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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
    7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
    8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
    11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]...
    25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
  2. Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
    1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
    5: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
    29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
    31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ...
    33: ... to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the Po...
  3. Argentina (30219 bytes)
    35: established_dates = from [[Spain]]<br/> [[May 25]], [[1810]]<br/>[[July ...
    52: ...ain rich in silver &ndash; reached Spain around [[1524]]. Since then, the Spaniards named the river of S...
    57: ...port. Buenos Aires formally declared independence from Spain on [[July 9]], [[1816]]. Argentines rever...
    59: ...es&mdash;especially the western pampas&mdash;came from throughout Europe.
    61: ... modern military and labor movements that emerged from the growing urban working class.
  4. Portugal (61755 bytes)
    5: ... the country's early history, stemming as it does from the Roman name ''Portus Cale'', a possibly mixe...
    15: ...C]], several waves of [[Celts]] invaded Portugal from [[Central Europe]] and intermarried with local ...
    17: ...Portugal started from the south, where they found friendly natives, the [[Conii]]. Over decades, the R...
    25: ...s. From there they aimed to reconquer their lands from the [[Moors]] (mainly [[Berber]] with some [[Ar...
    27: ...r of the Iberian Peninsula, faced new competition from other regions. The lords of the cities of [[Coi...
  5. List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
    46: *[[Frank Yates|Yates, Frank]], ([[1902]]-[[1994]]), statistician
    48: ...[[1747]]-[[1826]]), Continental Congress delegate from [[New York]]
    57: *[[Yazdegerd I of Persia]], from [[399]] to [[420]].
    58: *[[Yazdegerd II of Persia]], from [[438]] to [[457]].
    59: *[[Yazdegerd III of Persia]], from [[632]] to [[651]].
  6. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
    12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
    17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
    29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
    59: *[[Fra Angelico]] ([[1387]]-[[1445]])
  7. Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
    18: ...ano]], working for [[France]], explores coastline from present-day [[North Carolina]] to [[Maine]]
  8. Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
    8: ...orn in [[Mantua]], [[Italy]] to an ancient family from [[Lombardy]] that had moved to [[Mantua]] at th...
    13: ..., [[Cardinal Bibbiena]], Ottaviano and [[Federico Fregoso]], [[Cesare Gonzaga]] (a cousin of both Cast...
    19: ...phael]] soon became a really close friend of him, frequently asking for his suggestions. Raphael grate...
    23: ...co di Roma''), the Pope suspected him of "special friendship" for the Spanish emperor: effectively Cas...
    25: ... both, the Pope and Valdes, in two famous letters from [[Burgos]]. Valdes received a very long and sev...
  9. Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
    1: [[image:copernicus.jpg|right|frame|Nicolaus Copernicus]]
    8: ...cus' father. His brother Andrew became canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[Benedictin...
    14: ...of Warmia and Copernicus was named a canon in the Frombork [[cathedral]], but he waited in Italy for t...
    16: ...o complete his studies in Padua (with Guarico and Fracastoro) and in Ferrara (with Bianchini), where i...
    18: ...e end of his studies, he came to live and work in Frombork. Some time before his return to [[Warmia]],...
  10. Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
    1: ...atholic Church]] in [[Western Europe]]. The main front of the reformation was started by [[Martin Lut...
    16: * Reformation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
    20: ...West. These frustrated reformist movements ranged from [[nominalism]], modern devotion, to [[humanism]...
    22: ...he exercise of their authority. In [[England]], [[France]], and [[Spain]] the move toward centralizati...
    24: ...onomy. Woolen manufacturing greatly expanded in [[France]], [[Germany]], and the [[Netherlands]] and n...
  11. Tsunami (29462 bytes)
    2: ...te a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
    4: The term ''tsunami'' comes from the [[Japanese language]] meaning ''harbour'' (...
    18: ...pate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area due to the small area of sea af...
    22: ...by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast an...
    24: ...ve decreases as the inverse power of the distance from the source. This is the two-dimensional equiva...
  12. Erasmus (18332 bytes)
    6: ...s cared for by his parents till their early death from the [[plague]] in [[1483]], and then given the ...
    8: ...in England was fruitful in the making of lifelong friendships with the leaders of English thought in t...
    10: ...e Press|Aldus Manutius]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active association with Ital...
    12: ...]], and to him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters of Europe.
    14: ...ull of contradictions. Erasmus held himself aloof from all entangling obligations; yet he was in a sin...
  13. Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
    3: ...t this point the ship was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is no way to g...
    7: ...vanni da Verrazano]] explored the same coast in [[1524]])&ndash;and sailing a distance up the [[Hudson R...
    9: ...s England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released.
    11: ...nder the English flag; this time the funding came from the [[Virginia Company]] and the [[British East...
    17: ... (''New World or the description of West India'') from [[1625]]. The same situation applies to the voy...
  14. Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
    17: ...ght|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at...
    19: ...opper]] mine in nearby [[Mansfeld]]. Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to...
    28: ...ed the young man needed more work to distract him from excessive [[rumination]]. He ordered the monk t...
    31: ...hteousness, by which humans receive righteousness from God through the perfect works, life, death and ...
    37: ...t the doctrine in question), thereby freeing them from the pains of purgatory.
  15. History of Germany (53864 bytes)
    3: ... they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
    5: ...known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[A...
    12: ...ptive work about the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]]
    13: ...ic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the [[Oder...
    15: ...nz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to secure the Rhine frontier. In 9 AD a Roman army led by [[Publius Quin...
  16. Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
    3: ... they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
    5: ...known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[A...
    12: ...ptive work about the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]]
    13: ...ic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the [[Oder...
    15: ...nz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to secure the Rhine frontier. In 9 AD a Roman army led by [[Publius Quin...
  17. Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
    14: ...ern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to conquer the ...
    16: ...by his [[biographer]], [[chaplain]], and friend [[Francisco López de Gómara]]. At the age of 14, Cor...
    20: ...ld boy who had returned home only to find himself frustrated by life in his small provincial town.
    26: ...eville, listening to the tales of those returning from the Indies, who told of discovery and conquest,...
    31: ... estate of land and Indian slaves for his efforts from the leader of the expedition.
  18. September 23 (7397 bytes)
    15: ...ams]]; verified by German astronomer [[Johann Gottfried Galle]]
    29: ...] world heavyweight champion ever to come from [[Africa]] when he knocks out defending [[WBA]] champio...
    38: ...AD [[1158]] - [[Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany|Geoffrey Plantagenet]], [[Duke of Brittany]]
    43: *[[1819]] - [[Hippolyte Fizeau]], French physicist (d. [[1896]])
    44: *[[1838]] - [[Victoria Woodhull]], suffragist (d. [[1927]])

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