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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 - 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... - 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 [[... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
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36: ... Virginia'''; it is one of four states which use the name [[commonwealth]].
38: ...while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...of Virginia. (Historical footnote: both [[William Henry Harrison|Harrison]] and [[Zachary Taylor|Taylo...
44: ...in]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [[Saponi]], and [[Cherokee]]. - 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]]) - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...esman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verula...
4: ...d with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
8: ...ose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: ..., living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
12: ...cious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper." - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ... new continent for vastly different reasons, and they created colonies with very different [[social]],...
4: ...re closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government o...
9: ...he intellectual growth of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed ...
11: ...f colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South America|South]]...
13: ...ropeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...esy|heretic]], popularly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas...
7: ...]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...[[pantheism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
10: ...o Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical element]]s: earth, air fire, wat...
11: ...d by the newly rediscovered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averro... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: ...[[Gregorian calendar]] (78th in [[leap year]]s). There are 288 days remaining.
6: *[[37]] - The [[Roman Senate]] annuls [[Tiberius]]' will and pr...
7: ...]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade]].
10: ... Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
11: ...ct 1765|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Rome (33048 bytes)
15: ...ue Romanus – [[SPQR]]''<br>(The Senate and the People of Rome)</small>
21: ||[[Mayor]]|| Walter Veltroni (''[[Democrats of the Left|Democratici di Sinistra]]'')
35: [[Image:Colosseum-2003-07-09.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Colosseum]].]]
36: ...of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the home of the [[Pope]].
38: ...t 4 million living in the [[metropolitan area]]. The current [[mayor of Rome]] is [[Walter Veltroni]]. - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...ent [[Middle East]]ern city of key importance to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], a...
4: ...us, and socioeconomic groups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and consists of...
6: ...aintaining their embassies in [[Tel Aviv]] or in the [[suburb]]s.
7: ...tinian]]s also claim all or part of Jerusalem as the capital of a future [[Palestinian state]].
9: ...nail|300px|Jerusalem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]]
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