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Created first movable type
Johannes Gutenberg
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long distance walking trail in South Australia. It runs from Parachilna Gorge, in the Flinders Ranges via the Adelaide Hills to Cape Jervis on the Fleurieu Peninsula and is approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) in length.[1]
Heysen trail
connects Lake Huron (to its north) with Lake Erie (to its south
St Clair
Only country without a Pacific coastline whose flag shows southern cross
???
Lake of Gennesaret, or Lake Tiberias
Sea of Galilee
it is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake overall
Sea of Galilee
Australian historian, was the author of the best-known general history of Australia, his six-volume A History of Australia, published between 1962 and 1987. He has been described as "Australia's most famous historian"
Manning Clark
pioneer Australian aviator (dubbed "Australian Lone Eagle"[1]) and inventor. He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to Australia, and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean. He married in 1932 at the age of 39, and died less than a year later after crashing into remote countryside near Florence, Italy during a solo flight record attempt.
Bert hinkler
Australia best selling beer
Vb Victoria bitter
comprise London's ancient and modern trade associations and guilds, almost all of which are styled the "Worshipful Company of..." their respective craft, trade or profession.[
Livery companies
building in the City of London, off Gresham and Basinghall streets, in the wards of Bassishaw and Cheap. It has been used as a town hall for several hundred years, and is still the ceremonial and administrative
Guildhall
They **** you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do
Philip Larkin
American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the -Morley experiment. In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics. He became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in sciences.
Albert michelson
earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
William rontgen
Dutch physical and organic chemist and the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is best known for his discoveries in chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, osmotic pressure, and stereochemistry.
Jacobus van t'hoff
Germ physiologist who received the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the first one awarded, for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin. He was widely known as a "saviour of children," as diphtheria formerly was a major cause of child death.[1] He was ennobled in 1901 for services to medicine.
Emil von Behring
widely used for many applications in engineering, science, and mathematics. The basic ideas were popularized in 1965, but some algorithms had been derived as early as 1805.[2] In 1994 Gilbert Strang described as "the most important numerical algorithm of our lifetime"[
Fast Fourier transform
leading scientist of his time. His work included early telescopic studies of the rings of Saturn and the discovery of its moon Titan, the invention of the pendulum clock and other investigations in timekeeping. He published major studies of mechanics and optics, and a pioneer work on games of chance.
Christian huygens
born probably sometime between AD 201 and 215; died aged 84, probably sometime between AD 285 and 299), sometimes called "the father of algebra", was an Alexandrian Greek mathematician[1][2][3][4] and the author of a series of books called Arithmetica, many of which are now lost. These texts deal with solving algebraic equations.
Diophantus
seventh Prime Minister of India, serving from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, his mother, to become the youngest Indian prime minister.
Rajiv Gandhi
Operation to get rid of mossadegh
Ajax
Country invaded by China 1950
tibet
Mythical founder of Japan
Jimmu
Commodore of the United States Navy and commanded a number of ships. He served in several wars, most notably in the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812. He played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.
Matthew Perry
Golda Meir married name
Goldie myerson
Golda Meir birth name
Mabovich
immigration of Jews from the diaspora to the land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael).
Aliyah
first treaty between the United States of America, and the Empire of Japan, then under the administration of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Signed under threat of force, it effectively meant the end of Japan's 220 year-old policy of national seclusion (sakoku), by opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American vessels [1]
Kanagawa
three Hainanese Chinese women who were, along with their husbands, amongst China's most significant political figures of the early 20th century.
Soong sisters
ruler of Mactan in the Visayas. The Philippines regards him as the first Filipino hero because he was the first native to resist Spanish colonization through his victory over the explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Lapu lapu

fought in the Philippines on 27 April 1521, prior to Spanish colonization. The warriors of Lapu-Lapu, a native chieftain of, overpowered and defeated a small Spanish force fighting for Rajah Humabon of Cebu, under the command of Ferdinand Magellan, who was killed in the battle.

Mactan

Confucius year in life
551-479 bc
Cambodian photojournalist best known as a refugee and survivor of the Cambodian Genocide. He was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film The Killing Fields (1984). He was portrayed in the film by first-time actor Haing S. Ngor (1940-1996), who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
Dith pran
island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger populations.
Sulawesi Celebes
Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement Cobra in 1948.
Karel Appel
COBRA (or CoBrA) was a European avant-garde movement active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home cities:
Copenhagen Brussels Amsterdam
was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner.[2][3] He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll collector.[
Henri Rousseau
French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.[1]
Andre Derain
(4 April 1876 - 11 October 1958) was a French painter. Along with André Derain and Henri Matisse he is considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement, a group of modern artists who from 1904 to 1908 were united in their use of intense colour.[1
Maurice de Vlaminck
December 1598 - Rome, 28 November 1680) was an Italian artist and a prominent architect[1] who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture.[2] In addition, he painted, wrote plays, and designed metalwork and stage sets.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
It is the second largest church in the world, after St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
Basilica of the national shrine of our lady aparecida
2006 starring Nicole Kidman as iconic American photographer Diane Arbus, who was known for her strange, disturbing images.
Fur

L-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It is the focal point of the origin and of the history of the Florentine Republic and still maintains its reputation as the political hub of the city.[1] It is the meeting place of Florentines as well as the numerous tourists, located near Ponte Vecchio and Piazza del Duomo and gateway to Uffizi Gallery.

Piazza della signoria

paintings have a unique, immediately recognizable style of nonrepresentational surrealism. They show vast, abstract landscapes, mostly in a tightly limited palette of colors, only occasionally showing flashes of contrasting color accents. Typically, these alien landscapes are populated with various abstract shapes, sometimes angular and sharp as shards of glass, sometimes with an intriguingly organic look to them, like giant amoebae suddenly turned to stone.
Yves tanguy
in art is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in modelling three-dimensional objects and figures.
Chiaroscuro
May 22, 1844 - June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Pennsylvania, but lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists.
Mary Cassatt
1840-1916) was a French Impressionist artist described retrospectively by Henri Focillon in 1928 as one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism alongside Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt.[
Marie bracquemond
iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara taken by Alberto Korda.
Guerrillero heroico
Took photo of che guevara
Alberto Korda
Sea east of Korea
Sea of japan
beverage of fermented camel milk, sparkling white with a sour flavor, popular in Central Asia — particularly in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
Chal or shubat
domestic cats with a spotted or parti-colored coat that is predominantly white, with patches of two other colors (often, the two other colors are orange tabby and black). Outside of North America, the pattern is more usually called tortoiseshell-and-white.
calico
Barney Clark first to receive what
Artificial heart
Franz Ferdinand wife
sophie duchess of hohenberg
led the German fleet at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May-1 June 1916, one of the largest naval battles in history.
Reinhard scheer
10 June 1819 - 31 December 1877) was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the Romanticism of the previous generation of visual artists. His independence set an example that was important to later artists, such as the Impressionists and the Cubists.
Gustave courbet
made his film debut in 1938 alongside Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in Alfred Santell's Having Wonderful Time, and he went on to appear in numerous musical and comedy films throughout the 1940s and early 1950s, such as I Dood It (1943), Ziegfeld Follies (1946) and The Clown (1953). Painted clowns
Red Skelton
name from the village of France, near the Forest of Fontainebleau, where many of the artists gathered. Realism 1830-70
Barbizon
produced over 500 paintings, 4000 lithographs, 1000 wood engravings, 1000 drawings and 100 sculptures. A prolific draftsman, he was perhaps best known for his caricatures of political figures and satires on the behavior of his countrymen, although posthumously the value of his painting has also been recognized. 1808-79
Honore daumier
was at the forefront of the Nouveau Réalisme movement with his radical compressions (compacted automobiles, discarded metal, or rubbish), expansions (polyurethane foam sculptures), and fantastic representations of animals and insects
Cesar
Sculptures of naked people
Spencer tunick
Duchamp started what art movement
Dadaism
Picasso father name unused
Ruiz
English artist. She is part of the generation of Young British Artists who emerged during the 1990s. Her works frequently employ visual puns and bawdy humour, and include photography, collage and found objects.
Sarah Lucas
Marie Tussaud first wax figure
Voltaire
The scream art genre
Expressionism
Only ten paintings—several consisting of many panels—and thirty-five drawings survive, all religious, although many others were lost at sea in the Baltic on their way to Sweden as war booty. His reputation was obscured until the late nineteenth century, and many of his paintings were attributed to Albrecht Dürer, who is now seen as his stylistic antithesis. His largest and most famous work is the Isenheim Altarpiece created 1506 to 1515 or perhaps 1512 to 1516.[
Matthias grunewald
Austrian-born American sculptor. His most famous piece is the Marine Corps War Memorial of five U.S. Marines and one sailor raising the flag of the United States on Iwo Jima during World War II, and the National Monument (Malaysia).
Felix de weldon
It lies near the source of some of the longest rivers in Asia: the Indus River, the Sutlej River (a major tributary of the Indus River), the Brahmaputra River, and the Karnali River (a tributary of the River Ganga). It is considered a sacred place in four religions: Bön, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. The mountain lies near Lake Manasarovar and Lake Rakshastal in Tibet.
Kailash
was a Greek sculptor, painter and architect, who lived in the 5th century BC, and is commonly regarded as one of the greatest of all sculptors of Classical Greece:[1] His Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Phidias
one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temples located in Ellora, Maharashtra, India. It was built in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I as attested in Kannada inscriptions.
Kailash
Berlin blockade years
1948-49
born 1 April 1965) was nanny, later companion, to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his brother Prince Harry, and a personal assistant to The Prince of Wales, between 1993 and 1999.
Tiggy legge Burke
air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War
Royal flying corps
Rfc merged with what to form raf
Royal naval air service
Three day week in UK year
1974
Ira member carried out grand hotel Brighton bomb
Patrick Magee
Patron saint of England before George
Edmund
Peoples budget year
1909-10
abolished in 1959 and its responsibilities passed to the Ministry of Aviation, the War Office and the Air Ministry. The latter two ministries were subsequently merged with the Admiralty to form the Ministry of Defence.
Ministry of supply
united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[2] with effect as of
1st jan 1801
First woman inducted into rock n roll hall of fame
Aretha Franklin
A heavy anchor, such as a concrete block or a log, usually buried underground and used for securing the end of a tie or guy. This deviceis frequently used with sheeting and retaining walls.
Deadman
Munich river
Isar
Toys r us giraffe mascot
Geoffrey
rare genetic disorder due to a missing part (deletion) of chromosome 5. Its name is a French term (cat-cry or call of the cat) referring to the characteristic cat-like cry of affected children.
Lejeunes syndrome
used in modern automobiles to charge the battery and to power the electrical system when its engine is running.
alternator
Latin America's largest mobile-phone carrier in 2010, accounted for around US$49 billion of Slim's wealth by the end of that year.[16] His net worth as of March 2015 is estimated at US$71.2 billion.[1]
America movil
borrowed from the Ancient Greek word, which means shadow-tailed
Squirrel
Squirrel family Latin name
Sciuridae
(Sotalia fluviatilis), alternatively in Peru bufeo gris or bufeo negro, is a species of freshwater dolphin found in the rivers of the Amazon Basin.
Tucuxi
Acinonyx jubatus
Cheetah
Animal name derived from Hindi for spotted
Cheetah
Dynasty built Great Wall of China
Ming
term used in English to identify the throne of the Emperor of Japan
Chrysanthemum Throne
City previously called Chang an
Xi an
Largest city in the world 6500-6000 bc
Catalhuyuk
Largest city 1400bc
Thebes
Largest city 0-400ad
Rome
Largest city 700-800ad
Chang an Xi an
Largest city 1500-1900ad
Beijing
Largest cities 1900-1925 and after 1925 before Tokyo
London and New York
also the birthplace and final resting place of the scientist Shen Kuo (1031-1095 AD), his tomb being located in the Yuhang district.[27] biggest city in the world 1200-1300
Hangzhou
It was the host city of the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.name means southern capital
Nanjing
Four ancient capitals of China
Beijing Luoyang Changan nanjing
2200 - 2100 BC)[1] was a legendary ruler in ancient China famed for his introduction of flood control, inaugurating dynastic rule in China by founding the Xia Dynasty, and for his upright moral character.[2][
Yu
February 25, 1304 - 1368 or 1369), was a Moroccan explorer of Berber descent.[1] He is known for his extensive travels, accounts of which were published in the Rihla (lit. "Journey"). Over a period of thirty years, visited most of the known Islamic world as well as many non-Muslim lands. His journeys included trips to North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Africa and Eastern Europe, and to the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China
Ibn battuta
Taliban means
students
had about 500,000 inhabitants (supporting 0.1% of the global population during 1440-1540), making it the second largest city in the world after Peking-Beijing and almost thrice the size of Paris.[1][2][3] The ruins are now a World Heritage Site. in Bellary District, northern Karnataka. It is the name of the now-ruined capital city that surrounds modern-day Hampi,
Vijayanagara
In the 14th century it became the capital of the empire of Timur (Tamerlane) and is the site of his mausoleum (the Gur-e Amir).
Samarkand
was the only female emperor of China in more than four millennia.
Wu zetian
former subdivision of French Indochina, now the central region of Vietnam
Annam
region encompassing the southern third of Vietnam whose principal city is Saigon or Prey Nokor in Khmer. It was a French colony from 1862 to 1954.
Cochinchina
northernmost part of Vietnam, south of China's Yunnan and Guangxi Provinces, east of northern Laos
Tonkin
Largest city 600-500bc
Babylon
name given to a confrontation between police and picketing miners at a British Steel coking plant in South Yorkshire, in 1984, during the UK miners' strike. In 1991, South Yorkshire Police were forced to pay out £500,000 to 39 miners who were arrested in the events a
Orgreave
First Olympics in Southern Hemisphere
Melbourne 1956
Largest catholic country in Asia
Philippines
signed on the 29 August 1842 to mark the end of the First Opium War (1839-42) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing dynasty of China. It was the first of the unequal treaties against the Chinese, as Britain had no obligations in return. Britain got Hong Kong
Treaty of nanjing
capital of the Yuan dynasty, the main center of the Mongol Empire founded by Kublai Khan and in what is now Beijing, also the capital of China today.
Khanbaliq or dadu
First and last European colony in Asia
Macau
City Ancient Greek for 'new city'
Naples
Sometimes referred to as the "gatherer of the Russian lands", he tripled the territory of his state, ended the dominance of the Golden Horde over the Rus, renovated the Moscow Kremlin, and laid the foundations of the Russian state. He was one of the longest-reigning Russian rulers in history.
Ivan iii vasilyevich 'the great'
Soho cholera epidemic year, where
1854 broad street
First female leader Philippines
Corazon aquino
Gaining its independence from Britain in 1919, first country to recognise Soviet Union
Afghanistan
founder of the Maurya Empire and the first emperor to unify most of Greater India into one state. He ruled from 322 BC until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favour of his son Bindusara in 298 BC.[2][3][4
Chandragupta maurya
existed at its zenith from approximately 320 to 550 CE and covered much of the Indian Subcontinent.[1] The peace and prosperity created under the leadership of the enabled the pursuit of scientific and artistic endeavours.[2] This period is called the Golden Age of India[3] and was marked by extensive inventions and discoveries in science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as Hindu culture.[
Guptas
conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent and became the first Mughal emperor
Babur
Indian dynasty before Mughals
Lodi
Lib dems only Scottish mp
Alistair Carmichael
Chinese dynasty after warring States period
qin
Year in reign Attila the Hun
434-453 ad
Saved Paris from Attila the Hun
Saint genevieve
part of the Pacific War of World War II. The campaign consisted of a series of battles fought between July and November 1942 between Japanese and Allied—primarily Australian—forces in what was then the Australian territory of Papua.
Kokoda track campaign
largest branch of Shi'a Islam.
Twelver
Jordan's name before 1949
Transjordan
11th King of Nepal and a South Asian statesman. The eldest son of King Mahendra, whom he succeeded in 1972, he reigned until his death in the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre.
Birendra
authored the ancient Indian political treatise, the Arthaśāstra (Economics).[3] As such, he is considered as the pioneer of the field of political science and economics in India, and his work is thought of as an important precursor to classical economics.[4][5][6][7] His works were lost near the end of the Gupta Empire and not rediscovered until 1915.[5]
Chanakya
chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III. He was responsible for the construction of more than 300 major structures and other more modest projects, such as his Islamic primary schools (sibyan mektebs). His apprentices would later design the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Stari Most in Mostar, and help design the Taj Mahal in the Mughal Empire.
Mimar sinan
thirteenth King of Nepal. He reigned from 1 to 3 June 2001[1] whilst in a coma following an incident in which he fatally shot his father (the reigning king) and other family members.
Dipendra
prominent Iraqi Kurd,[1] serving as Vice President of Iraq from March 1991 to the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003.
Taha ramadan
rare, eastward moving at low-latitude strong tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanmar.[1] The cyclone made landfall in Myanmar on Friday, 2 May 2008, sending a storm surge 40 kilometres up the densely populated Irrawaddy delta, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 138,000 fatalities.
Nargis
They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) and were later charged with a series of treasonous crimes. The gang's leading figure was Mao Zedong's last wife Jiang Qing.
Gang of four
longest canal or artificial river in the world and a famous tourist destination.[
Grand canal China
Grand canal China built during what dynasty
Sui
January 23, 1828 - September 24, 1877) was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history, living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era. He has been dubbed the last true samurai.
Saigo takamori
New Barcelona mayor
Ada colau
least populous of Australia's eight major states and territories
Northern Territory
to the east by the Arafura Sea, to the south by Australia and to the west by the Indian Ocean.
Timor sea
large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea)
Gulf of carpentaria
Plays Tracey Stubbs in birds of a feather
Linda robson
Plays Sharon theodopolopodos in birds of a feather
Pauline quirke
Plays Dorien green in birds of a feather
Lesley Joseph
Played by Diana rigg in avengers
Emma peel
Played Cathy gale in avengers
Honour blackman
Played David keel in the avengers
Ian hendry
Played Tara king in avengers
Linda thorson
Played john steed in avengers
Patrick macnee
Secretary of State for business innovation and skills
Sajid javid
Health secretary
Jeremy hunt
Foreign secretary
Philip hammond
Justice secretary
Michael gove
Lord chancellor
Michael gove
Defence secretary
Michael fallon
Communities and local government
Greg Clark
International development secretary
Justine greening
Transport secretary
Patrick McLoughlin
Scotland secretary
David mundell
Northern Ireland secretary
Theresa villiers
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord president of the council
Chris grayling
Leader of House of Lords, Lord privy seal
Baroness stowell
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Greg hands
Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster
oliver letwin
Chief whip in House of Commons, parliamentary secretary to the treasury
Mark harper
Minister for the cabinet office, paymaster general
matthew hancock
Attorney general
Jeremy Wright
Minister of state for employment
Priti patel
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
hugo swire
Minister without portfolio
Robert halfon
Minister of state for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise
Anna soubry
Naval watch 2000-0000
First
Naval watch 0000-0400
Middle
Naval watch 0400-0800
Morning
Naval watch 0800-1200
Forenoon
Naval watch 1200-1600
Afternoon
Naval watch 1600-1800
First dog
Naval watch 1800-2000
Second dog
Naming and circumcision of Christ day
Jan-01
Epiphany date
January 6th
Fire zodiac
Aries Leo sagittarius
Earth zodiac
Taurus Virgo capricorn
Air zodiac
Gemini libra Aquarius
Water zodiac
Cancer Scorpio Pisces
EU council president
Donald tusk
Candlemas date
Feb-02
Candlemas date
Feb-02
St David's day
Mar-01
Minister without portfolio
Robert halfon
Minister of state for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise
Anna soubry
Naval watch 2000-0000
First
Naval watch 0000-0400
Middle
Naval watch 0400-0800
Morning
Naval watch 0800-1200
Forenoon
Naval watch 1200-1600
Afternoon
Naval watch 1600-1800
First dog
Naval watch 1800-2000
Second dog
Naming and circumcision of Christ day
Jan-01
Epiphany date
January 6th
Fire zodiac
Aries Leo sagittarius
Earth zodiac
Taurus Virgo capricorn
Air zodiac
Gemini libra Aquarius
Water zodiac
Cancer Scorpio Pisces
Shakespeare's birthday
april 23rd 1564
Celtic festival of fire, which celebrates fertility and marks the start of summer. With its roots in ancient Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man, modern versions of the event are becoming more popular - some of the largest are in Edinburgh, Thornborough in Yorkshire and Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire, where the traditional 30-foot Wicker Man is burned at sunset.
beltane
Queens real birthday
21st april
Burns night
Jan-25
Mothering Sunday
Fourth Sunday in lent
Welsh festival of literature, music and performance.
Eisteddfod
Alton towers ride injured people
smiler
Eid al fitr on first day of which Islamic month
Shawwal
Raphael last name
Sanzio
At about 60 miles (100 km) wide, over 250 miles (400 km) long, and about 2,500 m deep, it holds the Guinness world record for the world's largest glacier.
Lambert glacier
Eid al fitr on first day of which Islamic month
shawwal
EU council president
Donald tusk
Minister without portfolio
Robert halfon
Minister of state for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise
Anna soubry
was a Renaissance artist born in Florence, Italy. He was famous for his artwork in bas relief, a type of shadow relief sculpture.St. MarkZucconeThe Feast of HerodDavidEquestrian Monument of GattamelataJudith and Holofernes
Donatello
FortitudeAdoration of the MagiPrimaveraCestello AnnunciationSt. AugustineVenus and MarsMystical Nativity
Sandro Botticelli
AnnunciationLady with an ErmineGinevra de' BenciAdoration of the MagiSt. Jerome in the Wilderness
Leonardo da vinci
The Last JudgmentDoni TondoThe Torment of Saint AnthonyThe Conversion of SaulPietàBacchus
Michelangelo
School of AthensThe TransfigurationThe Marriage of the VirginResurrection of ChristSelf-portraitLa belle jardinièreEzekiel's VisionThe Sistine MadonnaMadonna and Child
Raphael sanzio
Rape of Europa Sacred and Profane LovePastoral ConcertAssumption of the VirginChrist Carrying the CrossThe Flaying of MarsyasAllegory of Prudence
titian
Young HareRhinocerosAdam and EvePraying HandsKnight, Death and the DevilApocalypseSelf-PortraitMelencolia IAdoration of the Trinity
Albrecht durer
Dormition of the VirginThe Burial of the Count of OrgazView of ToledoThe Adoration of the ShepherdsChrist Healing the Blind
El greco
Ecce HomoNarcissusJudith Beheading HolofernesSupper at EmmausSacrifice of IsaacConversion of St. Paul
Caravaggio
Samson and DelilahThe Descent From the CrossPrometheus BoundThe Raising of the CrossAdoration of the Magi
Peter Paul Rubens
Apollo and DaphneDavidEcstasy of Saint TeresaBust of Louis XIVFontana dei Quattro FiumiMedusa
Bernini
Return of the Prodigal SonSelf-PortraitThe Jewish BrideDanaëThe MillThe Storm on the Sea of GalileeThe Blinding of SamsonThe Three Trees
Rembrandt
Saturn Devourinv His SonLa Maja DesnudaThe Sleep of Reason Produces MonstersLa Maja VestidaWitches' SabbathLa CometaThe ForgeThe Dog
Goya
goya painting date
3rd may 1808
Two Women Chatting By The SeaLe cheminJallais Hill, PontoiseOld Chelsea Bridge, LondonThe garden of PontoiseThe Côte des Bœufs at L'HermitageWasherwoman, StudyConversation
Camille Pissarro

NanaThe BalconyThe FiferThe RailwayThe Spanish SingerThe Old Musician

Edouard manet

A Cotton Office in New OrleansL'AbsinthePlace de la ConcordeMiss Lala at the Cirque FernandoAt the RacesInteriorThe Bellelli FamilyYoung Spartans Exercising
Edgar degas
Pyramid of SkullsThe BathersRideau, Cruchon et CompotierA Modern Olympia
Paul cezanne
The MagpieWoman with a ParasolSan Giorgio Maggiore at DuskSnow at ArgenteuilWomen in the GardenBeach in Pourville
Claude Monet
Le déjeuner des CanotiersBal du moulin de la GaletteLa GrenouillèreThe Swing (La Balançoire)Two Sisters (On the Terrace)Young Girls at the PianoA Girl with a Watering Can
Renoir
Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!)The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the AntelopeThe DreamA Carnival EveningThe Sleeping GypsyThe Football PlayersThe Snake CharmerBoy on the RocksExotic Landscape
Henri Rousseau
His best paintings depict jungle scenes despite the fact that he never left France or saw a jungle.
Henri Rousseau
Spirit of the Dead WatchingThe Yellow ChristThe Green Christ
Paul Gauguin
Adele Bloch-Bauer IThe Three Ages of WomanAdele Bloch-Bauer IIBeethoven FriezeDanaë
Gustav Klimt
L'Atelier RougeThe ConversationWoman Reading
Henri Matisse
Twittering MachineCat and BirdSenecioAd ParnassumCastle and SunRed BalloonFish MagicInsula DulcamaraDream City
Paul Klee
Der Blaue ReiterComposition IVComposition VIIOn White IIComposition VIComposition VIIIYellow, Red, BlueBlack and VioletComposition X
Wassily Kandinsky
Man, Controller of the UniverseLa mujer del pozoEn el ArsenalFrozen AssetsThe Flower CarrierAgrarian Leader Zapata
Diego Rivera
I and the VillageThe BirthdayThe FiddlerLa MariéeOver the TownWhite Crucifixion
Marc Chagall
Cow's Skull:Red, White, and BlueBlue and Green MusicPineapple BudBlack IrisRed CannaBlue Morning GloriesI and the VillageThe BirthdayThe FiddlerLa MariéeOver the TownWhite Crucifixion
Georgia okeefe
The Tilled FieldThe FarmStill Life with Old ShoePortrait of Vincent Nubiola
Joan miro
GolcondaThe Listening RoomThe False MirrorElective AffinitiesThe Mysteries of the HorizonThe Empty Mask
Rene Magritte
WaterfallRelativityAscending and DescendingDrawing HandsSky and Water IThree WorldsHouse of StairsBelvedereAnother World
M c Escher
was an American photographer best known for his photographs of the American West, particularly in Yosemite.In Glacier National ParkChurch, Taos PuebloEvening, McDonald Lake, Glacier National ParkThe Tetons and the Snake River
Ansel adams
The suicide of Dorothy haleRootsThe BusThe Wounded DeerMosesThe Broken ColumnWithout HopeWhat the Water Gave Me
Frida kahlo
Male and FemaleBlue PolesMuralThe She-WolfThe KeyStenographic Figure
Jackson pollock
The Singing ButlerThe Picnic PartyDance Me to the End of Love
Jack Vettriano