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A German geographer named the Americas after this man
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
On October 31, 1517, this man posted the 95 Theses on the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
Who is Martin Luther?
While in Milan, this artists started the bronze sculpture of a magnificent horse, but like many of his projects, it was never finished.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
the scientist who developed the law of falling bodies and invented the compound microscope
Who is Galileo?
an extravagant, absolute ruler in France
Who is Louis XIV?
The location from which the settlers of the Lost Colony disappeared.
What is Roanoke Island?
This pastor fled France and, because of persecution, eventually settled in Geneva, Switzerland.
Who is John Calvin?
During exile, he wrote The Prince and dedicated it to the Medici family.
Who is Machiavelli?
the First Modern Chemist
Who is Robert Boyle?
In the Defenestration of Prague, Protestant citizens tossed them out of a window and triggered the Thirty Years' War across Europe.
Who were Catholic leaders?
the English-speaking Native American who taught the Pilgrims to fertilize their corn crops with raw fish
Who was Squanto?
a reformer in Switzerland who started a new tradition of teaching directly from the Scriptures
Who is Ulrich Zwingli?
I sketched Praying Hands in honor of my brother who (in legend) sacrificed that I might attend art school.
Who is Albrecht Dürer?
He worked with gamblers in Paris to develop the Theory of Probabilities
Who is Blaise Pascal?
the Lord Protectorate of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
After the death of Ferdinand Magellan, this man steered the first European crew around the world on the Victoria.
Who is Elcano?
The Father of the English Bible
Who is William Tyndale?
a Dutch artist known for having a realist touch
Who is Rembrandt?
first recognized that planets move in ellipses rather than circles
Who is Johannes Kepler?
Miguel de Cervantes wrote this book, poking fun at the dying art of chivalry in Spain.
What is Don Quixote?
Elizabeth I honored this man with a green silk scarf and a fine ceremony for sailing around the world on The Golden Hind.
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
A Dominican friar who preached in Florence, Italy
Who was Savonarola?
One of Milan's bests-known artists who rose to fame for his portrait painting.
Who is Titian?
the first to officially propose the heliocentric theory though others had thought of it before him
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
the inventor of the Cartesian Coordinate System used for plotting x and y coordinates
Who is René Descartes?