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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
15: The city wasn't founded until March 1st, 1565 by Portuguese knight Estᣩo de Sᬠwho called it...
19: ...y, the city was threaten or invaded by several - mostly French - pirates and buccaneers, such as [[Jea...
21: ...l [[1808]], when the Portuguese Royal Family and most of the [[Lisbon]] nobles, fleeing from [[Napoleo...
23:
25: ...hek managed to have [[Bras�a]] built, at great cost, by [[1960]]. On April 21st that year, the capit... - 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... - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
5: ...ichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
28: ...Aiuppa, Joseph]], (1907-1997), Chicago [[mafia]] boss - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ... the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scot...
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...
33: ...her such actions. It lasted until June [[1551]], costing over half a million pounds and many lives. In... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
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...
27: ... Lady Elizabeth to succeed rather than her next-closest relative, [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Stuart]], ... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
7: ... in 1958, new and rebuilt buildings, especially those in designated historic districts, must exhibit a...
11: ...n the mid-1990s when [[Debbie Jaramillo]], who opposed the focus on tourism, was elected mayor. Althou...
43: ...ed States]], behind [[St. Augustine, Florida]] ([[1565]]). Santa Fe was the capital of [[Santa Fe de Nu...
49: ...les run the whole spectrum from [[Baroque]] to [[Post-modern]].
66: ... 17.2% of those under the age of 18 and 9.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. - 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)
23: *[[Riza Abbasi]] ([[1565]]-[[1635]])
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-) - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...upreme Pontiff]] of the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|Universal Church]], [[Patriarch]] of...
27: | <small>''post''[[42]]/''ante''[[57]] to [[64]]/[[67]](?)</smal...
315: | '''[[Pope Zosimus]]'''<br><small>Saint Zosimus</small>
316: | Papa '''Zosimus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
405: | <small>[[Frosinone]], Southern Latium, Italy</small> - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...became an early "[[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press...
10: ...e and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in the [[Tostrup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 1...
12: ...acrobosco]]'s Tractatus de Sphaera, [[Apianus]]' Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiom...
16: ...he [[arcminute]]. (These measurements became the possessions of Kepler following Tycho's death.)
18: ...the [[skull]] was rimmed with green, a sign of exposure to [[copper]], not silver or gold. - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: ...el's ''The Painter and The Connoisseur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self portrait]]
5: ...f [[Pieter van Aelst|Pieter Coecke van Aelst]], whose daughter Mayke he later married, and was in [[15...
9: ...n his art is the older Dutch master [[Hieronymus Bosch]]. He is nicknamed 'Peasant Brueghel' to distin...
11: ... religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the severity of win...
35: ...x1000.jpg|The Hunters in the Snow]] (Dec.-Jan.)'' 1565, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...Bruno the Nolan''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] execute...
7: ...ia]], the son of Giovanni Bruno, a soldier. In [[1565]] he took the name Giordano on becoming a [[Domin...
9: ...ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated w...
15: ...in [[Toulouse]], where he briefly had a teaching position. At this time, he began to gain fame for his...
17: ...nned a play summarizing some of his cosmological positions, titled ''Il Candelaio'' ("The Torchbearer"... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
8: ...t writer [[Étienne de la Boétie]] whose death in 1563 deeply influenced Montaigne.
10: Montaigne married in 1565; he had five daughters, but only one survived chi...
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... - History of India (31279 bytes)
11: ... in India|religion]], and [[Indian philosophy|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kin...
14: ...th to the end of the 13th century AD, followed almost without intermission by the [[Vijayanagara Empir...
38: ...and monsoon. Although India may bear some of the most extreme geological and climatic features, these ...
40: ...opulation increase (making state level societies possible). The scenario of the Indus valley follows m...
47: ...mber of [[kingdom]]s and [[republic]]s emerged across the [[Indo-Gangetic plain]] and southern India d... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
179: *[[Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham]] (UK, [[1842]] - [[1928]... - Malta (18511 bytes)
69: ...abs]] in AD [[870]]; their influence can be seen most prominently in the modern Maltese language, whic...
71: ...of Malta (1565)|siege]] by the Ottoman Turks in [[1565]], who, at that time, were considered to be the g...
75: ...e's bravery led to the awarding of the [[George Cross]] now seen on its flag.
86: ...ans that extra seats are given to the party that posses the largest amount of votes but has less seats...
90: ...y, under [[Alfred Sant|Dr. Alfred Sant]] is in opposition. There are also several minor parties, such ... - 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]] - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
11: ... in India|religion]], and [[Indian philosophy|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kin...
14: ...th to the end of the 13th century AD, followed almost without intermission by the [[Vijayanagara Empir...
38: ...and monsoon. Although India may bear some of the most extreme geological and climatic features, these ...
40: ...opulation increase (making state level societies possible). The scenario of the Indus valley follows m...
47: ...mber of [[kingdom]]s and [[republic]]s emerged across the [[Indo-Gangetic plain]] and southern India d... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
5: ...lassifying forms of life comes from the Greek philosopher [[Aristotle]], who classified animals based ...
7: ...s'') into Arabic. His original commentary is now lost, but its translation into Latin by [[Michael Sco...
9: ...wiss professor, [[Conrad von Gesner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of lif...
11: ...o the work of [[entomologist]]s and the first microscopists is due to the research of people like [[Ma...
23: ...ly knowing the two-part scientific name makes it possible to determine the other six layers. - December 9 (7837 bytes)
25: ...oronation Street]]'' first airs on televisions across the [[United Kingdom]].
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66: *[[1927]] - [[Pierre Henry]], composer
71: *[[1933]] - [[Morton Downey Jr.]], talk show host (d. [[2001]])
86: *[[1957]] - [[Donny Osmond]], entertainer
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