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- Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ..., however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Ma...
13: ...se assertions that she was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his ...
15: ...ives]] upon the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ...iage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second s... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...ndash; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because ...
9: ...ry"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided wi...
12: ...tland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de G...
14: ...es could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...ary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the de... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
10: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]|
11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] |
15: leader_titles = [[President of Argentina|President]]|
16: leader_names = [[Néstor Kirchner]] | - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The G...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
7: ...st known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
11: *[[1651]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
15: ...y [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]]. - Hieronymus Bosch (3386 bytes)
1: ...inal, imaginative, and dense use of symbolic figures and [[iconography]], some of which was obscure ev...
5: ...s might have been a contributing factor in his obsession with Hell. He became a popular painter and ev...
8: ...ctions of fantastic punishments of the various types of [[sin|sinners]] on the right panel.
10: These paintings have a rough surface from the applicat...
14: ...eated paintings with a small number of large figures who appear to almost leave the painting and stand... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...]]'' and ''[[Mona Lisa]]''. He is also known for designing many inventions that anticipated modern tec...
7: ... most likely a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[M...
9: ...r to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's name because of...
11: ...ted [[drawing]] and [[painting]]. His early sketches were of such quality that his father soon showed ...
12: ...rea's pupils was Leonardo da Vinci, in whom, besides a beauty of person never sufficiently admired and... - Raphael (3466 bytes)
2: ...note below about earlier confusion about these dates). He was also called '''Raffaello Sanzio, Raffae...
4: ...lorence, Italy|Florence]] he soon adopted the styles of [[Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo]] and [[Michelang...
8: ...ristian [[theology|theologian]]s grouped under [[Jesus]].
10: ...s a sort of supervisor for Roman [[archaeology]] research.
12: ...ration, was carried before him in the funeral procession. The unrelenting hand of death (says his biog... - Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
10: ...is duties would have included representative offices for the court; for instance, he accompanied his m...
13: ...tellectual competitions which resulted in an interesting, stimulating cultural life that produced a br...
15: ...epicts the court of Urbino. The work contains echoes of both ancient and contemporary poetry, with rec...
17: ...ose of other guests in some letters to other princes, maintaining an activity very near to diplomacy, ...
19: ...lose friend of him, frequently asking for his suggestions. Raphael gratefully painted a famous portait... - Ludovico Ariosto (4416 bytes)
1: ...r of the [[epic]] poem ''[[Orlando furioso]]'' ([[1516]]), "Orlando Enraged".
3: ...y Gregorio's removal to France as tutor of [[Francesco Sforza]]. Ariosto thus lost the opportunity of ...
6: ... just compensation for the poet's running like a messenger, with the work of his life yet to accomplis...
8: ...it would have been disgraceful to leave. His excuses were not well received, and even an interview was...
10: ...or to [[Pope Julius II]]. The fatigue of one of these hurried journeys brought on a complaint from whi... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ...s More was the eldest son of Sir John More, a successful lawyer who served as a judge in the [[King's ...
7: ...life he continued to observe many monastic practices, including self-punishment in the form of wearing...
9: ...ucation at a time when such learning was usually reserved for men.
12: ...an Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: '''Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus''' (also '''Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam''') ([[October 27]], ...
6: ...y-five, but he never seems to have worked as a priest, and monasticism was one of the chief objects of...
8: ...spending the rest of his life as an English [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]]...
10: ...us]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active association with Italian scholars than mi...
12: ...der the shelter of Swiss hospitality he could express himself freely and where he was surrounded by de... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
1: [[Image:AC2_desoto77.jpg|thumb|Hernando de Soto|Image provided by...
2: ...the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
5: ... sword. In [[1516]], he became commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de ...
6: ...d the treason and defeated Gonzales's army. As a result, Davilas leadership was secured and de Soto ga...
9: ...ntly though, his aim was to achieve a similar success as [[HernᮠCort鳝] in the defeat of the [[Azte... - List of U.S. states by elevation (16995 bytes)
3: ...ey.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Mount McKinley]] — highest point]]
4: ...space.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Death Valley]] — lowest point]]
6: '''List of [[U.S. states]] by [[elevation]]'''
10: The highest point in the US is [[Mount McKinley]] at 6,194 m...
11: The lowest point in the US is in [[Death Valley]] at -86 me... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...mon descent]]. [[Molecular systematics]], which uses [[genome|genomic DNA]] [[bioinformatics|analysis]...
5: ...iest known system of classifying forms of life comes from the Greek philosopher [[Aristotle]], who cla...
7: ... translation into Latin by [[Michael Scot]] survives.
9: ...fessor, [[Conrad von Gesner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life know...
11: ...ist]]s and the first microscopists is due to the research of people like [[Marcello Malpighi]] (1628&n... - Realdo Colombo (996 bytes)
1: ...59]]). He was a pupil of [[Vesalius]] and his successor.
7: * showed that the [[lens (vision)|lens]] lies to the front of the [[eye]]ball, not in the centr...
8: * showed that [[artery|arteries]] expand with each [[heart]]beat
9: ...wed that the [[pulmonary valve]] of the heart closes during [[diastole]], preventing reflux
12: His discoveries paved the way for [[William Harvey]]'s discovery ...
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