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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[...
23: ...acific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
47: *[[John Cabot]] (Giovanni Caboto), (c. 1450 – 1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[Engla...
77: ...n Dezhnev]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed through [[Bering Strait]]
78: *[[Bartolomeu Dias]], (1450-1500), [[Portuguese]] explorer who first rounded ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
5: ...merica was known to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [...
9: ...t large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans.
11: ...genous people]]s, exploitation of the Americas by Europe, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others h...
35: ...ancestry, in [[1479]]. Felipa's father, [[Bartolomeu Perestrelo]], had partaken in finding the [[Madei...
39: [[Christianity|Christian]] Europe, long allowed safe passage to [[India]] and [... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...ge of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Na...
7: ...lle|Domr魹]] in the valley of the [[Meuse River|Meuse]] to [[Jacques D'Arc]] and Isabelle de Vouthon,...
10: ...in two joined vertical panels. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].]]
11: ...irion).jpg|200px|right|thumb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon re...
12: ...ve, Durand Lassois, to bring her to nearby Vaucouleurs in order to ask the garrison commander, Lord Ro... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...s figurines]] have been found mainly in central [[Europe]]. The [[Venus of Willendorf]] (30,000 - 25,...
6: ... East, (the area between the [[Tigris]] and the [[Euphrates]] Rivers), the [[Sumeria]]n, [[Akkadia]]n,...
13: ...and was donated to the [[New York Metropolitan Museum of Art]] by [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]] in [[19...
22: ...y sculptures can now be seen at the [[Egyptian Museum]] in [[Cairo]].
31: ...he shape of a bull was found in Knossos from 1500-1450 BC. In addition, there are many double-bladed ax... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
59: ...ad dissipated by the 13th century A.D. In about [[1450]], the [[Quechua]]-speaking [[Incas]] entered the...
71: ... primitive conditions in the mines and in nearly feudal status on large estates, they were denied acce...
85: ... of public enterprises, such as the state [[Petroleum|oil]] corporation, [[telecommunications]] system...
105: ...uitable dividends paid by the multinational petroleum companies, set up roadblocks throughout the coun...
170: ...estizo]] (mixed indian and European) and 12% pure European. The largest of the approximately three-doz... - Biography (6028 bytes)
16: The [[Middle Ages]] (AD [[400]] to [[1450]]) began with the [[Dark Ages]], a period of mass... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
124: *[[Kamaleddin Behzad]] ([[1450]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]])
185: *[[Eugene Boudin|Eugène Boudin]]
216: *[[Tadeusz Brzozowski (painter)|Tadeusz Brzozowski]] ([[1818]]-[[1887]]) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
1: {{History of European art music}}
3: ...g of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
17: ...had a massive impact on the subsequent history of European music. Most of the surviving notated music ...
27: Chant developed separately in several European centers. The most important were Rome, Spa...
29: .... At this time, Rome was the religious center of Europe, and Paris was the political center. The sta... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...n European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated i...
22: ...[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published.
51: *[[1958]] - The [[European Community]] is established.
59: ...e [[Republic of Ireland]] are admitted into the [[European Community]].
64: ...reece|Republic of Greece]] is admitted into the [[European Community]]. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
123: |40||[[Cheung Kong Centre]]||Hong Kong||283 m||928 ...
188: |[[Sears Tower]]||1974||Present||1450 ft||442 m||1730 ft||527 m||11... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...ance music|Renaissance]]. He was the most famous European composer between [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[...
6: ...came one of the largest and most famous choirs in Europe; the ensemble included the composers [[Gaspar...
20: ...came very popular, and were circulated throughout Europe; many of them are sung regularly by [[a cappe... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ...'' ("the Angelic [[Friar]]"), or in [[Continental Europe]] as '''Beato Angelico''' ("the Blessed Angel...
21: ... these works he was invited to Rome by the pope [[Eugenius IV]], who reigned from [[1431]] to [[1447]]...
23: ...ooperation of his pupil [[Benozzo Gozzoli]]. In [[1450]], Fra Angelico became Prior of the convent of Sa...
33: ...ent of S. Marco (now converted into a national museum), a series of frescoes, beginning towards [[1443...
35: ...ith the Madonna's girdle'', in the [[Lateran]] museum, and a ''Virgin enthroned'', in the church of S.... - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...eronymus Bosch''', also '''Jeroen Bosch''', (c. [[1450]] – [[August]], [[1516]]) was a prolific [[...
16: ... the painter's death; as a result, the [[Prado Museum]] in [[Madrid]] now owns several of his works, i... - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
9: ...about [[1435]]. He was in [[Italy]] in [[1440]]-[[1450]], but his visit shows no result on his style, wh...
13: ...hilip.jpg|thumb|250px|Philip the Good, painted c. 1450 by Roger van der Weyden]]
19: ...from the Cross'' ([[1443]]), Sint-Pieterskerk, [[Leuven]], [[Belgium]]
20: * [[triptych]] ([[1438]]-[[1440]]), [[Berlin Museum]]
21: * ''Madonna with Saints'' ([[1450]]), [[Stadel Institute]], [[Frankfurt]] - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
1: ...px|From the ''Cycle of Famous Men and Women.'' c. 1450. Detached fresco. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uf...
8: ...ity to be given this honor. He traveled widely in Europe and served as an ambassador. He was a prolif...
12: ...nice]], to flee the plague then ravaging parts of Europe. A second grandchild, Francesco, was born in ...
14: ...igious contemplation. He died in [[Arqu? in the [[Euganean Hills]] on [[July 18]], 1374.
17: ...]. While it is possible she was an idealized or pseudonymous character - particularly since the name "... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
1: [[Image:Europe in 1430.PNG|thumb|350px|A map of Europe in the [[1430s]], at the height of the Hundre...
5: ...hivalry]], the first standing armies in [[Western Europe]] since the time of the [[Western Roman Empir...
13: ...ed to [[Philip III of Navarre|Philip, count of Evreux]], who became [[List of Navarrese monarchs|king ...
21: ...p IV of France|Philip IV]] (Philip the Fair). By feudal law, this made Edward III the next heir to the...
31: ...1337]] Philip reclaimed the Gascony fief, citing feudal law and saying that Edward had broken his oath... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
7: ...obe from [[Africa]] and the frost-free zones of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. The rapid expansion of humank...
21: ...dependent on [[Rock (geology)|stone]] tools. In [[Eurasia]], [[copper]] and [[bronze]] tools, decorati...
25: ...ato]] and [[Aristotle]], were diffused throughout Europe and the Middle East by the conquests of [[Ale...
35: Throughout the temperate zones of Eurasia, America, and North Africa, large empires co...
37: ...mpire]]. Centuries later a large part of western Europe became the [[Holy Roman Empire]] comprising a... - Venice (22017 bytes)
14: ...c]] systems, but the social order was entirely [[feudal]]. Church and various private properties were ...
22: ...ant secret reports of the politics and rumours of European courts, providing fascinating information t...
24: ...me perhaps the most elegant and refined city in [[Europe]], greatly influencing [[art]], [[architectur...
29: By [[1450]], more than 3,000 Venetian merchant ships were i...
33: ...roops were still recruited from the lagoon, plus feudal levies from Dalmatia and Istria. In times of e... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...ge term for an ancient people who spoke an [[Indo-European language]] and established a kingdom center...
5: ...ing of the 2nd millennium BC and spoke a non-Indo-European language — conventionally called [[Ha...
12: ...ere neither Hattic nor Assyrian, but clearly Indo-European.
17: ...tes; Its Structure and Its Membership in the Indo-European Linguistic Family''. The preface of the boo...
19: ...will be shown that Hittite is in the main an Indo-European language.'' - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
108: ...in only 4 years. The [[Julian calendar]], used in Europe from Roman times until about the 16th Century...
123: ...ayapan]] ruled all of Yucatan until a revolt in [[1450]]; the area then devolved to city states until th...
189: *[[Zaculeu]]
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