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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
14: government_type= Democratic [[Republic]] |
15: leader_titles = [[President of Argentina|President]]|
16: leader_names = [[Néstor Kirchner]] |
18: area_magnitude = 1_E12 |
26: population_density = 14 | - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ... [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] (including the [[Savage Isla...
5: ...After the rise of other colonial powers, Portugal declined.
7: ...ocial and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...ver among some other tribes. {{Inote | ''Hist de Portugal - A Forma磯 do Territ'', page 9, "A...
17: ...atin Right]] in [[73|73 AD]].{{Inote | ''Hist de Portugal - A Forma磯 do Territ'', page 135, ... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
7: *[[Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev|Yakovlev, Alexander Nikolaevich]] (born 1923)
8: *[[Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev|Yakovlev, Alexander Sergeyevich]] (1906-1989)
11: *[[Yakubu Gowon]] (born 1934), military leader of [[Nigeria]]
12: *[[Alexander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
37: ..., Yury]], (born 1942), Russian politician, former deputy prime minister and CIS executive secretary - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
13: *[[1513]]-[[Vasco N?de Balboa]] crosses isthmus of [[Panama]], sees [[Pa...
14: *[[1513]]-[[Juan Ponce de Le claims [[Florida]] for Spain
15: *[[1519]]-[[HernᮠCort鳝] defeats [[Tlaxcala]], a small state neighboring the ...
17: *[[1521]]-Cortes destroys the Aztec empire - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...'Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]] – [[February 2]], [[152...
10: ...f a noble family, soon his duties would have included representative offices for the court; for instan...
13: ...edici]], [[Cardinal Bibbiena]], Ottaviano and [[Federico Fregoso]], [[Cesare Gonzaga]] (a cousin of bo...
15: ...ond the figures of three shepherds, he originally depicts the court of Urbino. The work contains echoe...
19: ...s expedition against [[Venice]] and this made him deserve the title of Novellata, a county near Pesaro... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...ntal starting point of modern [[astronomy]] and modern science itself, (it inaugurated the [[scientifi...
7: ...cus_00125w.jpg||thumb|250px|Copernicus Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
8: ...raised him and his three other siblings after the death of Copernicus' father. His brother Andrew beca...
10: ... him, as his books (stolen by Swedes during [[The Deluge]], and now in [[Uppsala]]'s library) show. Af...
12: ... together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium''. - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...uther]] and his [[95 Theses]]. The reformation ended in division and the establishment of new institu...
4: ... Anti-hierarchical movements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
18: === Underlying Demographic and Economic Factors ===
20: ...rring in conjunction with economic, political and demographic forces that contributed to a growing dis...
22: ...[[Louis XI of France]] (1461-1483), the “spider king,” sought to remove all constitutional... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...ami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ...fects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: ... [[ocean]]; it simply has a much smaller [[amplitude]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [[wave...
6: ...re not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage is discouraged by [[o...
10: ... tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami. - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
1: ...Image:erasmus.jpg|thumbnail|Erasmus. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
2: '''Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus''' (also '''Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam''') ([[October 27]], pro...
6: ... he was cared for by his parents till their early death from the [[plague]] in [[1483]], and then give...
8: ...in the making of lifelong friendships with the leaders of English thought in the stirring days of King...
10: ... but, as it proved, sufficient, rewards of independent literary activity. From [[1506]] to [[1509]] he... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
3: ...is no way to go further due to the ice and he decided to return to England on the 31st. On the return ...
5: ...reached by several crews in the past and was considered the end of the line, which convinced the Mosco...
7: ...vanni da Verrazano]] explored the same coast in [[1524]])–and sailing a distance up the [[Hudson R...
9: ...list]] laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released.
11: ...iscovery'', he stayed to the north (some claim he deliberately went too far south with the Dutch), rea... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
5: ...ge_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) |
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9: date_of_death=[[18 February]], [[1546]] |
10: place_of_death=Eisleben, Germany
12: ...hings inspired the [[Protestant Reformation]] and deeply influenced the [[doctrine]]s of [[Lutheran]],... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...s often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reason...
7: ...tion of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further details, please consult the ''main articles'' given ...
10: ''See also: [[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germ...
12: ...us Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Ro...
13: ... from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the [[Oder]] and the [[Rhine]] and into southern Germany. - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
5: ...s often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reason...
7: ...tion of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further details, please consult the ''main articles'' given ...
10: ''See also: [[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germ...
12: ...us Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Ro...
13: ... from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the [[Oder]] and the [[Rhine]] and into southern Germany. - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...d brought large portions of mainland [[Mexico]] under the [[Crown of Castile|King of Castile]], in the...
4: ...] was given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 wher...
6: ...és tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
10: ...on in both the Spanish and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know h...
14: ...y Almaraz, 5th Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal. - September 23 (7397 bytes)
5: ...e (run by [[Phidippides (Marathon runner)|Phidippides]])
10: ...me Richard (1765)|USS Bonhomme Richard]]'', commanded by [[John Paul Jones]], wins a fight against the...
14: ... the first professional [[baseball]] team, is founded in [[New York]].
16: *[[1868]] - [[Grito de Lares]] (Lares Revolt) occurs in [[Puerto Rico]] ...
27: ...Abbott]], best-selling author, is arrested for murder
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