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- Afonso VI, King of Portugal (Portuguese pron. IPA [ ɐ'fõsu third according to some historians) king of Portugal and the Algarves, ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 22:00, 23 November 2020
- Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... Afonso I left his mark on the map of Europe. The impetus created by ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
- The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: ... The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- to the East, which was to be the scene of his future triumphs. In company ... for some time known as The Great, The Caesar of the East and as The Portuguese ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- and about 2,400 miles from the east coast of North America. The westernmost ... southeast direction. The vast extension of the islands defines an immense ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:18, 26 August 2023
- Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful ... Commissioned by King Manuel I of Portugal to find Christian lands ...13 KB (2,082 words) - 14:38, 3 May 2023
- Lúcia de Jesus Rosa Santos—"Sister Lúcia of Jesus and of ... Ordered to keep silent about the content of her revelations, at age ...15 KB (2,588 words) - 04:18, 4 November 2022
- Isabella of Castile (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was queen ... A pious Catholic, Isabella focused on converting the citizens of her ...18 KB (2,888 words) - 19:02, 7 March 2024
- expedition to the Gold Coast. King John II of Portugal had appointed him ... . It was later renamed by King John II of Portugal as the Cape of Good ...10 KB (1,706 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- Philippa of Hainault (June 24, 1311 – August 15, 1369) was the queen ... who persuaded her husband to spare the lives of the Burghers of Calais after ...14 KB (2,233 words) - 03:56, 24 November 2022
- Phuttaloetla Nabhalai, Rama II, now known as Buddha Loetla Nabhalai ... Rama II had seventy-three children. Of these, two became King, Chesda ...9 KB (1,378 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern ... Dias' voyage of 1488), King John II of Portugal refused support to ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- The Treaty of Utrecht that established the Peace of Utrecht, rather ... The treaties were concluded between the representatives of Louis XIV ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 15:00, 2 May 2023
- Many Jews converted to Christianity after the reconquest of Spain ... The conversion of these Jews to Christianity soon became suspect, ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 16:11, 6 November 2022
- The Historic Center of Macau ( O Centro Histórico de Macau ... ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- As Pope, Innocent III represents the height of the medieval papacy. His papacy ... Lotario de' Conti di Segni was the son of Count Trasimund of ...15 KB (2,410 words) - 19:30, 5 March 2024
- or Estado da Índia) refers to the aggregate of Portugal's colonial ... Portugal, desperate to reestablish trade with India after Islam had ...22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
- The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European ... and was marked by the military leadership of notable generals such as the ...29 KB (4,611 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- Katherine of Aragon (Alcalá de Henares, December 16, 1485 – January ... male heirs died in childhood, with only one of their six children, Princess ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 16:17, 3 December 2023
- Philip II ( Felipe II de España ; Filipe I ) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 03:19, 24 November 2022
- A papal bull is a special kind of patent or charter issued by a pope ... Papal bulls were originally issued by popes for various reasons of ...15 KB (2,289 words) - 07:29, 18 November 2022
- The Kingdom of Lunda (c. 1665-1887), also known as the Lunda Empire ... the immoral slave trade may cloud evaluation of its legacy. Yet, for several ...16 KB (2,448 words) - 03:03, 5 November 2022
- organization, established on the basis of the Treaty of Brussels of 1948 ... resort and wishes to see the "scourge of war" banished for all ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 17:18, 4 May 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost ... Over the course of its existence, Lisbon has both flourished and suffered ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- Pope John XXIII (Italian: Giovanni XXIII), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli ... Pope John XXIII was instrumental in opening up the Roman Catholic ...21 KB (3,310 words) - 08:07, 3 August 2022
- The Kingdom of Mutapa (Shona: Wene we Mutapa; Portuguese: Monomotapa ... polity that flourished before the coming of European rule. Written sources ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 23:43, 21 October 2023
- Nearly all known traditional denominations of Christianity, including ... regional war lords and approximately 100,000 of their subjects had converted ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Inquisition, (capitalized I) as broadly used, refers to the judgment ... to the modern mindset. However, the notion of religious liberty and of freedom ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2023
- John Rodrigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 — September 28, 1970) ... One of the first American writers to use the stream of consciousness ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 04:56, 3 August 2022
- civil engineer, and known slave trader, of the Elizabethan age. He became ... courage in battle, he was not liked by some of his peers. His legendary exploits ...19 KB (3,035 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- The Treaty of Nanking (Nánjīng Tiáoyuē) is the agreement which ... The establishment of Hong Kong and of other Treaty Port settlements ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- The start of the European Colonization of the Americas is typically ... Hemisphere would come under the domination of European nations, leading to ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- April 23, 303 C.E.), also known as George of Lydda, is one of the most venerated ... In Christian hagiography, Saint George is the patron saint of Aragon ...36 KB (5,477 words) - 19:38, 22 December 2022
- or Helsinki Declaration, was the Final Act of the Conference on Security ... human rights and to non-violent resolution of disputes. Analysts identify ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 17:19, 6 February 2022
- Hicks, John Richard Sir John Richard Hicks (April 8, 1904 – May 20, 1989) was a British ...15 KB (2,155 words) - 07:42, 3 August 2022
- The Count of Saint Germain (c. 1710–1784) was a mysterious gentleman ... music, and magic. He had no visible means of support, but no lack of resources ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 08:29, 10 January 2024
- The Portuguese Colonial War, also known as the Overseas War in Portugal ... colonial forces and agreed a quick handover of power for the nationalistic ...54 KB (8,315 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- The Sacred Heart is a devotional representation of Jesus' physical ... Churches, where, however, it remains a point of controversy as an example of ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 18:34, 22 December 2022
- also refer to the biological phenomenon of outbreeding or inbreeding. or endogamous rules concerning the selection of marriage partners. In the case ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 21:17, 26 May 2015
- The Strait of Magellan (often referred to as the Straits of Magellan ... a difficult route to navigate because of the inhospitable climate and ...20 KB (2,965 words) - 04:44, 28 April 2023
- The Cape of Good Hope ( Kaap die Goeie Hoop , Kaap de Goede Hoop ... " It was later renamed by King John II of Portugal "Cabo da Boa ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
- 1992), was a German politician, chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) ... in 1974 after it became known that one of his closest aides had been ...21 KB (3,209 words) - 10:55, 15 May 2023
- for "Reconquest") was a period of 750 years in which several ... themselves and even support certain rulers of the "other side." ...48 KB (7,486 words) - 21:14, 23 July 2022
- by the men's national soccer teams of the member nations of Fédération ... the World Cup Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 national ...41 KB (6,235 words) - 19:26, 13 March 2024
- date back about 2500 years with the arrival of Judaism, ... followed by arrival of Christianity around 2000 years ago. ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- colonize or interfere with the affairs of the newly independent nations ... The three main concepts of the doctrine—separate spheres of influence ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 21:11, 9 November 2022
- 1492 to 1503), is the most controversial of the Popes of the Renaissance ... He was renowned for his mistresses but also for his patronage of the ...30 KB (4,978 words) - 14:44, 18 July 2023
- only existed since 1861, by which time Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands ... were limited to Africa. By the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Italy ...17 KB (2,625 words) - 06:22, 11 March 2024
- Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country in southwestern ... The land within the borders of today's Portuguese Republic has ...88 KB (12,576 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- or the Mazarin Bible) is a printed version of the Latin Vulgate translation ... The advent of the printed Bible ushered in an age in which Bibles ...21 KB (3,123 words) - 02:56, 27 July 2023
