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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
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23: ...n]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
30: *[[Ibn Battuta|Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta]], ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]]...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] ex... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> – [[20 May]] [[1506]]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Crist...
2: ...er_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...round the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explo...
5: ...de (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as John Cabot) was first to reach the Ame...
10: ...C2_columbus21.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
20: ...o Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
35: ...), Finnish theologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish language
37: *[[Martin Agricola|Agricola, Martin]], (1466-1506), German composer
54: *[[Jenny Agutter|Agutter, Jenny]], (born 1952), English actress - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
15: ...nicated with other prisoners with large cut-out letters she placed in her window one at the time. She ...
26: ...llowing are 4 of the best known poems or songs written by Hannah.
37: ...500;א יגמר לעולם - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
4: ...here. In 1508, Ponce de León founded the first settlement in [[Puerto Rico]], Caparra (later relocate...
7: In 1506, upon the death of Christopher Columbus, who had ...
11: ...ze from English Cannons seized after the English attacked San Juan in 1792.]]
18: ...eón was injured by a poisoned arrow. After this attack, he and colonists sailed to [[Havana]], [[Cuba... - Americas (7154 bytes)
23: ...on of [[Renaissance]] era voyagers, had died in [[1506]] (believing, to the end, that he'd discovered an...
37: * [http://www.uhmc.sunysb.edu/surgery/america.html The N... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
11: national_motto = Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno<br>(English:...
42: ...cy that goes back more than 700 years, arguably putting them among the world's oldest surviving [[repu...
44: ...l throne of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. At the [[Battle of Morgarten]] in [[1315]], the Swiss defeated ...
48: ...back in [[1515]] with the Swiss defeat in the [[Battle of Marignano]].
50: ...ersisted, erupting in further violence at the [[battles of Villmergen]] in [[1656]] and [[1712]]. - Israel (51605 bytes)
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60: ...Judah|Jewish kingdoms and states]] existed intermittently in the region for over a millennium until th...
66: === Caliphate, Crusades, and the Ottoman Empire ===
68: ...sades|Crusaders]], before becoming part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1517 until 1918. Throughout the...
73: ...ions]] transferred control of Palestine from the Ottoman Empire to the [[United Kingdom]] as a mandate... - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
7: *[[Francis Xavier|Xavier, Francis]], ([[1506]]-[[1552]]), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary]]
15: *[[Ettore Ximenes|Ximenes, Ettore]], ([[1855]]-[[1919]]), Italian painter - Influenza (10335 bytes)
26: ...respiratory system|respiratory tract]], is transmitted from person to person by saliva droplets expell...
41: ... die from influenza, and 114,000 per year are admitted to a hospital as a result of influenza. Even he...
43: ...le, people with asthma may experience [[asthma]] attacks while they have the flu, and people with chro...
54: ... contain the most likely strains of the virus to attack the next year. The flu vaccine is usually reco...
71: ...riginally from the public domain CDC publication http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/flu/fluinfo.htm'' - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed in [[1626]].
12: ... Construction started under [[Pope Julius II]] in 1506 and was completed in [[1615]] under [[Pope Paul V...
14: *[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/Lan...
22: ... of the drum, but which stand away from it like buttresses, to absorb the outward thrust of the dome's...
27: ...[United States Capitol]] in [[Washington, DC]], [http://www.pbase.com/yardbird/image/26416677 Harrisbu... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]])
183: *[[Sandro Botticelli]] ([[1445]]-[[1510]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: Little is known of his early life, but he was probably...
8: ...n the Duke's name. While there he also wrote a setting of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voices...
10: ... plague that year, and by [[Antoine Brumel]] in [[1506]], who stayed until the disbanding of the chapel ...
14: ...er composer, ...but [[Heinrich Isaac|Isaac]] is better able to get along with his colleagues." His fa...
18: ...hed by [[Ottaviano Petrucci|Petrucci]], [[Pierre Attaignant]] (1533), [[Tielman Susato|Tylman Susato]]... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
23: ... <small>Simon Peter</small><br>'''שמעון בן יו–...
25: ...[[Jesus]] from whom, according to {{bibleverse||Matthew|16:18-19|}}, he received the keys to the kingd...
1230: | <small>[[Cittࠤi Castello]], Umbria, Italy</small>
1393: | <small>Ottobuono [[Fieschi]]</small>
1449: | <small>Benedetto Caetani</small> - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ...e the title of saint in reference to Peter as a matter of doctrine against [[canonization]], in favor ...
4: ...tes of heaven, as prescribed in the [[Gospel of Matthew]].
8: ...Peter and on this rock I will build my church" (Matthew 16:17-19). In the same Holy Scriptures, [[Sai...
11: ...was healed by Jesus at their home in Capernaum (Matt. 8:14-17; Mark 1:29-31; Luke 4:38f), so we know h...
13: ..., Simon was called by Jesus to be his follower (Matt. 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-10; [[Gospel of ... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
16: ...ostitute]]. After two months in jail, he was acquitted because no witnesses stepped forward. For some ...
18: ... dialogue on ''l'amore masculino'' (male love) written by the contemporary art critic and theorist [[G...
20: ...ian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno (nicknamed Salai (Little Devil)). Gian entered Leonardo's household arou...
22: In 1506, Leonardo met [[Count Francesco Melzi]], the 15 y...
25: ... release them. He was also a respected judge on matters of beauty and elegance, particularly in the cr... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
10: ... the court of [[Ludovico il Moro]] and when the latter died, he went back to Mantua, again in the cour...
13: ...ci|Giuliano de' Medici]], [[Cardinal Bibbiena]], Ottaviano and [[Federico Fregoso]], [[Cesare Gonzaga]...
15: In [[1506]] Castiglione wrote (and played together with Cos...
17: ... his works and of those of other guests in some letters to other princes, maintaining an activity very...
21: ...r ancient noble family. He wrote two passionate letters to her, expressing a deep sentiment, but she u... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
5: ... where he studied law with his father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] ...
19: ...[[Lucian]], which was published in [[Paris]] in [[1506]].
23: ...mong modern historians for their exceedingly unflattering portrayal of King Richard, a bias due at lea...
27: ... vehicle for discussing controversial political matters freely. It is unlikely that More, a devout an...
31: ...criticized for its slanderous ''[[ad hominem]]'' attacks. - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
10: ...st [[Pisa]]. Louis XII was also the king who committed the five capital errors in statecraft summarize...
21: ...stify the means", is sometimes (all too often!!) attributed to him but this was essentially NOT his po...
23: ...uits: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuits] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_of_Loyola]) tho...
33: ...ncipe]]'' (''The Prince''). It was written in an attempt to return to politics as an advisor to [[Lore...
35: ...he Discorsi is really an analysis of a history written by the Roman Titus Livy. Machiavelli comments ... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
1: ...smus.jpg|thumbnail|Erasmus. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...s Roterodamus''' (also '''Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam''') ([[October 27]], probably [[1466]] &ndas...
6: ... monasticism was one of the chief objects of his attack in his lifelong assault upon the evils of the ...
10: ... rewards of independent literary activity. From [[1506]] to [[1509]] he was in Italy. He spent part of ...
12: His residence at Leuven exposed Erasmus to much petty criticism, from those hostile to the principles ...
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