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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)
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. - Argentina (30219 bytes)
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48: ... country in southern [[South America]], situated between the [[Andes]] in the west and the southern [[...
52: ...ain rich in silver – reached Spain around [[1524]]. Since then, the Spaniards named the river of S...
57: ...s waged a lengthy conflict between themselves to determine the future of the nation. National unity wa... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ... and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other col...
15: .... The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settled in [[Alentejo]].
23: ...he [[Visigoth]]s, invaded the Iberian peninsula, set up kingdoms, and became assimilated. The [[Vandal...
25:
27: ...ds of the cities of [[Coimbra]] and [[Porto]], together with the clergy of Braga, demanded the indepen... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
18: *[[Yamamoto Tsunetomo]] (1659-1719), Japanese Author of [[Hagakure]]
31: ...iation|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
37: ...ormer deputy prime minister and CIS executive secretary
48: *[[Peter W. Yates|Yates, Peter W.]], ([[1747]]-[[1826]]), Continental Congress...
54: *[[John Yau|Yau, John]], poet - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
8: ...-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
18: *[[1524]]-[[Giovanni da Verrazano]], working for [[France...
21: ...h]] founds [[Roanoke Colony]], the first English settlement in the New World, in the [[Virginia]] terr... - 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 ... - 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: ...nd obtained permission to return to Italy to complete his studies in Padua (with Guarico and Fracastor...
18: ...en he progressively became ill. Throughout his lifetime he made astronomical observations and calculat... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
10: * [[Martin Luther]], [[Johann Tetzel]], [[Philipp Melanchthon]], [[Indulgences]], '...
11: * ''[[Exsurge Domine]]'', [[Diet of Worms]] ([[1521]]), [[Peasants' War]]
16: ...ation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
20: ...sually yields a lot of new thinking as to how society should be organized. This was the case leading u...
22: ...ompetitive [[overproduction]], and heightened competition to maximize economic advantage, contributed ... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...andslide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorite impact]]s all have the potential to generat...
4: ... very long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnoti...
10: ...[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. However, the most common cause is...
14: Sub-marine landslides; which are sometimes triggered by large earthquakes; as well as co...
21: ...ushika Hokusai|Hokusai]]). In fact, a tsunami is better understood as a new and suddenly higher sea le... - 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... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
3: ...decided to return to England on the 31st. On the return voyage Hudson discovered what is now known as ...
7: ...s name. The Dutch would later claim the area and set up a colony as [[New Amsterdam]].
9: ...lag. This was part of the [[Navigation Acts]], a set of [[Mercantilism|mercantilist]] laws England had...
11: In [[1610]] Hudson managed to get backing for yet another voyage under the English flag; this time ...
15: ...to a head and in the crew mutinied in July 1611, setting Hudson, his son, and several other crew adrif... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...ns and church bodies). His call to the Church to return to the teachings of the [[Bible]] resulted in ...
19: ...ing risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to see his son ascend to [[civil service]]...
23: ... [[lightning bolt]] struck near to him as he was returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "Help,[...
26: ... to serve others through prayer for their souls. Yet peace with God escaped him. He devoted himself to...
28: ... Bachelor's degree in the ''[[Sentences]]'' by [[Peter Lombard]] (the main textbook of theology in the... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
7: ...ion of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further details, please consult the ''main articles'' given a...
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust int...
25: ...s anointed by the Church. The Frankish kings now set up as protectors of the [[Pope]], and began to ta...
35: Between 843 and 880 the Carolingian empire was succes...
37: ...isively defeated near [[Augsburg]] and the Slavs between the [[Elbe]] and the [[Oder]] were submitted.... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
7: ...ion of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further details, please consult the ''main articles'' given a...
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust int...
25: ...s anointed by the Church. The Frankish kings now set up as protectors of the [[Pope]], and began to ta...
35: Between 843 and 880 the Carolingian empire was succes...
37: ...isively defeated near [[Augsburg]] and the Slavs between the [[Elbe]] and the [[Oder]] were submitted.... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...anking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully bu...
10: ... latter two were most commonly used during his lifetime, but the former shortened form has become comm...
18: After two years, Cortés, tired of schooling, returned home to Medellín, much to the irritation of...
20: ...ir description of a sixteen-year-old boy who had returned home only to find himself frustrated by life...
26: ...ai, and Seville, listening to the tales of those returning from the Indies, who told of discovery and ... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
13: ...- [[Lewis and Clark Expedition|Lewis and Clark]] return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest.
15: *[[1846]] - Discovery of [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] by French astronomer [[Urbain Le Verri...
19: *[[1912]] - First [[Mack Sennett]] "Keystone Comedy" is released.
24: *[[1962]] - The [[Jetsons]] aired for the first time.
26: *[[1973]] - [[Juan Peron]] returns to power in [[Argentina]]
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