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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... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
35: established_dates = from [[Spain]]<br/> [[May 25]], [[1810]]<br/...
52: ...ain rich in silver – reached Spain around [[1524]]. Since then, the Spaniards named the river of S...
59: ...'s resources—especially the western pampas—came from throughout Europe.
61: ... political change that eventually led to the ascendance of [[Juan Domingo Per (b. [[1895]]). New s...
69: ...ch left office 6 months early after Peronist candidate [[Carlos Saul Menem]] won the [[1989]] presiden... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
7: ...1974]] and the subsequent entry in the [[EEC]] (today's [[European Union]]) in [[1986]]. Portugal made...
20: ... Consolidation of the Monarchy in Portugal|Consolidation of the kingdom]]'''''
23: ...set up kingdoms, and became assimilated. The [[Vandals]] ([[Silingi]] and [[Hasdingi]]) and the sarmat...
31: ...ing with no male heirs. His only child, a single daughter, married King [[John I of Castile]] who wou...
40: ...s had their own objective, searching for the legendary Christian Kingdom of [[Prester John]]. - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: *[[Laloo Prasad Yadav|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politici...
6: *[[Genrikh Yagoda|Yagoda, Genrikh Grigor'evich]] (1891-1938)
42: *[[Yasunori Mitsuda|Yasunori, Mitsuda]], (born [[1972]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video ga...
73: ...Stephen Yenser|Yenser, Stephen]], Whitman winner–''The Fire In All Things''
110: *[[Yoannis XIII of Alexandria]], ([[1483]]-[[1524]]), Coptic Pope - 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
18: ...g for [[France]], explores coastline from present-day [[North Carolina]] to [[Maine]] - 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: ... Mantua, where he married Ippolita Torelli, descendant of another ancient noble family. He wrote two p... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...y (observation)|discoveries]] ever, and is the fundamental starting point of modern [[astronomy]] and ...
10: ...ara]], he met his teacher [[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed h...
14: In [[1497]] his uncle was ordained the bishop of Warmia and Copernicus was named...
22: ...bing his ideas about the heliocentric hypothesis—available to his friends. From there he continu...
24: ...c Order]] and Kingdom of Poland ([[1519]]–[[1524]]) Copernicus successfully defended [[Olsztyn]] o... - 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... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
6: ...namis have been historically referred to as ''[[tidal wave]]s'' because as they approach land they tak...
12: ...nts of the earth's crust can occur at [[plate boundaries]]. [[Subduction]] earthquakes are particularl...
18: ...hich produced a water wave estimated at 50 – 150 m and reached 524 m up local mou...
22: ...n its path, often reducing buildings to their foundations and scouring exposed ground to the bedrock. ...
24: ...h little overall energy loss. A tsunami can cause damage thousands of kilometres from its origin, so t... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: ...otterdam''') ([[October 27]], probably [[1466]] – [[July 12]], [[1536]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dut...
6: ...ven the best education open to a young man of his day in a series of monastic or semi-monastic schools...
8: ...th the leaders of English thought in the stirring days of King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]: [...
16: ...omne, diligenter ab Erasmo Rot. Recognitum et Emendatum''. The edition included a Latin translation a...
21: ...m, it seemed to the straightforward Luther an avoidance of responsibility due either to [[cowardice]] ... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...d in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
7: ...claim the area and set up a colony as [[New Amsterdam]].
9: ...n November they made port at [[Dartmouth, England|Dartmouth]], where Hudson was arrested for sailing u... - 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... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...dolf Hitler]] referred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
15: ...g Forest]]. Germany as far as the Rhine and the [[Danube]] remained outside the [[Roman Empire]].
17: ...e Germans finally broke through the Limes and the Danube frontier.
32: ...ce-elector]]s of the Holy Roman Empire. From ''Bildatlas der Deutschen Geschichte'' by Dr Paul Kn? (18...
43: ...n Emperor|Henry V]] and the Pope with the [[Concordat of Worms]]. The consequences of the investiture ... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
5: ...dolf Hitler]] referred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
15: ...g Forest]]. Germany as far as the Rhine and the [[Danube]] remained outside the [[Roman Empire]].
17: ...e Germans finally broke through the Limes and the Danube frontier.
32: ...ce-elector]]s of the Holy Roman Empire. From ''Bildatlas der Deutschen Geschichte'' by Dr Paul Kn? (18...
43: ...n Emperor|Henry V]] and the Pope with the [[Concordat of Worms]]. The consequences of the investiture ... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...ter to [[Cuba]], where he received an ''[[encomienda]]'' and, for a short time, became alcalde (magist...
6: ...ions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
10: ..., and is the name which many people know him by today.
14: ...who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Franci...
36: ...ony. Cortés continued to build a reputation as a daring and bold leader. He became secretary for Gove... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
1: ...). There are 99 days remaining. Also an important date in pagan history celebrating fall.
3: {{SeptemberCalendar}}
6: *[[1122]] - [[Concordat of Worms]]
15: ...Le Verrier]] and British astronomer [[John Couch Adams]]; verified by German astronomer [[Johann Gottf...
89: ...573]] - [[Azai Hisamasa]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1524]])
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