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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. - 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 - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...s''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April 25]], [[1566]]) was a fixture at the courts of several [[Franc...
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". - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
4: ...n metal or chiselled into stone and the forms of letters used in them is called [[epigraphy]]. Epigrap...
12: ...C., under the famous [[Qin Shi Huangdi]], who perpetrated the "burning of the books", the Prime Minist...
14: ...haracters were used sometimes phonetically and sometimes ideographically. Using the kanji manyogana as...
76: * [http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/Chinese-symbols-customized.html Chinese ...
90: Arabic/Persian calligraphy is associated with geometric [[Islamic]] art (the [[Arabesque]]) on the wal... - 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: ...ether the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] town of [[Breda (Netherlands)|Breda]] or the [[Belgium|Belgian]] town ...
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: ...age:Bruegel Proverbs.jpg|thumb|300px|Bruegel's ''Netherlandish Proverbs'', [[1559]], with peasant scen...
16: ...elder-children playing-detail.jpeg|thumb|250px|A detail of ''Children Playing'']] - 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]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
73: *[[Anaximenes of Miletus]]{{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
2: ...x130;mparatorluğu'''</big></big><br/>'''Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye'''
45: ...as referring to the Empire's position as gateway between Europe and Asia. In its day, the Ottoman Empi...
53: ...[Suleiman I]] in the [[16th century]], when it stretched from the [[Persian Gulf]] in the east to [[Hu...
55: ... a fortress and supplied huge cannon. The [[the Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Protestants]] were helped by th...
61: ...h in 1798, Cyprus occupied by the British in 1876 etc.). Socially, the advent of nationalism and the y... - 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 ... - Walter Baade (2275 bytes)
17: | [[1566 Icarus]] || [[June 27]], [[1949]]
32: ... perihelion is closer than that of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]) and the [[Amor asteroid]] [[1036 Gany...
34: ... Lectureship]] of the [[American Astronomical Society]] in [[1958]].
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