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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ... [[Valois Dynasty|Valois]] branch of the kings of France, and mother of three further kings of that br...
5: ...the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
7: ...proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Francis lived long enough to see his grandchildren b...
11: ...r the accession of her sickly son [[Francis II of France]] at age 15. His wife, [[Mary I of Scotland|...
13: ...e or metal. They forcefully shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 43, 38... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To ...
13: ... who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or not he had the disea...
15: ..., [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], as well a...
17: ...ovided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]...
19: ... with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ngland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Somet...
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
7: *[[Francis Xavier|Xavier, Francis]], ([[1506]]-[[1552]]), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[...
16: *[[Fort?m鮥z|Xim鮥z, Fort?(d. 1533), early Spanish colonizer in Mexico - 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]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...gust 27]], [[1521]]) was a [[Dutch School (music)|Franco-Flemish]] composer of the [[Renaissance music...
6: ...ance]], probably in the service of [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]] for most of the time, and he like...
8: ...ich is written on a ''[[cantus firmus]]'' derived from the musical letters in the Duke's name. While ...
10: ...e]] on the present-day border between Belgium and France, becoming provost of the cathedral there. Du...
14: ...riting in the [[1580s]], was still using examples from Josquin in his treatises on composition; and hi... - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: During that time, the area has gone from a [[Spain|Spanish]] outpost of interest primari...
13: ...S)|Sierra Nevada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the...
21: An expedition in [[1533]] discovered a bay, most likely that of [[La Paz,...
25: ====Francisco de Ulloa====
26: {{main|Francisco de Ulloa}}, also [[Island of California]] - Ludovico Ariosto (4416 bytes)
1: ... ([[September 8]], [[1474]] – [[July 6]], [[1533]]) was an Italian poet, author of the [[epic]] po...
3: ...her by Gregorio's removal to France as tutor of [[Francesco Sforza]]. Ariosto thus lost the opportunit...
10: ... of these hurried journeys brought on a complaint from which he never recovered, and on his second mis... - 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...
19: ...Christian humanist in continental Europe, and his friend [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] dedicated his master...
23: ...g [[Tudor dynasty]], which had wrested the throne from Richard at the end of the [[Wars of the Roses]]... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...ember 13]], [[1592]]) was an influential [[France|French]] [[Renaissance]] writer, generally consider...
6: ...Bordeaux]]. His mother, Antoniette de Lopez, came from a Spanish Jewish family, but was herself raised...
8: ...g at the Bordeaux Parlement, he became very close friends with the humanist writer [[Étienne de...
16: ...ce, respected both by the Catholic [[Henry III of France|King Henry III]] and the Protestant [[Henry o...
18: ...one]]s. From 1580 to 1581, Montaigne travelled in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, par... - 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]],... - 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... - 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... - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ...as killed on the orders of the [[Conquistador]] [[Francisco Pizarro]], marking the beginning of [[Span...
11: The foreign name '''Inca Empire''' is derived from the word '''Inca''', which means "[[Emperor]]."...
19: ... ordered Manco Capac and [[Mama Ocllo]] to emerge from the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] and found the c...
42: ... often needed to talk his way out of potential confrontations that could have easily wiped out his par...
82: ...in a [[ceremony]] to mark their [[manhood]]. Boys from noble families were subjected to many different... - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
23: ...best moment of his career. Aaron drilled a pitch from the [[St. Louis Cardinals|Cardinals]]' [[Billy ...
28: ...st productive day as a hitter. Against the [[San Francisco Giants]], he hit two-run home runs in the ...
30: ...ews]], [[Joe Adcock]] and [[Frank (Joseph) Thomas|Frank Thomas]] became the first four players ever to...
34: ...ron's home run output increased due to the hitter friendly park – later nicknamed "The Launching...
36: ... in sports|1966]] off [[Bob Priddy]] of the [[San Francisco Giants]]. On [[August 23]] he homered to ... - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ...ttle Stephen") of North African origins, possibly from [[Azemmour]], [[Morocco]]. He is mentioned in ...
5: ...can parents or was brought to Azemmour from west Africa by the trans-Saharan slave trade. He was conve...
8: ...r drowned, starved, or were killed by natives; by 1533 only Estevanico, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, [[...
10: ...ause his medicine gourd was trimmed with feathers from an [[owl]], a bird that symbolized death to the... - 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. - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...nquista|reconquest]] of the [[Iberian peninsula]] from Islamic forces. Spain and [[Portugal]] were fil...
14: ...ualpa's camp, Atahualpa's ransom, and the plunder from Cuzco, and had become very wealthy.
16: ...n Emperor|Charles]] awarded [[Diego de Almagro]], Francisco Pizarro's former business partner, the gov...
20: ...eraging 24 years of age, they eventually embarked from [[Havana]] on seven of the King's [[Galleon|shi...
27: ...rough [[Tennessee]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Indiana]] from [[Mabila]].
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