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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: *[[John Cabot]] (Giovanni Caboto), (c. 1450 – 1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[Engla...
78: *[[Bartolomeu Dias]], (1450-1500), [[Portuguese]] explorer who first rounded ...
100: *[[Edmund Fanning]], (1769-1841), "Pathfinder of the Pacific", d...
116: *[[Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye]], (1685-1749), explorer - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...ld be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless regio...
5: ...l]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as John Cabot) was first ...
7: ...ates]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is c...
21: ...rothers, [[Bartolomeo Columbus|Bartolomeo]], Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister, Bianchine...
67: ...friendly. He wrote with such awe of the friendly innocence and beauty of these [[Native Americans|Indi... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...ge of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Na...
2: ...enedict XV]] canonized her in recognition of her innocence{{fn|5}} as found by an [[#Retrial|earlier a...
7: '''Jeanne d'Arc''' or '''Jehanne Darc''' was born circa [[1412]] in the small vil...
11: ...' Arc (Eugene Thirion).jpg|200px|right|thumb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) depicts Jo...
14: ...ierre, and equipped with [[armour]] and a white banner depicting God flanked by two angels and the wor... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
29: ...[[Minos]] and reached its peak in the second millennium BC.
31: ...he shape of a bull was found in Knossos from 1500-1450 BC. In addition, there are many double-bladed ax... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
59: ...ad dissipated by the 13th century A.D. In about [[1450]], the [[Quechua]]-speaking [[Incas]] entered the...
85: ...uring which Sᮣhez de Lozada was Minister for Planning). The most dramatic change undertaken by the S...
93: ...m. Quiroga was constitutionally prohibited from running for national office in [[2002]] but could do s...
165: ...emisphere]] selected for eligibility for the Millennium Challenge Account and is participating as an o...
172: .... (25 per sq. mi.) in the central highlands. The annual population growth rate is about 2.74% (2002). - Biography (6028 bytes)
16: The [[Middle Ages]] (AD [[400]] to [[1450]]) began with the [[Dark Ages]], a period of mass...
22: ...e of Donne'', a biography about the poet [[John Donne]]. The book was the first to take on the comple...
30: ...raphy Channel]], [[History Channel|The History Channel]] and History International. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
55: *[[Anna Ancher]] ([[1859]]-[[1935]])
75: *[[Ivan Ayvazovsky|Hovhannes Ayvazovski]] ([[1817]]-[[1900]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
94: *[[Giovanni Francesco Barbieri]] ([[1591]]-[[1666]]) - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...g of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
9: ...pport. The notation system is weak, and rhythm cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with un...
17: ...s Cantus Mensurabilis of approximately 1260), an innovation which had a massive impact on the subseque...
19: ...to accept and explain the mensural system was Johannes de Muris ([[Jehan des Mars]]), who can be said ...
21: ...tus of Padua), [[Jacques of Liège]], [[Johannes de Grocheo]], [[Petrus de Cruce]] (Pierre de la... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...s numbered year on [[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th century]] and [...
21: ...ion of [[slave]]s into the [[United States]] is banned
30: *[[1898]] - [[New York City]] annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the ...
44: *[[1939]] - The [[Vienna New Year's Concert]] is first held.
58: ...[[1971]] - [[Cigarette]] [[advertisement]]s are banned on [[United States|American]] [[television]]. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
5: ...f stairs, and water pressure could only provide running water to about 50 feet (15 m).
9: ... the end of the 19th century. [[William LeBaron Jenney]] designed the first skyscraper in Chicago, The...
18: ...per from [[1974]] to [[2004]]. Retained Highest pinnacle on a high-rise]]<br>
19: ...uilding's [[spire]] is adjudged to be a large antenna and thus excluded. This results in such rankings...
158: ...align="center"|Roof||Colspan="2" align="center"|Pinnacle||Floors|| - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...n composer between [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and is usu...
6: ...uin was a member of the papal choir under [[Pope Innocent VIII]]. In the later [[1490s]] he was in [[...
10: ...his works were often performed there, no direct connection to them has been discovered by researchers....
14: ...ion; and his fame was only eclipsed after the beginning of the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] era, with the...
16: ...rought together most of the contemporary trends, innovated significantly, and was also able to express... - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: '''Il Beato Fra Giovanni Angelico da Fiesole''' ("the Beatified Friar Joh...
7: ...esole]] about [[1418]] with the name of "Fra Giovanni da Fiesole"; "The Angelic" is a laudatory term w...
13: Among his early works are the [[Annunciation]] of Cortona, the ''Coronation of the Vi...
17: ...the hall of the Chapter, the corridors, the [[colonnade]], the church [[altarpiece]]; he may have stud...
23: ...ooperation of his pupil [[Benozzo Gozzoli]]. In [[1450]], Fra Angelico became Prior of the convent of Sa... - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...eronymus Bosch''', also '''Jeroen Bosch''', (c. [[1450]] – [[August]], [[1516]]) was a prolific [[...
8: ...astic punishments of the various types of [[sin|sinners]] on the right panel. - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
9: ...about [[1435]]. He was in [[Italy]] in [[1440]]-[[1450]], but his visit shows no result on his style, wh...
13: ...hilip.jpg|thumb|250px|Philip the Good, painted c. 1450 by Roger van der Weyden]]
21: * ''Madonna with Saints'' ([[1450]]), [[Stadel Institute]], [[Frankfurt]]
37: [[Image:Weyden Ivo.jpg|thumb|250px|''St Ivo'' (c.1450) Oil on oak panel, 45 x 35 cm National Gallery, L...
39: There was a younger Roger van der Weyden (c. [[1450]]-[[1529]]), to whom a brilliant ''Mary Magdalen'... - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
1: ...px|From the ''Cycle of Famous Men and Women.'' c. 1450. Detached fresco. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uf...
8: ...ho, not satisfied with their own disgraceful barrenness, permitted the fruit of other minds, and the w...
12: ...Francesca, was born in Vaucluse in [[1343]]. Giovanni died of the [[bubonic plague|plague]] in [[1361]...
17: ...cularly since the name "Laura" has a linguistic connection to the poetic "laurels" Petrarch coveted - ...
19: ...hat she was already married to another man. He channeled his feelings into love poems that were exclam... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...en the [[Kingdom of England]] and [[France]], beginning in [[1337]] and ending in [[1453]]. Historians...
17: ...er after a month of bombardment from the French cannons and after being promised reinforcements which ...
31: ... ravaging coastal settlements on the [[English Channel]] and in [[1337]] Philip reclaimed the Gascony ...
33: ==Beginning of the war: 1337–1360==
38: ...is, England was able to dominate the [[English Channel]] for the rest of the war, preventing French in... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ...us]]'', had been using simple tools for many millennia, but as time progressed, tools became far more ...
12: ...as a "revolution", occurred around the [[9th millennium BCE]] with [[Agriculture#History|the adoption...
14: ...) and [[Harappa]] in the Indus Valley ([[3rd millennium BC|2500 BCE]]). There is evidence of elaborate...
16: ...erica]] and [[Peru]] at the end of the [[1st millennium BCE]].
23: ... assume its familiar aspect during the [[1st millennium BCE]]. The [[Zhou Dynasty]] produced a vast pe... - Venice (22017 bytes)
8: ...ction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner pass]] from Verona in 1178, opening a lifeline ...
29: By [[1450]], more than 3,000 Venetian merchant ships were i...
50: ...The city is divided into the six districts of [[Cannaregio]], [[San Polo]], [[Dorsoduro]] (including t...
75: === Bridges and channels ===
96: ...s has slowed markedly since artesian wells were banned in the [[1960s]]. However, the city is still th... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
1: ...tral [[Turkey]]), through most of the second millennium BC.
5: ...e same region until the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC and spoke a non-Indo-European language &mda...
17: ...ndash;[[1952]]), who on [[24 November]] [[1915]] announced his results in a lecture at the Near Easter...
30: ...d in the scene at the beginning of the [[2nd millennium BC]] and became the administrative language of...
54: *Middle Hittite Kingdom (1500 - [[1450 BC]]) - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
27: ...d geography of Mesoamerica, the extent of site planning appears to have been minimal; their cities hav...
29: ...ter wells, or ''[[cenotes]]'', the city grew by connecting great plazas with the numerous platforms th...
117: ... different systems persist today: raised fields connected by canals can be seen on aerial photographs,...
123: ...ayapan]] ruled all of Yucatan until a revolt in [[1450]]; the area then devolved to city states until th...
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