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  2. Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

  3. Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I - Wikipedia

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    Directory of featured pictures Animals · Artwork · Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle · Currency · Diagrams, drawings, and maps · Engineering and technology · Food and drink · Fungi · History · Natural phenomena · People · Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment · Places · Plants · Sciences · Space · Vehicles · Other ...

  4. File : Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus.jpg

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    Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Christopher Columbus; Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/January-2015; Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering; Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs/48; Wikipedia:Main Page history/2018 October 31; Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2018; Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/October 11 to 17, 2015

  5. Castillo de Colomares - Wikipedia

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    The crew, who were of the order of 39 sailors, stayed on the island and did not return to Spain, as they died at the hands of the indigenous people. Columbus died after making four trips and in the Castillo Monumento Colomares there is a mausoleum with a Gothic rose window.

  6. List of photographs considered the most important - Wikipedia

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    Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. [13] [14] [s 3] Sergeant Dawson and his Daughter: 1855 Unknown; attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall [15] Unknown [e]

  7. Tomb of Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Columbus died on May 20, 1506, in Valladolid.His death occurred in this city because he was following the itinerant Court of Ferdinand the Catholic. [1] The exact location of his death is unknown, but it could have been either in a modest inn or in the house of a sailor named Gil García where he was a guest.

  8. How these notable people who died this year made positive ...

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    Every year the Ledger-Enquirer attempts to recount the many citizens of the community who died over the 12 months and share their contributions to the Columbus area.

  9. World War I - Wikipedia

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    Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."