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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
11: ...n of the Guises, and entered upon a course of secret opposition. On [[April 1]], [[1560]] she named as...
13: ...sions to as little as 43, 38, or even fewer centimetres (17, 15, or fewer inches).
15: ...children, she was still vigorous and active. She retained her influence for more than twenty years in ...
17: ...avourite son, the duke of Anjou, to Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], but that did not come about.
19: ...iled with the Protestants and allowed Coligny to return to court and to re-enter the council. Of this ... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
1: [[Image:JeanneIII.jpg|frame|right|Jeanne d'Albret]]
2: '''Jeanne d'Albret''' ([[January 7]] [[1528]] – [[June 9]] [[1...
10: In the first year of her reign, Jeanne d'Albret called a conference of beleaguered [[Huguenot]] m...
12: The power struggle between Catholics and Huguenots for control of the Fr...
28: * [[Catherine de Bourbon]] ([[1559]]-[[1604]]). Married [[Henry I, Duke of Lorraine]... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
9: ...n Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pearl neckla...
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13: ...emaining years in her chateau in [[Anet]], [[Eure-et-Loir]] where she died.
15: ...rovide a resting place for her, her daughter completed the funeral chapel built near the chⴥau. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...8]], [[1542]] – [[February 8]], [[1587]]), better known as '''Mary, Queen of Scots,''' was the r...
9: Mary, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, ...
15: ...ut [[Duke of Albany]], a royal cousin, had lived yet some years ago and died 1536. Had he not died bef...
24: ...rd to the altar and put her gently in the throne set up there. Then he stood by, holding her to keep h...
28: ...child's head, where it rested on a circlet of velvet. The Cardinal steadied the crown and Lord Livings... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ..._(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</sm...
7: ..., '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor...
9: ...I of England|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous...
11: ...ouncil|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
13: ...r of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen". - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
11: ...ign="center" width="140" | ([[Flag of Lebanon|In Detail]])
12: ...ter" width="140" | ([[Coat of Arms of Lebanon|In Detail]])
59: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
91: ...chir Gemayel, who was regarded as secretly sympathetic to Israel.
99: ... [[UN Security Council Resolution 1559|Resolution 1559]], sponsored by the [[United States]] and [[Fran... - 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]] - 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> - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ... [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the two were not yet distinct) and [[alchemist]]. He had [[Uraniborg]]...
8: ...he Latinised form Tycho at around age fifteen (sometimes written Tÿcho). He was born at his famil...
10: ...d to any disputes nor did his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho lived with his childless uncle an...
12: ... his uncle, he studied law but also studied a variety of other subjects and became interested in [[ast...
14: ... others. There are just as many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disa... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...f [[Bree]], called Breda in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started sign...
5: ... soon after, and then returned to Antwerp before settling in [[Brussels]] permanently 10 years later. ...
7: He was the father of [[Pieter Brueghel the Younger]] and [[Jan Brueghel the E...
14: ...umb|300px|Bruegel's ''Netherlandish Proverbs'', [[1559]], with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 [[pr...
16: ...elder-children playing-detail.jpeg|thumb|250px|A detail of ''Children Playing'']] - 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 ... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
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3: ... to his forefather's service to the King, and regrets that his own deeds could not be as great, due to...
7: ...and jealously refused to give his countrymen any details of the country that might prepare them for th...
9: ...tical intrigue against him caused his arrest and return to Spain in chains, in around [[1545]]. He wa...
23: * [http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/cabezadevaca.htm PBS website ... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
13: ...at [[Port Chalmers]] carrying the first Scottish settlers for [[Dunedin, New Zealand|Dunedin]], [[New ...
16: ...[Benjamin Harrison]] opens [[Oklahoma]] to white settlement starting on [[April 22]].
19: ...onian Institution]] and [[National Geographic Society]].
27: ...[[1963]] - In [[London]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Grethe & J? Ingmann]] win the eighth [[Eurovision Song...
32: *1989 - A 1,000-foot diameter [[Near-Earth asteroid]] misses the [[Earth]] by... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ted below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
32: *[[Kenneth Appel]] (? - ?)
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]]) - Lent (7959 bytes)
5: ...Easter Sunday]]. The dating of [[Easter]], which determines that of Lent, is discussed [[Easter#The_da...
7: ...cant [[Latin]] term ''quadragesima'' or the "fortieth day" before Easter, which is preserved in the [[...
13: ...e. Nowadays it is common for people to give up something they enjoy doing a lot, and often to give the...
15: ...eason, disappearing on [[Ash Wednesday]] and not returning until the moment of the [[Resurrection]] du...
18: ..."''The Battle between Carnival and Lent''" by [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]].]] - Realdo Colombo (996 bytes)
1: ...urgeon at the University of [[Padua]] ([[1544]]-[[1559]]). He was a pupil of [[Vesalius]] and his succes...
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