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- List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
7: ...sant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle ...
9: ...s". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
14: Later, he became an independent painter in Florence.
16: ...e]]. After two months in jail, he was acquitted because no witnesses stepped forward. For some time af...
20: ...al]]. One of his loves may have been Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno (nicknamed Salai (Little Devil)). ... - Ludovico Ariosto (4416 bytes)
6: ...ster Ludovic?" The poet himself tells us that the cardinal was ungrateful, that he deplored the time w...
8: ...n and might withdraw his boon--which it seems the cardinal did.
10: ...inguished himself as a diplomat, chiefly on the occasion of two visits to [[Rome]] as ambassador to [[...
12: ...ti'', the chief of which, on discovering that his captive was the author of ''Orlando Furioso'', humbl...
14: In [[1508]] his play ''Cassaria'' appeared, and the next year ''I Suppositi... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and...
5: ...[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ...ent in the form of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...ided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually rese...
11: ==Early political career== - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
7: ...ght by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
9: ...llan would also first experience battle: when a local king refused to pay tribute, Almeida's party att...
11: ... [[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship ea...
13: ...nee wound while fighting against the Moorish-Moroccan stronghold. Although wounded and the recipient o...
20: ...f Charles and the powerful Juan Rodriguez de Fonseca, bishop of [[Burgos]] and the persistent enemy of... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: '''Hernán(do) Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was ...
5: ...[Francisco Pizarro]], who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confus...
7: Cortés took classes at [[Salamanca]] but bitterly disappointed his parents by return...
10: ...d so well in the conquest of the [[Canary Islands|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guanches]])...
12: - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...ture of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (such as the [[caste system]] and [[purdah]], respectively). Sikhis...
4: ...[Sri Lanka]], east to [[Bengal]] and west to [[Mecca]] and [[Baghdad]]) Guru Nanak preached to Hindus,...
6: [[Guru Nanak]] was opposed to the caste system. His followers referred to him as the g...
10: ... Creator. Guru Nanak called God the "True Name" because he wanted to avoid any limiting terms for God....
12: ...il, so that only spiritual minds, free of desire, can penetrate it by the grace of the Guru (Gurprasad... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) |
12: ...d upon the [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
14: ...atharina von Bora]] began the tradition of [[clerical marriage]] within several Christian traditions.
26: ...ied to do for God, it seemed, the more aware he became of his sinfulness.
28: ...rg]]. Luther earned his Bachelor's degree in Biblical Studies on [[March 9]], [[1508]] and a Bachelor'... - Duffy Lewis (1516 bytes)
1: ... [[June 17]], [[1979]]), born in [[San Francisco, California]], was a [[left fielder]] and left-handed...
3: ... ten in most offensive categories despite a short career which was interrupted by [[World War I]].
5: ...in|RBI]], 612 [[Run (baseball statistics)|runs]], 1518 [[hit (baseball statistics)|hits]], 289 [[double ...
9: ...played the steep 10-foot embankment so well, it became known as Duffy's Cliff. [http://www.baseball-re... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...t phase of the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]].
4: ...warded the title of ''Marqués del Valle de [[Oaxaca]]'', while the more prestigious title of [[New Sp...
6: ...és as an individual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simpl...
10: ...z''' ({{IPA-es|kɔrˈtɛθ|IPA}}), in his time he called himself ''Hernando'' or ''Fernando Cortés''....
14: ... Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal.
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