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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)
24: *[[William Baffin]], ([[1584]]-[[1622]])
28: ...rlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast Passage]] - 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... - 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 ... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
46: ...rth America]], eventually applying to the whole coast from [[South Carolina]] to [[Maine]]. The [[Lond...
59: ... changed, making it necessary for men to own at least fifty acres (200,000 m²) of land in order to...
61: ... By the time of the Constitution of 1901, which lasted longer than any other state constitution, the '...
96: ...esapeake Bay]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the east, by [[North Carolina]] and [[Tennessee]] to the s... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
566: *[[Pieter Huys]] ([[1519]]-[[1584]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]]) - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
21: ...il admitted as an [[outer barrister]] in 1582. In 1584 he took his seat in [[parliament]] for [[Melcombe...
29: ...a Queen's Counsel, but missed the appointment of Master of the Rolls. During the next few years, his f...
37: ...B. showed a failure of character in striking contrast with the majesty of his intellect. He was corrupt...
40: ...was the justest judge, that was in England these last fifty years. When the book of all hearts is opene...
56: ... Bacon's Personal Life Story" and Mark Twain's last book , "Is Shakespeare Dead" are good starting po... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...gia|Georgia]] each came to the new continent for vastly different reasons, and they created colonies wi...
4: ... four regions in the lands that later became the eastern United States. Listed from north to south, th...
11: ...rst nation to find a direct trade route to the [[East Indies|"Indies"]] would benefit immensely. It wa...
20: [[Image:ronokmap.JPG|right|framed|1584 map of Chesapeake Bay by John White]]
22: ...y of Roanoke]], established in [[1586]] off the coast of today's [[North Carolina]] by Sir [[Walter Ral... - 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...
17: ...Mondi'' (''On the Infinite Universe and Worlds'', 1584). In ''Cena de le Ceneri'' he defended the theori...
21: ...rts to Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spy master, have been found in surviving records of Walsin... - 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]]) - 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}} - Rome (33048 bytes)
45: ... theories already circulating in Antiquity; the least likely is derived from Greek ''Ρώμ...
49: Rome grew from pastoral settlements on the [[Palatine Hill]] and [[Se...
52: ...valley of the Tiber), [[Umbrian]]s (in the north-east), [[Samnites]] (in the South), [[Osci|Oscans]] an...
54: ...], [[Naples]] and [[Taranto]], as well as in the eastern two-thirds of [[Sicily]], between [[750 BC| 75...
57: ...g of Rome|founded the city of Rome]]. Two of the last three kings were said to be Etruscan. While the k... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...o [[names of Jerusalem]]) is an ancient [[Middle East]]ern city of key importance to the [[religion]]s ...
43: ...750) and [[Abbasid Dynasty|Abbasid]] (750-969) dynasties, the city prospered; the [[geographer]]s [[Ibn...
47: ... belief. So let it suffice to say this much, at least, that in the Temple and porch of Solomon, men rod...
49: ...city during that time. The Kingdom of Jerusalem lasted until [[1291]]; however, Jerusalem itself was r...
65: ...ly on the slope above the [[Western Wall]] (southeast), and the Armenians lived near the [[Gates in Jer...
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