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- Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
2: ...72]]) was Queen of [[Navarre]] from [[1555]] to [[1572]], wife of [[Antoine de Bourbon|Antoine de Bourbo...
4: Jeanne was born in [[Pau]] in [[1528]], the daughter of [[Henry II of Navarre]] and [[Marguerite... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
2: ...''Marguerite de Valois''' ([[May 14]], [[1553]] – [[May 27]], [[1615]]), "Queen Margot" was Quee...
4: ...cknamed '''Margot''' by her brothers, she was the daughter of [[Henry II of France|Henri II]] and [[Ca...
8: On [[August 18]], [[1572]], Marguerite married Henri de Bourbon, who had b...
10: ...cs of thousands of Huguenots, [[St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre|a massacre]] of such brutality that eve...
12: ...brother's court in France. But Henri III soon scandalized her reputation and forced her to leave the c... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best...
9: ... lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that...
17: ... during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.)
19: The six-day-old Mary became Queen of [[Scotland]], with [[Ja...
24: On the day of the coronation Mary was dressed in heavy rega... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: '''Elizabeth I''' ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of British m...
16: ...abeth, and she, along with her half-sister, Mary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated ...
18: ...rticularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her de...
44: The Queen found a dangerous rival in her cousin, the Catholic Mary Stu...
53: ... a Catholic, [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]]. Lord Darnley was murdered in [[1567]] after the couple ha... - 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 microscope technology (1673 bytes)
8: * [[1619]] - [[Cornelius Drebbel]] ([[1572]] - [[1633]]) presents, in [[London]], a compound... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: *[[William George Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading ...
14: ...e [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...d]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
21: ...h Baer]] - [[Germany|German]] born [[American]] — [[computer game]] - January 17 (12233 bytes)
1: ...year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 348 days remaining (349 in [[leap year]]s).
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
9: ...]] - Continental troops under Brigadier General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutena...
13: ...h]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the [[Sudan]].
32: * [[1982]] - [[Cold Sunday|"Cold Sunday"]] in the [[United States]] sees temperatures fa... - 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> - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...hemia]] (now [[Czech Republic]])) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer...
8: ...leman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's moth...
10: ...ter wrote that when he was around two, his uncle, Danish nobleman [[J? Brahe]], ''... without the know...
18: ...rrelled with Parsbjerg. A subsequent duel (in the dark) resulted in Tycho losing the bridge of his nos...
26: ...in Knudstrup Tycho fell in love with [[Kirsten J?sdatter]] who was a commoner, her father, Pastor Jorg... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
3: '''Giordano Bruno''' ([[1548]] – [[February 17]] [[1600]]), a.k.a. '''Bruno Nol...
7: ...nt Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...ys of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associ...
10: ...umb|left|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are ... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: ...arc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: ... Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: ...reeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]]) - 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}} - National anthem (4891 bytes)
3: ...herlands]], it was written between [[1568]] and [[1572]] during the [[Eighty Years' War]]. It is unusual...
7: ...ltzing Matilda]]" as a national song, even a candidate for the national anthem.
11: ... was written by a composer whose identity to this day is not known with any certainty at all. While t...
15: ...film|movie]]. Many [[television station]]s have adapted this and play the national anthem when they s... - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
11: ...the word '''Inca''', which means "[[Emperor]]." Today the word <i>Inca</i> still refers to the emperor...
17: ...[[Pacaritambo]] sent forth his four sons and four daughters to establish a village. Along the way, [[S...
28: ... Picchu]], either as a family home or as a [[Camp David]]-like retreat.
30: ...to the Inca nobility, and, with luck, marry their daughters into families at various corners of the em...
32: ...Peru. T?Inca's empire stretched north into modern day Ecuador and Colombia. - 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 ... - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: '''Sebastiano Serlio''' ([[Bologna]] 1475 – [[Fontainebleau]] ''ca'' 1554), the Italian [[...
3: ...o Rome in 1514, and worked in the atelier of [[Baldassare Peruzzi]], where he stayed until the [[Sack ...
12: ...sical images that it was reprinted in 1563 and in 1572.
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