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Encyclopedia - 1493: Encyclopedia - 1493
1493 - Events. January 4 - Christopher Columbus leaves the New World. March 15 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1541: Encyclopedia - 1541
1541 - Events. The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish February 12 - Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antillia: Encyclopedia - Antillia
Antillia (or Antilia) was a phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean far to the west of Spain. This mythical island had several o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ananas: Encyclopedia - Ananas
See text The genus Ananas belongs to the Bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae). It is best known for the species Ananas comosus, better known a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ashikaga Shogunate: Encyclopedia - Ashikaga Shogunate
The Ashikaga shogunate (Japanese 足利幕府, Ashikaga bakufu, 1336–1573) was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by the shoguns of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Isles: Encyclopedia - British Isles
The British Isles is a term traditionally given to the group of islands off the northwest coast of Europe including Great Britain (contai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United States Virgin Islands: Encyclopedia - United States Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean that is a dependency of the United States. These islands are geo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 1: Encyclopedia - August 1
August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. August 1 - Events. 527...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Alexander Vi: Encyclopedia - Pope Alexander Vi
Alexander VI, (Rodrigo Borgia) (January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503) pope (1492-1503), is the most memorable of the secular popes of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orange Fruit: Encyclopedia - Orange Fruit
Orange—specifically, sweet orange—refers to the citrus tree Citrus sinensis and its fruit. The orange is a hybrid of ancient cultivat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jiva Goswami: Encyclopedia - Jiva Goswami
Jiva Goswami was one of the most prolific and important writers of the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Hinduism, and one of the famous Six Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope: Encyclopedia - Pope
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sugar: Encyclopedia - Sugar
In general use, "sugar" is taken to mean sucrose, also called "table sugar" or saccharose, a disaccharide which is a white crystalline so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aldus Manutius: Encyclopedia - Aldus Manutius
Aldus Manutius (1449/50 - February 6, 1515), the Latin form of Aldo Manuzio (born Teobaldo Mannucci) was the founder of the Aldine Press....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 15th Century: Encyclopedia - 15th Century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. 15th century - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 19: Encyclopedia - August 19
August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 134 days remaining. August 19 - Events...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cultural Periods Of Peru: Encyclopedia - Cultural Periods Of Peru
This is a chart of the Peruvian cultural periods used by some archaeologists studying the area. Most of the cultures of the Late Horizon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carinthia Duchy: Encyclopedia - Carinthia Duchy
The Duchy of Carinthia (German language: Kärnten, Slovenian: Koroška) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 180...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carlo Crivelli: Encyclopedia - Carlo Crivelli
Carlo Crivelli (1435 in Venice, Italy – 1495 in Naples, Italy) was a Venetian Renaissance or Quattrocento painter. The only dates that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Iv Duke Of Bavaria: Encyclopedia - William Iv Duke Of Bavaria
William IV. (* 13 November 1493 in Munich; † 7 March 1550), (German: Wilhelm IV., Herzog von Bayern), was Duke of Bavaria (1508-1550), ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinon: Encyclopedia - Chinon
2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military perso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christopher Columbus: Encyclopedia - Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (1451 – 20 May 1506) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas on October...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Virgin Islands: Encyclopedia - British Virgin Islands
The British Virgin Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It consists of over 50 islands and cays located in the Caribbe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counts Of Burgundy: Encyclopedia - Counts Of Burgundy
This is a list of the counts of Burgundy (i.e., of the region known as "Franche-Comté", not to be confused with the Duchy of Burgundy) f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bernal Díaz Del Castillo: Encyclopedia - Bernal Díaz Del Castillo
Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492 or 1493 - 1581) was a conquistador, who wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico under Hern�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chile Pepper: Encyclopedia - Chile Pepper
The chile pepper, chili pepper, or chilli pepper, or simply chile, is the fruit of the plant Capsicum from the nightshade family, Solanac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bona Sforza: Encyclopedia - Bona Sforza
Bona Sforza (born February 2, 1494 - November 19, 1557) a member of the Milanese Sforza dynasty, was a queen of Poland, Grand Duchess of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wadowice: Encyclopedia - Wadowice
Wadowice is a town in southern Poland, 50km from Krakow with 19,500 inhabitants (2001), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wrocław: Encyclopedia - Wrocław
Wrocław, ([:vrɔʦwaf], German Breslau, Czech Vratislav, Latin Wratislavia; many Polish documents in English use the spelling Wroclaw) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bartolommeo Bandinelli: Encyclopedia - Bartolommeo Bandinelli
Bartolommeo (or Baccio) Bandinelli (November 12, 1493 - February 7, 1560), Florentine sculptor and painter, was the son of an eminent gol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History: Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History
This entry contains a timeline of the development of Judaism and the Jewish people. Note that all dates are given according to the Common...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hydrogen: Encyclopedia - Hydrogen
Hydrogen (Latin: hydrogenium, from Greek: hydro: water, genes: forming) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avicenna: Encyclopedia - Avicenna
Avicenna (Ibn Sina also known as al-Shaykh al-Rais (meaning the Leader among the wise men), in Persian and Arabic: شيخ الرئيس، ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - June 5: Encyclopedia - June 5
June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. June 5 - Events. 70 - Ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laudanum: Encyclopedia - Laudanum
Laudanum is an opium tincture, sometimes sweetened with sugar and also called wine of opium. In the 16th century, a Swiss physician named...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Bull: Encyclopedia - Papal Bull
A Papal bull is a special kind of patent or charter issued by a pope and named for the seal (bulla) that was appended to the end to authe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Martin: Encyclopedia - Saint Martin
Saint Martin is a tropical island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 150 miles east of Puerto Rico. The 88 km² (38 square-mile) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paracelsus: Encyclopedia - Paracelsus
Paracelsus (November 11 or December 17, 1493 - September 24, 1541) was a famous alchemist, physician, astrologer, and general occultist. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1568: Encyclopedia - 1568
1568 - Events. March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. Again Catherine de Medici and Charles IX make...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1567: Encyclopedia - 1567
1567 - Events. The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. He replaces Margaret of Parma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1450: Encyclopedia - 1450
1450 - Events. March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1415: Encyclopedia - 1415
1415 - Events. Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. 1372; d. 20 Sep 1440) becomes Burgrave of Nuremberg March 14 - Jan Hus travels to the Coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1520: Encyclopedia - 1520
1520 - Events. January 18 - King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde. June - Moctezuma II, Aztec rule...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1525: Encyclopedia - 1525
1525 in science 1525 - Events. January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1560: Encyclopedia - 1560
1560 - Events. February 27 - The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1555: Encyclopedia - 1555
1555 - Events. Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanatana Goswami: Encyclopedia - Sanatana Goswami
Sanatana Goswami (1488-1558 CE) was one of the principle followers of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1456-1533 CE) and the author of a number of w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Books Of Chronicles: Encyclopedia - Books Of Chronicles
The Book of Chronicles is a book in the Hebrew Bible (also see Old Testament). It was originally written as one book, but in the Septuag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Szlachta: Encyclopedia Ii - Szlachta - History
Szlachta - Etymology. The Polish word "szlachta" (meaning the "gentle class" or "noble class", an untranslatable term essentially encom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treaty Of Tordesillas: Encyclopedia Ii - Treaty Of Tordesillas - Exploration And Colonization
It was intended to resolve the dispute that had been created following the return of Christopher Columbus. In 1481 the papal Bull Aeterni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stephansdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Stephansdom - Interior
Stephansdom - Altars. There are 18 altars in the main part of the church, and more in the various chapels. The High Altar and the Wiene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sint Eustatius: Encyclopedia Ii - Sint Eustatius - History Of Sint Eustatius
The island was seen by Christopher Columbus in 1493 and claimed by an astonishing welter of nations over the next 150 years. In 1636 it w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - School Of Salamanca: Encyclopedia Ii - School Of Salamanca - Law And Justice
The juridical doctrine of the School of Salamanca represented the end of medieval concepts of law, with a revindication of liberty not ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wadowice: Encyclopedia Ii - Wadowice - History
The first permanent settlement in the area of today's Wadowice was founded in late 10th century or early 11th century. According to a loc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Martin: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Martin - History Of Saint-martin/sint Maarten
In 1493, Christopher Columbus, the Genoese sea captain financed by Spanish royalty, embarked on his second voyage to the New World. Accor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Jewish History - Post Biblical-history
Timeline of Jewish history - 200 BCE to 700 CE. 200 BCE–100 CE Throughout this era the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) is gradually canonized. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sugar: Encyclopedia Ii - Sugar - Production
Table sugar or sucrose is extracted from plant sources. The most important two sugar crops are sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) and sugar beets...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanatana Goswami: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanatana Goswami - First Meeting With Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Sanatana and Rupa received land from the government for their personal use in Fatehbad where they built a huge palace. They also built se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paracelsus: Encyclopedia Ii - Paracelsus - Biography
Paracelsus was born at Einsiedeln, Switzerland, of a Swabian chemist father and a Swiss mother. He was brought up in Austria, and as a yo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Thomas United States Virgin Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Thomas United States Virgin Islands - Danish Colonial Period
The Danish established a presence on Saint Thomas as early as 1666, and by 1672 had established control over the entire island through th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provost Civil: Encyclopedia Ii - Provost Civil - The Provost In France
The word prévôt (provost) in old French law had many applications. In conformity with its etymology (praepositus) it could be applied t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christopher Columbus: Encyclopedia Ii - Christopher Columbus - Voyages
Christopher Columbus - First voyage. The year 1492, on the evening of August 3, Columbus left from Palos with three ships, the Santa Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saba: Encyclopedia Ii - Saba - Geography & Environment
Of note in The Bottom area, are 800 steps carved from stone, to go from Ladder Bay to The Bottom. Everything was carried to the island by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Iii Duke Of Bavaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Albert Iii Duke Of Bavaria - Life
As administrator of his father, Duke Ernest, in the former duchy of Bavaria-Straubing he married secretly Agnes Bernauer in 1432. She was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Duke Of Rothesay: Encyclopedia Ii - Duke Of Rothesay - History
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, the son of Robert III of Scotland, King of Scots, first held the dukedom from its creation in 1398. Afte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bass Rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Bass Rock - History
Bass Rock - The Lauder Family. Historically the home of the Lauder of The Bass family (from whom Sir Harry Lauder is descended), who ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - São Tomé And Príncipe: Encyclopedia Ii - São Tomé And Príncipe - History
The islands of São Tomé and Príncipe were uninhabited before the arrival of the Portuguese sometime in 1469, 1470, or 1471. Over the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Alexander Vi: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Alexander Vi - Nepotism And Opposition
Borgia's elevation did not at the time excite much alarm, and at first his reign was marked by a strict administration of justice and an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Puerto Rico: Encyclopedia Ii - Puerto Rico - History
When Europeans first arrived, the island of Puerto Rico was inhabited by a group of Arawak Indians known as Taínos. The Taínos called t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rapperswil: Encyclopedia Ii - Rapperswil - History
Settlements in the region of Rapperswil date back at least 5000 years. The castle was first mentioned in 1229. The town was founded when ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rawalpindi: Encyclopedia Ii - Rawalpindi - Attractions In Rawalpindi
It is rapidly developing into a large modern city. It has many good hotels, restaurants, clubs, museums, playgrounds. It has a number of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Red Square: Encyclopedia Ii - Red Square - Origin And Name
The land that Red Square is situated on was originally covered with wooden buildings, but cleared by Ivan III's edict in 1493, as those b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jiva Goswami: Encyclopedia Ii - Jiva Goswami - Jiva Goswami’s Literary Achievments
There are about 25 literary works attributed to Jiva Goswami: Jiva Goswami - 1-Harinamamrita Vyakarana. This work is a book on Sanskrit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orange Fruit: Encyclopedia Ii - Orange Fruit - Cultivation And Uses
Orange cultivation is a major business and an important part of the economies of the US (Florida and California), most Mediterranean coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rulers Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rulers Of Austria - Dukes Of Austria From 1155
List of rulers of Austria - Babenberg Dukes. Henry II Jasomirgott (1141-1177) (Duke of Bavaria, 1143-1156) Leopold V (1177-1194) Frede...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Linz: Encyclopedia Ii - Linz - History
The city was founded by the Romans, who called it Lentia. The city was most of the times only a provincial and local government city of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madeira Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Madeira Islands - Funchal
Madeira's almost five-century-old capital is said to have been named 'Funchal' because of the abundance of fennel (funcho) that was growi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor - Life And Reign In The Habsburg Hereditary Lands
Maximilian was born in Vienna as the son of the Emperor Frederick III and Eleanore of Portugal. He married (1477) the heiress of Burgundy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medici: Encyclopedia Ii - Medici - Art And Architecture
The most significant accomplishments of the Medici were in art and architecture, within which the portfolio of talent employed by Medici ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sessho And Kampaku: Encyclopedia Ii - Sessho And Kampaku - Overview
The Sesshō and Kampaku had held the practical powers of the ruling emperor, conducting cloistered rule until shogunates took over the po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - June 5: Encyclopedia Ii - June 5 - Births
June 5 - 1341 to 1899. 1341 - Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402) 1493 - Justus Jonas, German ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Bicycle: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Bicycle - Earliest History
The ICHC no longer distinguishes between a "first true" bicycle with pedals and any precursors. It traces the origins of the bicycle to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hydrogen: Encyclopedia Ii - Hydrogen - Basic Features
Hydrogen is the lightest chemical element; its most common isotope comprises just one negatively charged electron, distributed around a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Battles: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Battles - Late Medieval Battles
Irish battles - Bruce Wars in Ireland. 1316 - Second Battle of Athenry 1318 - Battle of Dysert O'Dea 1318 - Battle of Faughart 132...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobus De Voragine: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacobus De Voragine - Works
Jacobus de Voragine left a list of his own works. Speaking of himself in his Chronicon januense, he says, "While he was in his order, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melozzo Da Forlì: Encyclopedia Ii - Melozzo Da Forlì - Biography
Melozzo came, it is supposed, of a wealthy family named Ambrosi. Nothing is known about his early years, and it is only a hypotesis that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michelangelo: Encyclopedia Ii - Michelangelo - Michelangelo's Life History
Michelangelo was born near Arezzo, in Caprese, Tuscany, Italy in 1475. His father, Lodovico di Leonardo di Buonarotti di Simoni, was the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perpignan: Encyclopedia Ii - Perpignan - History
Though settlement in the area goes back to Roman times, the medieval town of Perpignan seems to have been founded around the beginning of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Bull: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Bull - Format
The bull's format began with one-line in tall elongated letters containing three elements: the pope's name, the pope's title (episcopus s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pointy Hat: Encyclopedia Ii - Pointy Hat - Iron Age
Textile analysis of the Tarim Mummies has shown some similarities to the Iron Age civilizations of Europe dating from 800 BC, including w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sejm: Encyclopedia Ii - Sejm - History
Sejm - Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Poland This article is part of the series: Politics of Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope - Death Abdication And Election
Pope - Death. The current regulations regarding a papal interregnum — i.e., a sede vacante ("vacant seat") — were promulgated by Jo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Padua Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - Padua Italy - History Of Padua
Padua Italy - Antiquity. Padua claims to be the oldest city in north Italy; the early medieval commune justified itself by a fabled fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montserrat: Encyclopedia Ii - Montserrat - History
Main article: History of Montserrat Montserrat was populated by Arawak and Carib peoples when it was claimed by Christopher Columbus on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Puerto Rico: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Puerto Rico - Genres
Music of Puerto Rico - Bomba. Bomba is a style of music and dance imported from West Africa during the time of slavery, with its modern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nevis: Encyclopedia Ii - Nevis - History
The most famous Nevis resident was Alexander Hamilton, a famed statesman and founding father of the United States—both the Thirteen Col...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of Hermes: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of Hermes - Houses Of Hermes
Each magus in the Order of hermes has formal membership in one or more Houses, which are confederations of like-minded magi with specific...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Belsky - First Princes
The first Prince of Biely about whom anything certain is known was Olgierd's grandson, Prince Ivan Vladimirovich, who married a certain P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Puerto Rico: Encyclopedia Ii - Puerto Rico - History
When Europeans first arrived, the island of Puerto Rico was inhabited by a group of Arawak Indians known as Taínos. The Taínos called t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Battles Geographic: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Battles Geographic - Croatia
List of battles geographic - Croatian War of Independence. Battle of Vukovar - 1991 Operation Storm - 1995 ... See also:List of bat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lika: Encyclopedia Ii - Lika - History
Lika - Medieval. White Croats have migrated from White Croatia to Lika in the first half of the 7th century. Lika lay in the Principali...   » Read the article