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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> – [[20 May]] [[1506]]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Crist...
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... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
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4: *[[Pope Agapetus I|Agapetus I, Pope]], (pope 535-536)
5: *[[Pope Agapetus II|Agapetus II, Pope]], (pope 946-955)
6: *[[John Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
7: ...jit Agarkar|Agarkar, Ajit]], (1977-), Indian cricketer - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
9: ...when she was elected to the school's literary society, she could not take the office in the [[anti-sem...
15: ...unicated with other prisoners with large cut-out letters she placed in her window one at the time. She...
17: ...rought to [[Israel]] in 1950 and buried in the cemetery on [[Mount Herzl]], [[Jerusalem]].
23: ==Poetry==
25: Hanna Shenesh was a talented poetess writing both on Hungarian and Hebrew. - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ...isited what is now the [[United States]] when he set foot in [[Florida]] in 1513.
4: ...to [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]). He was greeted with open arms by the [[Taino]] [[Cacique]], [[...
6: ...ge:Agueybana.JPG|right|thumb|Cacique Agueybana greeting Juan Ponce de León]]
7: ...f Christopher Columbus, who had been appointed lifetime military governor of his newly found discoveri...
12: ...'', meaning ''flowery'', either because of the vegetation in bloom he saw there, or because he landed ... - Americas (7154 bytes)
13: People who live in the Americas are sometimes referred to as being ''[[American (disambigua...
23: ...on of [[Renaissance]] era voyagers, had died in [[1506]] (believing, to the end, that he'd discovered an...
29: Yet another theory states that Vespucci named America...
31: ...nd only served to prolong the ongoing debate on whether the "[[West Indies|Indies]]" were really a new... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ''Confederatio Helvetica'' (CH), the [[Latin]] version of the official ...
31: ...me_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset=+1 |
32: ... = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST=+2 |
48: ...quired during the earlier wars, suffered a first setback in [[1515]] with the Swiss defeat in the [[Ba...
50: ...and [[1531]] (''Kappeler Kriege''). The conflict between Catholic and Protestant cantons persisted, er... - Israel (51605 bytes)
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68: ...zantine]]s) in [[638]] CE and attracted [[Arab]] settlers. After a brief period of prosperity under th...
73: Following centuries of [[Diaspora]], the [[nineteenth century]] saw the rise of [[Zionism]], the J...
83: ...ab leadership rejected the plan to create the as-yet-unnamed Jewish state and launched a guerilla war. - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
7: *[[Francis Xavier|Xavier, Francis]], ([[1506]]-[[1552]]), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary]]
15: *[[Ettore Ximenes|Ximenes, Ettore]], ([[1855]]-[[1919]]), Italian painter
21: *[[Xu Zhi Mo]], melancholic poet of early [[20th century]] [[China]] - Influenza (10335 bytes)
4: ...health care costs and lost productivity. Major genetic changes in the virus have caused three influenz...
12: ... [[antigenic shift]] and present a new immune target to susceptible people. Populations tend to have m...
14: ...of influenza A virus are H1N1 and H3N2. (Yohannes et al., 2004)
16: ...r of isolation, and HA and NA subtype (Yohannes ''et al'' 2004) Examples of the nomenclature are A/Mos...
21: ... [[20th century]]. The most famous (and the most lethal) was the [[Spanish Flu]] [[pandemic]] (type A ... - 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]]) - 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... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
10: ...ften; during one of his missions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbino]]...
13: ...Notably, guests used to organise intellectual competitions which resulted in an interesting, stimulati...
15: ...ontains echoes of both ancient and contemporary poetry, with recalls [[Vergil]], [[Poliziano]], [[Sann...
17: ...t his works and of those of other guests in some letters to other princes, maintaining an activity ver...
21: ...er ancient noble family. He wrote two passionate letters to her, expressing a deep sentiment, but she ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...lawyer]], writer, and politician. During his lifetime he earned a reputation as a leading [[humanism...
5: ...ere he studied [[Latin]] and [[logic]]. He then returned to London, where he studied law with his fat...
9: ...ost immediately, to a rich widow named Alice Middleton who was several years his senior. His new wife...
12: ...ing official documents, and serving as a liaison between the king and his Lord Chancellor: [[Thomas Ca...
19: ...[[Lucian]], which was published in [[Paris]] in [[1506]]. - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...ne]] [[political philosopher]], [[musician]], [[poet]], and romantic comedic [[playwright]]. Machiavel...
10: ...work ''The Prince'' from the European leaders he met. His first mission was in [[1499]] to [[Caterina ...
12: ...iavelli and sent him into [[exile]]. Machiavelli returned to [[Sant'Andrea in Percussina]], where he d...
21: ... here is why: "The ends justify the means", is sometimes (all too often!!) attributed to him but this ...
23: ...ort and a historical Novum clearly distinguishes between the two and actually divorces them. '''Politi... - 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 ...
10: ... rewards of independent literary activity. From [[1506]] to [[1509]] he was in Italy. He spent part of ...
12: His residence at Leuven exposed Erasmus to much petty criticism, from those hostile to the principles...
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