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- Evolution (27661 bytes)
3: ...[[species]]. Since the development of modern [[genetics]] in the [[1940s]], evolution has been defined...
6: ...different mechanisms: [[natural selection]], [[genetic drift]] or changes in population structure ([[g...
18: ...ithin the [[science]] of [[biology]], it has completely replaced earlier accepted explanations for the...
23: ...South - Djoum Chimps.jpg|right|250px|thumbnail|Genetic testing has shown that humans and [[chimpanzee]...
24: [http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/humans_chimps_same_genus.shtml].]] - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
17: | [[1 E12 m|4,498,252,900]] [[kilometre|km]]<br>30.068 963 48 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
20: | 28.263 [[Tera|T]][[metre|m]]<br>188.925 AU
60: ! align="left" | [[Equator]]ial [[diameter]]
63: ! align="left" | [[geographical pole|Polar]] diameter
70: ...15 km2|7.619×10<sup>9</sup>]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]] - January 17 (12233 bytes)
6: ...harles I of England|King Charles I]] and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the [[Engli...
9: ...sh forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[South Carol...
14: ... Safety (Hawaii)|Citizen's Committee of Public Safety]] overthrow the government of Queen [[Liliuokala...
20: ...iet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Warsaw]]...
21: ...chwitz concentration camp]] as [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces close in. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...[[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th century]] and [[1752]], January 1 ...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
15: ...nce|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
18: ...reat Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - Economics (30960 bytes)
1: ...rent choices given a set of [[assumption]]s or a set of [[observation]]s, and [[normative]] when it pr...
3: ...y problem that involves choice under scarcity or determining economic [[value#Economics|value]].
5: ...ents, it also analyses the behaviour of whole societies. (See also [[sociology]], [[political economy]...
9: ...orth their best front in [[Chichicastenango]] Market, [[Guatemala]].]]
15: ...ole with a view to understanding the interaction between economic aggregates such as [[measures of nat... - Pope Formosus (4107 bytes)
1: [[Image:Jean Paul Laurens Le Pape Formose et Etienne VII 1870.jpg|right|300px|]]
4: ...on was withdrawn, after he had promised never to return to Rome or exercise his priestly functions.
8: ...ning the Bishopric of [[Bremen]]. In the contest between [[Odo, Count of Paris]] and [[Charles the Sim...
10: ...e pope in Rome. The new emperor moved against Spoleto but was struck with [[paralysis]] on the way and...
14: ... death of Stephen the body was reinterred in St. Peter's. Further trials of this nature against decea... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
45: ...rom [[Normandy]] and [[Burgundy]] which had been settled in Paris for about a century, whereas his mot...
47: ...sion for the fatherland, equal to her religious piety"). Although traditionalist and [[monarchist]], t...
50: ...tempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retaliation camp.
52: ...a further career in Poland, but chose instead to return to France. He was heavily influenced by that w...
56: ...st of de Gaulle's theories, and the relationship between them became strained. French politicians also... - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
1: '''Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi''', better known as '''Sandro Botticelli''' ([[Florence]]...
5: ...ing expressive of profound thought and quick subtlety" (Vasari) In [[1470]] he opened his own indepen...
13: ... a delicate requirement in such a subject. The heretical notions seem to be [[Gnosticism|gnostic]] in ...
14: ... Matteo and Sandro were guilty of grave heresy. Whether this be true or not, I cannot say." (Vasari)
22: ...on. Sandro further clearly shows the distinction between the suites of each of the kings. It is a marv... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...ne]] [[political philosopher]], [[musician]], [[poet]], and romantic comedic [[playwright]]. Machiavel...
10: ...work ''The Prince'' from the European leaders he met. His first mission was in [[1499]] to [[Caterina ...
12: ...iavelli and sent him into [[exile]]. Machiavelli returned to [[Sant'Andrea in Percussina]], where he d...
21: ... here is why: "The ends justify the means", is sometimes (all too often!!) attributed to him but this ...
23: ...ort and a historical Novum clearly distinguishes between the two and actually divorces them. '''Politi... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien ...
23: ...e, and proposed a uniform land tax as a means of setting France's finances in order in the long term. ...
27: ...ropose new reforms, but only to prepare for the meeting of the nation's representatives.
31: ''For a more detailed description of the events of [[August 8]], [...
33: ...eet according to the forms observed at its last meeting. Although it would appear that the magistrate... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
9: ...ist]], guillotined in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'etat|coup]]'' attempt
13: ...rectory|Director]], exiled to [[French Guiana]], returned during the [[First French Empire|Empire]]
17: ...s Billaud-Varenne]] - on [[Committee of Public Safety]], more radical [[Maximilien Robespierre|Robespi...
22: ...anted [[Jacques Necker|Necker]] in the royal cabinet
24: ...lle - [[Girondist]] (faction), (Girondists are sometimes designated "Brissotins"), guillotined - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...], and Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dyna...
5: ...0]], [[1792]], until [[November 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely these days) referred to as the...
13: ...due process]] in courts, abolition of privileges, etc.) had left a mark. Even though Napoleonic rule w...
15: ... European state, and, although Napoleon's defeat set the thought of a unified Europe back over one and...
18: ...es with a large proportion of mercenaries that sometimes fought for foreign states against their nativ... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...ar was primarily fought in France, and though in retrospect it has the feeling of a French [[civil war...
8: ...he [[Vikings]] of [[Rollo of Normandy|Rollo]] to settle in a part of his kingdom known as [[Normandy]]...
10: ...land and England stood to become very wealthy by retaking it. The war was both a "[[Nationalism|nation...
13: ...ty in medieval European history). In 1314, the Capetian king [[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]] died, l...
15: ...s X), but precedent for only male heirs had been set. When Philip V died in [[1322]], his daughters we... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
2: ...px|[[William Blake]]'s ''Newton'' as a divine geometer (1795)]]
4: ...ish an authoritative system of [[ethics]], [[aesthetics]], and [[knowledge]]. The intellectual leaders...
6: ...n the exploration of [[natural philosophy]] and [[ethics]] in addition to [[politics| political]] theo...
14: ...Baruch Spinoza|Baruch (Benedictus de) Spinoza]]'s Ethics, which expounded a pantheistic view of the un...
16: ... a coherent system of verifiable predictions and set the tone for much of what would follow in the cen... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
2: ... Prix|2004]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]], one of the nineteen annual Formula One races]]
7: ..., on custom-constructed courses or closed-off street circuits.
9: ...rope]], which undoubtedly remains its leading market, but races have also been held in the [[Americas]...
22: ...rrari]]. Though [[Stirling Moss]] was able to compete with him regularly, Fangio is remembered for dom...
26: ...nwealth]] drivers won twelve world championships between [[1962]] and [[1973]]. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
14: *[[Neil Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemis...
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
37: *[[Henrik Carl Peter Dam]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemi...
39: *[[Peter Debye]], (1884-1966)
77: *[[Charles Hatchett]], (1765-1847), English chemist who discovered [... - Hot air balloon (8769 bytes)
4: ...ol, England, showing the wickerwork passenger basket. This balloon carries advertising for a shopping ...
6: ...n made in fantastic shapes, such as hot dogs, rocket ships, and the shapes of commercial products.
9: ...and the Marquis Francois d'Arlandes successfully petitioned for the honor. Hot air balloons were basic...
20: ...r carrying the passengers. Mounted above the basket and centered in the throat is an "air heater" or ...
22: ...heater or burner, which very much resembles a flamethrower, is fueled by propane; a liquified gas stor... - Totem pole (20143 bytes)
6: ...Washington]]. The regional stylistic differences between poles would then be due not to a change in st...
8: ...tools were actually introduced by Europeans, or whether iron tools were already produced aboriginally ...
10: ... works in wood, stone, [[Glassblowing|blown]] and etched glass, and many other traditional and nontrad...
12: ...time spent carving after initial designs are completed usually lasts about a year, so the commission e...
16: ...fronts, [[canoe]]s, masks, intricately-woven blankets, ceremonial dress, weapons, [[armor]], and many ... - Mellotron (7426 bytes)
3: ...ed two side-by-side keyboards with 18 selectable sets of specially-recorded sounds on the right keyboa...
8: ...[[England]]. Bradmatic later took on the name Streetly Electronics. Many years later, following financ...
10: ...ly Mellotron owners are [[Princess Margaret]], [[Peter Sellers]], [[King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]] and [...
24: ...t of cheaper and more reliable polysynths and preset 'string machines' saw the mellotron's popularity ...
49: * [http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/index.htm List of Mellotron recordi... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
62: *[[Antoine-Denis Chaudet]] (1763 -1810)
87: *[[François-Joseph Duret]] (1804 - 1865)
93: *[[Etienne Maurice Falconet]]
100: *[[Emmanuel Frémiet]] (1824 - 1910)
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