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- History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...ages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...gust Ones and the Five Emperors#The Five Emperors|Five Emperors]] (三皇五帝). ...
22: ...tings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of the Shang ...
28: ...C)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power.
30: ...ang Di|First Emperor]] (Shi Huangdi), forming the first Chinese empire under the [[Qin Dynasty]]. This... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
3: ... Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She was also the first female artist to paint history and religious p...
7: ...was born in [[Rome]], on [[July 8]] [[1593]], the first child of the painter [[Orazio Gentileschi]], o...
10: The first work of the young 17-years old Artemisia (even...
14: ... using a device made of thongs wrapped around the fingers and tighted by degrees — a particularl... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
17: As one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, the large hybr...
22: ...Spring Flowers'', by [[Ambrosius Bosschaert]], c. 1620 ([[Louvre Museum]])]]
24: ...usius]] at the botanical garden in [[Leiden]]. By 1620, the approximate date of Ambrosius Bosschaert's p... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
3: ...of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the relatively passive ...
7: ... [[Papacy]] also launched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: The first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Car...
11: ... East was always be too long and difficult for profitable trade and it was also controlled by Islamic ...
15: ...cient Greek geography]] was rediscovered, for the first time giving European sailors some idea of the ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
5: ...o move to a place better suited to them, and in [[1620]] set sail on the ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' from [[P...
12: ..., [[England]] they departed on [[September 6]], [[1620]], with 102 people aboard. Their intended destina...
17: Realizing that it would require a significant additional voyage to reach their goal, the Pi...
20: ...ded, however. "The Great Sickness" killed nearly fifty percent of their population. This sickness ma... - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ... [[United States|United States of America]]) in [[1620]], leaving Plymouth on [[September 6]] and droppi...
11: ...he ''Speedwell'' developed a leak and had to be refitted at [[Dartmouth, England|Dartmouth]]. On the ...
13: ...ve until the onset of winter, which made for a difficult time for them.
21: ...of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620 - 1621]]. See some of the descendants of these Ma...
37: ...eliixplace.com/genealogylists/firstships.html The First Ships Discussion List Homepage] - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
1: ...hich had been granted a charter for the land in [[1620]].
3: ...r]]'', as it lay off-shore. On [[December 21]], [[1620]], 102 [[Pilgrims]] from the [[Mayflower]] landed...
5: The first settlement of the colony was New Plymouth, lat...
17: ...of Mayflower passengers who died in the winter of 1620 - 1621]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
301: *[[Aelbert Cuyp]] ([[1620]]-[[1691]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-) - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...s|¹]] is an ancient [[China|Chinese]] [[fortification]] built from the end of the [[15th century]...
5: ...s built during the reign of [[Qin Shi Huangdi|The First Emperor]], the main emperor of the short-lived...
11: # [[1138]] - [[1198]] (the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period]])
12: # [[1368]]-[[1620]] (from [[Hongwu Emperor]] until [[Wanli Emperor]...
18: ...]]. Spanning nine provinces and 100 counties, the final 500 kilometers have all but turned to rubble, ... - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...sen]], claimed by later writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 ...
14: * [[1931]] - [[Ernst Ruska]] builds the first [[electron microscope]]. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Aristotle]]. In additio...
7: ...rsity of Pisa]], but was forced to "drop out" for financial reasons. However, he was offered a positio...
10: ...losophy]] or religion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science....
18: ...makers. His work on the device also made for a profitable sideline with merchants who found it useful ...
20: ...humb|200px|right|It was on this page that Galileo first noted an observation of the [[natural satellit... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...arl Sagan]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
15: ... of the T?n faculty. However, before he took his final exams he was recommended for the vacant post o...
23: ...ograph on the origins of [[snow|snowflakes]], the first known work on the subject. He correctly theori...
25: ...ed. He initially rejected this idea, but later confirmed it on [[May 15]] of the same year.
27: In August of [[1620]], Katherine, Kepler's mother, was arrested in Le... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...ize an inductive methodology for [[science|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]...
8: He was the youngest of five sons of [[Nicholas Bacon|Sir Nicholas Bacon]], ...
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precoc...
18: ... a fifth of that money. Having started with insufficient means, he borrowed money and became habitual...
25: ...nt in 1594 and Bacon became a candidate for the office, Lord Essex's influence could not secure him th... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
20: === [[1620s]] ===
22: *[[1620]]-[[Pilgrims]] arrive from [[Plymouth]], England,... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...glish]] began to colonize [[North America]]. The first attempts, notably the [[Colony of Roanoke]], r...
4: ...the [[Southern Colonies]]. Some historians add a fifth region – the [[frontier]] had certain un...
11: ...e route to the [[East Indies|"Indies"]] would benefit immensely. It was in this atmosphere that [[Chr...
16: ...lizabeth]]. At this time, however, there was no official attempt by the English government to create a...
25: The first truly successful English colony was establishe... - Jan Brueghel the Younger (1191 bytes)
1: ...mb|260px|Paradise by Jan Brueghel the Younger (c. 1620). Oil on oak. Gem䬤egalerie, Berlin, Germany]]
6: ...Ambrosius Brueghel, and other ''fijnschilders'' ("fine painters") of the [[Northern Renaissance]] prod... - Diwali (5677 bytes)
2: ...ks the victory of good over the evil. Held on the final day of the [[Vikram calendar]], one type of a ...
6: [http://www.saja.org/stylebook.html#D] (Diwali definition; Excerpt from saja.org: Diwali should not b...
22: ==Significance==
24: ... The North Indian business community starts their financial new year on Dipavali and new account books...
26: ...ythological legends associated with Dipavali. The first Dipavali was held to celebrate the return of t... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
29: ...ian)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
118: *[[William Brouncker]] (Britain, [[1620]] - [[1684]])
195: *[[Bruno de Finetti]] (Italy, [[1906]] - [[1985]])
254: *[[Leonardo of Pisa|Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci]] (Italy, [[1170]] - [[1250]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
188: *[[Fran篩s Bernier]], (1620-1688){{fn|R}}
267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
339: *[[Chiao Hung]], (1540-1620){{fn|C}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
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