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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hers. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reached the [[Ameri...
3: ...nd. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out...
5: ...Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472...
9: ...]], the [[Columbian Exchange]] of species (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacter...
11: ...est Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and c... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] |
52: ...ain rich in silver – reached Spain around [[1524]]. Since then, the Spaniards named the river of S...
57: ...n [[July 9]], [[1816]]. Argentines revere Gen. [[Jos頤e San Mart�], who campaigned in Argentina, Ch...
67: ...hizers. They restored basic order, but the human costs of what became known as "El Proceso," or the "[... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...]] in southwestern [[Europe]], and is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is borde...
5: ...ral power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial powe...
23: ...ibes|Germanic]] [[Barbarians|barbarian]] tribes, most notably the [[Suevi]] and the [[Visigoth]]s, inv...
31: ...], finally defeated the Castilians in Portugal's most historic battle of Portugal, the [[Battle of Alj...
40: ...opments in navigation, made Portugal's expansion possible and led to great advances in geographic know... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
19: ...amaoka|Yamaoka, Akira]] (born 1968), Japanese composer
26: *[[Bosa Yankovich|Yankovich, Bosa]]
42: ...2]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video game]] music composer
47: *[[Joseph C. Yates|Yates, Joseph C.]], (1768-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of Ne...
69: *[[A. B. Yehoshua|Yehoshua, A. B.]], author of ''Mr. Mani'' - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
13: *[[1513]]-[[Vasco N?de Balboa]] crosses isthmus of [[Panama]], sees [[Pacific Ocean]]
18: *[[1524]]-[[Giovanni da Verrazano]], working for [[France...
20: *1570s-[[Haudenosaunee|Iroquois League]] founded - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...]] – [[February 2]], [[1529]]), one of the most important [[renaissance]] authors and a diplomat...
10: ...a, again in the court of Gonzaga. In [[1499]] he lost his father and succeeded him in the representati...
13: ...Cardinal Bibbiena]], Ottaviano and [[Federico Fregoso]], [[Cesare Gonzaga]] (a cousin of both Castigli...
15: ...06]] Castiglione wrote (and played together with Cosimo Gonzaga) his eclogue ''Tirsi'' in which allusi...
17: ...gh in a literary form, like with [[Ludovico da Canossa]]. - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...r of the [[Universe]]), is considered one of the most important [[discovery (observation)|discoveries]...
16: ...d that it was in Padua that he gained access to those passages of [[Cicero]] and [[Plato]] about the o...
18: ...a position at the Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross in [[Wroclaw|Breslau (Wrocław)]], [[Silesia...
24: ...c Order]] and Kingdom of Poland ([[1519]]–[[1524]]) Copernicus successfully defended [[Olsztyn]] o...
26: ...ou have pertaining to the subject." Some have proposed that this note may have made Copernicus nervous... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...ision and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly [[Lutheranism]], [[Reformed churches...
22: ...ugger]] banking family in [[Augsburg]] being the most prominent), textiles, [[Weapon|armaments]], espe...
24: But as recovery and prosperity progressed, enabling the population to reac...
28: ...no religious [[doctrine]] can be supported by philosophical arguments, eroding the old alliance betwee...
30: ... on reforming individuals through eloquence as opposed to reason. The European Renaissance laid the fo... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
10: ...andslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. However, the most common cause is an undersea earthquake. An earth...
14: ...nd rocks slide downslope and are redistributed across the sea floor. Similarly, a violent submarine vo...
16: ...avity]] to regain its equilibrium and radiates across the ocean like ripples on a pond.
18: ...ieved possible could be caused by landslides, explosive volcanic action and [[impact event]]s that rap...
22: ...ng buildings to their foundations and scouring exposed ground to the bedrock. Large objects such as sh... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
6: ... from vague references in his writings. He was almost certainly [[illegitimate]]. His father was a [[...
8: ...revived classical culture of [[Italy]]. Erasmus chose to lead the life of an independent scholar, unhi...
10: He was offered many positions of honour and profit throughout the academi...
12: ...efuge in Basel, where under the shelter of Swiss hospitality he could express himself freely and where...
14: ...th of the traditional [[doctrine]], nor from any hostility to the organization of the Church itself. R... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
3: ...e voyage was paid for by the [[Muscovy Company|''Moscovy Company'']], one of a small number of [[corpo...
5: ...sidered the end of the line, which convinced the Moscovy Company that there was no point funding furth...
7: ...vanni da Verrazano]] explored the same coast in [[1524]])–and sailing a distance up the [[Hudson R...
17: ... by Hudson of his voyage for the Dutch have been lost, but an account was given by [[Johannes de Laet]... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ... other Christian traditions (a broad movement composed of many congregations and church bodies). His c...
31: ... sight of several central truths. To Luther, the most important of these was the doctrine of justifica...
33: ...give sins for the sake of Christ's death on the cross.
37: ...ly the merits of Jesus Christ and the saints to those in [[purgatory]] (as purgatory itself was not th...
49: ... of the controversy on indulgences the question arose of the absolute power of the pope, since the doc... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
19: ...the territory of the former Roman Empire without losing contact with their own ancestral land. The min...
33: ...nomic and cultural centres ([[Aachen]] being the most famous).
41: ...n imperial stronghold (''Pfalz'') was built at [[Goslar]], as the Empire continued its expansion to th...
43: ...peror was compelled to submit to the Pope at [[Canossa]] in 1077, after having been excommunicated. In...
46: ... the [[Knights Templar|Templars]], the [[Knights Hospitaller|Knights of St John]] and the [[Teutonic K... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
19: ...the territory of the former Roman Empire without losing contact with their own ancestral land. The min...
33: ...nomic and cultural centres ([[Aachen]] being the most famous).
41: ...n imperial stronghold (''Pfalz'') was built at [[Goslar]], as the Empire continued its expansion to th...
43: ...peror was compelled to submit to the Pope at [[Canossa]] in 1077, after having been excommunicated. In...
46: ... the [[Knights Templar|Templars]], the [[Knights Hospitaller|Knights of St John]] and the [[Teutonic K... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...pain]], to a family of lesser nobility, Cortés chose to pursue a livelihood in the New World. He went...
10: ...ndo are all equally correct. The latter two were most commonly used during his lifetime, but the forme...
18: ...e and later in [[Hispaniola]], would give him a close acquaintance with the legal codes of Castile tha...
26: ...anlucai, and Seville, listening to the tales of those returning from the Indies, who told of discovery...
29: ... is rife with accounts of rivalry, jockeying for positions, mutiny, and betrayal. - September 23 (7397 bytes)
7: ... first major battle of the English [[Wars of the Roses]], fought at Blore Heath, in [[Staffordshire]],...
11: ...s a spy by [[United States|America]]n soldiers exposing [[Benedict Arnold]]'s treason
15: ...rench astronomer [[Urbain Le Verrier|Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier]] and British astronomer [[John Cou...
31: *[[1999]] - [[NASA]] announces that it lost contact with the [[Mars Climate Orbiter]].
53: *[[1911]] - [[Frank Moss]], U.S. Senator [[Utah]]
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