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- 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-... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
8: ...[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
19: *[[James Agee|Agee, James]], (fl. early 20th century), American poet
20: ...99), Sudanese immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
21: ...[[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Ro... - 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]]. - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...phy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bible was hand...
2: ...corative [[writing]]. A style of calligraphy is described as a ''hand''.
4: ...xamples of ancient Roman [[graffiti]] are of interest to both calligraphers and palaeographers.
7: {{Main|Chinese painting}}
8: ...Chinese to appreciate its beauty. Calligraphy, in essence, is an abstract art. - 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: ...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: ...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 - 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... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
31: | '''[[Rise of the Ottoman Empire|Establishment]]'''
43: ... center;" | Part of the [[History of Turkey]] series
45: ... the [[Osmanlı]] dynasty. In diplomatic circles it was often referred to as the ''[[Sublime Porte...
47: ...s were captured by the [[Allies]], Ottoman elites established modern [[Turkey]] during the [[Turkish W...
53: ...Eastern culture|East]] and the [[Western Culture|West]]. - 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... - Walter Baade (2275 bytes)
3: | [[930 Westphalia]] || [[March 10]], [[1920]]
17: | [[1566 Icarus]] || [[June 27]], [[1949]]
28: ... pollution]] at [[Mount Wilson Observatory]], to resolve stars in the center of the [[Andromeda galaxy...
30: ...erparts of various [[radio astronomy|radio]] sources.
32: ...d the [[Apollo asteroid|Apollo-class asteroid]] [[1566 Icarus]] (whose perihelion is closer than that of...
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