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  1. 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...
  2. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
    11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
    29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
    44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
    45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
  3. Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
    2: ...Galilei''' ([[Pisa]], [[February 15]], [[1564]] – [[Arcetri]], [[January 8]], [[1642]]), was a [...
    14: Later research, however, has validated the experiments. The experiments on falling bo...
    26: ...e little doubt that both of them were beaten by [[David Fabricius]] and his son [[Johannes Fabricius|J...
    39: ...y'' unless a [[force]] —often [[friction]]— acts upon them, refuting the accepted Aristote...
    53: ...athematical methods were the standard ones of the day. The analyses and proofs relied heavily on the [...
  4. Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
    2: ...''Johannes Kepler''' ([[December 27]], [[1571]] – [[November 15]], [[1630]]), a key figure in th...
    9: ...hen Johannes was 17. His mother, an inn-keeper's daughter, had a reputation for involvement in [[witc...
    33: ...on was inconsistent with that data. Using Tycho's data, Kepler was able to formulate three laws of pla...
    35: ...he five intervals between the six known planets — [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], [[Venus (planet)...
    40: ...lids. Of these there are five: when viewed as boundaries, however, these five determine six distinct t...
  5. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    2: ...Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[England|Englis...
    8: ...mber of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married ...
    25: ...; in fashion, Bacon failed to become solicitor in 1595. To console him for these disappointments Essex ...
    31: ...ment session Bacon married [[Alice Barnham]], the daughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is ...
    37: ...re (which was that he should be released in a few days), and to be incapable of holding office or sitt...
  6. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    4: ...Colonies]]. Some historians add a fifth region – the [[frontier]] had certain unifying features...
    22: ...had apparently disappeared in the middle of their daily tasks.
    29: ...colonists to work, and befriended [[Pocahontas]], daughter of Chief [[Powhatan]], who was able to supp...
    35: ... However, because rivers and [[creek]]s were abundant, this allowed the plantations to spread out. Th...
    49: ...as known as Virginia - somewhere in the area of today's [[New York]]. Blown off course, they came ins...
  7. Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
    7: '''Gerardus Mercator''' ([[March 5]], [[1512]] – [[December 2]], [[1594]]) was a [[Flanders|Fle...
    14: ...87]] after his father's map of 1567 (published in 1595)]]
    15: ...e]] in [[1588]], further maps were published in [[1595]] after his death by his son [[Rumold Mercator]]....
    22: ...rld and its Form) by Gerardus Mercator, Duisburg, 1595; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Cong...
  8. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
    19: *[[César Baldaccini]]
    22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
    58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]]
    63: *[[Eduardo Chillida]] (1924-2002)
  9. Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
    1: ...sDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
    2: ...he English fleet which defeated the [[Spanish Armada]] in [[1588]].
    7: ...n and could be as early as [[1535]]. The [[1540]] date is taken from a portrait painted quite late in ...
    12: ...se attack in violation of a truce agreed to a few days before, nearly costing Drake his life. From the...
    13: ..., Drake raided the waters around [[Dari鮬 Panama|Darien]] (in modern [[Panama]]) and tracked the Silv...
  10. 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]])
  11. Sikhism (31029 bytes)
    2: ... [[Islam]] (such as the [[caste system]] and [[purdah]], respectively). Sikhism was influenced by refo...
    4: ...ast to [[Bengal]] and west to [[Mecca]] and [[Baghdad]]) Guru Nanak preached to Hindus, Muslims and ot...
    8: ...al authority would vest in the [[Khalsa Panth]] – The Sikh Nation. The first Sikh Holy Scriptur...
    10: ...e is attributable to its single central concept – the sovereignty of the One [[God]], the Creato...
    12: ...alsehood" around those who live totally in the mundane world of material desires (consumerism). This m...
  12. Aztec (38742 bytes)
    3: ...ts in [[Lake Texcoco]] – the site of modern-day [[Mexico City]].
    7: ...he historical Aztec civilization, not with modern-day Nahuatl speakers.
    13: ...icanSculptureRememberingTheSignForTenochtitlanFoundation.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Sculpture commemorating...
    40: Each day, the ''Huey Tlatoani'' met with the elders and t...
    49: ...lt their capital city of Tenochtitlan. This legendary vision is pictured on the [[Coat of Arms of Mex...
  13. Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
    14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra)
    29: ...m km² (1902); 19.9m km² maximum extent (1595)
    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]...
  14. Babylonia (8254 bytes)
    2: ... in a tablet of the reign of [[Sargon of Akkad]], dating back to the [[23rd century BC]].
    5: ...eir sixth ruler, [[Hammurabi]] ([[1780 BC|1780]]–[[1750 BC]]). He was a highly efficient ruler, ...
    7: ...rs, but then the [[Hittites]] sacked Babylon in [[1595 BC]], installing the [[Kassite]] dynasty. Its cit...
    15: ...gainst his suzerain [[Astyages]], "king of the Manda" or Medes, at Ecbatana. Astyages' army betrayed h...
    17: ...dus died. A public mourning followed, lasting six days, and Cambyses accompanied the corpse to the tom...
  15. Sumer (14409 bytes)
    2: ...script may precede any other form of writing, and dates to no later than about [[3500 BCE]]
    21: ...e of [[Mitanni]] in northern Mesopotamia around [[1595 BC]], while the Babylonians controlled the south....
    24: ...[millet]], [[wheat]], [[turnip]]s, [[Date (fruit)|date]]s, [[onion]]s, [[garlic]], [[lettuce]], [[leek...
    44: ... Food is all about, yet my food is hunger. On the day shares were allotted, my allotted share was suff...
    51: ...that were scarce in Mesopotamia. In particular, cedar from Lebanon was prized.
  16. 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 ...
  17. Atlas (cartography) (4308 bytes)
    3: ... as [[geographic]] features and [[political]] boundaries, many often feature [[geopolitical]], [[socia...
    15: ...escription of the Universe) (Duisburg, [[1585]]-[[1595]]).
    23: ...ns the front of the World Trade Center in [[Amsterdam]].
    35: *[[Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas]] (Germany)
    36: *[[Stielers Handatlas]] (Germany)

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