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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
111: *[[Vasco da Gama]], (1469?-1524), [[Portuguese]] navigator, first to reach [[Indi...
140: ...p it to [[Albany, New York|Albany]], discovered [[Hudson Bay]]
141: *[[Alexander von Humboldt]], (1769-1859), German naturalist, explored...
142: *[[Hamilton Hume]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
192: *[[Hugh McNeil]], Lewis and Clark Party member - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
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9: ...[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]...
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11: ...tly or indirectly, for the deaths of tens, if not hundreds, of millions of [[indigenous people]]s, exp... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
52: ...ain rich in silver – reached Spain around [[1524]]. Since then, the Spaniards named the river of S...
63: ..., played a key role in developing support for her husband. Peron reelection in [[1952]], but the m...
67: ... of corruption, public revulsion in the face of [[human rights]] abuses and, finally, the country's [[...
95: # [[Chubut Province|Chubut]]
146: [[Image:Ar-map.png|200px|thumb|Map of Argentina]] - Portugal (61755 bytes)
17: ...tal, because of their alliance with Rome. [[Viriathus]], the Lusitanian leader, drove the Roman forces...
21: [[Image:Castelo guimaraes2.jpg|thumb|right|230px|The [[10th century|10th-century]] [...
27: ...nty. The city of [[Braga]], the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] center of the Iberian Peninsula, fa...
42: ...(a trading post) for commerce with inland Africa thus, circumventing the Arab [[caravan]]s that crosse...
44: [[image:Get image.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[Palace of Pena]] in [[Sintra]], o... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
13: *[[Elihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
62: *[[Chuck Yeager|Yeager, Chuck]] (b. 1923), US pilot, broke [[sound barrier]]
69: *[[A. B. Yehoshua|Yehoshua, A. B.]], author of ''Mr. Mani''
86: *[[Yi Jachun]], ([[1315]] - [[1360]]),[[Yuan Dynasty]] office...
110: *[[Yoannis XIII of Alexandria]], ([[1483]]-[[1524]]), Coptic Pope - List of painters (54090 bytes)
84: *[[Ludolf Bakhuysen]] ([[1631]]-[[1708]])
89: *[[Balthus]] ([[1908]]-[[2001]])
187: *[[Arthur Boyd]] ([[1920]]-[[1999]])
264: *[[Frederick Edwin Church]] ([[1826]]-[[1900]])
535: *[[Hugo Heyrman]] ([[1942]]-) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
1: [[Image:Columbus.jpg|thumb|In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue]]
18: *[[1524]]-[[Giovanni da Verrazano]], working for [[France... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
23: In [[1524]] [[Pope Clement VII]] sent him to [[Spain]] as '...
26: ...t with the Empire; this lack of coherence in the Church's actions had therefore irritated Charles V, w... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...ion]]). His theory affected many other aspects of human life as well, opening the door to young astron...
7: [[Image:Copernicus_00125w.jpg||thumb|250px|Copernicus Image provided by [http://clas...
8: ...and. His maternal uncle, [[Lucas Watzenrode]], a church [[canon]] and later the [[Prince-Bishop]] gove...
18: ...]], he had received a position at the Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross in [[Wroclaw|Breslau (Wroc&#...
21: [[Image:Copernicus_22.jpg|thumb|250px|Copernicus Image provided by [http://clas... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
5: ...[[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|Great Schism]...
6: * [[Jan Hus]], [[John Wycliffe]], [[William Tyndale]]
12: * [[Huldrych Zwingli]] and [[Z?]
16: * Reformation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]] - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wave.jpg|thumb|250px|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [...
4: ...ly pass unnoticed at sea, forming only a passing "hump" in the ocean.
9: [[Image:Tsunami_comic_book_style.png|thumb|200px|Schema of a tsunami]]
21: [[Image:Hokusai-fujibig.png|thumb|right|300px|There is a common misconception tha...
22: ...any obstacle. Most of the damage is caused by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
1: [[Image:erasmus.jpg|thumbnail|Erasmus. Picture provided by [http://classr...
2: ... [[1536]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanist]] and [[theology|theologian]].
6: ...ck in his lifelong assault upon the evils of the Church.
14: ... of his time. He corresponded with more than five hundred men of the highest importance in the world o...
19: ...institutions themselves and had no enmity toward churchmen. The world had laughed at his [[satire]], b... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...presumed to have died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
3: ...turn to England on the 31st. On the return voyage Hudson discovered what is now known as [[Jan Mayen I...
7: ...n [[1524]])–and sailing a distance up the [[Hudson River]], which bears his name. The Dutch woul...
9: ...e port at [[Dartmouth, England|Dartmouth]], where Hudson was arrested for sailing under another countr...
11: In [[1610]] Hudson managed to get backing for yet another voyage... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ... [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
17: [[Image:Luther haus eisenach.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boa...
23: All that changed during a thunderstorm in the summer of 1505. A [[lightning bol...
31: ...ther's study of the Bible convinced him that the Church had lost sight of several central truths. To L...
43: ...tation to debate them. The Theses condemned the Church's greed and worldliness (especially the sellin... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
12: [[Image:Gaius Cornelius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''...
17: ...nni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons, Frisians, Thuringians, Langobardi. Around 260 AD, the Germans f...
19: In the [[4th century]], the advance of the [[Huns]] into Europe gave the start to the period of t...
21: ... Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Church.
25: ...ssumed the title of king and was anointed by the Church. The Frankish kings now set up as protectors o... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
12: [[Image:Gaius Cornelius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''...
17: ...nni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons, Frisians, Thuringians, Langobardi. Around 260 AD, the Germans f...
19: In the [[4th century]], the advance of the [[Huns]] into Europe gave the start to the period of t...
21: ... Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Church.
25: ...ssumed the title of king and was anointed by the Church. The Frankish kings now set up as protectors o... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
6: ...lonial sentiment and greatly expanded concern for human rights, as typified by the [[Black Legend]], a...
26: ...can Republic]]), but an injury he sustained while hurriedly escaping from the bedroom of a married wom...
47: ...w both the (Aztec)[[Nahuatl language]] and Maya, thus enabling Hernán Cortés to communicate in both....
49: ...h as the [[Nahua people|Nahuas]] of [[Tlaxcala (Nahua state)|Tlaxcala]], the [[Tlaxcaltec]], who surro...
53: ... supplies and subduing the Aztecs' allied cities thus changing the balance, and organizing the [[Fall ... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
33: ... [[Haiti]] reported killed by [[flood]]s due to [[Hurricane Jeanne]].
44: *[[1838]] - [[Victoria Woodhull]], suffragist (d. [[1927]])
46: *[[1863]] - [[Mary Eliza Church Terrell]], U.S. writer, social reformer (d. [[...
89: ...573]] - [[Azai Hisamasa]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1524]])
116: ...al Equinox Day (秋分の日/Shuubun no hi)
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