes of Israel]] [http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/%7emagi9/i...
9: ...ition of power among the other groups, their ancestral deities were given prominence over the deities ...
11: ...The mythological anthologies, along with other poetry anthologies like the [[Manyoshu]] and others, we...
13: ...e Imperial family, with [[Dainichi Nyorai]], a central manifestation of the Buddha, whose name is lite... - 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.... - Navigation (15650 bytes)
3: There are several traditions of '''navigation'''.
7: ...ly their own senses and knowledge, passed by oral tradition, from navigator to apprentice.
12: * times of travel
18: ...n lost, had not one of the last living navigators trained a professional small boat captain so that he...
20: ...cific Ocean from Hawaii to [[Tahiti]] using no instruments. - Cherokee (38956 bytes)
15: |rels=Christianity(Southern Baptist),Traditional Ah-ni-yv-wi-ya
17: |related=[[Tuscarora (tribe)|Tuscarora]]
22: ...of the tribes referred to as the [[Five Civilized Tribes]].
25: ...of Cherokee Indians]]). State-recognized Cherokee tribes have headquarters in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|G...
27: ...Oklahoma and these either belong to the Keetoowah tradition or the Four Mothers Society. - Cobalt (13481 bytes)
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5: <tr><td colspan="2" align="center">[[iron]] – '...
6: </tr>
7: ...hodium|Rh]] <br> <br> </td></tr>
8: <tr><td align="center">[[Image:Co-TableImage.png]] - Abraham Clark (2137 bytes)
5: ...art]], [[Francis Hopkinson]], [[Richard Stockton (1730-1781)|Richard Stockton]], and [[John Witherspoon]... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
8: ...shed in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltai...
10: ... married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relatio...
12: ...il;ois' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and the child showed a faculty for...
14: ...s father stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it.
16: ...t Voltaire lent himself to the duchess' frantic hatred of the regent, [[Philippe II of Orl�ans]], an...
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