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Ferdinand Magellan, or Fernão de Magalhães (c. 1480-1521), was a Portuguese mariner whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22 in the service of Spain. Magellan was killed on the voyage in what is today the Philippines...

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914) in the Balkans in the summer of 1914 set off a chain of events that led to the First World War (1914-18). For over a decade before, imperialistic governments, a fierce arms race, rising...

The Peace of Westphalia, the name given to the multiple treaties, marked the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War. Signed on 24 October 1648, it aimed to secure political autonomy for the multitude of small states that made up the Holy Roman...

The Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) was the last major European conflict informed by religious divisions and one of the most devastating in European history resulting in a death toll of approximately 8 million. Beginning as a local conflict...

Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504), was Queen of Castile (r. 1474-1504) and of Aragon (r. 1479-1504) alongside her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516). Her reign included the unification of Spain, the reconquest of Granada, sponsoring...

Painting of Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504) and Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516) entertaining their royal subjects. Unknown artist.

A posthumous portrait of the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22. (The Mariner's Museum Collection, Newport News, VA)

Prince Ferdinand courts Miranda in Act I Scene II of William Shakespeare's play The Tempest; Prospero stands over the shoulder of Miranda, while Caliban carries wood, and Ariel hovers above the scene. Oil on canvas by William Hogarth, c...

Ariel lures Prince Ferdinand to Prospero's cell in Act I Scene II of William Shakespeare's play The Tempest (1611). Oil on canvas by John Everett Millais, 1850. Makin Collection.

A portrait of Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-88 CE), a Jesuit scholar and scientist who spread European ideas in China. (National Library, Paris)