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  1. Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
    15: ...dynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Eg...
    16: * The dates of Dynasties 1 to 10 are from Baines and Malek, ''Atlas of Ancient Egypt'' (...
    17: * The dates of Dynasties 11 to 20 are from Kitchen, "The Basics of Egyptian Chronology in ...
    18: * The dates of Dynasties 21 to 26 are from Kitchen, ''Third Intermediate Period in Egypt''...
    20: (This information has been supplemented from ''The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt'', edited...
  2. Algeria (16548 bytes)
    1: ...'s coast until becoming part of the mainland in [[1525]].
    21: ... || [[Berber language|Berber]], [[French language|French unofficial but commonly used in administratio...
    38: | From [[France]]<br>[[July 5]], [[1962]]
    60: ...Berber]]s (or Amazigh) since at least 10,000 BC. From [[1000 BC]] on, the [[Carthage|Carthaginians]] ...
    62: ... many coastal cities, prompting some to seek help from the [[Ottoman Empire]].
  3. Bolivia (30115 bytes)
    40: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[August 6]], [[1825]] |
    59: ...he area until the [[Spain|Spanish]] conquest in [[1525]].
    62: ...of the Viceroy of [[Lima]]. Local government came from the Audiencia de Charcas located in Chuquisaca ...
    71: ... political awareness among the indigenous people. From the end of the Chaco War until the [[1952]] rev...
    74: ...tenssoro]], the MNR introduced universal adult suffrage, carried out a sweeping land reform, promoted ...
  4. 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]])
  5. January 17 (12233 bytes)
    5: * [[1562]] - [[France]] recognized the [[Huguenot]]s under the [[Ed...
    25: ...Robbery]] - 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
    28: * [[1966]] - [[Carl Brashear]], the first [[African American]] [[United States Navy]] diver, is i...
    44: ...y|Friedrich III]], [[Saxony|Saxon]] elector (d. [[1525]])
    48: *[[1706]] - [[Benjamin Franklin]] American writer, inventor, publisher, and...
  6. Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
    3: ... in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintings as '...
    7: ... their father died; neither received any training from him.
    9: ...s nicknamed 'Peasant Brueghel' to distinguish him from other members of the [[Brueghel|Brueghel dynast...
    34: ...cle of 6 or 12 paintings of the months or seasons from the [[Book of hours]] of which five remain:
    64: ...a young art historian discovers the lost painting from ''The Months'' cycle.
  7. Thomas More (15893 bytes)
    2: ...ic offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[1529]] to [[1532]]. More coined the word "[[...
    7: ...o Lincoln's Inn while he considered joining the [[Franciscan]] order. Perhaps because he judged himse...
    12: From [[1510]] to [[1518]], More served as one of the...
    14: ... and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. In [[1525]] he became chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaste...
    19: ...Christian humanist in continental Europe, and his friend [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] dedicated his master...
  8. Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
    10: ...to [[France]] to obtain terms from [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]] for continuing the war against [[...
    33: ...y, he was hoping that a strong ruler would emerge from the [[Medici]] family, uniting Italy by expelli...
    35: ...man Titus Livy. Machiavelli comments on passages from Livy's history and analogizes them to situation...
    48: *''Ritratti delle cose di Francia,'' [[1510]]
    51: *''Andria,'' comedy translated from [[Terence]], 1513 (?)
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. Hittites (17910 bytes)
    3: ...0 BC, with an as yet unexplained hundred-year gap from 1500 to 1400 BC. After 1200 BC the Hittite poli...
    5: ... language]]. The Hittites should be distinguished from the "[[Hattians]]", an earlier people who inhab...
    7: ...rchs (Bible)|Patriarch]]s up to [[Ezra]]'s return from [[Babylonian captivity of Judah|Babylonian capt...
    14: ...I]] and his son [[Akhenaton]]. Two of the letters from a "kingdom of Kheta", apparently located in the...
    15: ...the same unknown language as the Egyptian letters from Kheta &mdash; thus confirming the identity of t...
  12. Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
    2: ...ho sailed for [[Spain]]. He was the first to sail from [[Europe]] westwards to [[Asia]], the first [[E...
    7: ... had gone two years before. Here, with his cousin Francisco Serrano, Magellan continued his education,...
    9: ... In [[1505]] he was sent to [[India]] to install Francisco de Almeida as a Portuguese [[viceroy]] the...
    15: ...ices to the court of [[Spain]], changing his name from "''Fern㯠de Magalh㥳''" to "''Fernando de Mag...
    18: ...n port of Spain, on [[October 20]], [[1517]], and from there went to [[Valladolid]] to see the teenage...
  13. Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
    5: ...ern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to conquer the ...
    12: ...o Hernández de Córdoba (discoverer of Yucatán)|Francisco Hernández de Córdoba]] in [[1517]] and [...
    15: ...georgiasouthern.edu/international/pages/SECOLAS/CAFryer.htm]
    18: ...), and a dialect of Nahautl spoken only to and in front of the Mexica/Aztec emperor.
    20: ...ty magistrates he had appointed, all conveniently friends of his.
  14. John Cabot (5966 bytes)
    4: ...ish flag. Most notably, in [[1497]], he set sail from [[Bristol]] on his ship the ''[[Matthew (ship)|...
    10: ...urther one is from the [[equator]], so the voyage from western [[Europe]] to eastern Asia would be sho...
    12: ...Henry VII of England]] gave him a grant "full and free authoritie, leave, and power, to sayle to all p...
    16: ...-largest seaport in England, and during the years from [[1480]] onwards several expeditions had been s...
    20: ...nd]]). He sailed to [[Dursey Head]], [[Ireland]], from where he sailed due west to Asia - or so he tho...
  15. Demographics of Estonia (4738 bytes)
    1: ... principal ancestors of the Estonians had arrived from the east.
    3: ...age 16. The first book in Estonian was printed in 1525.
    5: .... One-third of the standard vocabulary is derived from adding suffixes to root words. The oldest known...
    7: ...ortion of ethnic Estonians in Estonia to increase from 61% to 68% in 2003.
  16. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
    55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
    62: *[[Henri-Fr餩ric Amiel]], (1821-1881)
    109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
    122: *[[Alfred Ayer|Alfred Jules Ayer]], (1910-1989){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R...
  17. Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
    14: ...g in Christianity. His marriage on [[June 13]], [[1525]] to [[Katharina von Bora]] began the tradition o...
    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 ...
  18. History of Italy during foreign domination and the unification (3859 bytes)
    6: ...c crisis due to the move of the main trade routes from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. Since Italy ...
    8: ...er intellectual life in catholic countries. Soon, French and Spanish rivalries would present themselve...
    10: In 1494 [[Charles VIII]] of [[France]] invaded Italy unopposed. Charles entered [[...
    13: In 1798 France declared war on the Kingdom of Naples
    27: *[[Battle of Pavia]] Feb. 24, 1525
  19. Persian rug (6404 bytes)
    5: ...earliest surviving corpus of Persian carpets come from the [[Safavid]] dynasty (1501-1736) in the 16th...
    10: ...more than a few pieces of worn-out rugs. And such fragments do not help very much in recognizing the c...
    26: ...] (1500-1550), [[Kashan]] (1525-1650), [[Herat]] (1525-1650), and [[Kerman]] (1600-1650).
    28: The majority of carpets from Tabriz have a central medallion and quartered c...
  20. 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.

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