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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ...ated; she was only fourteen when she was married (1533), at [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whos...
7: ...e in France. She was young, a foreigner, in a country that had little weight in the great world of pol...
11: ...ry being completely under the influence of his mistress, [[Diane de Poitiers]], Catherine had little a...
13: ...ions to as little as 43, 38, or even fewer centimetres (17, 15, or fewer inches).
15: ...d her influence for more than twenty years in the troubled period of the [[French Wars of Religion]]. ... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
13: ...her from her mother, who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or ...
15: The Princess Mary became an extremely well-educated child under the direction of h...
17: ...s eager for an alliance with England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mar...
19: ...mpted to have his marriage to her annulled. In [[1533]], Henry secretly married another woman, [[Anne B...
21: ...[[Europe]], furthermore, regarded her as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although she w... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><...
7: '''Elizabeth I''' ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of Br...
9: ...r]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[Briti...
16: ...treason (adultery against the King was considered treason), incest with her elder brother, and witchcr...
18: ...ll-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker b... - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
4: ...istus Xanothopoulos|Xanothopoulos, Callistus]], patriarch of Constantinople
6: ...[[Isidore Xanthopoulos|Xanthopoulos, Isidore]], patriarch of Constantinople
16: *[[Fort?m鮥z|Xim鮥z, Fort?(d. 1533), early Spanish colonizer in Mexico
17: *[[George Xiphilinus|Xiphilinus, George]], patriarch of Constantinople
18: ...Xiphilinus|Xiphilinus, John]], (died [[1078]]), patriarch of Constantinople - 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]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
2: ...estrina]], and is usually considered to be the central figure of the [[Dutch School (music)|Netherland...
14: ...s]], was still using examples from Josquin in his treatises on composition; and his fame was only ecli...
16: ...neously brought together most of the contemporary trends, innovated significantly, and was also able t...
18: ...viano Petrucci|Petrucci]], [[Pierre Attaignant]] (1533), [[Tielman Susato|Tylman Susato]] (1544), and by... - 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...
21: An expedition in [[1533]] discovered a bay, most likely that of [[La Paz,... - Ludovico Ariosto (4416 bytes)
1: ... ([[September 8]], [[1474]] – [[July 6]], [[1533]]) was an Italian poet, author of the [[epic]] po...
3: ...of Reggio. He followed a strong inclination to poetry from his earliest years, but was obliged by his ...
6: ...rdly pension, it was not to reward him for his poetry, which the prelate despised, but to make some ju...
10: ...o, duke of Ferrara, now took the poet under his patronage. This was but an act of simple justice, Ario...
12: ...s. The place was no sinecure. The province was distracted by factions and ''banditti'', the governor h... - 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. - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...Michel Eyquem de Montaigne''' ([[February 28]], [[1533]] – [[September 13]], [[1592]]) was an infl...
8: After his six years in the country, he was sent to study at a prestigious boarding ...
12: He started to write in 1569, first a translation of the Spanish monk [[Raymond Sebond]]'s...
18: ...lished much later, in [[1774]], under the title ''Travel Journal''.
33: ...y to solve problems and mediate conflicts without truly getting emotionally involved, his disdain for ... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...f human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and neve...
8: ... his father, a wealthy businessman and [[copper]] trader, died. Little is known of his mother, Barbara...
10: ...[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a dis...
14: ...r [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this rema...
18: ...ely became ill. Throughout his lifetime he made astronomical observations and calculations, but always... - 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... - 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}} - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ... ranges. The Inca empire proved short-lived: by [[1533]] CE, [[Atahualpa]], the last Inca, was killed on...
19: ...Lake Titicaca]] and found the city of Cuzco. They traveled by means of underground caves until reachin...
21: ...icate that the Inca were a relatively unimportant tribe until the time of Sinchi Roca, also called Cin...
26: The Inca people began as a tribe in the Cuzco area around the [[12th century]] ...
28: ...er as a family home or as a [[Camp David]]-like retreat. - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
1: ...lso holds the career marks for [[RBI]] (2,297), extra-base hits (1,477) and total bases (6,856). He w...
4: ...e he was brought up and attended school. In [[Central High School]], Aaron played [[shortstop]] and [...
6: ...rtstop and third baseman. He made $3 a game. He tried out for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers|Dodgers]] but d...
12: On June 14, [[1952 in sports|1952]] Aaron's contract was acquired by the [[Boston Braves]] for $10,...
14: ...g game. The next day Aaron made his first spring training start for the Braves in left field and hit ... - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
5: ...mmour from west Africa by the trans-Saharan slave trade. He was converted to [[Roman Catholic Church|R...
8: ...exico]]), where they were reunited with their countrymen.
10: ...istrust, partially because his medicine gourd was trimmed with feathers from an [[owl]], a bird that s...
13: ...e was accepted as a deity by some Native American tribes because of his knowledge of herbs and medicin...
16: ...ndbook/online/articles/EE/fes8.html Estevanico entry] at the [[Handbook of Texas]] - 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... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
5: ...anish nobility)|hidalgos]] of modest means in [[Extremadura]], a region of poverty and hardship from w...
7: ...ghter, and tactician, but was notorious for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts.
12: ...tic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] in order to trade Spain's New World fortunes with the Orient, th...
14: ... advance guard fought a pitched battle with Incan troops in front of the city, but the battle had ende...
16: ...de Almagro turned him down. De Soto packed up his treasure and returned to Spain.
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