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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...io de Janeiro (state)|state]] and a city in southeastern [[Brazil]]. The city is famous for the hotel-l...
15: ...as commonly called S㯠Sebasti㯠- or even St. Sebastian - instead of the currently popular, second hal...
17: ...ards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
40: ...lamengo]] which composes Rio's famous [[beach]] coastline.
42: The neighbourhood of Copacabana beach boasts one of the world's most spectacular New Year's E... - 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... - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
5: *[[Gregor Aichinger|Aichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
24: ...[George Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
19: ...iage proposition, went into hiding in [[Stirling Castle]], where preparations were made for Mary's coro...
22: ...s Queen of Scots in the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle on [[September 9]] [[1543]]. Due to the age of ...
24: ...vet mantle, with a train furred with ermine, was fastened around her tiny neck, and a jeweled satin gow...
26: ...n anointing her with the holy oil on her back, breast, and the palms of her hands. When the chill air s...
33: ...Guise hid her in the secret chambers of Stirling Castle. The French, remaining true to the [[Auld Allia... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of...
9: ...y College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
16: ...r as he married his succession of wives. Henry's last wife [[Catherine Parr]] helped reconcile the King...
27: ...en wished to put a member of the popular Tudor dynasty to death. Mary attempted to remove Elizabeth fro...
33: ...Catholic rites. Elizabeth I's coronation was the last one during which the Latin service was used; futu... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
43: ...ed States]], behind [[St. Augustine, Florida]] ([[1565]]). Santa Fe was the capital of [[Santa Fe de Nu...
49: ...of crows, bulls, elephants, livestock and other beasts, all over town. The styles run the whole spectru...
68: ...al art, in addition to older [[Russia]]n, [[Taos Masters]], and [[Native American]] pieces. - 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
134: ...kaga Yoshiteru|Yoshiteru, Ashikaga]], ([[1536]]-[[1565]]), [[Shogun]], Japanese feudal leader - List of painters (54090 bytes)
23: *[[Riza Abbasi]] ([[1565]]-[[1635]])
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]]) - List of popes (77758 bytes)
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair o...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small>
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 October]]</small> - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the two were not yet distinct) and [[al...
8: ...t his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]] to [[Otte Brahe]] and [[Beate Bi...
10: ...2 his uncle was given the command of Vordingborg Castle to which they moved, and where Tycho began a La...
12: ...ssed him that he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by some of the professors. He purcha...
14: ...ust as many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed i... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: ...el's ''The Painter and The Connoisseur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self portrait]]
5: ...later married, and was in [[1551]] accepted as a master in the painters' guild of [[Antwerp]]. He trave...
9: ... from other members of the [[Brueghel|Brueghel dynasty]], but is also the one generally meant when the ...
11: ... religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the severity of win...
35: ...x1000.jpg|The Hunters in the Snow]] (Dec.-Jan.)'' 1565, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...an''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] executed as a [[heres...
7: ...a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572...
15: ...uno's feats of memory were apparently based, at least in part, on an elaborate system of mnemonics, but...
21: ...rts to Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spy master, have been found in surviving records of Walsin...
25: ...lay authorities before falling foul of the ecclesiastics of whatever sect. - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
10: Montaigne married in 1565; he had five daughters, but only one survived chi...
33: ...nally involved, his disdain for man's pursuit of lasting fame, and his attempts to detach himself from ... - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ... the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as India's "Gol...
11: ...ndian Mathematics|mathematics]], [[Indian science|astronomy]], [[Ancient Indian science and technology|...
14: ...]], and later, by the [[Mughal empire|Mughal]] dynasty. Nevertheless, some indigenous kingdoms remained...
20: ...nt-day India was under the sway of the [[British East India Company]]. A failed insurrection in [[1857]...
26: ...[[1991]], have transformed India into one of the fastest growing economies in the world. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
190: *[[Jean Gaston Darboux]] ([[France]], [[August 14]],[[1842]] -...
251: *[[Lodovico Ferrari]] (Italy, [[1522]] - [[1565]])
299: * [[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]] (Scotla...
372: *[[Gaston Julia|Gaston Maurice Julia]] (Algeria, France, [[1893]] - [[... - Malta (18511 bytes)
69: ...tandard Latin alphabet. The period of Arab rule lasted until [[1090]], when the island was taken by th...
71: ...of Malta (1565)|siege]] by the Ottoman Turks in [[1565]], who, at that time, were considered to be the g...
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... - 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... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
8: ... the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as India's "Gol...
11: ...ndian Mathematics|mathematics]], [[Indian science|astronomy]], [[Ancient Indian science and technology|...
14: ...]], and later, by the [[Mughal empire|Mughal]] dynasty. Nevertheless, some indigenous kingdoms remained...
20: ...nt-day India was under the sway of the [[British East India Company]]. A failed insurrection in [[1857]...
26: ...[[1991]], have transformed India into one of the fastest growing economies in the world. - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
9: ...wiss professor, [[Conrad von Gesner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of lif...
51: ...groups have remained standard in biology for at least two centuries. It is now generally accepted that...
57: ...iar in genetics laboratories (''Drosophila melanogaster''), Humans, and the Sweetbay Magnolia.
59: === [[Fruit fly]] (''[[Drosophila melanogaster]]'') ===
85: |''[[Drosophila melanogaster|D. melanogaster]]'' - December 9 (7837 bytes)
100: *[[1565]] - [[Pope Pius IV]]
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