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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...led "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...3 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the co...
13: ...lorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans th...
15: ...and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neigh...
17: ...ntown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowada... - 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]]) - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
5: *[[Gregor Aichinger|Aichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
26: ...Aiswarya, Queen]], (died 2001), non-reigning Nepalese queen - 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]]. - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
1: .... state|state]] of the [[United States|United States of America]]. As of the [[2000]] census, it has ...
3: ...umb|250px|San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe is the oldest church structure in the US. The [[adobe]] walls ...
5: The elevation of Santa Fe is 2,132 metres (6,996 feet), compared with 1655.4 m for [[Denver...
7: ...blocks, and other materials but with stucco surfaces reflecting the historic style.
9: ... Restaurants, boutiques, and [[Art gallery|galleries]] line the streets of the city center and Canyon ... - 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
23: *[[Riza Abbasi]] ([[1565]]-[[1635]])
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]]) - 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)
1: ...el's ''The Painter and The Connoisseur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self portrait]]
3: ...ainter]] known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. There are records that he was born in Broghel ne...
9: ...s also the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred...
11: ... religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the severity of win...
14: ...herlandish Proverbs'', [[1559]], with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 [[proverb]]s]] - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...stronomer]], and [[occultist]] executed as a [[heresy|heretic]], popularly regarded as a martyr to the...
7: ...near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...t time were thought to date uniformly to the earliest days of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed...
10: ...stration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical elemen...
11: ...r influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]], [[Marsilio Ficino]], and [[Ni... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...didness and personal flavor, he takes mankind and especially himself as the object of study. He was a ...
6: ...Spanish Jewish family, but was herself raised Protestant. Montaigne was sent to a small cottage with ...
8: ...e was at the court of [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]]. While serving at the Bordeaux Parlement, h...
10: Montaigne married in 1565; he had five daughters, but only one survived chi...
12: ...;teau where in his library he began work on his ''Essays'', first published in [[1580]]. - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...Madhya Pradesh]] are found the earliest known traces of human life in [[India]]: [[Stone Age]] rock sh...
8: ...om [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India of the [[Indo-Greek]...
11: ...|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...indigenous kingdoms remained in or rose to power, especially in the relatively sheltered south, where ...
17: ... [[Sanchi|Sanchi stupa]] in Sanchi, [[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd century... - 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... - Malta (18511 bytes)
18: |[[Maltese language|Maltese]] and [[English language|English]]
23: |'''Largest City'''
26: |'''[[President of Malta|President]]'''
36: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 184th]] <br>[[1 E8 m?|316 km?]] <b...
39: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 211th]]<br> 399,867 <br> 126... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...ary Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ... pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...d into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.
9: ...k]]s, which in turn were divided into [[commanderies]].
13: === Knights of Rhodes === - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: ...Madhya Pradesh]] are found the earliest known traces of human life in [[India]]: [[Stone Age]] rock sh...
8: ...om [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India of the [[Indo-Greek]...
11: ...|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...indigenous kingdoms remained in or rose to power, especially in the relatively sheltered south, where ...
17: ... [[Sanchi|Sanchi stupa]] in Sanchi, [[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd century... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...mon descent]]. [[Molecular systematics]], which uses [[genome|genomic DNA]] [[bioinformatics|analysis]...
5: ...iest known system of classifying forms of life comes from the Greek philosopher [[Aristotle]], who cla...
7: ... translation into Latin by [[Michael Scot]] survives.
9: ...fessor, [[Conrad von Gesner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life know...
11: ...ist]]s and the first microscopists is due to the research of people like [[Marcello Malpighi]] (1628&n... - December 9 (7837 bytes)
6: ...daily [[newspaper]], the ''American Minerva'', is established by [[Noah Webster]]
8: ...5]] - The Army of the [[Republic of Texas]] captures [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]]
9: *[[1851]] - First [[YMCA]] in [[North America]] established in [[Montreal, Quebec]]
11: ... by the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]]
12: *[[1872]] - [[P. B. S. Pinchback]] becomes the first serving [[African American]] governor o...
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