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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]]) - 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: ...rly age, Catherine was sent to a convent to be educated; she was only fourteen when she was married (1...
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]]. - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
4: ...married her to the Duke of Cleves, but this political marriage was annulled four years later.
8: ... II of Navarre died, and Jeanne and her husband became rulers of Navarre.
10: ...Huguenot]] ministers which led to her declaring [[Calvinism]] the official religion of her kingdom.
12: .... Jeanne's son [[Henry IV of France|Henry]] now became "first prince of the blood."
14: In [[1567]] war broke out again, and Jeanne fled to the Hug... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...he best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
14: ...ons, who were listed in that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first m...
15: ...emi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had go...
17: ...e birth and prophesied, "The devil go with it! It came with a lass, it will gang with a lass!" The Ste...
19: ...riage proposition, went into hiding in [[Stirling Castle]], where preparations were made for Mary's co... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
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]].
20: ...lerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. L... - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
2: ...image | image = [[Image:A sunflower.jpg|260px]] | caption = Sunflowers display bright yellow colors.}}
15: ... head ([[inflorescence]]). The stem of the flower can grow up to 3 [[metre]]s tall, with the flower he...
18: ...[[Francisco Pizarro]] found the [[Tahuantinsuyu|Inca]] subjects venerating the sunflower as an image o...
23: ...[[achene]]'') of the plant, with the true seeds encased in an inedible husk.
34: ...ornamental plant]]s, but appeal to [[farmer]]s, because they reduce [[bird]] damage and losses from so... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: ...til about [[1300 BC]]. Archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society has existed ...
27: ...round [[8th millennium BC|8000 BC]] began to desiccate the pastoral lands of [[Egypt]], eventually for...
29: ...dicates that by [[6000 BC]] they were [[herding]] cattle and [[construction|constructing]] large build...
31: ...re of [[Europe]]an, [[Middle East]]ern, and [[Africa]]n''").
33: ...orial extent in the period called the New Empire (1567–1085 BC). - Senet (1763 bytes)
7: ...a kind of talisman for the journey of the dead. Because of the element of luck in the game and the Egy...
9: ...Crete]] but with apparently less religious significance. - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]...
39: ...-day [[Monroe County, Tennessee]]. The town was located on a river of the same name (now known as the ...
41: ...atelib/pubsvs/faq.htm#01][http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/tennessee.html]
43: ...ounty". When a [[constitutional convention (political meeting)|constitutional convention]] met in [[17...
48: ...o [[Indian Territory]] west of [[Arkansas]]. This came to be known as the [[Trail of Tears]], as an es... - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...ity. (Editio princeps, 1601; first important critical edition by [[Jacobs]], 1821; later editions by [...
3: ...''Leucippe''. The fragment was first published in 1567, then in the ''Uranologion'' of [[Petavius]], wit... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...odology for [[science|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implie...
10: ...ater, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for th...
12: ...y his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper."
16: ...of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
18: ... with insufficient means, he borrowed money and became habitually in debt. To support himself, he took... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ... "[[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press]] and [[paper ...
8: ...ng's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family which had produced lea...
10: ...hich they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ...ut also studied a variety of other subjects and became interested in [[astronomy]]. It was, however, t...
14: ... of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years.'' -Tycho Brah... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...da]] or the [[Belgium|Belgian]] town of [[Bree]], called Breda in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he droppe...
7: ...unger]] and [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] who both became painters, but as they were still infants when t...
9: Bruegel specialised in landscapes populated by [[peasant]]s, painted in a simple...
11: ...drop to a religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the seve...
18: ...cape with a bird trap.jpg|thumb|250px|Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap]] - 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: ...] to construct a terrestrial [[globe]]. Later, Mercator produced a map of [[Palestine (region)|Palesti...
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 ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...elow in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ... Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
37: *[[Cahit Arf]] (Turkey, [[1910]] - [[1997]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]]...
106: *[[Jonathan Borwein]] (Scotland/Canada, [[1951]]-) - July 24 (8660 bytes)
1: ...in [[leap year]]s) of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 160 days remaining.
3: {{JulyCalendar}}
5: *[[1567]] - [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Queen of Scots]] is...
7: ...]] to halt [[Jacob Brown]]'s [[United States|American]] invaders.
10: ...tle of Kernstown]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[Jubal Anderson Early|Juba... - 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... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...pend several months or years exploring North America and then he would have to head back to France to ...
7: ...[[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: ...he [[Habitation at Port-Royal]] (which had been located with Champlain's assistance), where Champlain ...
13: ... one of his passions, which he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
19: ...ain attempted to form better relations with the local Indians. He made alliances with the [[Huron]] an... - History of Ancient Egypt (27975 bytes)
3: ...til about [[1300 BC]]. Archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society has existed ...
27: ...round [[8th millennium BC|8000 BC]] began to desiccate the pastoral lands of [[Egypt]], eventually for...
29: ...dicates that by [[6000 BC]] they were [[herding]] cattle and [[construction|constructing]] large build...
31: ...re of [[Europe]]an, [[Middle East]]ern, and [[Africa]]n''").
33: ...orial extent in the period called the New Empire (1567–1085 BC).
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