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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
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23: ...n]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
30: *[[Ibn Battuta|Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta]], ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]]...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] ex... - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
2: ...([[November 10]]? sometime between [[1615]] and [[1623]] - [[October 17]], [[1705]]) was a French [[auth...
12: ... absence of religion, notably in 1659's ''La coquette veng饧' ("The Flirt Avenged"). She was also not...
14: ...ose friend with the devout Fran篩se d'Aubigne, better known as [[Madame de Maintenon]], the lady-in-w...
16: ...h female beauty. See [[Dorothy Parker]]'s poem [http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/parker/12603 ''Nin... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
19: ...th me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat" ([[1623]]–[[1625]]).]]
22: ...ong they were in [[Garden of Eden|Paradise]] is matter of literalist conjecture; traditional Jewish so... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
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24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 21]], [[1788]] |
36: ...and has probably the most famous of all [[state motto]]s: "[[Live free or die]]".
38: ...as also been embraced for reflecting the state's attachment to tradition and limited government. Its s...
42: In 2003 it gained international attention for having the first openly [[gay]] bishop,... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
10: ...60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
15: * 12 KYA: [[Pottery]] by [[Jomon]] in [[Japan]]
120: * [[1623]]: Automatic [[calculator]]: [[Wilhelm Schickard]...
123: * [[1645]]: [[Vacuum pump]]: [[Otto von Guericke]]
136: ...1733]]: [[Flying shuttle]]: [[John Kay (Flying Shuttle)]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
26: *[[Charlotte Uhlenbroek|Uhlenbroek, Charlotte]], (born 1968), British zoolologist and televisi...
53: ...Undset, Sigrid]], (1882-1949), ''Kristin Lavransdatter''
54: *[[Giuseppe Ungaretti|Ungaretti, Giuseppe]], Italian poet
56: ...lexander von Ungern-Sternberg|Ungern-Sternberg, Mattias Alexander von]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[field ma...
79: *[[Pope Urban VIII|Urban VIII, Pope]], (1623-1644) - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
6: ...ry's Rotherhithe]] following his death in March [[1623]], and it is likely that the ship was broken up f...
11: ...[[Dartmouth, England|Dartmouth]]. On the second attempt, the ships reached the Atlantic, but once aga...
13: As a result of the delay, the settlers did not arrive until the onset of winter, whi...
15: Before disembarking, the settlers wrote and signed the [[Mayflower Compact]].
17: ... set sail from [[Plymouth Colony]] in [[Massachusetts]] on a return trip to [[England]], arriving back... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
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32: *[[Katherine Blodgett]], (1898-1979) — nonreflective [[glass]]
37: *[[Walter Houser Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transi...
60: *[[Gottlieb Daimler]], (1834-1900), [[Germany]] — [...
65: ... [[James Dewar]], (1842-1923) — [[Thermos bottle]] - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
7: He attended the [[University of Pisa]], but was forced t...
10: ...h) or other thinkers (such as [[Aristotle]]) in matters of science and to the separation of science fr...
14: ...licated using the methods described by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precision of the results was co...
22: ... they would occasionally disappear; something he attributed to their movement behind Jupiter. He made ...
26: ...h [[Christoph Scheiner]]; in fact, there can be little doubt that both of them were beaten by [[David ... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
21: ... himself seriously to the study of law, until admitted as an [[outer barrister]] in 1582. In 1584 he t...
25: ...s for a time excluded from the court. When the [[attorney-general]]ship fell vacant in 1594 and Bacon ...
29: ...th Essex, a fortunate move considering that the latter would be executed for treason in 1601; and Baco...
31: ...e Barnham]], the daughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is known of their married life: mode...
35: ...d to stay, but a law was passed that forbade the attorney-general to sit in parliament -- and to the v... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
25: ...[[Jesus]] from whom, according to {{bibleverse||Matthew|16:18-19|}}, he received the keys to the kingd...
1230: | <small>[[Cittࠤi Castello]], Umbria, Italy</small>
1393: | <small>Ottobuono [[Fieschi]]</small>
1449: | <small>Benedetto Caetani</small>
1603: | <small>Giovanni Battista Cybo</small> - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
6: ...y of Shakespeare plays|chronology of the plays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific o...
8: ...h-speaking world shows in the widespread use of [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakespeare quotations f...
14: ...ormed within a few days of birth, tradition has settled on [[April 23]] as his birthday. It provides a...
19: ...neven. It is presumed that the young Shakespeare attended this school, since he was entitled to, altho...
29: ...t of actors in ''[[Every man in his Humour]]'' written by [[Ben Jonson]]. - March 19 (9902 bytes)
6: *[[1279]] - A [[Mongol]]ian victory in the [[Battle of Yamen]] ends the [[Song Dynasty]] in [[China...
10: ...ttle of Bentonville]] begins. By the end of the battle two days later the Confederate forces have retr...
30: ... and five injured during a test of the [[Space Shuttle Columbia]].
42: *[[1721]] - [[Tobias Smollett]], Scottish novelist (d. [[1771]])
44: *[[1848]] - [[Wyatt Earp]], American policeman and gunfighter (d. [[1... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
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62: *[[Grigory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - )
63: *[[Charlotte Barnum]] (1860-1934)
82: *[[Bhargav Bharat Bhatt]] (India)
86: *[[Errett Bishop]] ([[1928]] - [[1983]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
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39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
57: *[[Archibald Alison (Scottish author)|Archibald Alison]], (1757-1839){{fn|R}... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
6: | [[Image:Ottoman Coat of Arms.jpg|Ottoman Coat of Arms]]
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11: ...png|Map of the Ottoman Empire]]<br/><small>''The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power''</small>
13: | '''[[Motto|Imperial motto]]'''
14: ... ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
9: ...e area. The order came to distinguish itself in battles with the [[Islam|Muslims]], its soldiers weari...
23: ...s conducted by the Knights. Fort Saint Elmo, Valletta, Malta, May 8, 2005.]]
27: ...amed in memory of its valiant grand master La Valette who had sustained this siege.
29: ...e, however, had little political impact, for the Ottomans quickly rebuilt their fleet.
31: ... the victory at Lepanto the Knights continued to attack pirates, and their base became a centre for [[...
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