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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they ...
5: ...hroughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...e isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|...
9: ...[[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans.
11: ...sive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail Columbus... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
7: image_map = LocationArgentina.png |
8: ...y Libertad<br>([[English language|English]]: In Union and Liberty)|
9: ...nal_anthem = [[Argentine National Anthem|Himno Nacional Argentino]] |
21: population_estimate = 39,144,753 |
22: population_estimate_year = 2004 | - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...[[Atlantic Ocean]] to the west and south. In addition, Portugal includes several [[island]] territorie...
5: ...witnessed a constant flow of different [[civilization]]s during the past 3100 years. [[Iberians|Iberia...
7: ...equent entry in the [[EEC]] (today's [[European Union]]) in [[1986]]. Portugal made significant social...
15: ...ginians]] occupied the Iberian coasts. In this period several small tribes occupied the territory, the...
17: ..., a process of [[Culture of Ancient Rome|Romanization]] was carried out, leading [[Lusitania]] to gain... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
31: ...ing]], (born 1980), [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
110: *[[Yoannis XIII of Alexandria]], ([[1483]]-[[1524]]), Coptic Pope
129: *[[Thom Yorke|Yorke, Thom]], of [[Radiohead]]
148: ...oung|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader
160: *[[Horatio Nelson Young|Young, Horatio Nelson]], (1845-1913), military hero - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] con...
16: *1520s-Spanish begin conquest of [[Maya civilization]]
18: *[[1524]]-[[Giovanni da Verrazano]], working for [[France]], expl...
19: ...River]], strengthening Spanish claims to the interior of North America - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: '''Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]...
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5: <tr><td>'''Baldassare Castiglione'''</td></tr>
8: ...], a relative of Luigia Gonzaga, mother of Castiglione.
10: ...a he travelled quite often; during one of his missions to [[Rome]], he met [[Guidubaldo da Montefeltro... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...e itself, (it inaugurated the [[scientific revolution]]). His theory affected many other aspects of hu...
5: ==Biography==
10: ...gna]] and [[Padua]]. His uncle financed his education and wished for him to become a [[bishop]] as wel...
12: ...with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium''.
16: ...ntuition of his theory. His collection of observations and ideas on the theory started in [[1504]]. - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...abaptist]]s. It also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
3: == Roots of the Reformation ==
9: == Reformation begins ==
16: * Reformation in [[France]] -- [[Huguenot]]s, [[Pierre Viret]]
20: ... the population to the financial and moral corruption of the secular [[Renaissance]] church. - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ... a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
6: ...sort of cresting waves that are formed by wind action upon the ocean (with which people are more famil...
10: ...uch as an [[earthquake]], [[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. Howeve...
12: ...r continental plates in a process known as subduction.
14: ...oor. Similarly, a violent submarine volcanic eruption can uplift the water column and generate a tsuna... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
4: ==Biography==
6: ...ague]] in [[1483]], and then given the best education open to a young man of his day in a series of mo...
8: ...argaret's Professor of Divinity]], and had the option of spending the rest of his life as an English [...
10: ... but apart from this he had a less active association with Italian scholars than might have been expec...
12: .... He represented this lack of sympathy as persecution, and sought refuge in Basel, where under the she... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
3: ...y Company'']], one of a small number of [[corporation]]s given [[Royal Charter]]s. In June he reached ...
7: ...vanni da Verrazano]] explored the same coast in [[1524]])–and sailing a distance up the [[Hudson R...
9: ...her country's flag. This was part of the [[Navigation Acts]], a set of [[Mercantilism|mercantilist]] l...
17: ...on of West India'') from [[1625]]. The same situation applies to the voyage of [[Adriaen Block]].
21: ...=34410 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''] - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
2: {{Infobox_Biography |
5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529...
12: ...s undoubtedly impacted upon the [[Counter-Reformation]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
14: ...lerical marriage]] within several Christian traditions.
26: ...rayer]] and [[pilgrimage]], and constant [[confession]]. The more he tried to do for God, it seemed, t... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...ury, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... known as the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation". The [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was o...
7: ...given at the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continue...
10: ...ermania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germania Superior]]''
15: ... the [[Roman Empire]], giving way to the Romanisation of the left bank of the Rhine. Roman forts were ... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...ury, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... known as the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation". The [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was o...
7: ...given at the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continue...
10: ...ermania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germania Superior]]''
15: ... the [[Roman Empire]], giving way to the Romanisation of the left bank of the Rhine. Roman forts were ... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...t began the first phase of the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]].
4: ...oy]] was given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 w...
6: .... As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either da...
14: ... Ovando y Cáceres]], the third Governor of Hispaniola. His paternal grandfather was a son of [[Rodrig...
16: ...re of Cortés' studies, his later writings and actions suggest he studied [[Law]] and probably [[Latin... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
13: *[[1806]] - [[Lewis and Clark Expedition|Lewis and Clark]] return, after exploring the Pa...
14: ...[[Knickerbocker Baseball Club]], the first professional [[baseball]] team, is founded in [[New York]].
20: *[[1922]] - [[Gdynia]] Seaport Construction Act passed by the [[Poland|Polish]] parliament.
28: ...- [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] joins the [[United Nations]].
29: ... [[WBA]] champion [[Michael Dokes]] in [[Akron, Ohio]].
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