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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...explorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[...
6: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
28: ...rlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast Passage]]
30: ... several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other pla... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
7: ...) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South Ameri...
9: ...s voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the existence of the [[New Worl...
33: ...e post [[São Jorge da Mina]] at the [[Guinea]] coast.
39: ...[Indies]] (then roughly meaning all of south and east [[Asia]]) by sailing west across the Ocean Sea (t... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
48: ...he north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] in the northeast and [[Chile]] in the west. It's the second larges...
52: ...ain rich in silver – reached Spain around [[1524]]. Since then, the Spaniards named the river of S...
61: ...sion of agriculture and foreign investment in infrastructure. Conservative forces dominated Argentine p...
80: ...or a third term or more after an interval of at least one term. The president appoints [[cabinet (gover...
88: ...rly known as ''capital federal''), marked with an asterisk: - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...rtugal is bordered by [[Spain]] to the north and east and by the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the west and sou...
5: ...t flow of different [[civilization]]s during the past 3100 years. [[Iberians|Iberian]], [[Celt]]ic, [[P...
7: ...ubsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...C]], the [[Carthaginians]] occupied the Iberian coasts. In this period several small tribes occupied th...
21: ...|right|230px|The [[10th century|10th-century]] [[Castle of Guimar㥳]], a national symbol, is known as ... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall ...
68: ...|Yegorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...eksei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
86: *[[Yi Jachun]], ([[1315]] - [[1360]]),[[Yuan Dynasty]] officer
110: *[[Yoannis XIII of Alexandria]], ([[1483]]-[[1524]]), Coptic Pope - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
554: *[[Hans Holbein the Elder]] (ca.[[1465]]-[[1524]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
18: ...a Verrazano]], working for [[France]], explores coastline from present-day [[North Carolina]] to [[Main... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: '''Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[...
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5: <tr><td>'''Baldassare Castiglione'''</td></tr>
8: ...nzaga]], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
13: ... Fregoso]], [[Cesare Gonzaga]] (a cousin of both Castiglione and the duke), and many others. Notably, g... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ... of human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and nev...
10: ... [[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a di...
14: ...nar [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this rem...
16: ...mplete his studies in Padua (with Guarico and Fracastoro) and in Ferrara (with Bianchini), where in [[1...
18: ...ively became ill. Throughout his lifetime he made astronomical observations and calculations, but alway... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
20: ...the breakdown of monastic institutions and [[scholasticism]] in late medieval Europe, accentuated by th...
28: ...[philosophy|philosophical]] foundations of [[scholasticism]], the new [[nominalism]] did not bode well ...
30: ...orm movements that revolted against medieval scholasticism and the institutions that underpinned it wer...
42: ...nism for centuries: the neo-Platonism of the scholastics and the neo-Aristotelianism of Thomas Aquinas ...
48: ...articularly amongst the radical reformers. Iconoclastic riots took place in Z?(in 1523), Copenhagen (15... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...ts of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: ...nd the area surrounding the [[harbor|harbour]] devastated, although they had not been aware of any [[wa...
18: ...arthquakes, dissipate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area due to the smal...
22: ...eeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal area. The sheer weight of water is enough to pu...
24: ... hours between its creation and its impact on a coast, arriving long after the [[seismic wave]] generat... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
6: ...he never seems to have worked as a priest, and monasticism was one of the chief objects of his attack i...
8: ...niversity of Paris]], then the chief seat of scholastic learning, but already under the influence of th...
14: ...comparatively late in his life. Only when he had mastered [[Latin]] did he begin to express himself on ...
23: ... ''De libero arbitrio diatribe sive collatio'' ([[1524]]), he analyzes with great cleverness and good hu...
38: ... the dangers of formalism, Erasmus discusses [[monasticism]], saint-worship, war, the spirit of class a... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
3: ...given [[Royal Charter]]s. In June he reached the eastern shore of [[Greenland]] and started northward, ...
5: ...s point had been reached by several crews in the past and was considered the end of the line, which con...
7: ...vanni da Verrazano]] explored the same coast in [[1524]])–and sailing a distance up the [[Hudson R...
11: ... from the [[Virginia Company]] and the [[British East India Company]]. At the helm of his new ship, the...
13: ...he next months continuing to map and explore the eastern shores. In November the ship became trapped in... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...theology|theologian]] and an [[Augustinian]] [[monasticism|monk]] whose teachings inspired the [[Protes...
19: ...Eisleben]], [[Germany]] and was baptized on the feast day of [[Martin of Tours|St. Martin of Tours]], a...
21: ...t received a Bachelor's degree in [[1502]] and a Master's degree in [[1505]]. According to his father's...
23: ..., Luther left his law school and entered the [[monastery]] there.
26: ...God escaped him. He devoted himself to [[fasting|fasts]], [[flagellation]]s, long hours in [[prayer]] a... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...tria]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Switzerland]], eastern [[France]], the [[Low Countries]], and parts o...
15: ...ampaigns the Romans made the [[Rhine]] the north-eastern frontier of the [[Roman Empire]], giving way t...
19: ...oman Empire, but the states they founded did not last. The western Germans moved into the territory of ...
23: ...|Boniface]], who established the first monastery east of the Rhine at [[Fritzlar]]. Bishoprics under Pa...
35: ...titioned. The German empire developed out of the East Frankish kingdom. From 919 to 936 the Germanic pe... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
5: ...tria]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Switzerland]], eastern [[France]], the [[Low Countries]], and parts o...
15: ...ampaigns the Romans made the [[Rhine]] the north-eastern frontier of the [[Roman Empire]], giving way t...
19: ...oman Empire, but the states they founded did not last. The western Germans moved into the territory of ...
23: ...|Boniface]], who established the first monastery east of the Rhine at [[Fritzlar]]. Bishoprics under Pa...
35: ...titioned. The German empire developed out of the East Frankish kingdom. From 919 to 936 the Germanic pe... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ... [[Mexico]] under the [[Crown of Castile|King of Castile]], in the early 16th century. Cortés was part...
4: ... resulted in the recall of the expedition at the last moment, an order which Cortés ignored. Arriving ...
14: ...province of [[Extremadura]], in the [[Kingdom of Castile]] in Spain in 1485. His father, Martín Corté...
18: ...him a close acquaintance with the legal codes of Castile that helped him to justify his unauthorized co...
38: - September 23 (7397 bytes)
10: ...pis]]'' and ''Countess of Scarborough'' off the coast of [[England]]
15: ...tronomer [[John Couch Adams]]; verified by German astronomer [[Johann Gottfried Galle]]
33: *[[2004]] - At least 1,070 in [[Haiti]] reported killed by [[flood]]s ...
89: ...573]] - [[Azai Hisamasa]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1524]])
92: *[[1873]] - [[Jean Chacornac]], French astronomer (b. [[1823]])
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