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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...Image:Mid_horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ..., and later lived in [[France]] under the name '''Catherine de M餩cis''', was Queen of France as the ...
5: ...ated; she was only fourteen when she was married (1533), at [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whos...
7: ...royal house, would listen to such a proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Francis lived lo...
9: ...hen her maternal aunt the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County of Auvergne]]. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...''. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of En...
13: ...s wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn dau...
15: ...ls]]. A great part of the credit of her early education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not on...
17: ...is or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]]. Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII's chief advisor, managed...
19: ... appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Pope were abolished, and the King ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: '''Elizabeth I''' ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of Br...
9: ...ce by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henr...
13: ...]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]...
16: ..., along with her half-sister, Mary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated in the line of...
18: ...st Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth became queen in [[1558]]. - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
4: *[[Callistus Xanothopoulos|Xanothopoulos, Callistus]], patriarch of Constantinople
16: *[[Fort?m鮥z|Xim鮥z, Fort?(d. 1533), early Spanish colonizer in Mexico - 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]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ...za]] family in Milan, during the period when it became one of the largest and most famous choirs in Eu...
8: ...n on a ''[[cantus firmus]]'' derived from the musical letters in the Duke's name. While there he also...
10: ...tween Belgium and France, becoming provost of the cathedral there. During this time he had immense fa...
14: ...ing together the many streams of contemporary musical practice. He possessed a vivid conception of th...
16: ...most of the contemporary trends, innovated significantly, and was also able to express intense emotion... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ... in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of California (20th century)]].}}
3: ...zation means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
7: ...California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...Arlington Springs Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces ... - Ludovico Ariosto (4416 bytes)
1: ... ([[September 8]], [[1474]] – [[July 6]], [[1533]]) was an Italian poet, author of the [[epic]] po...
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... - 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== - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...s main work, the ''Essays'', unprecedented in its candidness and personal flavor, he takes mankind and...
6: ... exclusively in [[Latin]], the language of the educated class.
8: ...]. While serving at the Bordeaux Parlement, he became very close friends with the humanist writer [[&...
16: ...cted as a moderating force, respected both by the Catholic [[Henry III of France|King Henry III]] and ...
20: ...d and served until 1585, again moderating between Catholics and Protestants. The [[plague]] broke out ... - 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... - 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... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
165: *[[Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria]], (1738-1794){{fn|C}} - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ...e beginning of [[Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas|Spanish]] [[hegemony]].
6: ... seven hundred local languages were spoken. The Inca leadership encouraged the worship of their gods, ...
8: ...], "the Lost City of the Incas," now an archaelogical site.]]
9: ... four provinces whose corners met at the empire's capital, [[Cusco]] (Qosqo).
11: ...word <i>Inca</i> still refers to the emperor, but can also refer to the people or the civilization, an... - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
1: ...rk of 714 by [[Babe Ruth]]. Aaron also holds the career marks for [[RBI]] (2,297), extra-base hits (1...
3: ==Pre-professional Career==
4: ...His family later moved to a better part of Mobile called [[Toulminville]], where he was brought up and...
8: ...y scout [[Ed Scott]] to play for the [[Negro American League]] champion [[Indianapolis Clowns]] after ...
10: ==Professional Career== - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ...slave servant in the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca's party.
5: ...ism]]. He was sold in 1520 to Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, a [[Spanish nobility|Spanish nobleman]] wi...
7: ==American explorer==
8: ... [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] tribes along the way. The party traversed the ...
10: ...the tribe regarded him with mistrust, partially because his medicine gourd was trimmed with feathers f... - 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. - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...ily were also interred. The age of the Conquerors came on the heels of the Spanish [[Reconquista|recon...
7: ... the [[History of Panama|Conquest of Central America]]. He gained fame as an excellent horseman, fight...
9: ...alboa]], who discovered the [[Pacific Ocean]] (he called it the "South Sea" below Panama), and [[Ferdi...
12: ...t day de Soto was again sent to the camp of the Incan army, where he and his men plundered Atahualpa's...
14: ...d soldier's share of the plunder from Atahualpa's camp, Atahualpa's ransom, and the plunder from Cuzco...
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