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  1. List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
    56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
    141: ...]] — [[1924]], [[1931]] — [[1934]] (office tower & wing)
    221: ...1488;רצות הברית]]
  2. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
    12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
    17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
    21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
    23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ...
  3. November 4 (10686 bytes)
    13: * [[1869]] - The first issue of the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is publi...
    14: ...es G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
    16: ...] - [[City & South London Railway]]: [[London]]'s first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway...
    21: ...ish]] archaeologist [[Howard Carter]] and his men find the entrance to King [[Tutankhamen]]'s tomb in ...
    22: ...ellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman governor in the [[United States]].
  4. Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
    4: ...ci''' ([[March 9]], [[1454]] - [[February 22]], [[1512]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[merchant]] and [[ca...
    12: ...ased the new name on the Latin form of Vespucci's first name, taking the feminine form ''America''. (S...
    14: ...y 10th]] of that year). Little is known about the final voyage.
    20: ...igo Vespucci died in [[Seville]], [[Spain]], in [[1512]].
    22: ...the European public learned about America for the first time; its existence became generally known thr...
  5. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
    9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
    10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
    15: ...nk Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
    22: ...a Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
    99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure
  6. Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
    2: ... her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She is the first (and to date only) female [[Prime Minister of ...
    20: ...d to join Kibbutz Merhavia and was turned down at first, but eventually accepted into the community. ...
    30: ...nsjordan]] and [[Iraq]]. She was issued Israel's first passport and sent to the United States to rais...
    32: ...eir handing certificates to the [[USSR|Soviet]] officials.]]
    34: When she returned, she was assigned to be the first ambassador to the [[Soviet Union]]. She served...
  7. Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
    2: ...' ([[Aramaic language|Jud毭Aramaic]] '''מרים''' '''Maryām''' "Bitter"; [[S...
    6: ...ns accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept nothing or almost nothin...
    8: ... [[Eastern Orthodox]] traditions built around the figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult der...
    13: ...mp. 1 Sam. 2:1-10) commonly known as the ''[[Magnificat]]''. After three months Mary returned to her ...
    17: ...is little mention of Mary in the Gospels until we find her at the cross along with her sister Mary, an...
  8. Esther (5002 bytes)
    2: ...ble]], the queen of [[Ahasuerus]] (commonly identified with [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]] or [[Artax...
    12: ...ded with her cousin [[Mordecai]], who held some office in the household of the Persian king at "[[Susa...
    14: ...o traditional Jewish dating this took place about fifty-two years after the Return.
    21: ...i are purely conjectural. In addition phonetic difficulties exist in attempting to relate the names Es...
  9. Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
    9: ...hool's literary society, she could not take the office in the [[anti-semitism|anti-Semitic]] atmospher...
    17: ... a new Judge Advocate. Hannah was executed by a [[firing squad]] before the judges had even found her ...
    21: After the Cold War, a Hungarian military court officially exonerated her. Her kin in Israel were info...
    28: ...s sang it and this song ends some versions of the film ''[[Schindler's List]]'':
    37: ...97;, שלא יגמר לעולם
  10. Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
    2: ...tment of the Spanish Crown. He is regarded as the first [[Europe]]an known to have visited what is now...
    4: ...Tainos to work in the mines and to construct fortifications. The Tainos subsequently died in great num...
    7: ...s. Ponce de León was then removed from office in 1512 and felt his good name had been damaged. Not wish...
    9: ...im and govern for Spain, all of which he hoped to find at Bimini and other islands. The story of Ponce...
  11. Israel (51605 bytes)
    1: ...1463;ת יִשְׂרָאֵל, [[transliteration]]...
    6: ...1502;&#1491;&#1497;&#1504;&#1514; &#1497;&#1513;&#1512;&#1488;&#1500;<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>&#1583;...
    13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Ara...
    60: ...d contains many locations of great spiritual significance in Judaism, Christianity, and [[Islam]]. Sta...
    73: ...ficant [[Immigration to Israel|immigration]]. The first waves of Jewish immigration to the then Turkis...
  12. Spain (36498 bytes)
    1: ...idely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of nearly all [[Central America|Cent...
    14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>...
    37: sovereignty_type = [[Reconquista|Unification]] |
    48: ...], the [[Aranese]] dialect of [[Occitan]] is co-official<br><sup>2</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[peseta|S...
    62: ...ᤩz]]) near Tartessos. In the 8th century BC the first Greek colonies, such as Emporion (modern [[Emp...
  13. List of popes (77758 bytes)
    1: [[Image:treimann.summi_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jpg|thumb|Popes buried...
    4: ...holic Church]]. The title itself has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church si...
    13: ! width="18%" | Pontificate
    29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) ...
    167: ! width="18%" | Pontificate
  14. Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
    9: ! align="left" | Office:
    12: ! align="left" | Term in office:
    33: ! align="left" | First Lady:
    42: ...tion<sup>1</sup> and was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s first [[president]] from [[1958]] to [[1969]]. His [...
    50: ...ssful escape attempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retaliation camp.
  15. Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
    12: ...nci, in whom, besides a beauty of person never sufficiently admired and a wonderful grace in all his a...
    16: ...urviving legal records of the [[Podest? and the Officers of the Night.
    18: ...in the sixteenth century. Rocke reports that in a fictional dialogue on ''l'amore masculino'' (male lo...
    23: ...her friends who are now figures renowned in their fields, or for their influence on history; these inc...
    26: ...mb|left|[[Self-portrait]] in [[red chalk]], circa 1512 to 1515]]
  16. Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
    1: ...a [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public official]]
    3: ...omedic [[playwright]]. Machiavelli was also a key figure in [[realist]] [[political theory]], crucial ...
    6: ...[Image:Macchiavelli01.jpg|thumb|Statue at the [[Uffizi]]]]
    7: [[Image:Firenze.PalVecchio.Machiavelli.JPG|thumb|200px|Bust ...
    10: ... his son, [[Cesare Borgia]], and these characters fill a large space of ''The Prince''.
  17. Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
    7: * ''Storie fiorentine'' (1508-1510)
    8: * ''Diario di Spagna'' (1512)
    9: * ''Discorso di Logrogno'' (1512)
    14: * ''Del reggimento di Firenze'' (1527)
    16: * ''Ricordi'' (1512-1530)
  18. Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
    7: '''Gerardus Mercator''' ([[March 5]], [[1512]] &ndash; [[December 2]], [[1594]]) was a [[Fland...
    9: ...suited for copper engraving of maps. He wrote the first instruction book of italic script to be publis...
    12: ...ve]] in [[1564]]. He devised a new projection and first used it in [[1569]]; it had parallel lines of ...
    15: ... produced his own atlas in a number of parts, the first of which was published in [[1578]] and consist...
    22: ...phicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura'' (Atlas, or Cosmographical Meditations on th...
  19. Florence (11538 bytes)
    1: ...ly. Florence was long ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by the [[Medici...
    3: ...naissance]]. Florence is famous for its wealth of fine [[art]] and [[architecture]].
    5: ...nceSymbol-giglio.png|thumb|right|127px|"Giglio di Firenze" - symbol of the city]]
    7: ...ght|thumb|300px|An Overview of Florence (Italian: Firenze)]]
    23: ...[[Cosimo de%27 Medici|Cosimo de' Medici]] was the first Medici family member to essentially control th...
  20. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
    95: *[[Mino da Fiesole]] (c.1429 - 1484)
    96: *[[Steve Fiorilla]]
    97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
    175: *[[Alessandro Leopardo]] (1512-?)

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