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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [ht...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Argentina (30219 bytes)
9: national_anthem = [[Argentine National Anthem|Himno Nacional Argentino]] |
34: established_events = - [[May Revolution]]<br/> - Declared<br...
35: established_dates = from [[Spain]]<br/> [[May 25]], [[1810]]...
44: ...and (Malvinas) Islands]] and [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]
48: ...rica after Brazil and the 8th largest country in the [[world]]. - 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 people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
12: *[[Alexander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
21: ...nese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
25: ...9995;, 1883-1936), famous [[T'ai Chi Ch'uan]] teacher
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
39: *[[Kerri Yascheshyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] p... - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
1: ...mage:Columbus.jpg|thumb|In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
7: ...on one of the [[Bahamas]] Islands, "discovering" the [[New World]] (for [[15th century]] [[Europe]])
8: *[[1494]]-[[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the New World between [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]
9: ...ng]]s to reach the North American mainland, which he claims for [[England]] - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...1478]] – [[February 2]], [[1529]]), one of the most important [[renaissance]] authors and a dipl...
8: ...ovico Gonzaga]], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
10: ...te often; during one of his missions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro]], duke of [[Urbi...
13: ...sin of both Castiglione and the duke), and many others. Notably, guests used to organise intellectual ...
15: ...erds, he originally depicts the court of Urbino. The work contains echoes of both ancient and contempo... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...oor to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and never take anything at face value.
8: ...a, married a businessman and city councillor, Barthel Gertner.
10: ...ria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disciple and as...
12: ...irst observation Copernicus made in [[1497]] together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revol...
14: ...re he could observe a lunar [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortun... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...t also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
4: ...ovements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|Great Sch...
7: * [[Northern Renaissance]] - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|250px|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ...s all have the potential to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable ...
4: ...noticed at sea, forming only a passing "hump" in the ocean.
6: ...usage is discouraged by [[oceanographer|oceanographers]].
9: ...[Image:Tsunami_comic_book_style.png|thumb|200px|Schema of a tsunami]] - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: ...nds|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanist]] and [[theology|theologian]].
6: ...attack in his lifelong assault upon the evils of the Church.
8: ...the rest of his life as an English [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] and may ...
10: ...dus Manutius]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active association with Italian schola...
12: ... the great publisher [[Froben]], and to him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters of Eu... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ... and he is presumed to have died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
3: ... he decided to return to England on the 31st. On the return voyage Hudson discovered what is now known...
5: ...scovy Company that there was no point funding further voyages.
7: ...hich bears his name. The Dutch would later claim the area and set up a colony as [[New Amsterdam]].
9: ...acted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released. - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
3: subject_name=Martin Luther |
4: image_name=Luther46c.jpg |
5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) |
12: ...dly impacted upon the [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
14: ...e 13]], [[1525]] to [[Katharina von Bora]] began the tradition of [[clerical marriage]] within several... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]] - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]] - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...the first phase of the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]].
4: ...endoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered.
6: ...riptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
10: ...sh and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know him by today.
14: ...hird Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal grandfather was a son of [[Rodrigo de Monroy y Almaraz, 5th ... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
1: ...266th day of the year (267th in [[leap year]]s). There are 99 days remaining. Also an important date i...
7: ...he English [[Wars of the Roses]], fought at Blore Heath, in [[Staffordshire]], [[England]]
8: ...] begins as [[Suleiman II]] begins his attack on the city.
10: ...[Serapis]]'' and ''Countess of Scarborough'' off the coast of [[England]]
13: ...dition|Lewis and Clark]] return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest.
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