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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: ...Image:Mid_horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' Medici]]
3: ..., and later lived in [[France]] under the name '''Catherine de M餩cis''', was Queen of France as the ...
5: ...rly age, Catherine was sent to a convent to be educated; she was only fourteen when she was married (1...
7: ...royal house, would listen to such a proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Francis lived lo...
9: ...hen her maternal aunt the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County of Auvergne]]. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...''. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of En...
13: ...s wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn dau...
15: ...ls]]. A great part of the credit of her early education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not on...
17: ...is or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]]. Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII's chief advisor, managed...
19: ... appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Pope were abolished, and the King ... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...he best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
14: ...ons, who were listed in that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first m...
15: ...emi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had go...
17: ...e birth and prophesied, "The devil go with it! It came with a lass, it will gang with a lass!" The Ste...
19: ...riage proposition, went into hiding in [[Stirling Castle]], where preparations were made for Mary's co... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...ce by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henr...
13: ...]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]...
16: ..., along with her half-sister, Mary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated in the line of...
18: ...st Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth became queen in [[1558]].
20: ...lerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. L... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...d to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
4: * Anti-hierarchical movements: [[Cathar]]ism, [[Waldensian]]ism, and others
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Sc...
13: * [[John Calvin]] and [[Geneva]]
15: * Radical Reformers -- [[Thomas_Muentzer|Müntzer]], [... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...le de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was the [[conquistador]] who conquered [[Mexic...
5: ...[Francisco Pizarro]], who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confus...
7: Cortés took classes at [[Salamanca]] but bitterly disappointed his parents by return...
10: ...d so well in the conquest of the [[Canary Islands|Canaries]] (eliminating the indigenous [[Guanches]])...
12: - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
165: *[[Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria]], (1738-1794){{fn|C}} - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted i...
5: ...h;1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the sa...
7: ... the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further ...
15: ...ius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of...
21: ...AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Chur... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted i...
5: ...h;1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the sa...
7: ... the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further ...
15: ...ius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of...
21: ...AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Chur... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
2: ...t phase of the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]].
4: ...warded the title of ''Marqués del Valle de [[Oaxaca]]'', while the more prestigious title of [[New Sp...
6: ...és as an individual. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simpl...
10: ...z''' ({{IPA-es|kɔrˈtɛθ|IPA}}), in his time he called himself ''Hernando'' or ''Fernando Cortés''....
14: ... Lord of Monroy]], and wife Mencía de Orellana y Carvajal.
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