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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ...ated; she was only fourteen when she was married (1533), at [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whos...
21: ... Fontainebleau]] in 1564 were famous for their sumptuousness. In architecture, especially, she was wel... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...the [[Tudor dynasty]], is remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [...
13: ...ay [[18 February]] [[1516]]. She was [[baptism|baptised]] on the following Wednesday with [[Thomas Wo...
19: ...mpted to have his marriage to her annulled. In [[1533]], Henry secretly married another woman, [[Anne B...
26: ... religion and royal position. The Lady Mary attempted to reconcile with her father by submitting to h...
28: There were several attempts to marry her off to European princes, but none o... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: '''Elizabeth I''' ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of Br...
16: ...lizabeth was the [[heir presumptive|heiress presumptive]] to the throne of England. After Queen Anne f...
27: ...|Catholic]] Mary persecuted Protestants. She attempted to convert Elizabeth, who pretended to be Roman...
33: ...tthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accepted out of loyalty to [[Anne Boleyn]]'s memory, sin...
39: ...eth remained independent in her diplomacy. She adopted a principle of "England for the English". Her o... - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
16: *[[Fort?m鮥z|Xim鮥z, Fort?(d. 1533), early Spanish colonizer in Mexico - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]])
285: *[[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]] ([[1796]]-[[1875]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ... brother instead. From [[1486]] to [[1494]] (except the year [[1487]]-[[1488]], which he may have spe...
14: ...rary musical practice. He possessed a vivid conception of the meaning and dramatic possibilities of t...
16: ...wards or away from perfection but as trends of adaptation and influence; as such Josquin is seen as so...
18: ...viano Petrucci|Petrucci]], [[Pierre Attaignant]] (1533), [[Tielman Susato|Tylman Susato]] (1544), and by... - History of California (38344 bytes)
21: An expedition in [[1533]] discovered a bay, most likely that of [[La Paz,...
36: ...ew Spain]]. He sailed northward and landed on [[September 28]] at [[San Diego|San Diego Bay]], claimin...
38: After Cabrillo's voyage in [[1542]] the concept of [[Alta California|Alta (upper) California]] an...
48: ...stocked his vessels, then stayed for a time and kept friendly relations with the aboriginal natives. ...
50: ...h Drake's claim to the new lands, fitting a description in Drake's own account, was discovered in [[Ma... - Ludovico Ariosto (4416 bytes)
1: ... ([[September 8]], [[1474]] – [[July 6]], [[1533]]) was an Italian poet, author of the [[epic]] po...
12: ...'', the chief of which, on discovering that his captive was the author of ''Orlando Furioso'', humbly ...
18: ...o Furioso'', in forty-six cantos, appeared on [[September 8]], [[1532]]. - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...efly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]'s claim...
41: ...nry's marriage to Catherine. In [[1531]] he attempted to resign after being forced to take an oath de...
44: ...nd. Shortly thereafter More was charged with accepting [[bribe]]s, but the charges had to be dismisse...
46: ... Act of Succession|Act of Succession]]. More accepted Parliament's right to declare Anne the legitima...
57: ...]'' (whose title is borrowed from Erasmus's description of More's character). In [[1966]], Bolt's pla... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ... as the object of study. He was a [[Skepticism|skeptic]] and a [[Humanism|humanist]].
18: ...land and Italy, partly in search for a cure. He kept a detailed journal recording various episodes and...
33: ...n for man's pursuit of lasting fame, and his attempts to detach himself from worldly things to prepare...
35: ...umans are not able to attain true certainty ([[skepticism]]), and even alludes to [[cultural relativit...
37: ...teaching of abstract knowledge that has to be accepted uncritically. - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
26: In [[1533]] Albert Widmanstadt delivered a series of lectur...
30: ...ticus, and having seen that the first general reception of his work had not been favorable, Copernicus...
46: ...ted Aristarchus and Philolaus in an early manuscript of his book which has survived, stating: "Philola...
51: ...other motion to the Earth, by which the axis is kept pointed throughout the year at the same place in ...
53: ...hemerides]] than the then current tables based on Ptolemy's model. Furthermore, he badly underestimate... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
8: ... Margaret's Professor of Divinity]], and had the option of spending the rest of his life as an English...
16: .... The text later became known as the ''textus receptus''. Erasmus published three other editions - in ...
17: It was the first attempt on the part of a competent and liberal-minded sch...
27: ...e the outcome of reform, he was thankful he had kept out of it. Yet he was being ever more bitterly ac...
42: ...st, a Protestant emphasis. His little tract of [[1533]], "Preparation for Death", in which the emphasis... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
967: *[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]], (1744-1829){{fn|O}}
1140: *[[Michel de Montaigne]], (1533-1592){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
1304: *[[Ptolemy]], (c. 85-c. 165){{fn|R}} - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ... ranges. The Inca empire proved short-lived: by [[1533]] CE, [[Atahualpa]], the last Inca, was killed on...
19: ...nco Capac and [[Mama Ocllo]] to emerge from the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] and found the city of Cuzc...
30: ...ly richer as subject rulers of the Inca. Most accepted the rule of the Inca as a ''fait accompli'' and...
88: ...f other societies were directly used with the exception of [[Huari]] and [[Tiwanaku]] arts.
92: ...strike the area. The Inca used straight walls except on important religious sites and constructed whol... - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
12: ...id, "Henry Aaron led the league in everything except hotel accommodations".
19: ... 20 years) before suffering a broken ankle on [[September 5]].
23: ... home run off of the Reds' [[Don Gross]]. On [[September 23]], [[1957 in sports|1957]], Aaron had wha...
34: On [[September 20]], [[1965]], Aaron hit the last home run ...
36: ...his career were [[Mathews]] and [[Aaron]], on [[September 11]], [[1966 in sports|1966]]. Neither of t... - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
8: ...r drowned, starved, or were killed by natives; by 1533 only Estevanico, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, [[...
13: ...Native Americans. It is also said that he was accepted as a deity by some Native American tribes becau... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ... founded on the island. In 1519, he was elected captain of the third expedition to the mainland, an ex...
6: ...al. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either ...
14: ...a Cortés, was an [[infantry]] [[Captain (OF-2)|captain]] of distinguished ancestry but slender means....
20: ..., and mischievous. This was probably a fair description of a sixteen-year-old boy who had returned hom...
38: ...decided to send him help. Cortés was appointed captain-general of this new expedition in October 1518... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
7: ...les of the Americas|native villages]] for their captured chiefs became de Soto's hallmark during the [...
12: ...e three groups of mounted soldiers. The Spanish captured Atahualpa, and the next day de Soto was again...
14: ...d and silver objects to ransom him. During this captivity, de Soto became friendly with Atahualpa, tea...
29: ...eir belief on similarities with the written descriptions in the journals of the de Soto Expedition and...
38: ...dered Ortiz to be roasted alive. Ortiz survived captivity and torture, and joined, at the first opport...
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