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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ...[1519]] – [[January 5]], [[1589]]), born in Italy as '''Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de' Med...
5: Born in [[Florence, Italy]], she was a daughter of [[Lorenzo II de' Medi...
7: ...quence, whispers of a divorce began at court, and it seemed possible that Francis, alarmed at the poss...
9: ...l aunt the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County of Auvergne]].
11: ... Guises, and entered upon a course of secret opposition. On [[April 1]], [[1560]] she named as chancel... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
4: ...is married her to the Duke of Cleves, but this political marriage was annulled four years later.
14: ... began to marry Henry to the king's sister Marguerite. She died in [[Paris]] two months before the wed...
18: ...d William, Duke of Cleves, annulled in [[1545]], with no issue.
28: * [[Catherine de Bourbon]] ([[1559]]-[[1604]]). Married [[Henry I, Duke of Lorraine]...
33: title=[[List of Navarrese monarchs|King of Navarre]]| - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: '''Diane de Poitiers''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April 25]],...
3: ...is I of France|King Fran篩s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Valentinois.
5: ...le foreigner [[Catherine de' Medici]], Diane de Poitiers would remain his lifelong true love. They had...
7: [[Image:DianedePoitiers.jpg|left|frame|Diane de Poitiers]]
9: ... he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pearl necklace. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ...6]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[De...
14: ...questionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...y have inherited. In this sort of [[Semi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other...
17: ...in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><sma...
7: ...]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[King of Irel...
9: ...[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...m|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baroni...
13: ...orth America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Vir... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ... a country in the [[Middle East]], along the [[Mediterranean Sea]] (on the west), bordered by [[Syria]...
25: | '''[[Capital]]'''
39: <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
66: ... language|Aramaic]] word ''laban'' which means "white" and refers to snow-capped mountains. An Arabi...
71: ...[[Middle Ages]] was involved in the [[Crusades]]. It was then taken by the [[Ottoman Empire]]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...anuary 1 was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], previously...
17: ...[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New York.
18: ...d [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...tenure of [[Pope Siricius]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a sourc...
6: ... [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servor...
7: ...been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Sep...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Oct... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...rg]] built, which became an early "[[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned ...
8: ...amily which had produced leading churchmen and politicians.
10: ...his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho lived with his childless uncle and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Ing...
12: ...n August 21, [[1560]], particularly the fact that it had been predicted, that so impressed him that he...
14: ...m disagree. What's needed is a long term project with the aim of mapping the heavens conducted from a ... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: ...eur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self portrait]]
3: ...f [[Bree]], called Breda in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started sign...
5: ...painters' guild of [[Antwerp]]. He travelled to [[Italy]] soon after, and then returned to Antwerp bef...
7: ...they were still infants when their father died; neither received any training from him.
9: ...peasant]]s, painted in a simpler style than the [[Italianate]] art that prevailed at the time. The mos... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...t]]s. It also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|G...
20: ...wealth and power of the [[elite]] [[clergy]], sensitizing the population to the financial and moral co...
22: ...ional restrictions on the exercise of their authority. In [[England]], [[France]], and [[Spain]] the m...
24: ...e to exclude [[peasant]]s from [[common land]]s. With trade stimulated, landowners increasingly moved ... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
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5: ...ut later escaped and eventually reached [[Mexico City]].
7: ... expedition. He declined to travel with the expedition as second in command and jealously refused to ...
9: ...earlier ''La Relación'' and published under the title ''Comentarios'' (Commentary).
13: ...ount of the fate of the Pánfilo de Narváez expedition. - March 23 (10340 bytes)
10: ...1801]] - [[Tsar]] [[Paul I of Russia]] is struck with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally trample...
14: ...vator]] is installed at 488 Broadway, [[New York City]].
15: *[[1868]] - The [[University of California]] is founded in [[Oakland, Califor...
16: ...t]] [[Benjamin Harrison]] opens [[Oklahoma]] to white settlement starting on [[April 22]].
19: ...]. The trip is sponsored by the [[Smithsonian Institution]] and [[National Geographic Society]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...glish language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ...[[Ralph Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil) - Lent (7959 bytes)
2: {{christianity}}
3: ...t is understood and practiced in Western Christianity, except when as noted.
5: It covers, approximately, the forty days preceding [...
7: ...n]] term for [[March]]: Lenctenmonat. It has substituted since [[Anglo-Saxon]] times for the more sign...
9: ...h on the [[True Cross|Cross]], Lent is concerned with preparation for [[Holy Week]] (also known as Pas... - Realdo Colombo (996 bytes)
1: ...urgeon at the University of [[Padua]] ([[1544]]-[[1559]]). He was a pupil of [[Vesalius]] and his succes...
3: He published a book of [[anatomy]] entitled ''De re anatomica'' in which he corrected some...
8: * showed that [[artery|arteries]] expand with each [[heart]]beat
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