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- 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... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
30: *[[Joaquim Agostinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist
31: *[[Paolo Agostino|Agostino, Paolo]], (1593-1629), Italian musician
32: *[[Benjamin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer
36: *[[Johannes Agricola|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...s''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April 25]], [[1566]]) was a fixture at the courts of several [[Franc...
9: ...III]] sent the new Queen Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistr... - 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]], ... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
2: ... γραφος ''graphos'' "writing") is the art of decorative [[writing]]...
10: ...idered an important art in [[East Asia]] and the most refined form of East Asian [[painting]].
12: ...k style), ''gyosho'' (semi-cursive style), and ''sosho'' (cursive style, literally "grass writingstyle...
14: ... after the eighth century poetry collection [[Manyoshu]]. Manyogana is now obsolete. At the time this ...
16: Calligraphy has influenced most major art styles in [[East Asia]], including [[s... - 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)
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...
44: * ''Preaching Of John The Baptist'' 1566, Beaux Arts Museum, Budapest
45: * ''Census at Bethlehem'' 1566, Mus饠des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
46: * ''The Wedding Dance'' c. 1566, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit - 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]... - 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) - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
2: ...luğu'''</big></big><br/>'''Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye'''
23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
45: ...so been interpreted as referring to the Empire's position as gateway between Europe and Asia. In its d...
47: ...capital. Following [[World War I]], during which most of its territories were captured by the [[Allies...
53: ... Empire]] in the [[13th century]]. In [[1299]], [[Osman I]] declared independence of the ''Ottoman Pri... - 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. - Walter Baade (2275 bytes)
17: | [[1566 Icarus]] || [[June 27]], [[1949]]
26: Along with [[Fritz Zwicky]], he proposed that [[supernova]]e could create [[neutron star...
32: ...asteroid]] [[1566 Icarus]] (whose perihelion is closer than that of [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]) and ...
39: ... in Astrophysics'', [[Donald Osterbrock|Donald E. Osterbrock]], ISBN 0-691-04936-X
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