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- 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: ...04]]). Married [[Henry I, Duke of Lorraine]] in [[1599]]. - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
4: ...France|Franį¯Šs II]], [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]] and [[Henri III of France|Henri III]].
6: ...of Navarre, opposed the marriage, many of her nobles supported it, and the marriage was arranged. Jean...
8: ... be her husband, she did not answer; so King Charles IX, placed a hand on his sister's head, compellin...
10: ...on St Bartholomew's Day, Catherine de' Medici orchestrated the slaughter by French Catholics of thousa...
12: ...ld take seven years, but they were concluded in [[1599]] with an agreement that allowed her to maintain ... - 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]]. - 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]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: ... [[Fabriano]], Italy, opened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opened in [[1492]].
10: ...wet [[plaster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] an...
12: ...d full-scale cartoons as precursors for tapestry designs.
16: ...ork with [[oil paint]], including [[van Dyck]] ([[1599]]-[[1641]]), [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[...
27: ==Techniques== - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...y motion|laws of planetary motion]]. He is sometimes referred to as "the first [[theory|theoretical]] ...
4: Kepler was a [[professor]] of [[mathematics]] at the [[University of Gr...
6: ...er, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("The Harmony of the world") in Linz dur...
9: ...s said to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant...
15: ...f teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the Protestant school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the pos... - 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 - August (4611 bytes)
6: ...ecause Augustus wanted as many days as [[Julius Caesar]]'s [[July]]. Augustus placed the month where i...
12: In [[Japanese calendar|old Japanese calendar]], the month is called ''hatsuki'' (...
18: ...rd]] (1596); the First [[Battle of Curlew Pass]] (1599); the [[Battle of Dungans Hill]] (1647); the [[Ba...
19: ...ire lays down the Roman Imperial Crown and renounces all claims on this throne.
20: ...dom|UK]], August is generally when academic exam results are published, including [[GCSE]]s and [[A-Le... - Pompeii (10901 bytes)
3: ...avelling across the bay with a flotilla of naval vessels to save some of those trapped in the seaside ...
9: ...me conquered Pompeii for a while, but these theories have not been verified.
11: ...of '''Colonia [[Cornelius|Cornelia]] [[Venus (goddess)|Veneria]] Pompeianorum'''. The town became an i...
13: ...it was rebuilt, perhaps richer than before in houses and artworks.
15: ==Vesuvius buries the city== - 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... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ..., as well as a very important center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [...
6: ...568]]. In the mid-[[8th century]], the Venetians resisted the empire-building efforts of [[Peppin III|...
8: ...rsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner pass]] from Verona in...
10: ...nd the citizens of such towns as [[Bergamo]], [[Brescia]], and [[Verona, Italy|Verona]] rallied to the...
12: ...sport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. - March 22 (9294 bytes)
7: ...kill 347 [[England|English]] settlers around [[Jamestown, Virginia]], a third of the colony's populati...
8: ...the possession of cards, [[dice]], and gaming tables.
10: ...tax levied from [[England]] on the American colonies.
11: *[[1809]] - [[Charles XIII of Sweden|Charles XIII]] succeeds [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden|Gusta...
12: ...[[North Carolina]], [[William Woods Holden]] becomes the first governor of a [[U.S. state]] to be remo... - 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}} - Dust Bowl (5196 bytes)
2: ...r fertilizing the rest of the indigenous [[grass]]es. It covered parts of [[Texas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[C...
6: ...tation, the ecological balance of the plains was destroyed, leaving nothing to hold the soil when the ...
8: ...r or not they were from Oklahoma. High-end estimates for the number of displaced Americans are as high...
11: ...y. Several days later, the same storm reached cities in the east, such as [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]...
13: ...xtensive damage, turning the day to night. Witnesses reported that they could not see five feet in fro...
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