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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...ge:Mid_horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ...h of the kings of France, and mother of three further kings of that branch.
5: ...as alive at the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
7: ...lived long enough to see his grandchildren before he died.
9: ... the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County of Auvergne]]. - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
2: ...ine de Bourbon, duke of Vendome]] and mother of [[Henry IV of France]].
4: ...t. When she was thirteen, Francis married her to the Duke of Cleves, but this political marriage was a...
6: ...," who would become heir to the French throne if the Valois line died out.
8: ...[[1555]] Henry II of Navarre died, and Jeanne and her husband became rulers of Navarre.
10: ... declaring [[Calvinism]] the official religion of her kingdom. - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...ious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of France|Henri II]].
3: ...nce|King Fran篩s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Valentinois.
5: ...ove. They had one daughter born in 1538 Diane, Duchess d'Angoulꭥ (1538-1619) who married Fran篩s, D...
9: ... "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pearl necklace.
11: ...hⴥau Chenonceau]] that Catherine had wanted for herself. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...ttish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
9: ...nd]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose ...
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, ...
14: ...re questionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...se had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...d her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoi...
9: ...uding [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...during Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth also reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] fro...
13: ... [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
16: ...ter [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 154... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ...Syria]] on the east and north, and [[Israel]] on the south.
53: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
66: ...to snow-capped mountains. An Arabic cognate of the word ''laban'' also means "[[yogurt]]".
71: ...volved in the [[Crusades]]. It was then taken by the [[Ottoman Empire]].
73: ...Nations]] [[French Mandate of Lebanon|mandated]] the five provinces that make up present-day Lebanon t... - 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]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...th Night]], a holiday when gifts were exchanged. There are 364 days remaining (365 in [[leap year]]s).
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
10: *[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
13: *[[1700]] - [[Russia]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ... source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
6: ...rovince'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
7: ...overeign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small> - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
1: [[Image:brahe.jpeg|right|]]
3: ...ch institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press]] and [[paper mill]]. Hi...
5: ...rahe". Apparently his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
8: ...anish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family which had pr...
10: ...ed, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old. - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: ...rait.jpg|right|thumb|Bruegel's ''The Painter and The Connoisseur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a se...
3: ...d Breda in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintin...
5: ...[[Brussels]] permanently 10 years later. He died there on [[9 September]], [[1569]].
7: ...ey were still infants when their father died; neither received any training from him.
9: ... when the context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred to. - 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]] - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
1: ...59]]) was an early [[Spain|Spanish]] explorer of the [[New World]] and is remembered as a protoanthrop...
3: ...merica, he refers to his forefather's service to the King, and regrets that his own deeds could not be...
5: ...and of Doom) but later escaped and eventually reached [[Mexico City]].
7: ...ountry that might prepare them for the hardships they would surely face.
9: ...his earlier ''La Relación'' and published under the title ''Comentarios'' (Commentary). - 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]]... - Lent (7959 bytes)
3: ...od and practiced in Western Christianity, except when as noted.
5: ...inter]] in the northern hemisphere and ends near the beginning of [[Spring (season)|Spring]].
7: ...t is also preserved in the common Dutch word for the spring season, which is called Lente.
9: ...ome]]. This took place around the year [[29]] of the [[Common Era]] in Roman occupied [[Jerusalem]] of...
13: ...ster, it is known in Eastern Orthodox circles as the season of "Bright Sadness". - Realdo Colombo (996 bytes)
1: ... the University of [[Padua]] ([[1544]]-[[1559]]). He was a pupil of [[Vesalius]] and his successor.
3: ...'De re anatomica'' in which he corrected some of the omissions and errors of his master.
5: ...s contributions to anatomy and medicine included the following:
7: ...s]] lies to the front of the [[eye]]ball, not in the centre
8: ...howed that [[artery|arteries]] expand with each [[heart]]beat
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