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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
32: ...[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
39: *[[James Bruce]]
40: *[[William S. Bruce]], (1867-1921) Scottish explorer of Antarctica
41: *[[Cornelis de Bruijn]], (1652-1727), Dutch traveler and artist
77: *[[Simon Dezhnev|Semyon Dezhnev]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed throug... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...ould be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless reg...
9: ...pecies (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and benefi...
27: ...in Khios. It is believed that this is where he recruited some of his sailors.
46: ....99 meters or 6,082.66 feet at the equator). The true circumference of the earth is about 40,000 km (2...
52: ...had united the largest kingdoms of Spain and were ruling them together. - Argentina (30219 bytes)
48: ...] and [[Bolivia]] in the north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] in the northeast and [[Chile]] in the west....
52: ...ain rich in silver – reached Spain around [[1524]]. Since then, the Spaniards named the river of S...
57: ...�], who campaigned in Argentina, Chile, and [[Peru]] as the hero of their national independence. Fol...
61: ...0]] and ushered in another decade of Conservative rule. Using fraud and force when necessary, the gove...
65: ... first time in 10 years. Peras prevented from running, but voters elected his stand-in, Dr. [[H飴... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
47: ...was the son of a Portuguese princess, the Spanish ruler became Philip I of Portugal in [[1581]]. Some ...
51: ...er, Brazil proclaimed its independence, under the rule of the Portuguese King Pedro IV ([[Pedro I of B...
59: ...s growing robustly. Additionally, and unlike any true autocracy, Portugal was a founding member of [[O...
78: ...4 Spring survey, 60% of the Portuguese said they trusted the European Union.
80: ...use for civil disorder. Handing out or producing drugs is considered a crime. - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
20: *[[Minoru Yamasaki|Yamasaki, Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
37: *[[Yury Yarov|Yarov, Yury]], (born 1942), Russian politician, former deputy prime minister and...
40: *[[Lev Yashin|Yashin, Lev]], ([[1929]]-[[1990]]), Russian football goalkeeper
56: ...igory Yavlinsky|Yavlinsky, Grigory]] (born 1952), Russian economist and politician
68: ... Yegorov|Yegorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
210: *[[Rush Brown]] ([[1948]]-)
211: *[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] ([[1568]]-[[1625]])
212: *[[Jan Brueghel the Younger]] ([[1601]]-[[1678]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
18: *[[1524]]-[[Giovanni da Verrazano]], working for [[France... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
1: ...vellata''' ([[December 6]], [[1478]] – [[February 2]], [[1529]]), one of the most important [[re...
10: ...antua and in [[Milan]], where he was a pupil of Merula and of Calcondila. He practiced the court of [[...
23: ...a]]. When in [[1527]] [[Lansquenets]] invaded and ruined Rome (''Sacco di Roma''), the Pope suspected ...
32: ...l find in his sonnet ''Superbi colli e voi, sacre ruine'' a focal inspiration, however more written by... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...ccupations and services rendered were in [[Royal Prussia]] as church [[canon]], governor and administr...
8: ...e in [[1460]] and became a respected citizen of Toruń as well, once the war with Teutonic Knights...
10: ...w. After four years and a brief stay in [[Torun|Toruń]], he moved to [[Italy]], where he studied ...
20: Copernicus worked for years with Prussian diet on monetary reform and published some s...
24: ...c Order]] and Kingdom of Poland ([[1519]]–[[1524]]) Copernicus successfully defended [[Olsztyn]] o... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
20: ...zing the population to the financial and moral corruption of the secular [[Renaissance]] church.
28: The frustrated reformism of the humanists, ushered in by ...
30: ...ot be limited. God was now an unknowable absolute ruler, and religion would be more fervent and emotio...
32: ...eval zenith of the church. [[Erasmus]] held that true religion was a matter of inward devotion rather ...
34: ...North burghers and monarchs were united in their frustration for not paying any [[tax|taxes]] to the n... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wave.jpg|thumb|250px|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]]...
2: ...ale. [[Earthquake]]s, [[landslide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorite impact]]s all have...
6: ...d they take on the characteristics of a violent onrushing [[tide]] rather than the sort of cresting wa...
10: ...], such as an [[earthquake]], [[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. Ho...
12: ...er. Such large vertical movements of the earth's crust can occur at [[plate boundaries]]. [[Subduction... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
8: ...mly in any one of these. His time in England was fruitful in the making of lifelong friendships with t...
14: ...tangling obligations; yet he was in a singularly true sense the center of the literary movement of his...
16: ...ar term ''Testamentum'' was used instead of ''Instrumentum''. This edition was used by the translators...
23: ... ''De libero arbitrio diatribe sive collatio'' ([[1524]]), he analyzes with great cleverness and good hu...
25: ...he egg that Luther hatched" he half admitted the truth of the charge, but said he had expected quite a... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
7: ...vanni da Verrazano]] explored the same coast in [[1524]])–and sailing a distance up the [[Hudson R... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
9: date_of_death=[[18 February]], [[1546]] |
12: ... Luther''') ([[November 10]], [[1483]]–[[February 18]], [[1546]]) was a [[German people|German]]...
23: ...orm in the summer of 1505. A [[lightning bolt]] struck near to him as he was returning to school. Terr...
25: ==Luther's struggle to find peace with God==
28: ...needed more work to distract him from excessive [[rumination]]. He ordered the monk to pursue an acade... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswi...
15: ...ublius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle...
35: ...Kingdom (Empire) of the Germans ("Regnum Teutonicorum") was applied to the Frankish kingdom.
41: ...Cluniac]] reform of the Church - the [[Peace and Truce of God|Peace of God]], the prohibition of simon...
46: ...tween 1096 and 1291 was the age of the [[Crusade|crusades]]. Knightly religious orders were establishe... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswi...
15: ...ublius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle...
35: ...Kingdom (Empire) of the Germans ("Regnum Teutonicorum") was applied to the Frankish kingdom.
41: ...Cluniac]] reform of the Church - the [[Peace and Truce of God|Peace of God]], the prohibition of simon...
46: ...tween 1096 and 1291 was the age of the [[Crusade|crusades]]. Knightly religious orders were establishe... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
14: ...r conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Francisco Piza...
20: ...d boy who had returned home only to find himself frustrated by life in his small provincial town.
38: ...overnor Velázquez became strained.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} This all began once news of [[Juan de G...
47: ...from a shipwreck and joined the troops.<ref name=Grunberg/> Jeronimo de Aguilar, a Franciscan priest, ...
49: ...és was determined. Leaving a hundred men in Veracruz, Cortès marched on [[Tenochtitlan]] in mid-Augu... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
5: ...ong-distance race (run by [[Phidippides (Marathon runner)|Phidippides]])
16: ...Revolt) occurs in [[Puerto Rico]] against Spanish rule.
20: *[[1922]] - [[Gdynia]] Seaport Construction Act passed by the [[Poland|Polish]] parliam...
70: *[[1949]] - [[Bruce Springsteen]], singer, songwriter
79: *[[1974]] - [[Harumi Inoue]], [[Japan|Japanese]] actress, model, pop...
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