King Arthur (probably killed in 537 at the Battle of Camlann)
Muhammad (570–632)
Charlemagne (ruled 768–814)
Alfred the Great (849–899)
Leif Eriksson (discovered North America c. 1000)
Edward the Confessor (1042–1066)
Genghis Khan (b. 1155)
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
Jan van Eyck (c. 1390–1441)
Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1396–1468)
Christopher Columbus (1451–1506)
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512)
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543)
Michelangelo (1475–1564)
Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521)
Martin Luther (1483–1546)
Raphael (1483–1520)
Nostradamus (1503–1566)
John Calvin (1509–1564)
Hernando Cortés (entered Mexican capital, 1519)
Tycho Brahe (1546–1601)
Walter Raleigh (1554–1618)
William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
Biographies
Christopher Columbus
Elizabeth I
Galileo Galilei
Genghis Khan
John of Arc
Leif Eriksson
Marco Polo
Montezuma
Muhammad
Memory Work
Rulers of England from Egbert through Elizabeth I,
along with each ruler's family allegiance
(Saxon, Dane, Norman, Plantagenet, Lancaster, York, Tudor)
Rulers of Scotland from Malcolm II through James VI
Later Holy Roman Emperors
Rulers of other medieval countries -
France, Spain, Japan, Russia
Major wars
Major discoveries
Shakespeare sonnet
Selection from Macbeth or some other Shakespeare play