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  1. Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
    14: ...y under torture as without it, the story must be true. At the end of the trial Tassi was imprisoned fo...
    20: ...[Naples]]. After her mother's death in [[1651]], Prudenzia slipped into obscurity and little is known ...
    24: ...ew of the great [[Michelangelo]]): busy with construction of a maison to celebrate the notable ancesto...
    36: ...n home and raising her daughters. In addition to Prudenzia (born from the marriage with Pierantonio St...
    52: ... [[Naples]] again, corresponding with Don Anontio Ruffo of [[Sicily]] who became her mentor and good c...
  2. Grace O'Malley (3478 bytes)
    1: '''Grace O' Malley''' ([[Irish]](c. [[1530]] -c.[[1603]]) is an important figure in Irish [[...
    22: ...her brother were taken captive by a local English ruler, Granuaile sailed to England to petition [[Eli...
  3. Germany (46412 bytes)
    62: ...[[German Empire]], dominated by the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], was forged. This was the second German ''R...
    66: ...nic Wars]], during which the ''imperium'' was overrun and dissolved ([[1806]]). The lasting effect of ...
    71: ... of Vienna]] convened in [[1814]] in order to restructure Europe. In Germany, the [[German Confederati...
    73: ...ver, the Prussian king [[Frederick William IV of Prussia|Frederick William IV]], who was offered to be...
    75: ...Prussian War|on Austria]] and, finally, [[Franco-Prussian War|on France]].
  4. Peru (12264 bytes)
    2: ... south, and the [[Pacific Ocean]] to the west. Peru is rich in cultural anthropology, and is well-kno...
    4: |+<big><big>'''Peru</big></big>
    9: ... | [[Image:PeruCoatofArms.PNG|115px|Republic of Peru: Coat of Arms]]
    11: ...=center width=130px | <small>([[Coat of Arms of Peru|National Coat of Arms]])</small>
    16: ...d:#fff;" | [[image:LocationPeru.png|Location of Peru]]
  5. 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]])
  6. History of California (38344 bytes)
    5: ...nd of opportunity and wealth, first with the Gold Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lan...
    19: About [[1530]], [[Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán]] (President of [[...
    23: On [[May 3]], [[1535]], Cortés claimed "Santa Cruz Island" (now known as the peninsula of [[Baja Ca...
    45: ...l flags to fly over California: that of England, Russia, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of California, a...
    55: ...]]. He found good ports with rich pearl beds and fruitful islands, and re-established the city of [[La...
  7. Thomas More (15893 bytes)
    2: '''Sir Thomas More''' ([[7 February]], [[1478]]&ndash;[[6 July]], [[1535]]), posth...
    36: ...n]], a lady of the court. In [[1527]], Henry instructed Cardinal Wolsey to petition [[Pope Clement VI...
    41: ...eresy]] laws, which he vigorously enforced. In [[1530]] he refused to sign a letter by the leading Engl...
    44: ... was able to produce a letter in which he had instructed Barton not to interfere with state matters.
    53: ...ld on to his religious convictions in the face of ruin and death, and the dignity with which he conduc...
  8. Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
    16: * ''Ricordi'' (1512-1530)
  9. 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...
  10. Florence (11538 bytes)
    1: ...ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by the [[Medici]] family.
    17: ...ne]], [[Ostrogothic]], [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], during which the population may have fallen ...
    19: ...ti]]. (See [[Guelphs and Ghibellines]].) These struggles eventually led to the exile of the White Gue...
    23: ...78]] rose up in a brief revolt against oligarchic rule in the [[Revolt of the Ciompi]]. After their su...
    25: ...Piero's exile in 1494, the first period of Medici rule ended with the restoration of a republican gove...
  11. 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: ...ith was the [[free will|freedom of the will]], a crucial point. In his ''De libero arbitrio diatribe ...
    25: ...he egg that Luther hatched" he half admitted the truth of the charge, but said he had expected quite a...
  12. March 18 (10594 bytes)
    7: ...himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade]].
    14: ...Paris]], a [[Paris_Commune|socialist]] government rules the city.
    19: ...e]] emigrates to France. Famine kills millions of Russians.
    35: *[[1971]] - A landslide at [[Chungar]], [[Peru]] crashes into [[Lake Yanahuani]] killing 200.
    37: *[[1980]] - On [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]] in [[Russia]] 50 persons were killed at an explosion of a...
  13. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    12: ...braham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
    22: *[[Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
    25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]])
    33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
    62: ...igory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - )
  14. Sweden (27111 bytes)
    69: ... southern Europe. The [[Kievan Rus']], from which Russia takes its name, traces its heritage to the Sw...
    73: ...e rest of Europe it was in the [[14th century]] struck by the [[Black Death]] (the Plague), with all t...
    79: ... crumbled in the [[18th century]] with [[Imperial Russia]] taking the reins of northern Europe in the ...
    98: ...]], followed by the King's [[autocracy|autocratic rule]] initiated by the common estates of the Parlia...
    137: ... of Sweden are important components of the infrastructure.
  15. Malta (18511 bytes)
    62: ...]]. These strategically located islands have been ruled and fought over by various powers over the cen...
    69: ...s]], restoring [[Christianity]] again. Subsequent rulers included the Anjouvines, Hohenstaufen and the...
    71: ...Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem]] in perpetual lease ([[Aragon]] having owne...
    110: ...Malta as a calling port on their Egypt and Levant runs. This war demonstrated Malta's strategic locat...
    180: ...ta.com www.buettni-malta.com] &ndash; a privately run website with information about Malta and some sp...
  16. Confucius (21352 bytes)
    30: ...umous name since [[1530]]. Between [[1307]] and [[1530]] his<br>posthumous name was: "The Lord Propagato...
    48: ... all the desires of my heart without breaking any rule.''
    52: ... trying unsuccessfully to convince many different rulers of his political beliefs and to push them int...
    56: ...instead of imposing proper behavior with laws and rules.
    58: ... the superiority of exemplification over explicit rules of behavior. His ethics may be considered one ...
  17. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    120: *[[Averroes]] (or ''Ibn Rushd''), (1126-1198){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    158: *[[Bruno Bauer]], (1809-1882){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    213: *[[Jean Bodin]], (1530-1596){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    231: *[[Rudjer Boscovich]], (1711-1787){{fn|C}}
    257: *[[Constantin Brunner]], (1862-1937)
  18. Akkadian language (3224 bytes)
    9: * 1950 &ndash; 1530 Old Babylonian/Old Assyrian
    10: * 1530 &ndash; 1000 Middle Babylonian/Middle Assyrian
    16: ...emphatic consonant]]s, as well as a syllabic construction completely inappropriate for languages demon...
  19. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    1: ...Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem'' or ''Knights of Malta'' or ''Knights of Rh...
    5: ...aschid of [[Egypt]] to rebuild the hospice in [[Jerusalem]]. The hospice, which was built on the site ...
    7: ...up just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing a...
    9: ...r Hospitallers, at the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and ...
    15: ...g islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]].
  20. 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...

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