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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lumbus''' ([[1451]]<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> – [[20 May]] [[1506]]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in...
5: ...led by [[João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better kno...
7: ... in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
11: ...ome – including many [[Native Americans]] – view him as responsible, directly or indirectl...
21: ...ant, and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa, the daughter of a woollens merchant. Christopher had thr... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...le interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many...
7: ... to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making the infant ...
12: ...d they gave her male clothing to wear (as the standard disguise used in such circumstances) and brough...
14: ... small force she eventually led included the legendary soldiers, [[Jean de Dunois|Jean d'Orleans (Coun...
16: ... said would verify her legitimacy as a visionary—gained her the support of prominent clergy such... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
6: ...ing this time included basalt, diorite (a type of dark, coarse-grained stone), sandstone, and alabaste...
27: ...re found together in a single grave on [[Keros]], dating from 2700 - 2750 BC.
42: ...o Santi|Raphael]] also sculpted a statue called ''David''. Most sculptures during the Renaissance were... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
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40: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[August 6]], [[1825]] |
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59: ...tern lowlands and the [[Mollos]] north of present-day [[La Paz]] also developed advanced agricultural ... - Biography (6028 bytes)
8: ...ographies only detailed accomplishments. The [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[holy scripture]] is an [[anthology]...
14: == Dark and Middle Ages ==
16: ... Ages]] (AD [[400]] to [[1450]]) began with the [[Dark Ages]], a period of mass loss of information an...
22: ... the complex style of biographical writing used today. In [[1683]], the first [[English language]] bi...
26: ...utting out much shorter—and less expensive—"brief lives" of famous people... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
17: ...e treatise which defined and most completely elucidated the [[rhythmic modes]], a notational system fo...
21: ...Johannes Gallicus), [[Anonymous IV]], [[Marchetto da Padova]] (Marchettus of Padua), [[Jacques of Li&e...
27: ...ian chant]], named after St. Ambrose, was the standard. Celtic chant was used in Ireland.
29: ...ope, and Paris was the political center. The standardization effort consisted mainly of combining the...
32: ...ificate of Gregory the Great himself (c. [[590]]–[[604]]). Many of them were probably written i... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ... holiday when gifts were exchanged. There are 364 days remaining (365 in [[leap year]]s).
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
10: ...0]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ... for a tall mast or sail on a [[sailing ship]]. Today the word is used exclusively to refer to a tall ...
19: This table is adapted from [http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/w...
20: The table is up to date [[as of 2005]]. The towers of the [[World Trade...
130: |42||[[Bank of America Plaza]]||[[Dallas]]||281 m||921 ft||72||1985 || - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...ween [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and is usually considere...
6: ...[[Milan]] from [[1459]] to [[1474]], and his birthdate was long considered to be around [[1440]]: mor...
10: ...n of Cond鬠southeast of [[Lille]] on the present-day border between Belgium and France, becoming prov...
14: ...and was much in demand. Duke Ercole I sent an (undated) letter to his secretary with the interesting ...
16: ...towards or away from perfection but as trends of adaptation and influence; as such Josquin is seen as ... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ... ([[Vicchio di Mugello]], [[Florence]] [[1395]] – [[Rome]] [[1455]]), better known in the Englis...
7: ...datory term which was assigned to him at an early date and which we find in use within thirty years af...
33: ... the pediment illustrated the lives of Cosmas and Damian, but it has long been severed from the main s...
35: ...ready mentioned, [[Zanobi Strozzi]] and [[Gentile da Fabriano]] are named as pupils of Angelico. - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...Bosch''', also '''Jeroen Bosch''', (c. [[1450]] – [[August]], [[1516]]) was a prolific [[Netherl...
5: ...ife in 's-Hertogenbosch, a town in the south of today's Netherlands, near [[Tilburg]]. In 1463, some 4...
8: ...ights]]''. This triptych depicts paradise with [[Adam and Eve]] and many wonderous animals on the left...
16: ... of them. All in all, about 25 paintings remain today that are attributed to him. [[Philip II of Spain...
24: ...s Into His Life and Work'', NAi Publishers, Rotterdam 2001, ISBN 90-5662-214-5. - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
39: ...[[1450]]-[[1529]]), to whom a brilliant ''Mary Magdalen'' in the National Gallery is attributed. - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
3: ...arly [[humanist]]. Petrarch and [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] are considered the fathers of the [[Renaissa...
6: ...om Florence in 1302 (along with [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]]) by the [[Black Guelph]]s. Petrarch spent mu...
8: ...ch is credited with creating the concept of the [[Dark Ages]] which was later adopted, and greatly emb...
10: ...refore, April 26th, 1336 is regarded as the "birthday of [[alpinism]]", and Petrarch ('''Petrarca alpi...
12: ...was born in 1366, but died before his second birthday. - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
7: ==Early origins: 911–1314==
10: ... nobles had never fully given up the dream of one day reconquering their homeland in Normandy; it was ...
12: ==Immediate precursors: 1314–1337==
13: ...rance|Louis X]], died in [[1316]], leaving only a daughter, [[Joan II of Navarre|Joan II]], who in 132...
15: ...had been set. When Philip V died in [[1322]], his daughters were put aside in favor of the last brothe... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
7: ...t recent [[Ice Age]], when temperate regions of today were extremely inhospitable. Yet, humans had col...
12: ...nimals may well have developed at similarly early dates. As might be expected, agriculture was particu...
25: ...ere to dominate Chinese thinking until the modern day. These were [[Taoism]], [[Legalism (philosophy)|...
55: ...a in 1041, but the printing press as we know it today was invented in Germany, and became far more wid...
69: ...er place. Meanwhile, Industrial [[pollution]] and damage to the [[environment]], present since the dis... - Venice (22017 bytes)
10: ...jor power-broker in the [[Near East]]. By the standards of the time, Venice's stewardship of its mainl...
14: ...] systems, but the social order was entirely [[feudal]]. Church and various private properties were ti...
29: ...e city itself or from its possessions, especially Dalmatia. Those from the city were chosen by lot fro...
33: ...ecruited from the lagoon, plus feudal levies from Dalmatia and Istria. In times of emergency, all male...
92: ...ill intact after centuries of submersion. The foundations rest on the piles, and buildings of [[brick]... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
5: ...nnium BC and spoke a non-Indo-European language — conventionally called [[Hattic language|Hattic...
7: ...[Ezra]]'s return from [[Babylonian captivity of Judah|Babylonian captivity]]; see [[Hittites in the Bi...
14: ...n/Babylonian "land of Hatti", were written in standard Akkadian [[cuneiform]] script, but in an unknow...
15: ...own language as the Egyptian letters from Kheta — thus confirming the identity of the two names....
17: ...rich Hrozny|Bedřich Hrozný]] ([[1879]]–[[1952]]), who on [[24 November]] [[1915]] anno... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
9: ...influence into the [[Yucatan]] peninsula, present-day [[Guatemala]], and other regions.
31: ...servatories so that they were constructed in accordance with Maya interpretation of the orbits of the ...
33: ...an design, while interior space was entirely secondary. Only in the Late Post-Classic era did the gre...
37: ...el]], Maya architecture required one thing in abundance: manpower. Yet, beyond this enormous requirem...
41: ...les of the Maya were constructed on the solid foundations of the platforms. As all structures were bu...
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