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1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
   11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
   23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
   27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
   28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
   37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]...
2. Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
   10: ...ir, the Roman Catholic James II could attempt to return to the Throne. It was for this reason that the...
   15: ...tuart|Henrietta Anne, Duchesse d'Orl顮s]]. Anne returned from France in [[1670]]. In about [[1673]], ...
   17: ...nce: William of Orange. When Charles II died in [[1685]] (converting to Roman Catholicism on his deathbe...
   19: ...d as joint monarchs. The [[Bill of Rights 1689]] settled succession to the Throne; Princess Anne and h...
   24: ...iam's government. Still, she did not win the complete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from ...
3. Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
   15: At the age of fifteen, Princess Mary became betrothed to the Protestant [[Stadtholder]] and [[Pri...
   17: ...r. William long maintained an affair with [[Elizabeth Villiers]], one of Mary's ladies-in-waiting.
   20: ... that the boy was "suppositions," having been secretly brought in as a substitute for the Queen's stil...
   22: ...secretly requested William III—then in the Netherlands with Mary—to come to England with a...
   24: ...Philip II remained King only during his wife's lifetime, and restrictions were placed on his power. Wi...
4. Carpet (15753 bytes)
   1: ...y by the Moors. The Crusades brought Turkish carpets to all of Europe, where they were primarily hung...
   3: ...ries a distinction is made between carpet (or carpeting) and rug. The former indicates a covering tha...
   5: [[Image:Carpet.png|350px|thumb|Contemporary Afghan Rug]]
   7: == Carpet types ==
   8: ...et 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
5. Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
   1: .... Many large installations will have a secondary set of pipes in the choir loft, at the opposite end o...
   3: ...sound]] by forcing [[air]] through [[wood]] or [[metal]] [[organ pipe|pipes]].
   11: <!--This section is the target of a link from the "organ pipe" article. If you u...
   13: ''A more detailed article is to be written at [[styles of pipe...
   17: ..., whose construction started in 1969 and was completed in 1979, is a baroque style organ.
6. Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
   2: ...h dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasty]], roughly between [[1986 BC]] and [[1633 BC]].
   5: .... Some authorities point to cultural differences between the Eleventh and [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|T...
   10: ... Senuseret, campaigning against Lybian invaders, returned to Iljtawy with haste to prevent a takeover ...
   12: [[Senusret I]] ([[1917 BC]] - [[1872 BC]]) continued the pol...
   14: Senusret's successor [[Amenemhat II]] ([[1875 BC]] - [[184...
7. Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
   7: ...lities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies between dates shown here and in articles on particula...
   9: ...uld be noted that there is a 60 year discrepancy between the dates proposed by these two authors. Ther...
   20: ...s developed by [http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology].)
   45: *Djet
   49: *Semerkhet
8. Texas (39610 bytes)
   41: * [[state flower]] &mdash; the [[bluebonnet]] (''Lupinus texensis'')
   52: ...ith an area of [[1 E11 m?|690,000]] [[square kilometre|km²]], Texas forms the second-larges...
   70: ...ckapoo]] Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the [[Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo]] of Texas. For more information...
   74: ...lony of [[New Spain]]; see [[Spanish Texas]] for details.
   76: ...eza de Vaca]] became the first known European to set foot on Texas.
9. List of painters (54090 bytes)
   1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
   12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
   16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
   18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
   30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]])
10. Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
    2: ... and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[Unit...
    4: ...include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [[catheter]], the [[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improve...
    9: ...[[Massachusetts]] on [[August 15]], [[1667]], to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wif...
    11: ...blings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May 16]], [[16...
    13: ...children, including: Josiah Jr. ([[August 23]], [[1685]]), Ann ([[January 5]], [[1687]]), Joseph ([[Febr...
11. March 21 (10586 bytes)
    8: ...1801]] - The [[Battle of Alexandria]] was fought between [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[France|Frenc...
    21: ...on Song Contest]] for [[Italy]] singing "Non ho l'et঱uot; (I'm not old enough).
    26: *[[1970]] - In [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]], [[Dana (singer)|Dana]] wins the fiftee...
    27: ...Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] to [[protest]] the [[Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan]].
    29: ...1985]] - [[Canada|Canadian]] [[paraplegic]] [[athlete]] and [[humanitarian]] [[Rick Hansen]] begins hi...
12. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    1: ...ted below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
    16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
    32: *[[Kenneth Appel]] (? - ?)
    33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
    52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]])
13. Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
    2: ...perience in this process. Russia's experience is detailed below.
    5: ''Main article: [[Economic history of the Soviet Union]]''
    7: ...antial technical expertise. At the same time, Soviet-era management practices, a decaying infrastructu...
    9: ...sian economy must deal in its transition to a market economy.
    11: ...ing operated on the assumption that if each unit met or exceeded its plan, then demand and supply woul...
14. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    1: ... in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
    5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
    10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    73: *[[Anaximenes of Miletus]]{{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
15. Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
    5: '''Johann Sebastian Bach''' ([[March 21]], [[1685]] <small>[[Julian calendar|(O.S.)]]</small> &ndas...
    11: ...n [[Eisenach]], [[Germany]]{{an|birthplace}} in [[1685]]. His father, [[Johann Ambrosius Bach]], was the...
    13: ...Johann Pachelbel]]) from his brother's music cabinet and began to copy it by the moonlight. This went ...
    19: ...las Bruhns]]. Shortly after graduation (Bach completed Latin school when he was 18, an impressive acco...
    24: ... to be instructive to organ students. This incomplete work introduces two major themes into Bach's cor...

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