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- Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ...r lived in [[France]] under the name '''Catherine de M餩cis''', was Queen of France as the wife of Ki...
5: ...t [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother was alive at the time, but who would bec...
11: ...il 1]], [[1560]] she named as chancellor [[Michel de l'H?al]], who advocated a policy of conciliation.
13: ...upport was the [[corset]], with laces and stays made of whalebone or metal. They forcefully shrank wom... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... or [[19 July]] 1553 (''[[de facto]]'') until her death. Mary, the fourth and penultimate monarch of t...
13: ...was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed t...
15: ...[[English language|English]]. Other studies included [[Greek language|Greek]], [[science]], and [[mus...
17: ...h England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Franc...
19: ... [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Po... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...al monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. S...
9: ...]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impat...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|ho...
16: ...on after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Successio...
18: ...daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbish... - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
3: ...m]], ([[1925]]-[[1965]]), US Black Nationalist leader
16: *[[Fort?m鮥z|Xim鮥z, Fort?(d. 1533), early Spanish colonizer in Mexico - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
1: ...image:DESPREZ.JPG|Josquin Des Prez]]<br>''Josquin Des Prez''</div>
2: ...i da Palestrina|Palestrina]], and is usually considered to be the central figure of the [[Dutch School...
6: ...nce]]), Josquin was a member of the papal choir under [[Pope Innocent VIII]]. In the later [[1490s]] ...
8: ...of the [[Miserere]], Psalm 50, for five voices, widely acknowledged to be one of his masterpieces.
10: ...d by researchers. He remained at Cond頵ntil his death in 1521. - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ...l fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
7: ...325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
13: ... while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsidian]], used for arrowheads, axe heads, an...
19: ...cted by stories of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with ...
21: An expedition in [[1533]] discovered a bay, most likely that of [[La Paz,... - Ludovico Ariosto (4416 bytes)
1: ... ([[September 8]], [[1474]] – [[July 6]], [[1533]]) was an Italian poet, author of the [[epic]] po...
3: ...ost the opportunity of learning Greek, as he intended.
6: ...t to reward him for his poetry, which the prelate despised, but to make some just compensation for the...
8: ...were not well received, and even an interview was denied him. Ariosto then boldly said, that had his e...
10: ...d on his second mission he was nearly killed by order of the pope, who happened at the time to be much... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ... of the [[Church of England]], a decision which ended his political career and led to his [[capital pu...
5: ...mas would become a "marvellous man". Thomas attended the [[University of Oxford]] for two years, wher...
7: ...mself incapable of [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the rest of his li...
9: ...her daughter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical educat...
12: ...Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in [[1521]]. As secretary and personal... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
1: ...chel-eyquem-de-montaigne 1.jpg|thumb|right|Michel de Montaigne]]
2: ...essay]]. In his main work, the ''Essays'', unprecedented in its candidness and personal flavor, he tak...
6: ...the mayor of [[Bordeaux]]. His mother, Antoniette de Lopez, came from a Spanish Jewish family, but was...
8: ...;tienne de la Boétie]] whose death in 1563 deeply influenced Montaigne.
10: ...er died and Montaigne inherited the Château de Montaigne, to which he moved back in 1570. - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...ntal starting point of modern [[astronomy]] and modern science itself, (it inaugurated the [[scientifi...
7: ...cus_00125w.jpg||thumb|250px|Copernicus Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
8: ...raised him and his three other siblings after the death of Copernicus' father. His brother Andrew beca...
10: ... him, as his books (stolen by Swedes during [[The Deluge]], and now in [[Uppsala]]'s library) show. Af...
12: ... together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium''. - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
1: ...Image:erasmus.jpg|thumbnail|Erasmus. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
2: '''Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus''' (also '''Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam''') ([[October 27]], pro...
6: ... he was cared for by his parents till their early death from the [[plague]] in [[1483]], and then give...
8: ...in the making of lifelong friendships with the leaders of English thought in the stirring days of King...
10: ... but, as it proved, sufficient, rewards of independent literary activity. From [[1506]] to [[1509]] he... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ...[[Atahualpa]], the last Inca, was killed on the orders of the [[Conquistador]] [[Francisco Pizarro]], ...
6: ... hundred local languages were spoken. The Inca leadership encouraged the worship of their gods, the fo...
11: The foreign name '''Inca Empire''' is derived from the word '''Inca''', which means "[[Emp...
17: ...ed their new village. There Manco became their leader and became known as [[Manco Capac]].
19: ...nd the city of Cuzco. They traveled by means of underground caves until reaching Cuzco where they esta... - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
1: ...hree [[Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove Awards]] and made 25 [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star...
4: ...s an outstanding hitter though he batted cross-handed. His team won the [[Negro High School Champions...
6: ...cs]], as their shortstop and third baseman. He made $3 a game. He tried out for the [[Brooklyn Dodge...
12: ... the color line in the [[South Atlantic League]]. Despite enduring non-stop [[Racism|racial epithets]]...
14: ...ing a spring training game. The next day Aaron made his first spring training start for the Braves in... - Estevanico the moor (3698 bytes)
2: ...as a slave servant in the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca's party.
5: ...[Spanish nobility|Spanish nobleman]] with whom he developed close ties.
8: ...utheastern [[Arizona]], and through the [[Sonoran Desert]] to the region of [[Sinaloa]] in [[New Spain...
10: ... feathers from an [[owl]], a bird that symbolized death to the Zuni.
13: ... later accounts is proof enough of the explorer's death. - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...d brought large portions of mainland [[Mexico]] under the [[Crown of Castile|King of Castile]], in the...
4: ...] was given to a high-ranking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 wher...
6: ...és tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing.
10: ...on in both the Spanish and English languages in modern times, and is the name which many people know h...
14: ...y Almaraz, 5th Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal. - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ...e]]an expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day [[United States]], was the first European t...
3: ...]] searching for gold and a passage to [[China]]. De Soto died in 1542 on the banks of the [[Mississip...
5: ...ce to find military fame after the [[Moors]] were defeated. With discovery of new lands to the west (w...
7: ...rious for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts.
9: ...at ocean to the [[Orient]], profoundly influenced de Soto's ambitions.
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