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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...hington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round...
5: ...s of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans...
11: ...ns, if not hundreds, of millions of [[indigenous people]]s, exploitation of the Americas by Europe, an...
21: ...e younger brothers, [[Bartolomeo Columbus|Bartolomeo]], Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister...
25: ... studied [[cartography]] with his brother Bartolomeo. Christopher received almost no formal education;... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
28: ...w|Agnew, David Hayes]], (1818-1892), American surgeon
34: *[[Georg Agricola|Agricola, Georgius]] (1490-1555)
35: ...ricola|Agricola, Mikael]], (1510-1557), Finnish theologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish la...
36: *[[Johannes Agricola|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...s''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April 25]], [[1566]]) was a fixture at the courts of several [[Franc... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
31: ...iance with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the tre...
49: ...Scotland]] of the time. Religion had divided the people, and Mary's illegitimate brother, [[James Stew...
55: ...bassador to tell Mary that, if she would marry someone (as yet unnamed) of Elizabeth's choosing, Eliza...
59: ...vate secretary, [[David Rizzio]], and, in March [[1566]] Darnley entered into a secret conspiracy with t...
62: ...land]] and James VI of Scotland — in June [[1566]], Mary allegedly began a liaison with [[James He... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
27: ...ing [[Philip II of Spain]], she worried that the people might depose her and put Elizabeth on the thro...
31: ...ster, and it is said that upon Mary's death, the people rejoiced in the streets.
41: ...le amoung aristocratic factions if she married someone not seen as equally favorable to all factions. ...
46: ... the reign of [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] during the eighteenth century.
49: ...l Elizabeth needed its assent to raise taxes in [[1566]]. The [[British House of Commons|House of Common... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
4: ...i]] are of interest to both calligraphers and palaeographers.
10: ...360;道, in [[Korean language|Korean]], ''[[Seoyae]]'' 書藝, all meaning "the way of ...
14: ... were used sometimes phonetically and sometimes ideographically. Using the kanji manyogana as a guide,...
54: ...ned gives the characters in their proper form. Moreover, due to the nature of the size of seals and la...
90: Arabic/Persian calligraphy is associated with geometric [[Islamic]] art (the [[Arabesque]]) on the ... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
23: ...ΚΗΦΑΣ'''</small><br>(Simeon Kephas)
343: | '''[[Pope Leo I the Great]]'''<br><small>Saint Leo</small>
344: | Papa '''Leo''' Magnus, <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
514: | '''[[Pope Deusdedit]]'''<br><small>(Adeodatus)</small>
549: | '''[[Pope Theodore I]]''' - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
18: ...de of [[silver]] and [[gold]]. Tycho's tomb was reopened in [[1901]] and his remains were examined by...
38: ...[[solar system]]. Tycho believed in a modified [[geocentric model]] known as the [[Tychonian system]],...
51: ...or the [[Copernicus|Copernican]] [[heliocentric theory]] of the solar system.
63: ... his study of [[astrology and astronomy]] simultaneously, and [[Uraniborg]] was constructed as both [[... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
27: * ''[[The Triumph of Death]]'' c. 1562, Museo del Prado, Madrid
44: * ''Preaching Of John The Baptist'' 1566, Beaux Arts Museum, Budapest
45: * ''Census at Bethlehem'' 1566, Mus饠des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
46: * ''The Wedding Dance'' c. 1566, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
49: * ''The Blind Leading the Blind'' 1568, Museo Nazionale, Napoli - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
47: *[[George Atwood]] (Britain, [[1746]] - [[1807]])
100: *[[George Boole]] (Britain, [[1815]] - [[1864]])
129: *[[Georg Cantor|Georg Ferdinand Cantor]] (Germany, [[1845]] - [[1918]...
184: *[[Francois d'Aguillon]] (Belgium, [[1566]] - [[1617]])
189: *[[George Dantzig]] (USA, [[1914]] - ) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-15...
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
46: *[[Alcmaeon of Croton]], (5th century BC){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841) - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
76: ...es absorbed some of the culture of the conquered people. The alien culture was gradually added to the ...
93: ...he Lord of the Universe, i.e. [[Caliph]], which theoretically also gave him overlordship over other Mu...
107: ...|Suleiman I]] (the Magnificent) ([[1520]]–[[1566]])
108: * [[Selim II]] ([[1566]]–[[1574]]) - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...cessful strategy of allying with some indigenous peoples against others. He also used a native woman, ...
10: ...ages in modern times, and is the name which many people know him by today.
14: ...her parents Diego Altamirano and wife and cousin Leonor Sánchez Pizarro Altamirano, first cousin of P...
49: ...cas|native American]] tribes such as the [[Nahua people|Nahuas]] of [[Tlaxcala (Nahua state)|Tlaxcala]...
62: ... [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous people]] to Christianity and sponsored new exploratio... - Walter Baade (2275 bytes)
17: | [[1566 Icarus]] || [[June 27]], [[1949]]
32: ...d the [[Apollo asteroid|Apollo-class asteroid]] [[1566 Icarus]] (whose perihelion is closer than that of...
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