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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugue...
24: *[[William Baffin]], ([[1584]]-[[1622]])
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
27: ... [[Khios]] (an island in the [[Aegean Sea]]) and, after a brief visit home, spent a year in Khios. It ...
31: ...on. At times, the brothers worked together as [[draftsmen]] and book collectors.
33: ...] to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the P...
39: ...ing posts and later colonies along the coast of [[Africa]]. Columbus had another idea. By the [[1480s]...
43: ... landmass (for Europeans of the time, Eurasia and Africa) occupied 180 degrees of the terrestrial sphe... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
48: ... It's the second largest country of South America after Brazil and the 8th largest country in the [[wo...
52: ...ain rich in silver – reached Spain around [[1524]]. Since then, the Spaniards named the river of S...
69: ...ns�government, which left office 6 months early after Peronist candidate [[Carlos Saul Menem]] won t...
75: ...enem withdrew from the [[May 25]] runoff election after polls showed overwhelming support for Kirchner...
80: ...hey are allowed to stand for a third term or more after an interval of at least one term. The presiden... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ...[[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial powers, Portugal de...
25: ...ly [[Berber]] with some [[Arab]], mainly expelled after the [[Christian]] reconquest or [[Reconquista]...
27: ...s son, [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso Henriques]] (Afonso I), took control of the county. The city of [...
29: ... 5]], [[1143]], Portugal was formally recognized. Afonso, aided by the [[Templar Knights]], continued ...
31: ...ile]] who would therefore be the King of Portugal after Fernando's death. However, the impending loss... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
110: *[[Yoannis XIII of Alexandria]], ([[1483]]-[[1524]]), Coptic Pope
174: *[[James Young|Young, Paraffin]], (1811?1883), Scottish chemist - List of painters (54090 bytes)
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Ita...
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
487: *[[Anton Graff]] ([[1736]]-[[1813]])
502: *[[Olaf Gulbransson]] ([[1873]]-[[1958]])
554: *[[Hans Holbein the Elder]] (ca.[[1465]]-[[1524]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
18: *[[1524]]-[[Giovanni da Verrazano]], working for [[France... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
23: In [[1524]] [[Pope Clement VII]] sent him to [[Spain]] as '... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...urated the [[scientific revolution]]). His theory affected many other aspects of human life as well, o...
8: ...Warmia]], raised him and his three other siblings after the death of Copernicus' father. His brother A...
10: ...Deluge]], and now in [[Uppsala]]'s library) show. After four years and a brief stay in [[Torun|Toru...
24: ...c Order]] and Kingdom of Poland ([[1519]]–[[1524]]) Copernicus successfully defended [[Olsztyn]] o...
98: ...nce that his interest in these subjects continued after he had left [[Krak. - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
20: ...mographic forces that contributed to a growing disaffection with the wealth and power of the [[elite]]...
32: ...er the [[Johannes Reuchlin|Reuchlin]] (1455-1522) affair, attacked by the elite clergy for his study o...
61: ...[Peasants' War]] of the lower classes in Germany (1524), show that discontent was not confined to any on...
80: ..., but compared to the bloody and chaotic state of affairs in contemporary France, it was relatively su... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
18: ...from the source area due to the small area of sea affected. However they can give rise to much larger ...
24: ...creation and its impact on a coast, arriving long after the [[seismic wave]] generated by the originat...
26: ...s (the time for the next wave top to pass a point after the previous one), from minutes to hours, and ...
34: ...adow" of affected land masses are usually fairly safe. However, tsunami waves can [[diffraction|diffra...
53: ...he event that triggered it and the shape of the seafloor ([[bathymetry]]) and coastal land ([[topograp... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
17: ...service to the cause of Christianity. Immediately afterwards he began the publication of his ''Paraphr...
23: ... ''De libero arbitrio diatribe sive collatio'' ([[1524]]), he analyzes with great cleverness and good hu...
32: ...ld prescribe the doctrine, and speculation might safely be left to the [[philosopher]]s. Here and ther...
34: ...tors had always been men of the highest standing. After his death, in the zeal of the Roman Catholic r... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
7: ...vanni da Verrazano]] explored the same coast in [[1524]])–and sailing a distance up the [[Hudson R... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
19: ...t day of [[Martin of Tours|St. Martin of Tours]], after whom he was named. His father owned a [[copper...
47: After disregarding Luther as "a drunken German who w...
57: ...and maintaining the validity of the Greek Church. After the debate, Johann Eck would claim that he had...
66: ...hat, when it became doubtful whether it would be safe for Luther to remain in Saxony if the ban which ...
79: ...imperial guarantee of safe-conduct to ensure his safe passage. - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...the German lands were always its chief component. After the mid-15th century, it was known as the "Hol...
25: ...[Pope]], and began to take an interest in Italian affairs.
43: ...led to submit to the Pope at [[Canossa]] in 1077, after having been excommunicated. In 1122 a temporar...
48: ...merchants carrying on long-distance trade). The craftsmen formed guilds, governed by strict rules, whi...
58: ..., as Frederick II was excommunicated three times. After his death, the Hohenstaufen dynasty fell, foll... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
5: ...the German lands were always its chief component. After the mid-15th century, it was known as the "Hol...
25: ...[Pope]], and began to take an interest in Italian affairs.
43: ...led to submit to the Pope at [[Canossa]] in 1077, after having been excommunicated. In 1122 a temporar...
48: ...merchants carrying on long-distance trade). The craftsmen formed guilds, governed by strict rules, whi...
58: ..., as Frederick II was excommunicated three times. After his death, the Hohenstaufen dynasty fell, foll... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...for his successes instead of punished for mutiny. After he overthrew the Aztec empire, Cortés was awa...
18: After two years, Cortés, tired of schooling, return...
31: ...led him to a building plot and land to farm. Soon afterwards, [[Nicolás de Ovando]], still the govern...
40: ... belief that Cortés was trifling with Catalina's affections. Cortés was temporarily distracted by on...
42: ...s as mayor of the capital of Cuba and as a man of affairs in the thriving colony. He missed the first ... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
7: ...ars of the Roses]], fought at Blore Heath, in [[Staffordshire]], [[England]]
13: ...is and Clark Expedition|Lewis and Clark]] return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest.
29: ...]] world heavyweight champion ever to come from [[Africa]] when he knocks out defending [[WBA]] champi...
89: ...573]] - [[Azai Hisamasa]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1524]])
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