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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ...ourteen when she was married (1533), at [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother wa...
7: ...ggle against [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], was only too glad of the opportunity to str...
9: When her maternal aunt the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County...
11: ...ver, soon grew weary of the domination of the Guises, and entered upon a course of secret opposition. ...
13: ..., or even fewer centimetres (17, 15, or fewer inches). - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
4: ... thirteen, Francis married her to the Duke of Cleves, but this political marriage was annulled four ye...
6: After the death of Francis and the accession of [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] Jeanne was...
16: ==Marriages==
18: In [[1541]] Jeanne married William, Duke of Cleves, annulled in [[1545]], with no issue.
28: * [[Catherine de Bourbon]] ([[1559]]-[[1604]]). Married [[Henry I, Duke of Lorraine]... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...|French]] kings, and became notorious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of France|Henri II]].
3: ...ce|King Fran篩s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Valentinois.
5: ...ve. They had one daughter born in 1538 Diane, Duchess d'Angoulꭥ (1538-1619) who married Fran篩s, Du...
9: ...e]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pearl necklace.
13: ...Catherine de' Medici took control, restricting access to him. Although the king called out repeatedly ... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...ndash; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because ...
9: Mary, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, [[Ma...
12: ...tland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de G...
14: ...es could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...ary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the de... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...irgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch ...
9: ...en saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VI...
11: ...ies, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony i...
13: ...ica]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen...
16: ... under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ... East]], along the [[Mediterranean Sea]] (on the west), bordered by [[Syria]] on the east and north, a...
9: ... width="140" | [[Image:Lebanese_COA.png|95px|Lebanese COA]]
28: | '''[[List of Presidents of Lebanon|President]]'''
32: | [[Najib Mikati]] (resigned after parliamentary elections)
35: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 166th]]<br />[[1 E10 m2|10,452 km&... - 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]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The G...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
7: ...st known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
11: *[[1651]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
15: ...y [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]]. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...i_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jpg|thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...ether a source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
6: ...Church|Universal Church]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[...
9: == List of popes == - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...aper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
5: ... his surname "Brahe". Apparently his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
8: ...itten Tÿcho). He was born at his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]]...
10: ...tempt to get him back. Tycho lived with his childless uncle and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in t...
12: ...ctatus de Sphaera, [[Apianus]]' Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De tri... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...f [[Bree]], called Breda in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started sign...
9: ...s also the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred...
11: ...p to a religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the severit...
14: ...herlandish Proverbs'', [[1559]], with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 [[proverb]]s]]
21: ...andscape with the Fall of Icarus'' c.1558, Mus饠des Beaux-Arts, Brussels - 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. - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
1:
3: ...t his own deeds could not be as great, due to forces beyond his control.
5: ... termed ''Malhado'', or Island of Doom) but later escaped and eventually reached [[Mexico City]].
7: ...n there, but [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] had already appointed [[De Soto]] to lead the...
9: ...ld. Political intrigue against him caused his arrest and return to Spain in chains, in around [[1545]... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
6: *[[752]] - [[Pope Stephen II|Stephen II]] becomes [[Pope]].
7: ...and [[Charles IX of France]] make substantial concessions to the [[Huguenots]].
8: *[[1708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of F...
13: ...''[[John Wickliffe (ship)|John Wickliffe]]'' arrives at [[Port Chalmers]] carrying the first Scottish ...
16: ... [[Land run]]: [[President of the United States|President]] [[Benjamin Harrison]] opens [[Oklahoma]] t... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 B... - Lent (7959 bytes)
3: ...iscuss Lent as it is understood and practiced in Western Christianity, except when as noted.
5: ...Sunday]]. The dating of [[Easter]], which determines that of Lent, is discussed [[Easter#The_date_of_E...
7: ...es]]' terms for the Lenten season. Lent is also preserved in the common Dutch word for the spring seas...
9: ...occupied [[Jerusalem]] of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
13: ...ern Orthodox circles as the season of "Bright Sadness". - Realdo Colombo (996 bytes)
1: ...59]]). He was a pupil of [[Vesalius]] and his successor.
7: * showed that the [[lens (vision)|lens]] lies to the front of the [[eye]]ball, not in the centr...
8: * showed that [[artery|arteries]] expand with each [[heart]]beat
9: ...wed that the [[pulmonary valve]] of the heart closes during [[diastole]], preventing reflux
12: His discoveries paved the way for [[William Harvey]]'s discovery ...
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