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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]...
3: ...explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the ...
5: ...ess than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe...
7: ...s of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United Stat...
9: ...he first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - Argentina (30219 bytes)
3: native_name = República Argentina |
7: image_map = LocationArgentina.png |
11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
31: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $11,982 |
32: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 52nd | - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...lic of Portugal'') is a [[democratic republic]] located on the west and southwest parts of the [[Iberi...
5: ...centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] s...
7: ... social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...Douro]] and [[Tagus]] rivers, and the [[Gallaecia|Callaeci]] who lived north of the Douro river among ...
17: ...s of [[Culture of Ancient Rome|Romanization]] was carried out, leading [[Lusitania]] to gain [[Latin R... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
39: ...hyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] patient
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
110: *[[Yoannis XIII of Alexandria]], ([[1483]]-[[1524]]), Coptic Pope
146: *[[Andrew Young|Young, Andrew]], (b. 1932), American civil rights activist & diplomat
148: ...Brigham Young|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
9: ...ean since the [[Viking]]s to reach the North American mainland, which he claims for [[England]]
15: *[[1519]]-[[HernᮠCort鳝] defeats [[Tlaxcala]], a small state neighboring the [[Aztec]] empi...
18: ...ce]], explores coastline from present-day [[North Carolina]] to [[Maine]]
19: ...ning Spanish claims to the interior of North America - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: '''Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], ...
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5: <tr><td>'''Baldassare Castiglione'''</td></tr>
8: ...onzaga]], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
10: ... [[Milan]], where he was a pupil of Merula and of Calcondila. He practiced the court of [[Ludovico il ... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...es rendered were in [[Royal Prussia]] as church [[canon]], governor and administrator, [[jurist]], [[a...
8: ...ecame canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[Benedictine]] nun and the other sister, Kat...
10: ...ous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and assistant.
14: ...nd Copernicus was named a canon in the Frombork [[cathedral]], but he waited in Italy for the great [[...
16: ...where in [[1503]] received his doctoral degree in canon law. It has been supposed that it was in Padua... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...d to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
4: * Anti-hierarchical movements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Sc...
13: * [[John Calvin]] and [[Geneva]]
15: * Radical Reformers -- [[Thomas_Muentzer|Müntzer]], [... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ... to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
6: ...historically referred to as ''[[tidal wave]]s'' because as they approach land they take on the charact...
8: ==Causes==
10: ...by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami.
12: ...uch large vertical movements of the earth's crust can occur at [[plate boundaries]]. [[Subduction]] ea... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
6: ...[plague]] in [[1483]], and then given the best education open to a young man of his day in a series of...
8: ...sh [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] and may have been an [[alumnus]].
10: ...ny positions of honour and profit throughout the academic world, but declined them all, preferring the...
12: ...s with the great publisher [[Froben]], and to him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters...
14: ...criticism applied frankly and without fear to the Catholic Church. This conviction gives unity and con... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ... died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
3: ...of July. At this point the ship was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is n...
7: ...vanni da Verrazano]] explored the same coast in [[1524]])–and sailing a distance up the [[Hudson R...
9: ...e [[Navigation Acts]], a set of [[Mercantilism|mercantilist]] laws England had enacted to protect its ...
11: ...age under the English flag; this time the funding came from the [[Virginia Company]] and the [[British... - 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'... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted i...
5: ...h;1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the sa...
7: ... the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further ...
15: ...ius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of...
21: ...AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Chur... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted i...
5: ...h;1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the sa...
7: ... the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further ...
15: ...ius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of...
21: ...AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Chur... - 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. - September 23 (7397 bytes)
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10: ...h ships of war ''[[Serapis]]'' and ''Countess of Scarborough'' off the coast of [[England]]
11: ...Andre]] arrested as a spy by [[United States|America]]n soldiers exposing [[Benedict Arnold]]'s treaso...
18: ...[1884]] - [[Herman Hollerith]] patents his mechanical tabulating machine.
25: *[[1969]] - The [[Chicago 8]] trial opens in [[Chicago]]
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