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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
66: *[[Christopher Columbus]], (1451-1506), reached [[the Am...
69: *[[Hernán Cortés]], (1485-1547), conquered the [[Aztec]] empire in [[Mexico]]; s...
77: ...ns|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed through [[Bering Strait]]
230: *[[John Rae]], (1813-1893), travelled widely through the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ...s]] branch of the kings of France, and mother of three further kings of that branch.
11: During the reign of her husband (1547–1559), Catherine lived a quiet and passive ...
13: ...tays made of whalebone or metal. They forcefully shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions t... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost three hundred religious dissenters executed; as a con...
17: ... I of France|Francis I, King of France]]. After three years, the contract was repudiated; in [[1522]]...
30: ...monial prospect, the Emperor Charles V. Charles threatened war with England if the Lady Mary's religi...
39: ...ted in the plot to put the Lady Jane Grey on the Throne. She could only rely on [[Stephen Gardiner]],...
44: ...nce the rebellion was designed to put her on the throne, the Lady Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Towe... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
15: ...t of [[Semi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal hous...
17: ...d of the Stewarts' reign over Scotland. Instead, through Mary's son, it was the beginning of their rei...
19: ...n, 2nd Earl of Arran]], the next in line for the throne, acting as regent (until [[1554]], when he was...
24: ...y forward to the altar and put her gently in the throne set up there. Then he stood by, holding her to...
26: ...e Cardinal performed the ceremony of girding the three-foot sword to the tiny body. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...r Walter Raleigh]] and [[Humphrey Gilbert|Sir Humphrey Gilbert]]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and s...
16: ...her elder brother, and witchcraft. Elizabeth was three years old at that time and was also declared il...
22: [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] died in [[1547]] and was succeeded by Edward VI. Catherine Parr ...
25: ...Grey]] to be his heiress. Lady Jane ascended the throne, but was [[Deposition_(politics)|deposed]] les...
27: ...people might depose her and put Elizabeth on the throne in her stead. [[Wyatt's Rebellion]] in [[1554]... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
83: *[[Leonard Bahr]] ([[1905]]-[[1990]])
167: *[[Aaron Bohrod]] ([[1907]]-[[1992]])
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
263: *[[Anthony Christian]] ([[1945]]-) - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
28: ...ntually contribute to the second major schism of Christendom. Unfortunately for the church, the crisis...
30: ...t placed great emphasis on reforming individuals through eloquence as opposed to reason. The European ...
46: ... God such that talk of mediation through any but Christ alone is unbiblical. Because they saw these te...
64: ...ion, the substances of the body and the blood of Christ and of the bread and the wine were held to coe...
70: ...ew bourgeoisie in Germany's urban centers to overthrow the power of the landowning aristocracy and the... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...le de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was the [[conquistador]] who conquered [[Mexic...
5: ...Martín Cortés and Catalina Pizarro Altamirano. Through his mother, he was second cousin to [[Francis...
22: ...and to forge a link between the ancient gods and Christ (to whom Quetzalcoatl was often implicitly com...
27: ...[[Admiral of the Ocean Sea]]. Otherwise, Cortés threatened, he would kill everyone in their entire na...
39: ...and — a right held by the governor of Cuba — through the founding of Veracruz and an appeal direct... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
50: *[[Alexander of Aphrodisias]], (2nd century){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
145: *[[Christoph Gottfried Bardili]], (1761-1808)
218: *[[Niels Bohr]], (1885-1962){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
347: *[[Christine de Pizan]], (c. 1365-c. 1430){{fn|R}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]] - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schlesw...
17: ...obardi. Around 260 AD, the Germans finally broke through the Limes and the Danube frontier.
19: ...and. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to the pattern of life o...
23: ...r Papal authority were established to spread the Christian faith in the German lands.
37: ...winning the Langobardic (Lombard) crown. Outside threats to the kingdom were contained when in 955 the... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schlesw...
17: ...obardi. Around 260 AD, the Germans finally broke through the Limes and the Danube frontier.
19: ...and. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to the pattern of life o...
23: ...r Papal authority were established to spread the Christian faith in the German lands.
37: ...winning the Langobardic (Lombard) crown. Outside threats to the kingdom were contained when in 955 the... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...{{IPA-es|erˈnan korˈtes}}; 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] ''[[conquistador]]'' who...
4: ...ses instead of punished for mutiny. After he overthrew the Aztec empire, Cortés was awarded the title...
14: ...ro Altamirano, first cousin of Pizarro's father. Through his father, Hernán was a twice distant relat...
42: ...e capital of Cuba and as a man of affairs in the thriving colony. He missed the first two expeditions,...
47: ...ecame a very valuable interpretor and counselor. Through her help, Cortés learned from the Tabascans ...
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