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- Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...ost famous explorers of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Ca...
3: ...ely passive [[Mediterranean]] and sail safely on the open [[Atlantic]].
6: ...was one of the most accurate world maps prior to the age of European exploration]]
7: ...ched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[Prester John]].
9: ...is journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the work was read throughout Europe. - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...ira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] (including the [[Savage Islands]]).
5: ...] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial powers, Portugal declined.
7: ...he subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...stablished in southern Portugal for a long time. The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settle...
17: ...achieved by bribing Lusitanian officials to kill their own leader. During this period, a process of [[... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...e central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherlands]] style.
6: ...Ercole I of [[Ferrara]] hired him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: ...'s name. While there he also wrote a setting of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voices, widely a...
10: ...tion to them has been discovered by researchers. He remained at Condé µntil his death in 1521.
14: ...Baroque music|Baroque]] era, with the decline of the polyphonic style. - March 23 (10340 bytes)
1: ...[Gregorian Calendar]] (83rd in [[Leap year]]s). There are 283 days remaining.
6: *[[752]] - [[Pope Stephen II|Stephen II]] becomes [[Pope]].
7: ...s IX of France]] make substantial concessions to the [[Huguenots]].
8: ...708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of Forth]].
9: ...775]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Henry]] delivers his famous speech - "[[give me libe... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ...ilt on raised islets in [[Lake Texcoco]] – the site of modern-day [[Mexico City]].
7: ... from the Mexicas alone. This article deals with the historical Aztec civilization, not with modern-da...
9: ...rigin. Their use of the word ''Azteca'' was like the modern use of ''Latino'', or ''Mediterranean'': a...
11: ... be known as Mexica. The [[conquistadores]] knew them as "Mexica".
13: ...[[Huitzilopochtli]] signaling the location where their capital city [[Tenochtitlan]] should be built. ...
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