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  1. Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
    7: ... of the school of [[Caravaggio]]. Artemisia was introduced to painting in her father's workshop, showi...
    14: ...trial Tassi was imprisoned for just one year. The trial has subsequently influenced the [[feminism|fem...
    16: ...um of Naples]], is impressive for the violence portrayed, and was interpreted as a wish of psycologica...
    18: ...became a successful court painter, enjoying the patronage of the [[Medici]] and [[Charles I of England...
    24: ...hew of the great [[Michelangelo]]): busy with construction of a maison to celebrate the notable ancest...
  2. Grace O'Malley (3478 bytes)
    1: '''Grace O' Malley''' ([[Irish]](c. [[1530]] -c.[[1603]]) is an important figure in Irish [[...
    7: ...ised anglo-norman Burke or de Burgo family who controlled much of what is now that county. Unusually a...
    8: ...h legend, as a young girl Grace wished to go on a trading expedition to [[Spain]] with her father, and...
    14: ...ar [[Newport, County Mayo|Newport]]. According to tradition they married under [[Brehon law]] 'for one...
    26: * Renaissance-central.com [http://www.rencentral.com/oct_nov_vol1/graceomalley.shtml]
  3. Germany (46412 bytes)
    1: ...k]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to the south by [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]], to the west by [[France]...
    30: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 61st]]<br>[[1 E11 m2|349,223 km...
    33: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 14th]]<br>82,468,000 [htt...
    36: |[[Treaty of Verdun]] ([[843]])<br>[[January 18]] [[187...
    39: ...[[List of countries by GDP|Ranked 3rd]]<br>$2.271 trillion<br>$27,600
  4. Peru (12264 bytes)
    2: ...'' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Peru is a country in western [[South America]], bordering [[Ecuado...
    26: ...&nbsp;- Total<br>&nbsp;- % water || [[List of countries by area|World ranking: 20th]]<br/>[[1 E11 m2|1...
    28: ...- [[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|World ranking: 39th]]<br/>27,925...
    40: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' || 51
    48: ...ruvian coast in [[1532]], and by the end of the [[1530]]s Peru became a [[Viceroy]]alty and a major sour...
  5. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
    188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
    206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
    219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
    287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]])
  6. History of California (38344 bytes)
    5: ... populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and wealth, first...
    11: ...and, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the la...
    13: ...ada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tan...
    19: ...ries of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with [[Amazons|A...
    30: ... applied in the account of this voyage. It can be traced back to a series of romances that were very p...
  7. Thomas More (15893 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Thomas More.png|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Young...
    2: ...man Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
    5: Born in Milk Street, [[London]], Thomas More was the eldest son of...
    12: ...eror|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal ad...
    14: ...tion that entailed administrative and judicial control of much of northern England.
  8. Francesco Guicciardini (1068 bytes)
    16: * ''Ricordi'' (1512-1530)
  9. Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
    20: ...conomic, political and demographic forces that contributed to a growing disaffection with the wealth a...
    22: ...d]], [[France]], and [[Spain]] the move toward centralization begun in the thirteenth century was carr...
    24: ...y]], and the [[Netherlands]] and new textile industries began to develop.
    28: ...hinking favored the notion that no religious [[doctrine]] can be supported by philosophical arguments,...
    30: ...he Northern humanists in its reinforcement of the traditional use of [[Latin]] as the great unifying c...
  10. Florence (11538 bytes)
    1: ...ruled ([[1434]]-[[1494]], [[1512]]-[[1527]] and [[1530]]-[[1737]]) by the [[Medici]] family.
    3: A centre of medieval [[Europe]]an trade and finance, the city is sometimes considered ...
    17: ...erienced subsequent periods of [[Byzantine]], [[Ostrogothic]], [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], duri...
    19: ... of whom was [[Dante Alighieri]]. This factional strife was later recorded by the White Guelph [[Dino ...
    21: ...n strong gold currency, the [[guilder|florin]] (introduced in [[1252]]), the eclipse of her formerly p...
  11. Erasmus (18332 bytes)
    8: ...life of an independent scholar, unhindered by country, academic ties, [[religion|religious]] [[allegia...
    14: ...ntangling obligations; yet he was in a singularly true sense the center of the literary movement of hi...
    16: ...of ''Instrumentum''. This edition was used by the translators of the [[King James Version]] of the Bib...
    17: ...his writings, were in Latin, but were immediately translated into other languages, with his encouragem...
    21: ...se. Erasmus, however, dreaded any change in [[doctrine]] and believed that there was room within exis...
  12. March 18 (10594 bytes)
    10: ...[1673]] - [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [...
    15: ... the [[United States]] granting exclusive [[trade|trading]] rights.
    16: ...]] - [[Einar Dessau]] uses a [[short-wave radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[h...
    21: *[[1925]] - The [[Tri-State Tornado]] hits the Midwestern states of [[...
    32: ...] for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to [[Extra-vehicular activity|walk in space]].
  13. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
    31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
    33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
    42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
    71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
  14. Sweden (27111 bytes)
    1: ... in all but its [[Metropolitan Areas of Sweden|metropolitan areas]], with most of the inland consisti...
    3: ... has been at peace, adopting a policy of armed neutrality.
    5: ...try is today defined by liberal tendencies and a strong national quest for equality.
    11: {{Infobox Country |
    47: time_zone = [[central European Time|CET]] |
  15. Malta (18511 bytes)
    36: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 184th]] <br>[[1 E8 m?|316 km?]]...
    39: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 211th]]<br> 399,867 <br> ...
    48: ...]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1)<br>[[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Univ...
    56: |'''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
    59: |'''[[Patron Saints|Patron Saints]]'''
  16. Confucius (21352 bytes)
    6: ..."border-top:1px solid"|[[Chinese family name|Ancestral name]] (&#22995;):||style="border-top:1px solid...
    26: ...all><sup>'''1'''</sup>This Chinese word, the ancestral name of Confucius, should not<br>be confused wi...
    30: ...umous name since [[1530]]. Between [[1307]] and [[1530]] his<br>posthumous name was: "The Lord Propagato...
    37: ...inence in China after being chosen among other doctrines (such as [[Legalism (philosophy)|Legalism]] o...
    50: According to traditional belief, Confucius was born in [[551 BCE]...
  17. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
    102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
    187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
    191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}}
  18. Akkadian language (3224 bytes)
    9: * 1950 &ndash; 1530 Old Babylonian/Old Assyrian
    10: * 1530 &ndash; 1000 Middle Babylonian/Middle Assyrian
    16: ...y inappropriate for languages demonstrating the [[triconsonantal root]]. Sumerian cuneiform also disti...
    31: ...http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/ A detailed introduction to Akkadian]
  19. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    1: ...alta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
    5: ... [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It w...
    9: ... [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided int...
    15: ...] surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the...
    19: ... the survivors were allowed to leave Rhodes and retreated to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. In exchange, t...
  20. Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
    4: ... Cortés, he fought them and won, using the extra troops as reinforcements. Cortés wrote letters dire...
    6: ...as an individual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplisti...
    14: ... [[Captain (OF-2)|captain]] of distinguished ancestry but slender means. Hernán's mother was Catalina...
    16: ...udy at the [[University of Salamanca]] in west-central Spain. This was Spain's great center of learnin...
    18: ...e two years at Salamanca, plus his long period of training and experience as a notary, first in Sevill...

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