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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 [... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...ought of as one of the major discoverers of [[Canada]], or more specifically, the interior eastern reg...
9: ...g that Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous and hitherto unknown waters without losing...
13: ...assage]]. He landed for the first time at present day [[Gaspé|Gaspé, Quebec]] where he planted a cro...
17: ...pressive than the small and squalid village of Stadacona, more than a thousand Hurons came to the edge...
19: ...decision must have been made by his arrival in Stadacona as it was by then too late to return to Franc... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: '''Mary I''' ([[18 February]] [[1516]] – [[17 November]] [[1558]]) was [[List of Britis...
13: ... Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daughter.
17: ...hen suggested that the Princess Mary wed, not the Dauphin, but his father Francis I, who was eager for...
21: ...rthermore, regarded her as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although she was illegitimat...
33: ...ss of Suffolk]], and the Duke of Northumberland's daughter-in-law. - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
2: ...Greek language|Greek]] καλλος ''kallos'' "beauty" + γ&r...
8: ...and widely practiced throughout [[China]] to this day. Although it uses Chinese words as its vehicle o...
12: ..."). All five styles of writing are still in use today.
18: ...g|right|thumbnail|200px|Chu Sui Liang's ([[595]]–[[658]]) ''Meng Fa Shi Bei'']]
48: ...hpen has been used for over two thousand years, today, most students begin with pencil or pens, and th... - 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]]-) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
10: ...g in Europe was [[Fresco|buon fresco painting]] — wall-painting using pigments in a water medium...
18: ...century]] [[Britain]], [[Paul Sandby]] ([[1725]]–[[1809]]) was called the father of British wate...
33: According to a tradition, dating from at least the early [[20th century]], the... - March (3907 bytes)
1: {{MarchCalendar}}
2: ...of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 [[day]]s.
8: ...same year they finally adopted the Gregorian calendar.
10: ...sterion. In [[Japanese calendar|old Japanese calendar]], the month is called ''[[Yayoi]]'' (弥&#...
11: ...o called March Rhed-monat (for their goddess [[Rhedam]]); ancient [[Britons]] called it hyld-monath (m... - Raphael (3466 bytes)
2: ...he note below about earlier confusion about these dates). He was also called '''Raffaello Sanzio, Raf...
4: ...orence]] he soon adopted the styles of [[Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo]] and [[Michelangelo]].
12: He died on his 37th birthday in [[Rome]] (reportedly just weeks before Leo wa...
16: == Dates of birth and death ==
18: ...m the [[Julian Calendar]] to the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. Clearly, these statements cannot all be true... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
15: ...e the Catholic church put the work in its Index – a list of books against the faith.
25: Coming back to "Along with [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Niccolo Machiavelli is considered the id...
33: ...ts publication, ''Il Principe'' has become a legendary handbook on how to become and remain a ruler.
43: ...ino when Murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor Pagolo, and the Duke di Gravina...
44: *''Discorso sopra la provisione del danaro,'' [[1502]] - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
6: * [[Jan Hus]], [[John Wycliffe]], [[William Tyndale]]
20: ...tural debate about religious reforms and later fundamental religious values. Historians would generall...
24: ...enturies,</b> the combination of both a newly abundant labor supply as well as improved productivity, ...
28: ...breakdown of the [[philosophy|philosophical]] foundations of [[scholasticism]], the new [[nominalism]]...
30: ... to reason. The European Renaissance laid the foundation for the Northern humanists in its reinforceme... - Nubia (8928 bytes)
1: ...[[Egypt]], along the [[Nile]] and in northern [[Sudan]], but in ancient times it was an independent ki...
5: ...enturies AD. It is considered ancestral to modern day Nobiin.
9: ... those found throughout the region, first the [[Badarian]] culture, then the [[Amratian]] and finally ...
11: ...le were thought to have invaded from elsewhere. Today most historians believe that B-Group was merely ...
18: ...ia today.png|thumb|right|300px|The Nubia region today.]] - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: At [[Bhimbetka]] in the present-day state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] are found the earlie...
11: ... in the edicts of the Mauryan Emperor [[Ashoka]], dating to the [[500 BC|5th century BC]], of the [[Ch...
20: ...ntury. By the year 1818, virtually all of present-day India was under the sway of the [[British East I...
30: ...uthern India. A tradition of Indian [[rock art]] dates to 40 or 50,000 years ago.
32: ...|7th Millennium BCE]], in northwest India. Recent data, substantiated by satellite imagery and oceanog... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: '''Ferdinand Magellan''' (Spring [[1480]] – [[April 27]], [[1521]]; was a [[Portugal|Portu...
5: ...ro Rui de Magalh㥳, the mayor of the town, and Alda de Mesquita, Magellan had two siblings: his broth...
9: ...ering the [[Muslim]] city of [[Kilwa]] in present-day [[Tanzania]].
13: ...took a leave of the army without permission, Almeida gave a poor report of the sailor to the Portugues...
20: With the help of Juan de Aranda, one of the three chief officials of Seville's In... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra)
45: ...sition as gateway between Europe and Asia. In its day, the Ottoman Empire was also commonly referred t...
47: ...ised an area of over [[1 E13 m?|19.9m km²]]—though much of this was under indirect control ...
66: ...ng the [[Turkish War of Independence]] ([[1918]]–[[1923]]), and the [[Turkey|Republic of Turkey]...
83: ...50) and the Ottoman Penal code (1858).” (Haddad, Y.Y., Byron H. and Ellison F., Eds.) - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
6: date_of_birth=[[November 10]], [[1483]] |
9: date_of_death=[[18 February]], [[1546]] |
12: ...''Martinus Luther''') ([[November 10]], [[1483]]–[[February 18]], [[1546]]) was a [[German peopl...
14: ...translations of the Bible helped to develop a standard version of the [[German language]] and added se...
19: ...eben]], [[Germany]] and was baptized on the feast day of [[Martin of Tours|St. Martin of Tours]], afte... - Argon (6952 bytes)
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32: ...=Ar | na=[[synthetic radioisotope|syn]] | hl=35 [[day|d]] | dm=[[Electron capture|ε]] | de=? |...
54: ...ing]]. It has also been used for [[ground water]] dating.
71: ...ng|nuclear explosions]]. It has a half-life of 35 days.
74: ...elements/18.html Los Alamos National Laboratory – Argon] - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: At [[Bhimbetka]] in the present-day state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] are found the earlie...
11: ... in the edicts of the Mauryan Emperor [[Ashoka]], dating to the [[500 BC|5th century BC]], of the [[Ch...
20: ...ntury. By the year 1818, virtually all of present-day India was under the sway of the [[British East I...
30: ...uthern India. A tradition of Indian [[rock art]] dates to 40 or 50,000 years ago.
32: ...|7th Millennium BCE]], in northwest India. Recent data, substantiated by satellite imagery and oceanog... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
13: ...stages of the language are attested; the earliest date back to the third milennium BCE, the latest to ...
19: ...an only really trace Elamite history from records dating to beginning of the [[Akkadian Empire]], ca. ...
24: *Proto-Elamite: ca. 3200 BC – 2700 BC (Proto-Elamite script in Susa)
25: *Old Elamite period: ca. 2700 BC – 1600 BC (earliest documents until the Eprati ...
26: *Middle Elamite period: 1500 BC – 1100 BC (Anzanite dynasty until the Babylonian... - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
8: ...e region of [[Sinaloa]] in [[New Spain]] (present-day [[Mexico]]), where they were reunited with their...
10: ...t the [[Zuni]] village of [[Hawikuh]] (in present-day [[New Mexico]]); the tribe regarded him with mis...
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