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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
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]]. ...
17: ... possessed men's minds that she could not long control the opposing parties, and one civil war followe... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
12: ...r struggle between Catholics and Huguenots for control of the French court and France as a whole led t...
28: * [[Catherine de Bourbon]] ([[1559]]-[[1604]]). Married [[Henry I, Duke of Lorraine]... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...ce|French]] kings, and became notorious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of France|Henri II]].
5: ...ci]], Diane de Poitiers would remain his lifelong true love. They had one daughter born in 1538 Diane,...
9: ...ose]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pearl necklace.
11: ...art of Queen Catherine, particularly when Henri entrusted Diane with the Crown Jewels of France, had t...
13: ...urnament]], Catherine de' Medici took control, restricting access to him. Although the king called out... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
17: ...obert I of Scotland|Robert I, the Bruce]]). James truly believed that Mary marked the end of the Stewa...
19: ...land. Two months later, Mary and her mother, who strongly opposed the marriage proposition, went into ...
24: ...bes in miniature. A crimson velvet mantle, with a train furred with ermine, was fastened around her ti...
26: ...y. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <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...
20: ...zabeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ...'''Lebanese Republic''' or '''Lebanon''' is a country in the [[Middle East]], along the [[Mediterranea...
35: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 166th]]<br />[[1 E10 m2|10,452 ...
40: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 127th]]
62: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
66: The country was named after [[Mount Lebanon]]; the word "Leb... - 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]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...ay of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. Th...
27: ...rdinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the [[Panama Canal]].
33: ...Federation|federate]] as the [[Commonwealth of Australia]]; [[Edmund Barton]] becomes first [[Prime Mi...
37: ...th Australia]] and transferred to Commonwealth control.
39: *[[1934]] - [[Alcatraz Island]] becomes a [[United States|U.S.]] feder... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: [[Image:treimann.summi_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jp...
6: ...aly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus ...
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small>
28: | '''Petrus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...[[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the two were not yet distinct) and [[alc...
8: ...was born at his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]] to [[Otte Brahe]] and...
10: ...and aunt, J? Brahe and [[Inger Oxe]], in the [[Tostrup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 155...
12: ...descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis.
14: ...t as many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed is... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
1: ...isseur'' drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self portrait]]
3: ...f [[Bree]], called Breda in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started sign...
5: ... master in the painters' guild of [[Antwerp]]. He travelled to [[Italy]] soon after, and then returned...
7: ...ants when their father died; neither received any training from him.
14: ...sh Proverbs'', [[1559]], with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 [[proverb]]s]] - 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... - Cabeza de Vaca (4807 bytes)
1:
3: ...ould not be as great, due to forces beyond his control.
5: ...us [[Native American (Americas)|Native American]] tribes of the upper Gulf coast (including the Han an...
7: ...sed to give his countrymen any details of the country that might prepare them for the hardships they w...
9: ...g the most spectacular in the world. Political intrigue against him caused his arrest and return to S... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
9: *[[1775]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Henry]] delivers his famous speech - "[[give m...
10: ...uck with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Pala...
11: *[[1806]] - After traveling through the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and rea...
19: ...r a post-presidency [[safari]] in [[Africa]]. The trip is sponsored by the [[Smithsonian Institution]]...
21: ...war Dutt]] embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot b... - 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]]) - Lent (7959 bytes)
9: ...[resurrection of Jesus]] after his death on the [[True Cross|Cross]], Lent is concerned with preparati...
13: ...riday]], and [[Holy Saturday]] forms the [[Easter Triduum]], rather than being part of Lent. [[Ash Wed...
18: ...nified at a [[Carnival]] celebration. Detail of [[1559]] painting "''The Battle between Carnival and Len...
20: ...[[the West]] is Shrove Tuesday or [[Mardi Gras]] (trans. Fat Tuesday).
24: ...|egg]]s and [[dairy product|milk product]]s were strictly forbidden, and only one meal was taken each ... - Realdo Colombo (996 bytes)
1: ...urgeon at the University of [[Padua]] ([[1544]]-[[1559]]). He was a pupil of [[Vesalius]] and his succes...
5: His contributions to anatomy and medicine included the foll...
7: ...es to the front of the [[eye]]ball, not in the centre
10: * demonstrated that blood flows from the right side of the h...
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