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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón'' in [[Spanish]], ''C...
3: ...er it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windl...
5: ... his claims. There are also many theories of expeditions to the Americas by a variety of peoples throu...
7: ...h America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], ...
9: ...ns, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...countries by population density|by population density]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood|by ...
3: ...below list contains both states and dependent territories, see [[country]], [[state]], [[nation state]...
5: ...'Countries listed by [[continent]] and their [[capital]]s:'''
8: Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more continents.
26: *[[Eritrea]] - [[Asmara]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
1: ... is a '''list of national [[Capital (politics)|capital]]s''' of the world in alphabetical order.
4: *[[List of capitals and larger cities by country]]
5: *[[list of capitals of subnational entities]]
6: *[[list of historical national capitals]]
11: <tr><td>[[Abu Dhabi]] <td>[[United Arab Emirates]] - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...s|Azores]]and [[Madeira Islands|Madeira and Porto Santo]] (including the [[Savage Islands]]).
5: ...th centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]...
7: ...and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
12: ===Lusitania===
13: ...tanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitania|Roman Lusitania]]''''' - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...ap below shows, the shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because they usually follow the bounda...
6: ...h Observatory]] in [[Greenwich]], [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] [http://greenwichmeantime.com/]. For ...
8: ...1—known in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British Summer Time]] (BST).
11: ...A]]: UTC − 8 (e.g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles)
12: ...a]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00 UTC, then it is 06:00 in Toronto) - Macau (16856 bytes)
22: ...>- Total ([[2004]])<br>- [[Population density|Density]]
40: ...e [[People's Republic of China]] in [[1999]], and it is now run as a [[Special Administrative Region]]...
42: ...iginating from Portuguese descent, usually mixed with Chinese blood.
44: ...ong Kong]] often take a one-day excursion to the city. [[Ferry]] service by [[hydrofoil]] between Hong...
48: ...d [[Beitai]] ({{zh-cp|c=北台|p=Běit}). - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...ut were rarely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [...
7: ...y a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|...
9: ...did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...n apprentice. In this role, Leonardo also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
12: ... he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]). - Giovanni Boccaccio (10149 bytes)
2: ...l]] virtues of [[Chivalry]], [[Piety]] and [[Humility]]).
5: ...aimed his mother was a [[Paris]]ien and that the city was also the place of his birth, this has been l...
7: ...fellow-Florentine [[Niccolo Acciaiuoli]] and benefitted from his influence as lover of [[Catherine of ...
9: ...he 1330s Boccaccio also became a father, two illegitimate children of his were born in this time, Mari...
11: ...a di Diana'' a poem in octave rhyme listing Neopolitan women. - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: ...ger [[Frank Selee]] arrived and rebuilt the club with young, inexperienced players. The ''[[Chicago T...
9: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[1998]]
10: :'''Division titles won''' (3): [[1984]], [[1989]], [[2003]]
17: ===White Stockings===
18: ...olors, and it happens that the Chicagos adopted white as their primary color. After a summer of indivi... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ... through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
5: ... became commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba]] on his discov...
6: ... extreme brutality and ruthlessness when dealing with natives. In a conflict for supremacy in Nicaragu...
7: In [[1528]] de Soto led his own expedition along the coast of [[Yucatan]], hoping to find...
11: ...fter Atahualpa had been arrested, DeSoto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two m... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
2: ...he first Englishman (and the first of any nationality not on a Spanish ship) to [[circumnavigation|cir...
7: ... [[1540]] date is taken from a portrait painted quite late in his life. Francis was the eldest or seco...
9: ...glish [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-trading]] expeditions.
12: ...on-Spaniards and their [[Catholicism]]. His hostility is said to have been increased by the incident a...
13: ...couraged Drake's raids, signed a temporary truce with King [[Philip II of Spain]], and so was unable t... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
6: ...ar]] defeats the [[Pompey|Pompeian]] forces of [[Titus Labienus]] and [[Gnaeus Pompeius|Pompey the You...
9: ...[St. Patrick's Day]] is celebrated in [[New York City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle T...
10: ...ashington]] places [[artillery]] overlooking the city.
11: ...ingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)|Kingdom of Italy]], with Napoleon as King.
13: *[[1861]] - The Kingdom of [[Italy]] is proclaimed. - Cusco Region (4142 bytes)
6: capital = [[Cusco]]|
10: density = 16.8|
20: website = www.regcus.gob.pe
22: ...est. Its capital is the city of [[Cusco]], the capital of the [[Inca Empire]].
23: ....jpg|thumbnail|280px|left|Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Inca]] - Cusco (5603 bytes)
1: ...Cuzco,''' an anglicized variant, and '''Qusqu''' with post-1987 Quechua orthography.
9: | align=center width=135 | [[Image:Cusco city coat of arms.PNG|Coat of arms of Cusco, Peru]]
11: | align=center width=135 | City coat of arms
14: ...ckname]]: "La Ciudad Imperial"<br>("The Imperial City")''</small>
16: ...align=center colspan=2 | [[Image:Location of the city of Cusco in Peru.png|Location of Cusco in Peru]] - List of Major League Baseball players (29066 bytes)
1: ...e noted with a β). Active players are noted with an asterisk (*). For a list of other players for...
40: *[[Witto Aloma]]
135: *[[Armando Benitez]] *
146: *[[Hi Bithorn]]
209: *[[Jeromy Burnitz]] - List of major league baseball players (29066 bytes)
1: ...e noted with a β). Active players are noted with an asterisk (*). For a list of other players for...
40: *[[Witto Aloma]]
135: *[[Armando Benitez]] *
146: *[[Hi Bithorn]]
209: *[[Jeromy Burnitz]] - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...in|Spanish]] ''[[conquistador]]'' who led an expedition that caused the [[conquest of the Aztec Empire...
4: ... to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered.
6: ...scriptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
14: ...mpire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Francisco Pizarro who joined Cortés to ...
16: ...as to the nature of Cortés' studies, his later writings and actions suggest he studied [[Law]] and pr... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ...ion deep into the territory of the modern-day [[United States]], was the first European to discover th...
3: ...expedition ranged throughout the [[southeastern United States]] searching for gold and a passage to [[...
5: ...military fame after the [[Moors]] were defeated. With discovery of new lands to the west (which seemed...
7: ...ian, but was notorious for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts.
9: ...he [[Orient]], profoundly influenced de Soto's ambitions. - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
10: ... other individuals celebrate Christmas-like festivities even though they do not consider themselves Ch...
12: ...n powers with (nominal) [[Christian]] cultural heritage.
14: ... Christmas decorations, signs, and other symbolic items have become increasingly prevalent during the ...
20: ... specials popular in the Western countries. In addition, increasing numbers of stores and buildings ar...
27: ...w Year's celebrations. Christmas often coincides with the [[Winter Solstice]] as celebrated in India (... - Padua (12961 bytes)
2: ...]] and [[Ugo Foscolo]]. The city is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into ...
7: ... till the fire of [[1420]], when the Venetian architects who undertook the restoration removed them, t...
9: ...]], the residence of the Venetian governors, with its great door, the work of [[Falconetto of Verona]]...
10: ...Two Christians before the Judges'', hangs in the city's [[cathedral]].]]
11: ...irst full-size equestrian bronze cast since antiquity.
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