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- St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...i in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in Christendom and often used by the Pope.]]
2: ...hop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below the baldochino and [[altar]]. [[Pope]]s ha...
4: ... namesake when he led the Roman church, but which is no longer used. These are the sources of the con...
6: ==History==
8: ...eviously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christians. - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...1590]] - Dutch spectacle-makers,Hans Janssen and his son [[Zacharias Janssen]], claimed by later write...
7: ...[[Poland|Polish]] king [[Sigismund I of Sweden|Sigismund III]].
9: * c.[[1622]] - Drebbel presents his invention in [[Rome]].
10: ..., founder of the ''Accademia dei Lincei'' (in English, ''The [[Linceans]]'').
12: ...He coins the word ''cell'' for the structures he discovers in [[cork (material)|cork]] bark. - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...as "the first [[theory|theoretical]] [[astrophysicist]]", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him a...
4: ...lenstein]]. Early in his career, Kepler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coin...
6: ...nz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("The Harm...
9: ...o have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
11: ...nd, compared to the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
10: *[[1608]]-Popham Colony dissolved
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
23: *[[1624]]-[[New Netherlands]] founded by the [[Dutch West...
30: ...[[Roger Williams (theologian)|Roger Williams]] banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony - January 17 (12233 bytes)
1: '''January 17''' is the 17th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calen...
6: ...tting the scene for the second phase of the [[English Civil War]].
7: ...e of Hanover|Hanoverian]] army at [[Falkirk]] in his ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the t...
9: ...er Brigadier General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarle...
13: ...ted Kingdom|British]] force defeats a large [[Dervish]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the [[Su... - Palermo (10618 bytes)
3: ...opulation 680,000) is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of [[Sicily]...
5: ==History==
6: ...st conquered city in the world, as the following history will show.
8: ...ve calm, Palermo coming under the provincial administration in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]. When the ...
10: ...of prosperity and tolerance, as [[Christianity|Christians]] and [[Jew]]s were allowed to live in peace... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
3: ...000]] census, it has a population of 95,658. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Albany County, New York|...
7: == History ==
17: founded = [[1624]] |
33: ...y to a younger son of the Scottish King. The name is derived from Alba; the Gaelic name for Scotland.
37: In [[1754]], representatives of seven of the British North American Colonies met in the [[Albany Cong... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – cir...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[169...
58: *[[Francis Baily]] ([[Britain]], [[1774]] – [[1844]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...ey have had the most lasting importance to World History.
7: ... France on [[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: ...yal]] (which had been located with Champlain's assistance), where Champlain lived until 1607 while he ...
13: ...hich he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
15: The first winter was difficult for the colonists. Of the twenty-five people who stayed for the w... - Oslo (11319 bytes)
4: county=Oslo [[ISO 3166-2:NO|NO-03]]|
25: ...tal area, 115 km² is built-up and 7 km² is agricultural. The open areas within the built-up ...
29: ...eberget, at 629 m. Although the city's population is small compared to most European capitals, it occu...
31: ==History==
33: ...slo's role was reduced to that of provincial administrative centre, with the kings residing in [[Copen...
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