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- 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. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
36: *[[Johannes Agricola|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer
53: *[[Ruben Aguirre|Aguirre, Ruben]], (born 1934), Mexican actor - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...s''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April 25]], [[1566]]) was a fixture at the courts of several [[Franc...
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... - 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... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
10: East Asian calligraphy typically uses [[ink brush]]es to write [[Chinese character]]s (called Han...
14: ...ith Chinese characters, and basic calligraphy instruction is still common in Japanese lower education.
40: | [[Running script]] (Semi-cursive Script)
48: ...lso a challenge to read for those with expressive running hand script.
100: ...ping the first script to obey strict proportional rules. His system utilized the dot as a measuring un... - 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...
16: ...ve and enlarge the existing instruments, and construct entirely new ones. Tycho's naked eye measuremen...
18: ...n. This occurred in the [[Christmas]] season of [[1566]], after a fair amount of drinking, while the jus... - 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. - 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]] - ) - 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}}
231: *[[Rudjer Boscovich]], (1711-1787){{fn|C}}
257: *[[Constantin Brunner]], (1862-1937)
258: *[[Emil Brunner]], (1889-1966){{fn|R}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
38: | [[Akce]], [[Kurus]], [[Lira]]
45: ...be of [[Oghuz Turks]] in western [[Anatolia]] and ruled by the [[Osmanlı]] dynasty. In diplomatic...
55: ...soldiers and arms were sent to support [[Muslim]] rulers in [[Kenya]] and [[Aceh]] and to defend the O...
57: ...sia]], the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]], [[Russia]] and [[Austria-Hungary]]. There was a long s...
60: ...glish, French, Ottomans and others united against Russia. - 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... - Walter Baade (2275 bytes)
17: | [[1566 Icarus]] || [[June 27]], [[1949]]
32: ...Apollo asteroid|Apollo-class asteroid]] [[1566 Icarus]] (whose perihelion is closer than that of [[Mer...
34: ...Bruce Medal]] in [[1955]], and the [[Henry Norris Russell Lectureship]] of the [[American Astronomical...
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