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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
10: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]|
11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] |
15: leader_titles = [[President of Argentina|President]]|
16: leader_names = [[Néstor Kirchner]] | - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...cean|Atlantic]], such as the [[Azores Islands|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] ...
5: ...omic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the r...
7: ...cial and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
13: ''Main articles: '''[[Lusitanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitani...
15: ...9, "A Lusit⮩a" paragraph 1}} The [[Conii]] were established in southern Portugal for a long time. Th... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
18: *[[Yamamoto Tsunetomo]] (1659-1719), Japanese Author of [[Hagakure]]
19: ...[Akira Yamaoka|Yamaoka, Akira]] (born 1968), Japanese composer
20: ...saki|Yamasaki, Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: ...ant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events '''before [[1600]]'''.
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
13: ...co N?de Balboa]] crosses isthmus of [[Panama]], sees [[Pacific Ocean]]
16: *1520s-Spanish begin conquest of [[Maya civilization]]
17: *[[1521]]-Cortes destroys the Aztec empire - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
10: ...is duties would have included representative offices for the court; for instance, he accompanied his m...
13: ...tellectual competitions which resulted in an interesting, stimulating cultural life that produced a br...
15: ...epicts the court of Urbino. The work contains echoes of both ancient and contemporary poetry, with rec...
17: ...ose of other guests in some letters to other princes, maintaining an activity very near to diplomacy, ...
19: ...lose friend of him, frequently asking for his suggestions. Raphael gratefully painted a famous portait... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...most important [[discovery (observation)|discoveries]] ever, and is the fundamental starting point of ...
8: ...n and the other sister, Katharina, married a businessman and city councillor, Barthel Gertner.
10: ...rara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and assistant.
12: ...a, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium''.
14: ...serve a lunar [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing ... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...ost importantly [[Lutheranism]], [[Reformed churches]], and [[Anabaptist]]s. It also led to the [[Coun...
5: ...lonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|Great Schism]]
10: ...hilipp Melanchthon]], [[Indulgences]], ''[[95 Theses]]'', [[Nicolaus Von Amsdorf]]
20: ...tion with economic, political and demographic forces that contributed to a growing disaffection with t...
22: ...un in the thirteenth century was carried to a successful conclusion. - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...x|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ...consisting of a series of [[Ocean surface wave|waves]] generated when water in a lake or the sea is ra...
4: ...ry long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnoticed...
6: ...owever, since they are not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage i...
8: ==Causes== - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: '''Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus''' (also '''Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam''') ([[October 27]], ...
6: ...y-five, but he never seems to have worked as a priest, and monasticism was one of the chief objects of...
8: ...spending the rest of his life as an English [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]]...
10: ...us]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active association with Italian scholars than mi...
12: ...der the shelter of Swiss hospitality he could express himself freely and where he was surrounded by de... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1570]] in England seems likely, and he is presumed to have died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Huds...
3: .... At this point the ship was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is no way t...
5: ...pany that there was no point funding further voyages.
7: ...vanni da Verrazano]] explored the same coast in [[1524]])–and sailing a distance up the [[Hudson R...
9: ...laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released. - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...urch to return to the teachings of the [[Bible]] resulted in the formation of new traditions within Ch...
14: ...the [[German language]] and added several principles to the art of [[translation]]. Luther's [[hymn]]s...
17: ...px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at [[Eise...
21: ...degree in [[1505]]. According to his father's wishes, Martin enrolled in the law school of that univer...
26: ...it seemed, the more aware he became of his sinfulness. - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...e late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoni...
7: ...ons. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this page.
10: ...rmanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germani...
12: ...s Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Rom... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...e late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoni...
7: ...ons. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this page.
10: ...rmanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germani...
12: ...s Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Rom... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...]]'' who led an expedition that caused the [[conquest of the Aztec Empire|fall of the Aztec empire]] a...
4: ...qués del Valle de [[Oaxaca]]'', while the more prestigious title of [[New Spain|Viceroy]] was given t...
6: ...ividual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and ei...
10: ...th the Spanish and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know him by to...
14: ... distant relative of [[Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres]], the third Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
5: ... (run by [[Phidippides (Marathon runner)|Phidippides]])
7: ...irst major battle of the English [[Wars of the Roses]], fought at Blore Heath, in [[Staffordshire]], [...
9: *[[1642]] - First commencement exercises occur at [[Harvard University]].
10: ...e British ships of war ''[[Serapis]]'' and ''Countess of Scarborough'' off the coast of [[England]]
11: ... [[John Andre]] arrested as a spy by [[United States|America]]n soldiers exposing [[Benedict Arnold]]'...
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