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- Evolution (27661 bytes)
6: ...roposed in the early [[19th century]] by [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]], though it did not meet with widesp...
18: ...biology]], it has completely replaced earlier accepted explanations for the origin of species, includi...
47: ...ih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11170892], and 6.6% from [[bab...
49: ...ih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10833048].
56: ...], [[Eukaryota]]) or the [[origin of life]]. Attempts to shed light on the earliest history of life ge... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
2: |+<big>'''Neptune'''</big>
4: ...><small><font color="white">Click image for description</font></small>
12: | [[September 23]], [[1846]]
136: ... from the [[Sun]]. Neptune is named after the [[Neptune (god)|Roman god of the sea]]. Its symbol is a ...
138: Neptune has been visited by only one spacecraft, ''[[V... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to c...
20: * [[1945]] - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polis...
41: * [[2002]] - [[Mount Nyiragongo]] erupts in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], dis...
149: ...Schatz]], [[microbiologist]], discoverer of [[streptomycin]] (b. [[1920]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregoria...
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
15: ...discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
28: *[[1892]] - [[Ellis Island]] opens to begin accepting immigrants to the [[United States]].
50: ...Sudan]] achieves independence from the [[Egypt|Egyptian Republic]] and the [[United Kingdom|United Kin... - Economics (30960 bytes)
1: ...uences of different choices given a set of [[assumption]]s or a set of [[observation]]s, and [[normati...
7: ...s ranging from marriage to the death penalty and optimal political institutions.
15: ...that [[general equilibrium]] theory combines concepts of a macro-economic view of the economy, but doe...
17: Attempts to join these two branches or to refute the dist...
23: ...roeconomics, is to use [[social psychology]] concepts ([[behavioural economics]]) and methods ([[exper... - Pope Formosus (4107 bytes)
- Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
50: ...he Germans. He made five unsuccessful escape attempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retali...
56: ...smissed de Gaulle's theories with the notable exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a maj...
69: ...ons of Frenchmen were refugees on the road), excerpts of the speech appeared in French newspapers the ...
82: ...he President of the provisional government from September [[1944]] but resigned on [[January 20]], [[1...
87: ... active politics, though the RPF lingered until September [[1955]]. - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
5: ... Botticelli. A different influence was the new scuptural monumentality of the [[Antonio Pollaiuolo|Pol...
13: ...ies]]". Earlier, Botticelli had painted an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' for Matteo Palmieri in a chape...
14: ...a large number of figures representing the ''Assumption of Our Lady'' with zones of patriarchs, prophe...
16: This is a common misconception based on a mistake by Vasari. The painting ref...
19: ...ity in the Renaissance explored these themes in depth.) - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
17: The word was also adopted by some of Machiavelli's contemporaries, often ...
29: ...ssibility within Modernity through which we are kept awake at night...
33: ...e]]'' (''The Prince''). It was written in an attempt to return to politics as an advisor to [[Lorenzo ...
35: ...e. (Machiavelli references this in the second chapter of The Prince, which begins with the line: "Se...
43: ...etc.,'' [[1502]] (''Description of the Methods Adopted by the Duke Valentino when Murdering Vitellozzo... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
25: ...s tactlessness), Brienne went on the attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and collect...
31: ''For a more detailed description of the events of [[August 8]], [[1788]] &ndash...
33: ... of the opposition that the government would attempt to gerrymander an assembly to its liking. In ord...
35: ...nd that the Third Estate itself was the nation, kept these resentments alive.
40: ''For a more detailed description of the events of [[June 17]], [[1789]] –... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ...pporters and opponents of the revolution. It attempts to give identifying facts and ultimate fates. ''...
9: ...in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'etat|coup]]'' attempt
14: * [[Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte|Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte]] - General, later king of [...
70: *[[Jean-Baptiste Jourdan]] - French general, victor at [[Battl...
74: *[[Jean-Baptiste Kléber]] - Revolutionary general, assassinat... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
15: * On the other hand, another concept had been brought about — that of Europe. Na...
28: ... major combatants are difficult to find, but in September 1812, Russia had about 904,000 enlisted men ...
37: The first attempt to crush the new [[France|French republic]] was m...
45: ...ench efforts, which consisted of general [[conscription]] (''[[levée en masse]]''), military reform a...
47: ...y Bonaparte when the Austrians were forced to accept his terms in the [[Treaty of Campo Formio]]. The ... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
27: ...claims to the French throne. In effect, England kept Gascony in return for Edward giving up his claims...
38: ...sh coast were sacked. But in [[1340]], in an attempt to hinder the English army from landing, the Fren...
42: ...Countries, pillaging as he went, rather than attempt to take and hold territory. Finding himself unabl...
44: ...in the [[Battle of Neville's Cross]] led to the capture of David II and greatly reduced the threat fro...
50: ...uch]] led a flanking movement that succeeded in capturing the new Valois king, [[John II of France]], ... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
6: ... on belief and piety. Some of its proponents attempted to use rationalism to demonstrate the existence...
12: ...ers/splitters|split]]; however, it is equally acceptable to think of them conjoined as one long period...
14: ... and [[René Descartes]], was based on extreme skepticism, and inquiry into the nature of "knowledge."...
16: ...tise On Wisdom ". . . identified the central concept of the Enlightenment and sketched its theoretical...
20: ...cts, such as Kepler's planetary motion, and the "opticks" which had explained lenses, and began to cre... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
22: ...e in [[1954]] through [[1957]], his streak interrupted by two-time champion [[Alberto Ascari]] of [[Sc...
45: ...pionships since [[1984]]; their streak was interrupted only by [[Michael Schumacher]]'s two titles wit...
51: ...ttp://www.formula1.com/ formula1.com]) in an attempt to give it a corporate identity. Ecclestone exper...
53: ... race (The US Grand Prix, which was ran under exceptional circumstances which lead to the withdrawal ...
59: ...e start of the race. Teams have to thus plan the optimum fuel load having both the qualifying and the ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
44: *[[Jean Baptiste Dumas]], (1800-1884), French chemist
209: *[[Ahmed H. Zewail]] (born 1946), [[Egyptian]], [[1999]] Nobel Prize Winner for his work on... - Hot air balloon (8769 bytes)
6: ...ractive aspects of balloon rides include the exceptional calmness and the birds-eye view. Since the ... - Totem pole (20143 bytes)
1: '''Totem poles''' are monumental sculptures carved from great trees, typically [[Western ...
8: The disruptions following Euro-American trade and settlement ...
34: ...es of the pole and follow the contours of the sculpture. An experienced carver will judge the work of ...
40: ...ly half of the twentieth centuries. The same assumption was made by certain early European explorers, ...
52: ...death that occur with all living things, and attempts to prevent this are seen as somehow denying or i... - Mellotron (7426 bytes)
- List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
1: This is a partial list of [[sculptor (artist)|sculptor]]s.
26: *[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]] (1850 - 1899)
55: *[[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]] (1827 - 1875)
116: *[[John Gibson (sculptor)|John Gibson]] (1790 - 1866)
121: *[[Robert Graham (sculptor)|Robert Graham]] (1938 - )
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