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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ...dici family|Medici]]''' ([[April 13]], [[1519]] – [[January 5]], [[1589]]), born in Italy as '''...
5: Born in [[Florence, Italy]], she was a daughter of [[Lorenzo II de' Medici]], Duke of Urbin...
11: During the reign of her husband (1547–1559), Catherine lived a quiet and passive life...
13: ... she enforced a ban on thick waists at court attendance during the 1550s. For nearly 350 years, women'...
17: ...the Protestant rebellion by arms, she resumed, in 1570, the policy of peace and negotiation. She conceiv... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
2: '''Jeanne d'Albret''' ([[January 7]] [[1528]] – [[June 9]] [[1572]]) was Queen of [[Navarre]] ...
4: Jeanne was born in [[Pau]] in [[1528]], the daughter of [[Henry II of Navarre]] and [[Marguerite...
14: ...m here she conducted peace negotiations, and in [[1570]] official talks began to marry Henry to the king... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best...
9: ... lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that...
17: ... during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.)
19: The six-day-old Mary became Queen of [[Scotland]], with [[Ja...
24: On the day of the coronation Mary was dressed in heavy rega... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: '''Elizabeth I''' ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of British m...
16: ...abeth, and she, along with her half-sister, Mary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated ...
18: ...rticularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her de...
44: The Queen found a dangerous rival in her cousin, the Catholic Mary Stu...
53: ... a Catholic, [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]]. Lord Darnley was murdered in [[1567]] after the couple ha... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
1: ...stine Chapel.png|250px|thumb|right|''God creates Adam'', by [[Michelangelo]]. The mural on the ceiling...
2: ...may or may not have been the [[first woman]], or Adam's first wife.
4: ...dash;אָדָם in [[Standard Hebrew]],
5: ...וָּה (Ḥavva) in Standard Hebrew,
6: ...#1575;ء (Ḥawwāʾ) in Arabic—means "[[Life|living]]." - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
8: ...ng to the dynasty of the ruling [[pharaoh]]. The dating of
10: ... dates are not supported by any reliable absolute date for a span of about three millennia. There is a...
13: ...tic Period of Egypt|Early Dynastic Period]] (1st–2nd Dynasties)
14: * [[Old Kingdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]] (3rd–6th Dynasties)
15: ...Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]] (7th–11th Dynasties) - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: {{dablink|This article concerns the respiratory diseas...
4: ... caused by an [[RNA virus]] of the [[orthomyxoviridae]] family. It rapidly spreads around the world in...
14: ...teins [[haemagglutinin]] (HA or H) and [[neuraminidase]] (NA or N) that are essential to the virus' li...
16: ...influenza strain isolates are identified by a standard nomenclature specifying virus type, geographica...
29: * [[Headache]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-) - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...hemia]] (now [[Czech Republic]])) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer...
8: ...leman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's moth...
10: ...ter wrote that when he was around two, his uncle, Danish nobleman [[J? Brahe]], ''... without the know...
18: ...rrelled with Parsbjerg. A subsequent duel (in the dark) resulted in Tycho losing the bridge of his nos...
23: at the end of 1570, so he returned to [[Knudstrup]], where his fathe... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...quem de Montaigne''' ([[February 28]], [[1533]] – [[September 13]], [[1592]]) was an influential...
10: ...circ;teau de Montaigne, to which he moved back in 1570.
33: ...ithout truly getting emotionally involved, his disdain for man's pursuit of lasting fame, and his atte... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
7: '''Gerardus Mercator''' ([[March 5]], [[1512]] – [[December 2]], [[1594]]) was a [[Flanders|Fle...
15: ...world atlas, ''[[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]]'' in [[1570]]. He produced his own atlas in a number of parts... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
19: *[[César Baldaccini]]
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]]
63: *[[Eduardo Chillida]] (1924-2002)
75: *[[Jules Dalou]] (1838 - 1902) - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...d in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
7: ...claim the area and set up a colony as [[New Amsterdam]].
9: ...n November they made port at [[Dartmouth, England|Dartmouth]], where Hudson was arrested for sailing u... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
15: ...e]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and become more efficient in their progress to...
24: ...irement changed over time and left the system to adapt?
53: ...essful steam-operated railway, the [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], ran in northern [[England]] in...
126: [[da:Jernbane]]
130: [[fa:راه ‌آهن]] - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - Islam (36809 bytes)
10: ...ther [[Prophets of Islam|prophets]], including [[Adam]], [[Abraham]], [[Moses]], and [[Jesus]]. Muslim...
12: ...nal revelation of God. Islamic teaching sees [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]] as derivations of the t...
14: ...llāhu; muhammadur-rasūlu-llāhi'' — "There is no god but God; Muhammad is the mess...
25: #Belief in the Day of Judgment (''Qiyamah'') and in the Resurrectio...
26: #Belief in Destiny (Fate) (''Qadaa'' and ''Qadar'' in Arabic). (Note that this does not mean one ... - Quran (41479 bytes)
2: ...#1571;َلْقُرآن}} ''al-qur'ān''; its literal meaning...
10: ...an in a week or a month, one manzil or one juz' a day, respectively. A juz' is sometimes further divid...
16: ...e model for the literary language remains to this day the speech used in Qur'anic times, rather than t...
26: ... Iblis"), and even stories (such as the story of Adam) in the Qur'an. Muslim scholars explain these re...
41: : 'A-lam yaj`al kaydahum faḍlin) - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
2: ...urful [[Christmas ornament|ornament]]s during the days around Christmas.
5: ...[[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[mosaic]]s from what is today [[Tunisia]], showing the mythic triumphant retur...
9: ...ng them on the branches of trees. According to [[Adam of Bremen]], in [[Scandinavia]] the [[pagan]] ki...
11: ...y homes. One [[Strassburg]] priest, Johann Konrad Dannerhauer, complains about the custom as distracti...
17: ...ew Year]]. In more northern climates and into Canada, the tree (if not too dry) and other decorations ... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
1: ...ium]] AD. To refer to a concept similar that of today's Middle East but earlier in time, the term [[An...
16: ...00 BC]]?Settlements at [[Nevali Cori]] in present-day [[Turkey]] are established.
18: * Settlements at Sagalassos in present-day southwest Turkey are established.
27: ...d beginning of their calendar <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Dating Creation|1]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
28: * Around [[5400 BC]] – [[Irrigation]] in [[Mesopotamia]].
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