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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[1810]]...
64: ...g, feather-mosiac work, the invention of the calendar, were due to the former inhabitants of Tula, the...
66: ...th century]], and their defeat of the Mexica in [[1521]], marked the beginning of the 300 year-long colo...
68: ... Catholic priest in the small town of [[Dolores Hidalgo|Dolores]], causing a long [[Mexican War of Ind...
74: ...formed the modern states of [[California]], [[Nevada]], and [[Utah]], and most of [[Arizona]], [[New M... - 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 [... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ...Pisan in fact was merely describing a standard feudal practice whereby the wife of a nobleman was expe...
15: ...], was presented to the same patron on New Year's Day, [[1404]]. It possesses an introduction of great...
19: ...des trois vertus'', or ''Le Tr鳯r de la cite des dames''. She was devoted to her adopted country. Dur...
21: ...obably took place about this time. Her ''Cite des dames'' contains many interesting contemporary portr...
25: ...s dames'' was translated by Brian Anslay (London, 1521). - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
1: ...f the Holy Wisdom]] in former [[Constantinople]]—the image of Christ on the walls of the upper s...
27: ...f artwork was destroyed; so little remains that today any discovery sheds new understanding. After 843...
29: ...ed such as [[Manueline Gothic]] in Portugal (1495-1521), [[Perpendicular Gothic]] in England (1332), [[D...
85: **[[Dancing in the Middle Ages]] ([[Dance]]) - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ... the [[United States]] when he set foot in [[Florida]] in 1513.
7: ...om office in 1512 and felt his good name had been damaged. Not wishing to serve Diego, Ponce de León ...
9: ... the ''Memoir'' of [[Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda]], and was later included in the ''Historia gener...
12: ...lorida Day'', April 2, is a legal holiday in Florida.
14: ...led back south to [[Havana]], and then up to Florida again, stopping at the Bay of ''Chequesta'' ([[Bi... - 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]]-) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
14: *[[1513]]-[[Juan Ponce de Le claims [[Florida]] for Spain
17: *[[1521]]-Cortes destroys the Aztec empire
18: ...g for [[France]], explores coastline from present-day [[North Carolina]] to [[Maine]] - 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: ...archers. He remained at Cond頵ntil his death in 1521.
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 ... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
24: | rowspan="2" | <small>Betsaida, [[Galilee|Galilea]]</small>
29: ...<small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair of P...
36: ...small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small> - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]] – [[February 2]], [[1529]]), one of the most imp...
5: <tr><td>'''Baldassare Castiglione'''</td></tr>
10: ... of his missions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]], and in [[1504]...
17: ..., though in a literary form, like with [[Ludovico da Canossa]].
21: ... an ambassador, this time for Mantuan Dukes. In [[1521]] Pope Leo X conceded him the ''tonsura'' (first ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: '''Sir Thomas More''' ([[7 February]], [[1478]]–[[6 July]], [[1535]]), posthumously known also ...
9: ...hter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a...
12: ...], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal advisor to King Hen...
17: ...dition of ''Utopia.'' The traveler Raphael Hythloday is depicted in the lower left-hand corner descri...
19: ...inental Europe, and his friend [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] dedicated his masterpiece, ''[[In Praise of Fo... - 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]]
11: * ''[[Exsurge Domine]]'', [[Diet of Worms]] ([[1521]]), [[Peasants' War]]
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]]... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
67: ...en the name of Bahrain specifically referred to today's Bahrain.
111: ... of 33 islands, Bahrain does not share a land boundary with another country but does have a 161 km coa...
115: ...n of limited arable land and coastal degradation (damage to coastlines, coral reefs, and sea vegetatio...
122: Nowadays Bahrain is a cosmopolitan society with mixed co...
133: ===Holidays=== - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...ellan''' (Spring [[1480]] – [[April 27]], [[1521]]; was a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[List of sea ex...
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... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...rtés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was the [[conquistado...
5: ...who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Franci...
10: ... slaves for his efforts. This was the ''[[encomienda]]'' that had worked so well in the conquest of th...
12: ...a more distant land where gold was said to be abundant. Cortés eagerly sold or mortgaged all his land...
18: ...metimes called "[[La Malinche]]," later made legendary in book and film (even if she was not, as conqu... - Sweden (27111 bytes)
3: ...extended to a [[Great Power]] of twice its size – subsequently lost within a century. Since [[18...
5: ...] in the early [[20th century]]. The country is today defined by liberal tendencies and a strong natio...
26: ...vereignty_type = [[Consolidation of Sweden|Consolidation]] |
28: established_dates = [[10th century|10th]] - [[13th century|13th]...
63: ...following the recession of the last [[ice age]] – the [[Weichsel glaciation]]. The region develo... - Tenochtitlan (3092 bytes)
17: ...eventually conquered the city on [[August 13]], [[1521]], after a struggle that lasted months in which m... - 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... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
3: == Foundation and early history ==
25: ...], which they had to give annually on [[All Souls Day]] to the Viceroy of Sicily, who acted as the Kin...
29: ...d, outmanuvered and outrun, and by the end of the day almost the entirety of their fleet was destroyed...
50: ...Spital zu Jerusalem]] the order continues until today, gaining increasing independence from its Roman ...
57: ...er, also known as the Knights of [[Malta]], and today operates as a largely charitable and ceremonial ...
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