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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mid_horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' M...
5: ...33), at [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother was alive at the time, but who wou...
7: ...on of his royal house, would listen to such a proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Franci...
11: ...he Guises, and entered upon a course of secret opposition. On [[April 1]], [[1560]] she named as chanc...
15: ...e]], and found before her a career worthy of the most soaring ambition. She was then forty-one years o... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost three hundred religious dissenters executed; as ...
19: ...mpted to have his marriage to her annulled. In [[1533]], Henry secretly married another woman, [[Anne B...
21: ...fficially null and void from the beginning. She lost the dignity of a Princess, becoming a mere "Lady...
23: ...tly expected her troubles to end when Queen Anne lost royal favour and was beheaded in [[1536]]. The ...
26: ...closer together, again improving the Lady Mary's position. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: '''Elizabeth I''' ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of Br...
9: ...ate the globe; [[Francis Bacon]] laid out his philosophical and political views; and English colonisat...
16: ...that time and was also declared illegitimate and lost the title of princess. Thereafter she was addres...
18: ...n referred to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth and remained her con...
25: ...ed the throne, but was [[Deposition_(politics)|deposed]] less than two weeks later. Armed with popular... - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
4: *[[Callistus Xanothopoulos|Xanothopoulos, Callistus]], patriarch of Constantinople
6: *[[Isidore Xanthopoulos|Xanthopoulos, Isidore]], patriarch of Constantinople
8: ...Xenakis, Iannis]], ([[1922]]-[[2001]]), Greek composer
9: ...[Xenocrates]], ([[396 BC|396]] - [[314 BC]]), philosopher
10: *[[Xenophanes]], philosopher - 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]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
1: ...em;">[[image:DESPREZ.JPG|Josquin Des Prez]]<br>''Josquin Des Prez''</div>
2: ...naissance]]. He was the most famous European composer between [[Guillaume Dufay]] and [[Giovanni Pier...
6: ...f [[Ferrara]] hired him for the chapel there; so Josquin returned to Italy.
8: In Ferrara Josquin wrote the exquisite ''Missa Hercules Dux Ferr...
10: ...y border between Belgium and France, becoming provost of the cathedral there. During this time he had... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...habitants after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins ...
5: ...e, the area has gone from a [[Spain|Spanish]] outpost of interest primarily populated by [[missionary|...
10: ...Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early in...
13: ...from [[mussel]] shells using stone tools, while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsid... - Ludovico Ariosto (4416 bytes)
1: ...poet, author of the [[epic]] poem ''[[Orlando furioso]]'' ([[1516]]), "Orlando Enraged".
3: ...e as tutor of [[Francesco Sforza]]. Ariosto thus lost the opportunity of learning Greek, as he intende...
5: [[Image:Ariosto.jpg|thumb|Statue of the poet in [[Reggio Emilia...
6: ...he only reward he gave the poet for ''Orlando Furioso'', a piece dedicated to him, was the question, "...
8: ...eceived, and even an interview was denied him. Ariosto then boldly said, that had his eminence thought... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...me he gave to an ideal, imaginary island nation whose political system he described in a book publishe...
9: ...Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almost immediately, to a rich widow named Alice Middlet...
12: ...f the two undersheriffs of the city of London, a position of considerable responsibility in which he e...
14: ...came chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and judicial co...
17: ... describing to a listener the island of Utopia, whose layout is schematically shown above him.]] - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...Michel Eyquem de Montaigne''' ([[February 28]], [[1533]] – [[September 13]], [[1592]]) was an infl...
8: ...t writer [[Étienne de la Boétie]] whose death in 1563 deeply influenced Montaigne.
12: ...ymond Sebond]]'s ''Theologia naturalis'', then a posthumous edition of Boétie's works. In 1571 ...
33: ...variety and volatility of human nature to be its most basic features. He describes his own poor memory... - 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...
26: ...ou have pertaining to the subject." Some have proposed that this note may have made Copernicus nervous...
30: ...pernicus finally agreed to give the book to his close friend [[Tiedemann Giese]], (the [[bishop]] of [... - 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... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ... ranges. The Inca empire proved short-lived: by [[1533]] CE, [[Atahualpa]], the last Inca, was killed on...
6: ...ip encouraged the worship of their gods, the foremost of which was [[Inti]], the sun god.
8: ...ail|290px|right|A view of [[Machu Picchu]], "the Lost City of the Incas," now an archaelogical site.]]
9: ... corners met at the empire's capital, [[Cusco]] (Qosqo).
21: ...Roca, who is the first figure in Inca mythology whose existence can be supported historically. - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
1: ...rts|1957]], one [[MLB Most Valuable Player award|Most Valuable Player]] in 1957, three [[Gold Glove Aw...
4: ... and was an outstanding hitter though he batted cross-handed. His team won the [[Negro High School Ch...
6: ...'s last two years of high school were spent at [[Josephine Allen Institute]], a private high school. ...
12: ...nd batting average (.362) to become the league's Most Valuable Player. One writer said, "Henry Aaron l...
21: ...as moved to [[right field]], where he played for most of his career, winning three Gold Gloves. [[195... - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ... and "Little Stephen") of North African origins, possibly from [[Azemmour]], [[Morocco]]. He is menti...
5: ...ility|Spanish nobleman]] with whom he developed close ties.
8: ...r drowned, starved, or were killed by natives; by 1533 only Estevanico, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, [[...
10: ...ico was one of the four who would accompany [[Marcos de Niza]] as a guide in search of the fabled [[Se...
13: ...n by the Pimas, who held him in high regard. For most historians, however, the eye-witness accounts of... - 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. - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...that his body be interred at Jerez de los Caballeros, where other members of his family were also inte...
14: During 1533, Atahualpa was held captive in Cajamarca for many...
16: ...ond-in-command, offering a large payment for the position, but de Almagro turned him down. De Soto pac...
18: ...ain, and he received 724 marks of gold, 17,740 pesos. He married [[Inés de Bobadilla|Isabel de Bobadi...
27: ... among [[historian]]s and local politicians. The most widely used version of De Soto's Trail comes fro...
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