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- 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... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
36: *[[Johannes Agricola|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...s''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April 25]], [[1566]]) was a fixture at the courts of several [[Franc...
9: ...ne possessed an extreme intellect and a political astuteness to the point that the King trusted her to ... - 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... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...lgium, by Gerard Brils, for reading aloud in a monastery.]]
6: == East Asian calligraphy ==
10: ...rt in [[East Asia]] and the most refined form of East Asian [[painting]].
12: ...For centuries, Chinese literati were expected to master the art of calligraphy.]] The style of Chinese ...
14: ...s the unique calligraphic style of Japan. In contrast to the loops and curves of hiragana, katakana is ... - 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)
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 ...
44: * ''Preaching Of John The Baptist'' 1566, Beaux Arts Museum, Budapest
45: * ''Census at Bethlehem'' 1566, Mus饠des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
46: * ''The Wedding Dance'' c. 1566, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
184: *[[Francois d'Aguillon]] (Belgium, [[1566]] - [[1617]])
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]] - [[... - 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)
311: *[[Hector-Neri Casta]], (1924-1991){{fn|C}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
45: ...[[Anatolia]] and ruled by the [[Osmanlı]] dynasty. In diplomatic circles it was often referred to ...
53: ...-century history with both the [[Eastern culture|East]] and the [[Western Culture|West]].
65: ...rt to keep power in their hands by regaining at least some of the lost territories, the triumvirate led...
83: ...220;The beginnings of legal reform in the Middle East were initiated in the ottoman empire in the middl... - 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: - Walter Baade (2275 bytes)
2: |+ '''[[Asteroid]]s discovered: 10'''
17: | [[1566 Icarus]] || [[June 27]], [[1949]]
23: ... [[June 25]] [[1960]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[astronomer]] who emigrated to the [[USA]] in [[1931]]...
30: ...ified the optical counterparts of various [[radio astronomy|radio]] sources.
32: ...t of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]) and the [[Amor asteroid]] [[1036 Ganymed]].
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