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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
7: ...) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South Ameri...
9: ...s voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the existence of the [[New Worl...
33: ...e post [[São Jorge da Mina]] at the [[Guinea]] coast.
39: ...[Indies]] (then roughly meaning all of south and east [[Asia]]) by sailing west across the Ocean Sea (t... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
4: ...ing out from European docks were travelling to [[East Asia]].
16: ...yage. But his claim is clearly fraudulent, which casts more doubt on Vespucci's credibility.
18: ...]. On this voyage he sailed southward along the coast of [[South America]]. If his own account is to be...
20: Little is known of his last voyage, in [[1503]]–[[1504]], not even whether it actually to... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...1461]], fighting for the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] cause. (This was ironic, as Edward IV was ...
20: ...hapel, Windsor|St George's Chapel]] in [[Windsor Castle]].
27: * [[Elizabeth of York]] (1466-1503), Queen Consort of England
28: ... Chapel, Windsor|St George's Chapel]], [[Windsor Castle]]
34: ... Chapel, Windsor|St George's Chapel]], [[Windsor Castle]] - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...Europe]], on the south by [[Africa]], and on the east by [[Asia]]. It covers an approximate area of [[...
6: ...eks]], [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], and the [[Middle-East]] (Arab/Persian/Semitic) cultures. The [[history ...
11: ...1497;ם התיכון), "the middle sea", a literal adaptation of the ...
17: ...ly not. The man-made [[Suez Canal]] in the south-east connects the Mediterranean Sea with the [[Red Sea...
24: ...s]], [[Crete]], [[Euboea]] and [[Rhodes]] in the eastern Mediterranean - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
2: ...h the [[Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt|Nineteenth Dynasty]] the seat of government moved to the [[Nile Del...
4: ...[Bible]] as נא אמון ''nōˀ ˀāmôn'' ([[Book ...
11: ===East Bank=== - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
5: #A commentary on the ''Categories'' (Venice, 1503 fol.), the authenticity of which is doubted by Br...
6: ...commentary on the ''De Interpretatione'' (Venice, 1503 fol.). They are printed in Brandis's scholia to A... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
17: Directly to the east of the church is the elliptical [[Saint Peter's S...
22: ...60 feet (18 meters) across. It is not simply its vast scale (136.57 meters from from the floor of the c...
24: ...ome conceived by Donato Bramante at the outset in 1503, was planned to be carried out with a single maso...
89: ... XII]], as well as the altar of [[Sebastian|St Sebastian]]. Even further up is the '''Chapel of the Ble...
91: ...e entrance (not an original detail). Along the pilasters are niches housing 39 statues of saints who fo... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
203: *[[Agnolo Bronzino]] ([[1503]]-[[1572]])
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered by [[Giuseppe Pi...
42: *[[1937]] - [[Anastasio Somoza]] becomes [[President of Nicaragua]].
52: ...the Republic of Cuba]], is overthrown by [[Fidel Castro]]'s forces.
61: ...747]] explodes and crashes into the sea off the coast of [[Bombay]], killing 213. - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ...t of the time, and he likely stayed there until [[1503]], when Duke Ercole I of [[Ferrara]] hired him fo...
8: ...ive voices, widely acknowledged to be one of his masterpieces.
10: ...y from Ferrara to his home region of Cond鬠southeast of [[Lille]] on the present-day border between Be...
14: ...ble to get along with his colleagues." His fame lasted long after his death; [[Gioseffo Zarlino|Zarlin...
16: ...y, but his reputation has grown steadily for the last hundred years, and Josquin's music is often sung ... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
23: ...r>'''שמעון בן יונה'''<br>(Shimon ben Y...
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair o...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small> - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ...ope]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and its [[Eastern Rite]]. Other [[religious denomination]]s of ...
8: ...d first, and [[Judas Iscariot]] is always listed last.
13: ...his brother [[Saint Andrew|Andrew]]. Seeing them cast a net for fish, He told them "Follow me, and I wi...
15: ...f Matthew, on the evening before the [[Passover|Feast of Unleavened Bread]] (which is called the [[Pass...
23: ... the original, housed in the [[Basilica of St. Sebastian]]. - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...on, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil engineering]].
7: ...ty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
12: ...t whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]).
25: ...spect for life led him to being a vegetarian at least part of his life, and Vasari reports a story that...
29: ...n Cavallo" [[horse]] [[statue]] (see below) were cast into weapons for the Duke in an attempt to save [... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ... of human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and nev...
10: ... [[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a di...
14: ...nar [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this rem...
16: ...toro) and in Ferrara (with Bianchini), where in [[1503]] received his doctoral degree in canon law. It h...
18: ...ively became ill. Throughout his lifetime he made astronomical observations and calculations, but alway... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
6: ...he never seems to have worked as a priest, and monasticism was one of the chief objects of his attack i...
8: ...niversity of Paris]], then the chief seat of scholastic learning, but already under the influence of th...
14: ...comparatively late in his life. Only when he had mastered [[Latin]] did he begin to express himself on ...
38: ... the dangers of formalism, Erasmus discusses [[monasticism]], saint-worship, war, the spirit of class a...
40: ...himself at odds with both the great parties. His last years were embittered by controversies with men t... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...he hospice, which was built on the site of the monastery of Saint [[John the Baptist]], took in Christi...
7: The monastic hospitaller order was founded following the [[F...
15: ... well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]].
17: ...Auvergne]], [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Aragon]], [[Castile]], [[Germany]] and [[England]]). The English p...
19: ..., and the walls of the city. The resulting siege lasted six months, at the end of which the survivors w... - Sidon (4751 bytes)
1: ...t is on the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] coast, about 25 miles north of [[Tyre]] and 30 miles so...
12: ...ecame part of the French [[Protectorate]] in the Eastern Mediterranean.
15: ...y-silted ancient port is now used only by small coastal vessels. There is also a refinery here.
20: ...st home of the [[Phoenicia|Phoenicians]] on the coast of Canaan, and from its extensive commercial rela...
27: * [[Jesus]] visited the "coasts" of [[Tyre]] and Sidon (Matthew 15:21; Mark 7:24... - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
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56: | 1090 [[Kelvin|K]] (817.2 ?[[Celsius|C]] / 1503 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
148: ...copper arsenate]] ("CCA", or "Tanalith", and the vast majority of older "pressure treated" wood). CCA t...
152: ...xide has been used in a variety of ways over the past 200 years, but most commonly in the treatment of ...
156: ...it]]s. Circuits made using the compound are much faster (but also much more expensive) than those made ... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
2: ...sh]] [[natural history|naturalist]] who achieved lasting fame as originator of the theory of [[evolutio...
6: ...sion of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]''. His last book was about earthworms.
29: ...His father objected to the voyage, thinking it a waste of his son's time, but was eventually persuaded ...
43: ...rmadillo]]s in strata which showed no signs of catastrophy or change in climate, and found later that t...
51: With Lyell's enthusiastic backing Darwin read his first paper to the [[Ge... - Protein (17280 bytes)
130: [[he:חלבון]]
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