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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
7: ...rance]]. Francis, still engaged in his lifelong struggle against [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charl...
11: During the reign of her husband (1547–1559), Catherine lived a quiet and passive life but ob...
17: ... and joined the Catholic party. Having failed to crush the Protestant rebellion by arms, she resumed, ...
21: ...love of magnificence and luxury, Catherine was a true Medici; her banquets at the Royal [[Chateau Font... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
8: ...f Navarre died, and Jeanne and her husband became rulers of Navarre.
12: The power struggle between Catholics and Huguenots for control o...
28: * [[Catherine de Bourbon]] ([[1559]]-[[1604]]). Married [[Henry I, Duke of Lorraine]... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
5: ...i]], Diane de Poitiers would remain his lifelong true love. They had one daughter born in 1538 Diane, ...
9: ... political astuteness to the point that the King trusted her to write many of his official letters and...
11: ...rt of Queen Catherine, particularly when Henri entrusted Diane with the Crown Jewels of France, had th...
13: In [[1559]], when Henri was critically wounded in a [[joust... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...tter known as '''Mary, Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]]...
17: ...bert I of Scotland|Robert I, the Bruce]]). James truly believed that Mary marked the end of the Stewar...
26: ... and the palms of her hands. When the chill air struck her, she began to cry. The [[Earl of Lennox]] b...
33: ...ambers of Stirling Castle. The French, remaining true to the [[Auld Alliance]], came to the aid of the...
36: ...the only sensible solution to her troubles. In February [[1548]], hearing that the English were on the... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...eth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impatience by ...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|...
18: ...l-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker be...
20: ...abeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she ...
27: ...d; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsely rumoured to be pregnant, Elizabeth was allowed to re... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
26: | [[Beirut]]
71: ...during the [[Middle Ages]] was involved in the [[Crusades]]. It was then taken by the [[Ottoman Empire...
78: ...interspersed with prosperity built on [[Beirut|Beirut's]] position as a regional center for finance an...
83: [[Beirut]], the capital of Lebanon, noted for its wide bo...
87: ...] into the country to prevent them from being overrun; that Baathist Syrians were fighting against Pal... - 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]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
13: *[[1700]] - [[Russia]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
27: ...dinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the [[Panama Canal]].
31: *[[1899]] - [[Spain|Spanish]] rule ends in [[Cuba]]. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...tan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small>
28: | '''Petrus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
29: ...Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair of Peter]]) [[22 February]]</small>
74: ...''[[Pope Telesphorus]]'''<br><small>Saint Telesphorus</small> - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...Tycho Brahe''' ([[December 14]], [[1546]] [[Knudstrup]], [[Denmark]] – [[October 24]], [[1601]] ...
8: ...as born at his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]] to [[Otte Brahe]] and ...
10: ...nd aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in the [[Tostrup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 1552...
12: On [[April 19]], [[1559]] Tycho began his studies at the [[University of ...
16: ...ve and enlarge the existing instruments, and construct entirely new ones. Tycho's naked eye measuremen... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: [[Image:BruegelPortrait.jpg|right|thumb|Bruegel's ''The Painter and The Connoisseur'' drawn c...
3: ...his name and started signing his paintings as '''Bruegel'''.
5: ...nd then returned to Antwerp before settling in [[Brussels]] permanently 10 years later. He died there ...
7: ...her of [[Pieter Brueghel the Younger]] and [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] who both became painters, but as...
9: ...eant when the context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred to. - 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... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
1: - March 23 (10340 bytes)
10: *[[1801]] - [[Tsar]] [[Paul I of Russia]] is struck with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally t...
16: *[[1889]] - [[Land run]]: [[President of the United States|President]] ...
21: ...ar Dutt]] embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by...
36: *[[2001]] - The [[Russia]]n ''[[Mir]]'' space station is disposed of, ...
63: *[[1929]] - Sir [[Roger Bannister]], runner - 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]] - ) - Lent (7959 bytes)
9: ...[29]] of the [[Common Era]] in Roman occupied [[Jerusalem]] of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
18: ... Battle between Carnival and Lent''" by [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]].]]
32: ...oved them. Good Friday is the day that Jesus was crucified. He died on this day and was buried. - Realdo Colombo (996 bytes)
1: ...urgeon at the University of [[Padua]] ([[1544]]-[[1559]]). He was a pupil of [[Vesalius]] and his succes...
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