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  1. Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
    1: ... courts of several [[France|French]] kings, and became notorious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of...
    5: ...daughter born in 1538 Diane, Duchess d'Angoulꭥ (1538-1619) who married Fran篩s, Duke of Montmorency.
    9: ...ch that when [[Pope Paul III]] sent the new Queen Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget t...
    11: ...[[Chⴥau de Chenonceau|Chⴥau Chenonceau]] that Catherine had wanted for herself.
    13: ...t invited to the funeral. Immediately thereafter, Catherine de' Medici banished Diane from Chenonceau ...
  2. Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
    6: ...orians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept nothing or almost no...
    8: ...and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, ar...
    13: ... crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
    15: ...was called Jesus ([[Matthew 1:21|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. Th...
    17: ...he dead body of her son is a common motif in art, called a [[piet?.
  3. 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]])
    51: *[[Albrecht Altdorfer]] ([[1480]]-[[1538]])
    57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
  4. Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
    4: <tr><td>[[image:mercator.jpg|200px|Gerardus Mercator]]</td></tr>
    7: ...pher]] of German descent, remembered for the [[Mercator projection]] named after him.
    9: ...lestine]] ([[1537]]), another map of the world ([[1538]]) and a map of Flanders ([[1540]]). During this ...
    11: ...rmapFullEurope16thcentury.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Mercator map of Europe]]
    12: ...552]], he moved to [[Duisburg]] where he opened a cartographic workshop. He completed a six-panel map ...
  5. Swimming (22854 bytes)
    1: ...swimming, yet basic swimming skills and safety precautions are needed to participate in water activiti...
    5: ...ynamic [[form drag|drag]]. This propelling is typically accomplished by cupping the hands and using th...
    7: With practice, technique can convert a slow or average swimmer to at least a ...
    9: ...the water. Drooped legs or a slanted torso dramatically increase drag.
    13: ...into the water. The torso is by far the most critical.
  6. Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
    2: ... the side of Pedro Arias d'Avila (Pedrarias), [[Nicaragua]] and was with [[Francisco Pizarro]] in [[Pe...
    4: == Travels and Career ==
    5: ...his discovery and colonization voyage through [[Nicaragua]] and [[Honduras]].
    6:
    7: ...oto led his own expedition along the coast of [[Yucatan]], hoping to find a direct connection by sea b...
  7. Architectural history (13369 bytes)
    1: ...hitectural history, like any other form of historical knowledge, is subject to the limitations and pot...
    3: ...ine of [[art history]] that focuses on the historical evolution of principles and styles in the design...
    5: ...uage, they differ on the terms of reference; Critical Theory is largely self-referential, whilst Herme...
    7: ...ermodernity manifest in [[globalisation]], late [[capitalism]] and [[neo-liberal]] [[democracy]]. An i...
    9: ...id that Architectural history reflects the historical development of its time.
  8. Tallahassee, Florida (7125 bytes)
    1: ...te]] of the [[United States|United States of America]]. As of the [[2000]] census, the population is ...
    33: ...orial government was established, but the impracticalities of alternately meeting in [[St. Augustine, ...
    35: ...the following year it was formally proclaimed the capital. Florida did not become a state, however, un...
    37: ...r), Richard Keith Call, about the location of the capital: <blockquote>
    40: ...ly stems from the [[Creek (people)|Creek]] (later called [[Seminole (tribe)|Seminole)]] Indians that m...
  9. 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}}
  10. 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...
  11. 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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