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  1. Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
    42: ...e [[Detroit Institute of Arts]] (notable for her mastery of the "chiaroscuro" effects of the candle lig...
    52: ...ittent during this second neapolitan period. The last known letter to her mentor is dated [[1650]] and ...
    57: ...- the chance to choose the hilt of the sword! At last don't you think that the only aim of Giuditta is ...
    88: ...onisba Anguissola]] (Born in [[Cremona]] around [[1530]] - [[Palermo]] around [[1625]]), who was called ...
  2. Grace O'Malley (3478 bytes)
    1: '''Grace O' Malley''' ([[Irish]](c. [[1530]] -c.[[1603]]) is an important figure in Irish [[...
    7: ...mily and charged all those who fished off their coasts. Their leader bore the ancient Irish title of Th...
    11: ...rned to Mayo and took up residence at the family castle or tower-house in [[Clare Island]].
    14: ... year was up Grace divorced Richard and kept the castle. It remained for centuries in the O' Malley fam...
    19: Grace engaged in piracy and her castle at Rockfleet was attacked by an expedition from...
  3. Germany (46412 bytes)
    1: ...e [[Netherlands]] and [[Luxembourg]], and to the east by [[Poland]] and the [[Czech Republic]].
    66: ...rium'' was overrun and dissolved ([[1806]]). The lasting effect of the dissolution of the [[Holy Roman ...
    97: ... the pact with the Soviet Union by opening the [[Eastern Front]]. When war was also declared on the [[U...
    101: ...by the Western allies and [[East Germany]] and [[East Berlin]] by the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Uni...
    105: ...a West Berlin led on [[August 13]], [[1961]], to East Germany erecting the [[Berlin Wall]] and a fortif...
  4. Peru (12264 bytes)
    2: ...il]] to the east, [[Bolivia]] to the east, south-east and south, [[Chile]] to the south, and the [[Paci...
    48: ...ruvian coast in [[1532]], and by the end of the [[1530]]s Peru became a [[Viceroy]]alty and a major sour...
    55: The [[Lima Province]], located in the central coast of the country, is unique in that it doesn't belo...
    99: ...rn coastal plains (costa) are separated from the eastern lowland jungle of the Amazon Basin (selva) by ...
    123: ...om the diverse indigenous groups who live on the eastern side of the Andes and in the tropical lowlands...
  5. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
    549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
    776: *[[Niklaus Manuel]] ([[1484]]-[[1530]])
    799: *[[Quentin Matsys]] (ca.[[1466]]-[[1530]])
    979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]])
  6. History of California (38344 bytes)
    11: ...races of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,0...
    13: ...lized according to the particular environment. Coastal tribes were a major source of trading beads ([[...
    19: About [[1530]], [[Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán]] (President of [[...
    36: ...lo led an expedition in two ships from the west coast of [[New Spain]]. He sailed northward and landed ...
    40: ... Ferrelo]], sailed north after Cabrillo's death, past [[Point Arena|Cabo de Fortunas]] to the modern C...
  7. Thomas More (15893 bytes)
    7: ... rest of his life he continued to observe many monastic practices, including self-punishment in the for...
    12: ...ore entered the king's service as councilor and "master of requests". After undertaking a diplomatic m...
    14: ...1525]] he became chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and ...
    19: ...is friend [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] dedicated his masterpiece, ''[[In Praise of Folly]]'', to him. (Ind...
    23: ...he authors' allegiance to the reigning [[Tudor dynasty]], which had wrested the throne from Richard at ...
  8. Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
    16: * ''Ricordi'' (1512-1530)
  9. 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: ...stic riots took place in Z?(in 1523), Copenhagen (1530), M? (1534), Geneva (1535), Augsburg (1537) and S...
  10. Florence (11538 bytes)
    1: ...ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by the [[Medici]] family.
    23: ... from behind the scenes, his power coming from a vast [[patronage]] network and his alliance to the new...
    32: ...], British and Commonwealth soldiers a few miles East of the center on the North bank of the Arno[http:...
    40: ...[Western Schism|Great Schism]]) along with the catastrophic effects of the [[Black Death]] were to lead...
    48: ... city is the [[Fountain of Neptune]], which is a masterpiece of marble sculpture at the terminus of a s...
  11. 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 ...
    32: ...lear himself of suspicion, Erasmus published in [[1530]] a new edition of the orthodox treatise of [[Alg...
    38: ... the dangers of formalism, Erasmus discusses [[monasticism]], saint-worship, war, the spirit of class a...
  12. March 18 (10594 bytes)
    13: ...Confederate States of America]] adjourns for the last time.
    16: ...e radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[ham radio]] operator.
    32: *[[1965]] - [[Astronaut|Cosmonaut]] [[Aleksei Leonov]], leaving his...
    105: *[[1584]] - [[Ivan IV of Russia]] (b. [[1530]])
  13. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
    190: *[[Jean Gaston Darboux]] ([[France]], [[August 14]],[[1842]] -...
    299: * [[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]] (Scotla...
    372: *[[Gaston Julia|Gaston Maurice Julia]] (Algeria, France, [[1893]] - [[...
    421: *[[Estienne de La Roche]] (France, [[1470]]-[[1530]])
  14. Sweden (27111 bytes)
    1: ...[Baltic Sea]] and the [[Gulf of Bothnia]] on the east. Sweden has a low population density in all but i...
    63: ...sh; [[4000 BC]]), following the recession of the last [[ice age]] – the [[Weichsel glaciation]]. ...
    69: ... and [[10th century]], the Swedes primarily went east, to [[Balticum]], [[Russia]] and the [[Black Sea]...
    79: ...[Grand Duchy of Finland]] was created out of the eastern half of Sweden.
    81: ...il [[1905]]. But the campaign also signified the last of the [[Swedish wars]] and its 200 years of peac...
  15. Malta (18511 bytes)
    69: ...tandard Latin alphabet. The period of Arab rule lasted until [[1090]], when the island was taken by th...
    71: ...pire for some time). These Knights, a militant monastic order now known as the "Knights of Malta", had ...
    88: ...nal representation]]. Elections must be held at least every 5 years. Candidates for any vacancies are d...
    100: ...are inhabited. Numerous bays along the indented coastline of the islands provide good harbours, whereas...
    110: ...in Malta. In 1839, [[Pacific and Orient]] and [[East India Companies]] used Malta as a calling port on...
  16. Confucius (21352 bytes)
    14: ...tyle="border-top:1px solid"|'''The Ultimate Sage Master<br>of Yore&sup2;'''
    18: ... solid"|Styled:||style="border-top:1px solid"|<b>Master Kong</b>&sup3;
    26: ...d "master" as used in the style of Confucius<br>"Master Kong". These are two different words written wi...
    30: ...umous name since [[1530]]. Between [[1307]] and [[1530]] his<br>posthumous name was: "The Lord Propagato...
    37: ...xy, Confucius' thoughts have been changed into a vast and complete philosophical system known in the we...
  17. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
    110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
    155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
    213: *[[Jean Bodin]], (1530-1596){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
  18. Akkadian language (3224 bytes)
    9: * 1950 &ndash; 1530 Old Babylonian/Old Assyrian
    10: * 1530 &ndash; 1000 Middle Babylonian/Middle Assyrian
    27: ...f both languages formed the same society for at least 500 years, so it is entirely likely that a [[spra...
  19. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    5: ...he hospice, which was built on the site of the monastery of Saint [[John the Baptist]], took in Christi...
    7: The monastic hospitaller order was founded following the [[F...
    15: ... well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]].
    17: ...Auvergne]], [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Aragon]], [[Castile]], [[Germany]] and [[England]]). The English p...
    19: ..., and the walls of the city. The resulting siege lasted six months, at the end of which the survivors w...
  20. 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...
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