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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...8th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...res [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...iam III of England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
10: ...852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont...
11: ...Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...ory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
5: ...final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path".
7: ...group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
9: ...a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]'...
11: ...diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date. - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ...n Sea]]. Kazakhstan is also a former republic of the now extinct [[Soviet Union]].
3: ...t its semi-[[desert]]s ([[steppe]]) make it only the 57th country in population, with approximately 6 ...
9: ...Respūblīkasy)<br>Республика К...
49: | '''[[Collapse of the Soviet Union|Independence]]''' - Declared&nb...
58: | '''[[National anthem]]''' - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
1: ...pyrus.jpg|thumb|right|Blank papyrus. Close-up of the surface.]]
2: ...was also widely used throughout the [[History of the Mediterranean| Mediterranean]] region, as well as...
5: ...as a foodstuff and ''bublos'' for the same plant when used for non-food products, such as cordage, bas...
7: ...n the [[Egyptian language]] papyrus was known by the terms ''wadj'' [''w3ḏ''], ''tjufy'' [''M...
10: ...ssure. After drying, the sheet of papyrus is polished with some rounded object, possibly a stone. - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...ry diseases properly named '''influenza'''. For the digestive-system diseases commonly called "stomac...
2: ...d flu virions. These were the causative agent of the [[Hong Kong Flu]] pandemic. ]]
3: ...(or as it is commonly known, '''the flu''' or '''the grippe''') is a contagious
4: ...gy|astrological]] ''influences'' as the cause of the disease.
8: There are three types of the virus: - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ... source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
6: ...rovince'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
7: ...overeign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small> - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ...sia]], fighting and conquering various tribes on their way to [[Transoxiana]].
3: ...rusade|Crusaders]] from the West, and conquering the [[Byzantine Empire]].
5: ...urkish nomads from [[1153]] to [[1156]] and died the following year.
7: ...beyliks]], which in turn were later conquered by the Ottomans.
30: [[Kerman province|Kerman]] was a nation in southern Persia. It fell in 1187, probably conquered by ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: ... (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [[1087]])
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...ividual powered or unpowered vehicles linked together).
8: ... cent piece. This is more comfortable than most other forms of land transport and saves energy.
9: ...llowing significantly greater loads per [[axle]]/wheel than in [[road transport]].
11: Rail transport is also one of the safest modes of transport, and also makes a highl...
13: ..., [[South Korea]], [[Japan]], [[China]], and elsewhere. - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...f Hastings]] in 1066 in what has become known as the [[Norman Conquest]].
9: ...of William has been found. In the patriotic print he is wearing [[plate armour]] that was invented gen...
12: ...thelred the Unready]] and later of King [[Canute the Great|Canute]].
14: ...defeating the rebel Norman barons at [[Caen]] in the [[Battle of Val-賭Dunes]] in [[1047]].
16: ...w in [[Seine-Maritime]]). He was 26, she was 22. Their marriage produced four sons and six daughters (... - Mormon Trail (35249 bytes)
1: ...the United States [[National Trails System]], as the '''Mormon Pioneer [[National Historic Trail]]'''.
4: ...e [[History of the Latter Day Saint movement]]). They were finally forced to abandon Nauvoo in [[1846]...
6: ...citizens of Nauvoo set out to find a new home in the West.<ref>Hartley.</ref>
8: ==The Trek West==
10: ... felt the isolated [[Great Basin]] would provide the Saints with many advantages. - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...-33. (''Easter'' can also refer to the season of the church year, lasting for fifty days, which follow...
4: ...perhaps for theological reasons). This would put the Last Supper slightly before Passover.
6: ...s a remnant of this fertility festival, although there is no hard evidence of any link.
57: ... in a few states, all of which had dropped it by the [[1980s]].
59: ... not identical—to the [[Hebrew Calendar]]. The precise date of Easter has often been a matter fo... - Samoyed (dog) (2738 bytes)
1: ...ble displayed on the page. Scroll down to get to the main text --->
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36: |[http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk/discoverdogs/pastoral/p1049.ht...
43: ...their owners warm at night by sleeping on top of them. - List of Byzantine Emperors (11779 bytes)
3: ... the Byzantines themselves continued to think of their empire as "Roman" for over a millennium.
6: *[[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine I]] the Great (AD 272 - 337, ruled [[306]] - [[337]])
8: ...[[363]]) – son in-law of Constantine I, brother-in-law and first cousin of Constantius II, grand...
13: ==Valentinian-Theodosian dynasty==
14: ...Valens]] (328-378, ruled [[364]] - [[378]]) - brother of [[Western Roman Emperor]] [[Valentinian I]] - Santa Claus (16146 bytes)
3: ...s part of the [[Christmas]] tradition throughout the [[English language|English]] speaking world as we...
5: ...tern Orthodox]] tradition, he visits children on the [[New Year's Day]] and is identified with [[Saint...
7: ==The story==
8: ..., [[Greenland]], or [[Caesarea_Mazaca|Caesarea]] when identified as [[Saint Basil]]; [[traditions]] va...
10: ... reality improves and older children disillusion them. - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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33: ...g|thumb|300px|The [[Neva]] river has been called the main street of St Petersburg]]
36: ...va at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Sea]].
38: ...rgest city, a major European cultural center and the most important Russian Baltic Sea port.
40: ...080;ца). <!-- translator paraphrasing here from de: --> - Temperature (22519 bytes)
1: ...s a measure of the average [[kinetic energy]] of the particles in a sample of matter.
4: ...ormal properties of temperature are studied in [[thermodynamics]].
6: ...dditional discussion of the various mechanisms of heat transfer).
8: ...increase in the rate of movement of the atoms in the system.
10: ...rties]], and depend on the amount of material in the system. - Gemstone (7411 bytes)
1: ...[collectible]] or can be used in [[jewellery]]. Others are organic, such as [[amber]] ([[fossil]]ised ...
3: ...um. The biggest pebble here is 40 mm long (1.6 inches).]]
5: ...ave a cubic crystal system are often found as octahedrons.
7: ...llow), and morganite (pink) are all varieties of the mineral species [[beryl]].
9: ...action]] to a degree and have an [[optic sign]]. They may have a certain [[luminescence]] and a distin... - Green alga (4059 bytes)
13: ... In the [[Charales]], the closest relatives of higher plants, full differentiation of tissues occurs.
15: ...resumably acquired from ingested green algae, in the latter case retaining a vestigial nucleus (nucleo...
18: ...species are often found living in nature without the algae.
20: ...the basal green algae, called [[prasinophyte]]s. The remaining forms are usually classified as follows...
33: ... include all the green algae, but taken as above they appear to form a monophyletic group.
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