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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: ..._columbus_99w.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''C...
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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]]] - Argentina (30219 bytes)
8: national_motto = En Unión y Libertad<br>([[English langu...
52: ...ain rich in silver – reached Spain around [[1524]]. Since then, the Spaniards named the river of S...
57: ... [[Buenos Aires]] in [[1580]], although initial settlement was primarily overland from [[Peru]]. The S...
61: ...when necessary, the governments of the [[1930s]] attempted to contain the currents of economic and pol...
67: ...eat by the [[United Kingdom]] in an unsuccessful attempt to seize the [[Falkland Islands|Falklands/Mal... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ... The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settled in [[Alentejo]].
21: ...mbol, is known as the "Cradle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (court...
29: ...s a nation to [[June 24]], [[1128]], with the [[Battle of S㯠Mamede]] by [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afons...
31: ...tugal's most historic battle of Portugal, the [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]. The victorious John was then ...
42: ... exploration of Africa. Before this voyage very little information was known in Europe about what lay ... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
110: *[[Yoannis XIII of Alexandria]], ([[1483]]-[[1524]]), Coptic Pope
125: *[[Charlotte Mary Yonge|Yonge, Charlotte M]], ([[1823]]-[[1901]]), British novelist
157: *[[Francis Brett Young|Young, Francis Brett]], (1884-1954), British novelist
162: *[[James Young|Young, James]], (1811?1883), Scottish chemist
166: *[[John W. Young|Young, John Watts]], (b. 1930), US astronaut - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (before 1600) (1679 bytes)
18: *[[1524]]-[[Giovanni da Verrazano]], working for [[France...
21: ...]] founds [[Roanoke Colony]], the first English settlement in the New World, in the [[Virginia]] terri... - 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]...
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...
23: In [[1524]] [[Pope Clement VII]] sent him to [[Spain]] as '... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
7: ...w.jpg||thumb|250px|Copernicus Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...ealthy businessman and [[copper]] trader, died. Little is known of his mother, Barbara Watzenrode, but...
21: ...22.jpg|thumb|250px|Copernicus Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
22: ...e made his "Commentariolus"—a short, handwritten text describing his ideas about the heliocentri...
24: ...c Order]] and Kingdom of Poland ([[1519]]–[[1524]]) Copernicus successfully defended [[Olsztyn]] o... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...which emerged in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in [...
32: ...urch. [[Erasmus]] held that true religion was a matter of inward devotion rather than an outward symbo...
38: ...dualism, that each man can be his own priest (an attitude likely to find popular support considering t...
44: ...e and was teaching Bible at the [[University of Wittenberg]] when the Bible changed him. He later lame...
55: ...on. Peasants and new migrants to the cities had little understanding of [[economics]], so they had no ... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
21: ...shika Hokusai|Hokusai]]). In fact, a tsunami is better understood as a new and suddenly higher sea lev...
24: ...nd can travel great transoceanic distances with little overall energy loss. A tsunami can cause damage...
32: ...ls at about 200 m/s (720 km/h or 450 mi/h) with little energy loss, even over long distances. At a wat...
53: ...bathymetry]]) and coastal land ([[topography]]).[http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/tsunami_story.html]
55: ...ours before a tsunami strikes shore (Kenneally, [http://www.slate.com/id/2111608]''). - 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 ...
12: His residence at Leuven exposed Erasmus to much petty criticism, from those hostile to the principles ...
17: It was the first attempt on the part of a competent and liberal-minded... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
7: ...vanni da Verrazano]] explored the same coast in [[1524]])–and sailing a distance up the [[Hudson R...
15: ... successfully made his way as far south as the [[Ottawa River]].
21: *[http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34410 Bi...
22: *[http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/ ''The life and tim...
23: *[http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/13442 Henry Hudson - A... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
17: ...e" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at [[Eisenach]].]]
28: ... On [[October 19]], [[1512]], the University of Wittenberg conferred upon Martin Luther the degree of ...
31: ...513]], as he was lecturing on the [[Psalms]] at Wittenberg. He realized that the phrase "righteousnes...
39: ...ed that they also exonerated deeds ''not yet committed'', they also encouraged sin. He had taken a tr...
41: ...|holy relics]] which always attracted crowds to Wittenberg on All Saints' Day ([[November 1]]), and Te... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
15: ...heruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest|Teutoburg Forest]]. Ger...
17: ...large West Germanic tribes - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons, Frisians, Thuringians, Langob...
19: ...ons and the Christian religion gave rise to the pattern of life of the medieval West.
37: ...[[Elbe]] and the [[Oder]] were submitted. In 962 Otto I was crowned emperor in Rome, taking the succes...
43: ... a weakening of the [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ottonian]] ''Reichskirche'' and a strengthening of th... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
15: ...heruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest|Teutoburg Forest]]. Ger...
17: ...large West Germanic tribes - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons, Frisians, Thuringians, Langob...
19: ...ons and the Christian religion gave rise to the pattern of life of the medieval West.
37: ...[[Elbe]] and the [[Oder]] were submitted. In 962 Otto I was crowned emperor in Rome, taking the succes...
43: ... a weakening of the [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ottonian]] ''Reichskirche'' and a strengthening of th... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered.
6: ..., as typified by the [[Black Legend]], also did little to expand understanding of Cortés as an indivi...
10: ...ando, and Fernando are all equally correct. The latter two were most commonly used during his lifetime...
36: ...h demanded that more Indians be assigned to the settlers.
47: ... horses. Then he proceeded to Tabasco and won a battle against the natives, who did not want to welcom... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
5: *[[490 BC]] - [[Battle of Marathon]]; origin of [[marathon (sport)|mar...
7: ...The [[Battle of Blore Heath]]. The first major battle of the English [[Wars of the Roses]], fought at...
8: ...of Vienna]] begins as [[Suleiman II]] begins his attack on the city.
12: *[[1803]] - [[Battle of Assaye]]
15: ...Adams]]; verified by German astronomer [[Johann Gottfried Galle]]
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