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- Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ... the natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of ...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
8: ...ster married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
10: ...e entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there with ... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
2: ... second in command of the English fleet which defeated the [[Spanish Armada]] in [[1588]].
7: ...40]] date is taken from a portrait painted quite late in his life. Francis was the eldest or second el...
9: ...ether, Hawkins and Drake made the first English [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-trading]] expeditions.
12: ...]]. On his second such voyage he fought a costly battle against Spanish forces, which claimed many Eng...
13: ... back to England. It was during this expedition that he became the first English man to see the Pacifi...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ... [[Biography]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Motor ...
17: ...ian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
30: *[[Ibn Battuta|Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta]], ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]...
37: ...zza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]] Italian explorer naturalized French. French [[Congo]]'s founder.
38: ...]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] - List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
3: ...European]] [[sea]] [[explorations]] began in the late [[15th century]] and lasted for a little more th...
104: [[Category:Lists of people by occupation|Explorers, sea]] - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...aith]], hope and inheritance (such as the [[supernatural]]ist philosophies and [[religion]]).
7: ...to]]. The Medieval period runs until roughly the late [[1400s]] and the [[Renaissance]]. The "Modern" ...
10: ... 585 B.C. and left us the opaque dictum, "All is water." His most noted students were [[Anaximenes of ...
12: ... [[Athens]], which had become the dominant city-state in [[Greece]].
14: ...tes led to wealth, the subjects and methods of debate became highly developed. - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...rton Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I presume.''"
6: ...f another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[London Missionary Soc...
8: ...t his insistence and over the protests of the Moffats – although she was pregnant – but re...
11: ...mbabwe.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone memorial at [[Victoria Falls]]]]
12: ...en trade routes, whilst accumulating useful information about the African continent. In particular, Li... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...uld become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
5: ...frequent appearance in baptismal registers as godfather or witness.
9: ...ndiscovered harbours without serious mishap and that the only sailors he lost were victims of an epide...
13: ...northwest passage]]. He landed for the first time at present day [[Gaspé|Gaspé, Quebec]] where he pl...
17: ... as the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault, a location where the [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]] now stand... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ... which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
4: ...: Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...n used by opponents and detractors of the group, rather than by the practitioners themselves. The prac...
8: ... models of church organization, the English Reformation had brought the church under control of the mo...
10: ...l believers]]. However, in church polity (organization of church power), they differed. - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
5: ...ther a religion or a [[philosophy]] can be problematic. Thus, some regard [[Confucianism]] and [[Taois...
7: ...iewing [[Jesus]] as a [[Bodhisattva]] and incorporating some Christian concepts into Buddhism while th...
9: Major belief systems that developed within China include [[ancestor worship...
11: ...d lapsed into [[corruption]] could lose the [[Mandate of Heaven]] and be overthrown by a [[rebellion]]...
23: ...red by commoners, and sponsored by emperors. Estimate of Buddhists in China range from 70 million to 1... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanes...
9: ...ir|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
29: ...[Arthur Adamov|Adamov, Arthur]], (1908-1997), dramatist, author
34: ...gail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
54: ...]], (1735-1826), second President of the United States - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...mage:Mid_horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ...of France, and mother of three further kings of that branch.
5: ...he duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother was alive at the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of...
7: ...oyal house, would listen to such a proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Francis lived lon...
9: ...en her maternal aunt the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County of Auvergne]]. - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
4: ... this political marriage was annulled four years later.
6: After the death of Francis and the accession of [[Henry II of Fr...
12: ...o support the Catholics, but was mortally wounded at the siege of [[Rouen]]. Jeanne's son [[Henry IV o...
14: ...a Rochelle]]. From here she conducted peace negotiations, and in [[1570]] official talks began to marr...
28: * [[Catherine de Bourbon]] ([[1559]]-[[1604]]). Married [... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ... [[1499]] - [[April 25]], [[1566]]) was a fixture at the courts of several [[France|French]] kings, an...
5: ...illed his duty by marrying the noble foreigner [[Catherine de' Medici]], Diane de Poitiers would remai...
9: ...h that when [[Pope Paul III]] sent the new Queen Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to...
11: ...[Chⴥau de Chenonceau|Chⴥau Chenonceau]] that Catherine had wanted for herself.
13: ...t time and lived out her remaining years in her chateau in [[Anet]], [[Eure-et-Loir]] where she died. - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
4: ...aughter of [[Henry II of France|Henri II]] and [[Catherine de' Medici]]. Three of her brothers became...
6: ...unite family ties and create harmony between the Catholics and [[Huguenot]]s. Although Henri's mother,...
8: ...de and groom stared straight ahead, never looking at each other. When the Cardinal asked Marguerite if...
10: ...w's Day Massacre|a massacre]] of such brutality that even Russia's [[Ivan the Terrible]] condemned it....
12: ...ey were concluded in [[1599]] with an agreement that allowed her to maintain the title of queen. Her e... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...rn [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost three hund...
10: ...nd|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ... wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daug...
15: ...was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ...and. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or ... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ...dash; [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]]...
14: ...e line of Robert's all sons, who were listed in that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robe...
15: ...ouse had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
17: ...nd|Robert I, the Bruce]]). James truly believed that Mary marked the end of the Stewarts' reign over S... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...o see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis ...
3: [[Image:MariaTheresa.JPG|frame|H.I.M. Maria Theresa, Holy Roman ...
6: ...gmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] be...
8: ...is, heir apparent to the king of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]....
20: ... had issue. [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]]: 1765 (abdicated 1790); [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1790; [[Archduke... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...gland|Mary I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...anted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[159...
11: ... Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
13: ...erica]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Que...
16: ...y, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated in the line of succession after [[Edward VI of ... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
3: ...ght|thumb|150px|'''Anne''' <br><small>Queen of Great Britain and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...s succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ... Great Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
12: ...of Marlborough]], though there was a falling out later when the Duchess of Marlborough was banned from...
15: ...hill (the future Duke of Marlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most important generals. - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...pular histories usually know the joint reign as that of "[[William and Mary]]". Mary, although a Sover...
11: ...en, only Mary and her younger sister [[Anne of Great Britain|Anne]] survived into adulthood.
13: ...Catholic [[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary Beatrice d'Este.
15: ...f York agreed to the marriage, falsely assuming that it would improve his popularity amongst Protestan...
17: ...h people, but her husband neglected or even mistreated her. William long maintained an affair with [[E... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...g [[Monarch|queen]] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first mon...
9: ... of the [[Industrial Revolution]], a period of great social, economic, and technological change in the...
12: ...king. At the age of fifty the Duke of Kent and Strathearn married [[Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|P...
14: ...Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her gover... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...he was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she super...
9: ...] wife, Countess Claudine Rh餥y de Kis-Rh餥 (created Countess von Hohenstein in the Empire of [[Aust...
11: ...lled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], for a...
17: ...ce Albert Victor died of [[pneumonia]] six weeks later.
19: ...a still favoured Princess May as a suitable candidate to marry a future King, so she persuaded Albert ...
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