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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ... third voyage). However, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: le...
21: ...ni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister, Bianchinetta.
29: ...portunity to sail into the Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off th...
31: ...maker in Lisbon. At times, the brothers worked together as [[draftsmen]] and book collectors. - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...r Columbus]], thought the seafaring trailblazers setting out from European docks were travelling to [[...
10: ...tions, others have instead proposed that the two letters were forgeries written by others of the same ...
12: ...he publication and widespread circulation of his letters that led [[Martin Waldseem�ller]] to name t...
14: The two disputed letters claim that Vespucci made four voyages to Amer...
16: ...aimed, in a letter to Lorenzo di Medici, that he determined his longitude celestially on August 23, 14... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: '''Elizabeth Woodville''' or '''Wydville''' (''c''. [[1437]]&...
6: ...quess of Dorset|Thomas]] (later Marquess of [[Dorset]]) and [[Richard Grey|Richard]].
10: ...derable rancour on Warwick's part, and when Elizabeth's relatives, especially her brother, [[Anthony W...
12: ...portunities; in [[1480]], for example, when Elizabeth's obscure brother-in-law Sir Anthony Grey died, ...
16: ...that Eleanor Talbot had done the same thing Elizabeth Woodville did later: A widow who caught Edward's... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...ea of [[1 E12 m2|2.5 million]] [[square kilometre|km²]] (965 000 [[square mile|mi²]]). ...
6: ... times, allowing for trade and cultural exchange between emergent peoples of the region — [[Egyp...
11: ...1497;ם התיכון), "the middle sea", a literal adaptation of the ...
21: ...he [[Mediterranean climate]] is generally one of wet winters and hot, dry summers. Special crops of th...
24: * [[Cyprus]], [[Crete]], [[Euboea]] and [[Rhodes]] in the eastern Medi... - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ...f this. With the [[Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt|Nineteenth Dynasty]] the seat of government moved to th...
4: ...[Bible]] as נא אמון ''nōˀ ˀāmôn'' ([[Book ...
18: *[[Medinet Habu]] (mortuary temple of [[Ramses III]])
22: ...]] (temples of [[Montuhotep II]], [[Hatshepsut]], etc.) - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
5: #A commentary on the ''Categories'' (Venice, 1503 fol.), the authenticity of which is doubted by Br...
6: ...rately by J. C. Orelli, ''Alex. Aphrod., Ammonii, et aliorum de Fato quae supersunt'' (Zurich, 1824). ...
7: ...s on the Topics and the first six books of the [[Metaphysics]] of [[Aristotle]] still exist in manuscr... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...43_W.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 paintin...
2: ...f the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed in [[1626]].
4: ...asilica also holds a relic of the ''[[Cathedra]] Petri'', the episcopal throne of the basilica's names...
7: ...atican Council convened in the Basilica of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by...
8: ...n this exact spot, which had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christians. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...[[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th century]] and [[1752]], January 1 ...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
15: ...nce|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
18: ...reat Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...the central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherlands]] style.
6: ...ara]] hired him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: ...in the Duke's name. While there he also wrote a setting of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voice...
10: ...ense fame, and although he was well known to the Netherlands court and his works were often performed ...
14: .....but [[Heinrich Isaac|Isaac]] is better able to get along with his colleagues." His fame lasted long... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
4: ...have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes...
6: ...taly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus...
21: ...wspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint Peter</small>
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small> - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
1: ....jpg|300px|right|thumb|Saint Peter, portrayed by Peter Paul Rubens in a papal chasuble and pallium hol...
2: ...]s do not use the title of saint in reference to Peter as a matter of doctrine against [[canonization]...
4: ... the grottoes underneath the [[Basilica of Saint Peter]] in [[Vatican City]]. He is often depicted in...
7: ...[Image:Stpeter statue.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Saint Peter is usually depicted in art holding the keys to ...
8: ... name Peter. When the Bible lists the Apostles, Peter is always listed first, and [[Judas Iscariot]] ... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... technology but were rarely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [...
11: ...rdo also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
18: ...ively the product of virtue which, joining men together with the diverse affections of friendship, mak...
20: Leonardo kept his private life particularly secret, and there is no evidence that Leonardo was ever ...
22: In 1506, Leonardo met [[Count Francesco Melzi]], the 15 year old son of... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...ed) [[theory]] of the [[solar system]] in a form detailed enough to make it scientifically useful. His...
10: ...law|canon]] and [[civil law]] at [[Ferrara]], he met his teacher [[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]],...
12: ... first observation Copernicus made in [[1497]] together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De rev...
16: ...toro) and in Ferrara (with Bianchini), where in [[1503]] received his doctoral degree in canon law. It h...
18: ...en he progressively became ill. Throughout his lifetime he made astronomical observations and calculat... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: ... [[1466]] – [[July 12]], [[1536]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanist]] and [[theol...
6: ...other other than the fact that her name was Margaret and she was the daughter of a physician. Despite...
8: ... [[University of Cambridge]], he was [[Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity]], and had the option of ...
12: His residence at Leuven exposed Erasmus to much petty criticism, from those hostile to the principles...
14: ...d himself aloof from all entangling obligations; yet he was in a singularly true sense the center of t... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...wear wooden crosses, half a metre long by half a metre wide, around their necks. Although Christians w...
9: Together with the [[Knights Templar]], who were formed ...
15: ...e their new home. His successor [[Fulkes de Villaret]] executed the plan, and on [[August 15]], [[1309...
17: ... Constantinople]] made the Knights a priority target.
19: ...h the survivors were allowed to leave Rhodes and retreated to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. In exchange, ... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...]] '''צִידוֹן''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''Ẓidon''', [[Tib...
12: ... [[France]], captured and held the city in the nineteenth century. During [[WWI]], the British took Si...
15: ...tle level land around the city, some wheat and vegetables are grown and there is much fruit also; some...
26: * It is frequently referred to by the prophets (Isaiah 23:2, 4, 12; Jeremiah 25:22; 27:3; 47:4;... - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
20: | [[periodic table series|Series]] || [[metalloid]]s
26: | 5727 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], 3.5
29: | align="center" | metallic grey<br />[[Image:As,33.jpg|125px|]]
35: | [[Atomic radius]] (calc.) || 115 (114) [[picometre|pm]]
56: | 1090 [[Kelvin|K]] (817.2 ?[[Celsius|C]] / 1503 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]]) - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...onfided only in close friends and researched to meet anticipated objections, but in [[1858]] the infor...
12: ''For details see [[Charles Darwin's education]].''
19: ...John James Audubon]] give a demonstration of his method of using wires to prop up birds to draw or pai...
24: ...s studies, becoming particularly enthused by the set texts by [[William_Paley|Paley]] which included t...
29: ... pay for his son's expedition which eventually stretched to five years. - Protein (17280 bytes)
3: ... that form the struts and joints of the [[cytoskeleton]]. Still more functions filled by proteins incl...
7: ... which serves as a template for [[translation (genetics)|translation]] by [[ribosome]]s.
12: ...folds is known as its [[native state]], which is determined by its sequence of amino acids. Biochemis...
14: ...ub-structures—[[alpha helix]] and [[beta sheet]]—or segments of chain that [[Random coil|a...
18: ...l conformation|conformation]]s," and transitions between them are called '''conformational changes.'''
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