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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...udith.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on ca...
10: ...a]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
12: ...is promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ... can tell the same story under torture as without it, the story must be true. At the end of the trial ...
16: ...ditta che decapita Oloferne]]'' (''"Giuditta decapitating Oloferne"'') ([[1612]]-13), stored in the [[... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]...
21: DensityRank = 14<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 69.03 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 10<sup>th</sup> | - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
11: *[[Paolo Uccello|Uccello, Paolo]], (1397-1475), Italian painter
24: *[[Moriteru Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Moriteru]], (born 1951), 3rd [[Aikido Doshu|doshu]] of ...
25: *[[Fritz von Uhde|Uhde, Fritz von]], (1848-1911), German painter
26: ...hlenbroek|Uhlenbroek, Charlotte]], (born 1968), British zoolologist and television presenter
35: *[[Gustaf Ullman|Ullman, Gustaf]], Swedish writer - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...thority and [[freedom of thought]], particularly with [[science]], in [[Western society]].
5: Galileo was born in [[Pisa]], [[Italy]], as the son of [[Vincenzo Galilei]], a mathe...
7: ...ved to the [[University of Padua]], and served on its faculty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], an...
10: ...ted to the rejection of blind allegiance to authority (like the Church) or other thinkers (such as [[A...
12: ...rements of time, which appeared to be impossible with the technology of the [[1600s]]. According to Ko... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
4: ... [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[Galileo Galilei]].
6: ...nz (Austria) was renamed [[Johannes Kepler University Linz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wro...
9: ...aid to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
13: ...outdoors" to see it and that the moon "appeared quite red."
15: ...tant school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the position in April of [[1594]], at the age of 23. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...'Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...context of his time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]...
8: ...of Sir Nicholas, a member of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, ...
10: ...3 at the age of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
14: ..., which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives. - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ... famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...ht]], has a reputation as the greatest of all [[writer]]s in the [[English language]], as well as one ...
4: ...th of human emotions. A colossal figure in world literature, Shakespeare's legacy and influence contin...
8: ...f titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases|titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases]], and...
14: ...commonly considered to be [[England]]'s greatest, it is also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...eems likely, and he is presumed to have died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
3: ...ip was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is no way to go further due to th...
7: ...k before reaching Novaya Zemlya. Instead the expedition headed west and eventually reached the [[Grand...
9: ...ercantilist]] laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon release...
11: ...h (some claim he deliberately went too far south with the Dutch), reaching [[Iceland]] on May 11, the ... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}} - Tiger (11674 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_begin | color = white | name = Tiger}}<br />{{StatusEndangered}}
15: ... [[aphrodisiac]]s. From the destruction of its habitat, to the poaching for the fur, tiger numbers hav...
21: [[image:White-tiger.jpg|left|thumb|275px|White Tiger]]
23: ...andful of golden tabby tigers exist, all in captivity. There are also old texts referring to 'blue' or...
25: ... of recording the stripe pattern of a wild tiger. It seems likely that the purpose of stripes is [[cam... - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...n his influential treatise, ''Tutte l'opere d'archittura et prospetiva''.
3: ...ce from 1527 to 1540 but left little mark on the city.
6: ...but Serlio's woodcut put the concept in every architect's hands.
8: ...bleau|Châ´¥au of Fontainebleau]], where a team of Italian designers and craftsmen were assembled. Serl...
10: ...that were the main inspiration for [[Jacobean architecture]]. Later Serlio's book was in the libraries... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ... of explorers|explorer]] and founder of [[Quebec City]]. He was also integral in opening [[North Ameri...
7: ... 15]], [[1603]] as part of a [[fur trading]] expedition. Although he had no official assignment on the...
9: ...bitation at Port-Royal]] (which had been located with Champlain's assistance), where Champlain lived u...
11: ==Founding of Quebec City==
13: ...ying Quebec City (which he referred to as his "Habitation") became one of his passions, which he embar... - Culture of Scotland (11420 bytes)
3: ... from that of the rest of the [[British Isles]]). It originates from various differences, some entrenc...
7: ...vil law]] and [[common law]]. The terms of union with England specified the retention of separate syst...
9: ...ld Norse Law, but was abolished in [[1611]]. Despite this, Scottish courts have acknowledged the supr...
15: ...stem of general [[public education]]. This began with the Education Act of 1696 and became compulsory ...
17: ... that Scotland produces a higher number of university and college graduates per-head than anywhere els... - Bowhead Whales (5651 bytes)
20: ...e to break through the ice to breathe. Some [[Inuit]] hunters have reported whales surfacing through ...
26: ... also breach, tail slap, and spy-hop. Sexual activity occurs between pairs and in boisterous groups of...
28: ...long and approximately 1000 kg, growing to 9 m by its first birthday. The lifespan of a bowhead was on...
31: ...e commercial fishery began in the mid-1800s, and within two decades over 60 percent of the Bowhead Wha...
35: ...all the large whales, and is listed as such by [[CITES]]. - Tigers (12435 bytes)
15: ... [[aphrodisiac]]s. From the destruction of its habitat, to the poaching for the fur, tiger numbers hav...
21: [[image:White-tiger.jpg|left|thumb|275px|White Tiger]]
23: ...andful of golden tabby tigers exist, all in captivity. There are also old texts referring to 'blue'or ...
25: ... of recording the stripe pattern of a wild tiger. It seems likely that the purpose of stripes is [[cam...
29: ...ir prey from any angle, usually from ambush, and bite the neck, often breaking the prey's spinal colum... - Hudson Bay (2815 bytes)
2: ...sidered part of the bay) and [[Fury and Hecla Strait]]. All islands in the bay (and in James Bay) are ...
6: ...st of the area, but the crew mutinied on June 22, 1611.
8: ... the company is called the Hudson's Bay Company (with "'s"), the body of water does not have the "'s"....
17: [[New York City]] harbor is sometimes called '''Hudson's Bay'''.... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...e to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]].
4: ...consists of four quarters: [[Jew]]ish, [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Armenian (people)|Armenian]], and...
6: ...nize Israeli sovereignty over some or all of the city and enforce this view by maintaining their embas...
7: ...]]s also claim all or part of Jerusalem as the capital of a future [[Palestinian state]].
9: ....jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|Jerusalem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]]
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