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  1. Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
    7: ...e in France. She was young, a foreigner, in a country that had little weight in the great world of pol...
    11: ...ry being completely under the influence of his mistress, [[Diane de Poitiers]], Catherine had little a...
    13: ...ions to as little as 43, 38, or even fewer centimetres (17, 15, or fewer inches).
    15: ...d her influence for more than twenty years in the troubled period of the [[French Wars of Religion]]. ...
    17: ... possessed men's minds that she could not long control the opposing parties, and one civil war followe...
  2. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
    2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><...
    9: ...r]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[Briti...
    16: ...treason (adultery against the King was considered treason), incest with her elder brother, and witchcr...
    18: ...ll-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker b...
    20: ...zabeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she...
  3. Painting (4567 bytes)
    68: *[[Abstract art|Abstract]]
    69: *[[Constructivism]]
    81: *[[Illustration]]
    82: *[[Industry|Industrial]]
    84: *[[Portrait]]
  4. Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
    1: ...the [[European Union]], and has a [[developed country|developed economy]] and an approximate populatio...
    6: {{Infobox Country |
    40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21 January]] [[1919]]<br>[[6 December]] ...
    58: ...''Ireland'' is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and legal documents and members...
    67: ...n as of yet undecided new set of measures to be introduced for the area temporarily excluded. Though i...
  5. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    4: {{Infobox_Country|
    54: ... "state", "nation", "union", etc, please first contribute to the extensive discussion of this topic on...
    69: ...s since the 10th century. Wales, under English control since the [[Statute of Rhuddlan]] in 1284, beca...
    71: ...art of the United Kingdom. As provided for in the treaty, Northern Ireland, which consists of six of t...
    74: ... The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The se...
  6. St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
    1: ...thumb|right|300px|The Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the...
    2: ...r]]. [[Pope]]s have been buried there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and w...
    4: ...silica also holds a relic of the ''[[Cathedra]] Petri'', the episcopal throne of the basilica's namesa...
    8: ...officially recognized Christianity he started construction in [[324]] of a great basilica in this exac...
    12: ... the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance.
  7. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
    14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
    188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
    206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
    214: *[[Pieter Brueghel the Younger]] ([[1564]]-[[1638]])
  8. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
    13: ...orge Armstrong]] &mdash; [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
    24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) &mdash; co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
    25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) &mdash; [[clockwork radio]...
    37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
  9. Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
    2: ...has been referred to as the "father of modern [[astronomy]]," as the "father of modern [[physics]]," a...
    7: ...lty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explor...
    10: ... the pitch of a stretched string. Galileo also contributed to the rejection of blind allegiance to aut...
    12: ...deductively, and the experiments were merely illustrative thought experiments.
    16: ==Astronomy==
  10. March (3907 bytes)
    4: ...f [[Pisces]] and ends in the sign of [[Aries]]. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constel...
    8: ...stituted as [[New Year's Day]] in [[France]] in [[1564]]. [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] and her colon...
    18: ... [[Sunday]] of March the [[Vasaloppet]] cross country ski race takes place in [[Sweden]] in honour of ...
    19: ...ce to humanity and recognize all individuals who struggled to end tyranny and oppression. See [http:/...
    20: *[[March 17]] is [[St. Patrick's Day]], one of the [[public holidays in the R...
  11. Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
    1: ...isseur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self portrait]]
    5: ... master in the painters' guild of [[Antwerp]]. He travelled to [[Italy]] soon after, and then returned...
    7: ...ants when their father died; neither received any training from him.
    14: ...sh Proverbs'', [[1559]], with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 [[proverb]]s]]
    18: ...trap.jpg|thumb|250px|Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap]]
  12. William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
    1: ...l Portrait Gallery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
    2: ...il [[1564]]; [[baptism|baptised]] [[April 26]], [[1564]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]]); &ndash; [[April 23]], [[1...
    4: ... very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[tragedy]] and [[comedy]].
    6: ... of Shakespeare plays|chronology of the plays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific ou...
    14: ...s also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of England.
  13. Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
    3: ...hought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
    9: ...theism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
    10: ...noBrunomnemonic.gif|thumb|left|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices:...
    13: ...same reason and abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined the [[Cal...
    15: ...t many of his contemporaries found it easier to attribute them to magical powers.
  14. Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
    4: ...mage:mercator.jpg|200px|Gerardus Mercator]]</td></tr>
    9: ...r copper engraving of maps. He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be published in no...
    12: ...on by sea, as compass courses could be marked as straight lines.
    15: ...ted versions of the maps of [[Ptolemy]] (though introducing a number of new errors). Maps of [[France]...
    27: * [http://www.walkingtree.com/ Mercators Atlas]
  15. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
    33: *[[Treffle Berthlaume]] (1803 - 1884)
    45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
    57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
    190: *[[Pietro Masni]]
  16. History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
    2: ... up by cultures around the world using the raw, astronomical data collected.
    4: Ancient astronomers were able to differentiate between stars a...
    8: ...such as [[Stonehenge]]) probably fulfilled both astronomical and [[religion|religious]] [[social funct...
    14: ... was the case around 4500 BC. Fire altars, with astronomical basis, have been found in the third mille...
    18: A text on [[Vedic astrology]] that has been dated to [[1350 BC]], was wr...
  17. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
    33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] &ndash; [[1874]])
    35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] &ndash; [[1557...
    72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] &ndash; [[1856]])
    82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] &ndash; [[1993]])
  18. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
    102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
    187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
    191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}}
  19. Hippocampus (8957 bytes)
    12: ...le in maintaining these older memories remains controversial.
    14: ...erscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/108562086/ABSTRACT O'Kane et al 2004]) that [[HM_(patient)|patien...
    18: ... in their brains as a diagnostic part of surgical treatment for serious epilepsy.
    24: ... direct routes between them (they have to pass a strict test, ''[[The Knowledge]]'', before being lice...
    30: The anatomist Giulio Cesare Aranzi (circa 1564) first used the term [[hippocampus]] for describi...
  20. Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
    3: ...]]. The lowest point on earth&mdash;the [[Mariana Trench]]&mdash;lies some 10,911 m (35,797 ft) below ...
    7: ...and the [[Indian ocean]]s on the west, and the [[Straits of Magellan]] links the Pacific with the [[At...
    9: ...med the ocean. For most of his voyage from the [[Straits of Magellan]] to the [[Philippines]], Magella...
    15: ...e Trench]], and the [[Tonga Trench]]. Most of the trenches lie adjacent to the outer margins of the wi...
    20: ==Elevation extremes==

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