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- Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
7: ...rtrait of Jacques Cartier has been found and the most familiar portrait (see right) was painted by a R...
9: ...epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the period.
13: ...ay [[Gaspé|Gaspé, Quebec]] where he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During thi...
15: ==Second Voyage 1535-1536==
17: ...sons. Cartier left his main ships in a harbour close to Stadacona and used his smallest ship to conti... - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
4: ...over, the chronically rebellious Jutish nobility lost the support they had hitherto always found in [[...
6: ...r", and engaged to accept from her any king she chose to appoint. On [[February 24]] [[1389]], Albrech...
10: [[Stockholm]] then almost entirely a German city, still held out; fear of ...
12: ...sisted that each country should retain exclusive possession of its own laws and customs and be adminis...
18: ...n", or land-recovery, was carried out with the utmost rigour, and hundreds of estates fell into [[the ... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost three hundred religious dissenters executed; as ...
21: ...her mother Catherine, or attend her funeral in [[1536]]. Her treatment and the hatred Queen Anne had fo...
23: ...ueen Anne lost royal favour and was beheaded in [[1536]]. The Princess Elizabeth was also degraded to a...
26: ...closer together, again improving the Lady Mary's position.
30: ...e appealed to her cousin and former matrimonial prospect, the Emperor Charles V. Charles threatened w... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ... the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scot...
15: ...yal cousin, had lived yet some years ago and died 1536. Had he not died before James V, Mary would not n...
17: ...ng loss to the English at the [[Battle of Solway Moss]]. In [[Falkland Palace]], her father heard of t...
19: ...her mother, who strongly opposed the marriage proposition, went into hiding in [[Stirling Castle]], wh...
31: ...y tried to change the agreement so that he could possess Mary years before the marriage was to take pl... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
35: |[[January 1]], [[1993]] (division of [[Czechoslovakia]])
56: ...''Slovenská republika''). The relation between those two name forms is exactly the same as with for e...
63: ...anding [[Roman Empire]] maintained a chain of outposts around the [[Danube]]. From 20 to 50 AD, the Ki...
65: ... state, known as the [[Principality of Nitra]], arose in the 8th century and its ruler [[Pribina]] had...
67: ...half of present-day Hungary, while the ethnic composition of present-day Slovakia itself became more d... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ... [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] being its closest neighbors. The island is 430 km<sup>2</sup> (1...
3: Barbados is mainly composed of [[coral]] and [[limestone]]. It is tropical ...
4: {{Barbados infobox}}
5: Barbados has one of the highest standards of living and li...
8: {{main|History of Barbados}} - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
54: ... Britain''', '''Britain''' or '''England''' (the most populous of the [[home nation]]s). The UK has f...
58: ...es|included Wales]] as a [[principality]]) with those of, first, [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and then [[Ki...
64: ...lands of the North Atlantic'' (IONA) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles.
69: ...d]] by the [[Acts of Union 1536-1543|Act of Union 1536]]. With the [[Act of Union 1707]], the separate k...
71: ...as changed in 1927 to recognise the departure of most of Ireland, with the name '' United Kingdom of G... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = NM |
42: === Native American Pueblos ===
44: ...owns in the valley of the [[Rio Grande]] and pueblos nearby.
46: ...the upper Rio Grande valley led to long-standing hostility that impeded the Spanish conquest of New Me...
52: ...rs]] in [[1610]]. Although the colony failed to prosper, some missions flourished. Spanish settlers ar... - 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'' - 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 [... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ...Myrica]]. They worked together from [[1535]] to [[1536]] to construct a terrestrial [[globe]]. Later, Me...
12: ...He produced more maps and he was appointed Court Cosmographer to [[Duke Wilhelm of Cleve]] in [[1564]]...
22: ...by Gerardus Mercator, Duisburg, 1595; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress. ISBN 1-891... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: ...er 27]], probably [[1466]] – [[July 12]], [[1536]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanis...
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... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...born [[1496]] or [[1500]], [[Jerez de los Caballeros]], [[Extremadura]], and died [[21 May]] [[1542]],...
5: ...panish colonies, landing in [[Panama]]. His only possessions then were a shield and his sword. In [[15...
13: ...the daughter of Davila. She came from one of the most respectable families of Castilia, with good conn...
23: ... arms, cannons, dogs, and pigs. The dogs — mostly Irish [[wolfhound]]s — became notorious ...
28: ...onsidered. However, this bears the handicap that most historical places have been overbuilt and more t... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
7:
9: ...ación'' and published under the title ''Comentarios'' (Commentary).
25: ...nions from Florida to the Pacific, 1528-1536''], hosted by the Portal to Texas History
26: ...de Vaca] Primary Source Adventure, a lesson plan hosted by [http://texashistory.unt.edu/ The Portal to... - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
9: ...bina, and Radošinare These findings are the most ancient evidence of commercial exchanges carried...
11: ...archeological digs and burial places scattered across Slovakia, and even more surprisingly, in the nor...
13: ...ers. This cave is one of the biggest Neolithic deposits in Europe, and was continuously inhabited for ...
15: ...nd weapons. As a result, it became an important crossroads of European trade routes.
19: ...0th century BCE|2000]]-[[800s BCE|800 BCE]]. The most well-known culture of that era was the funeral c... - 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)
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.
26: ...nco Capac]], they formed the small city-state of Qosqo, or Cuzco in Spanish. In [[1438]] CE, under the... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...d defence of [[pilgrim|pilgrims]]. Following the loss of Christian territory in the [[Holy Land]], the...
5: ...t]] to rebuild the hospice in [[Jerusalem]]. The hospice, which was built on the site of the monastery...
7: ...n Jerusalem. Initially the group just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem but the order ...
9: ...s, at the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and 140 other est...
11: [[Image:knights_hospitaller.JPG|framed|right]] - Computer display (4276 bytes)
11: ...rom 640 by 480 [[pixel]]s (640״80) up to 2048 by 1536 pixels (2048ױ536) with 32-bit colour and a varie...
20: ...ue signals may be either on or off, giving eight possible colours: black, white, red, green, blue, cya...
22: Most modern [[computer]] displays can show thousands ...
24: ...://grc.com/ctwho.htm], and more recently by [[Microsoft]] ([[ClearType]], [[1998]]) and [[XFree86]] ([...
29: ...splays can be used in multiple modes. One of the most common puts the desktop on all of the monitors, ... - Chile (39914 bytes)
19: leader_names = [[Ricardo Lagos]] |
56: ... Spanish expedition south from Peru in [[1535]]-[[1536|36]] called themselves the "men of Chilli."
68: ...on won a wide following. Spanish attempts to reimpose arbitrary rule during what was called the ''[[Re...
72: ..., hero of [[Argentina|Argentine]] independence, crossed the [[Andes]] into Chile and defeated the roya...
74: ...sm|Marxist]] groups with strong popular support arose.
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