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  1. Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
    1: '''Christina''' ([[1626]] – [[1689]]) or '''Kristina''', later known as '''Maria Chr...
    16: ...gn=top><td>'''Date of Death'''<td>[[April 19]], [[1689]]
    22: ..., [[1626]] and the birth occurred during a rare [[astrological]] conjunction that fueled great speculat...
    27: ...en as a child she displayed a precociousness that astonished the brilliant philosopher [[René „escartes...
    36: ...the increasing discontent with her arbitrary and wasteful ways. Within ten years she had created 17 cou...
  2. Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
    8: ...continued to reign until her death. Anne was the last British monarch of the [[House of Stuart]]; she w...
    19: ...who ruled as joint monarchs. The [[Bill of Rights 1689]] settled succession to the Throne; Princess Anne...
    26: ...[[1700]], the future Queen had been pregnant at least eighteen times; thirteen times, she miscarried or...
    31: ...ope opposed him, fearing that the French royal dynasty would become too powerful. The will included a ...
    33: ...s [[Queen Anne's War]]) would continue until the last years of Anne's reign, and would dominate both fo...
  3. Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
    8: ...h, and as Queen of [[Scotland]] from [[11 April]] 1689 until her death. Mary, a [[Protestantism|Protesta...
    24: In [[1689]], a [[Convention Parliament]] summoned by the Pr...
    26: On [[13 February]] 1689, Parliament passed the [[Declaration of Right]], ...
    28: ...together at [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[11 April]] 1689. Normally, the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] perfo...
    31: ...followed by Mary's sister Anne and her children. Last in the line of succession stood any children Will...
  4. Canada (35540 bytes)
    41: ...oronto, Ontario|Toronto]]||-6 (Central),<br> -5 (Eastern)
    42: |rowspan=2|[[Central Canada|Central]], Eastern
    44: ...ebec]]||[[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]]||-5 (Eastern)
    86: ...how that these lands have been inhabited for at least 10,000 years. Several [[Viking]] expeditions occ...
    90: ...e for control of North America took place between 1689 and 1763 (see [[French and Indian Wars]]), exacer...
  5. Slovenia (19318 bytes)
    52: ...] to the south and east, [[Hungary]] to the northeast, and [[Austria]] to the north.
    91: The last two are usually considered together as Primorska ...
    139: ...st, up to 3500 mm for the Alps, 800 mm for south east and 1400 mm for central Slovenia.
    166: ... (Die Ehre des Herzogthums Crain), published in [[1689]] by [[baron]] [[Janez Vajkard Valvasor]] ([[1641...
    190: ...Duchy of Carniola]] (Slava Vojvodine Kranjske) ([[1689]]), written by [[Janez Vajkard Valvasor]] ([[1641...
  6. Salem witch trials (12402 bytes)
    2: ...an]] [[paranoia]] which led to the deaths of at least 25 people and the imprisonment of scores more. [[...
    6: ...1684 revocation of the Bay Colony charter and the 1689 revolt against Governor Andros, believed the accu...
    9: ...ary Warren, to name those who afflicted them. At last the girls began to blurt out names.
    15: ... refused to arrest more accused witches, and at least three people of some wealth. Six of the nineteen ...
    17: ...les Corey]], an 80-year-old farmer from the southeast end of Salem, refused to enter a plea. The law pr...
  7. French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
    9: ...own in North America as [[King William's War]] ([[1689]]-[[97]]), [[Queen Anne's War]] ([[1702]]-[[1714]...
    19: ...decisive result of the war meant that it was the last of the [[French and Indian Wars]] and helped crea...
  8. History of science (41710 bytes)
    6: ...y related to, but distinct from [[science]] (at least in the modern conception). [[Technology]] concern...
    29: Many ancient civilizations collected astronomical information in a systematic manner throu...
    40: ... and is known as the philosophic school of [[scholasticism]]. The rise of [[Christianity]] saw a strang...
    48: ===The Middle Ages: Eastern World===
    52: ...8th]] centuries, a period of Islamic scholarship lasted until the [[14th century]]. This scholarship wa...
  9. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    308: *[[Szymon Czechowicz]] ([[1689]]-[[1775]])
    376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
    549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
    979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]])
  10. Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
    5: ...r writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 - 1668) to have invent...
    15: ... in Physics for his invention of the [[phase contrast optical microscope]].
  11. Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
    2: ...le)|English]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[astronomer]], [[philosopher]], and [[alchemist]] who ...
    29: ...s among the brightest scientists of his era, the last twenty-five years of his life were marred by a bi...
    52: ...s not the first of the age of reason: he was the last of the magicians." Newton's interest in alchemy c...
    61: ...with whom he formed an intense relationship that lasted until [[1693]]. The end of this friendship led ...
    73: Newton was also a member of [[Parliament]] from [[1689]] to [[1690]] and in [[1701]], but his only recor...
  12. Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
    66: *[[1689]]-[[King William's War]] (1689-1697), part of the wider [[War of the Grand Allia...
  13. John Locke (14749 bytes)
    3: ...orge Berkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
    8: ...cke earned a bachelor's degree in [[1656]] and a master's degree in [[1658]]. Although Locke never beca...
    16: ...the churchyard of the village of [[High Laver]], east of [[Harlow]] in [[Essex]], where he had lived in...
    27: ...xt 18 years. It was finally published in December 1689. Though the exact dates of the composition of th...
    45: ...es, monopolizing the good farming land near the coast. Poor people, desperate for land, squatted on bit...
  14. List of popes (77758 bytes)
    29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair o...
    36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
    43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
    50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small>
    57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 October]]</small>
  15. Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
    2: ...], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
    13: ...bruary 5]], [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth...
    15: ...He then remarried, to Abiah, on [[November 25]] [[1689]] in the [[Old South Church]] of Boston by the Re...
    46: ...]]; six with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] and one as [[Master of Arts]].
    67: ...urn home in [[1775]] he lost his position as postmaster through his share in divulging to [[Massachuset...
  16. Russia (28007 bytes)
    2: ... a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]. With an area...
    13: The vast lands of Russia were home to disunited tribes who...
    15: The Varangian dynasty lasted several centuries, during which they affiliated...
    17: ...fered from internal disputes and was overrun by eastern invaders, the [[Golden Horde]] of the pagan Mo...
    21: Like in the Balkans and Asia Minor long-lasting nomadic rule retarded the country's economic a...
  17. Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
    12: ... curriculum; he was "little attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until...
    14: ...methods during the tour in contrast to the [[scholastic philosophy]] which he had learned in Oxford. Hi...
    20: ...e universally explicable in terms of motion, at least as motion or mechanical action was then understoo...
    32: ...ver from [[Jersey]] around July. This engagement lasted until [[1648]] when Charles went to Holland.
    36: ... Matter, Form and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil]]'', with a famous frontpiece in wh...
  18. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
    110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
    155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
    311: *[[Hector-Neri Casta񥤡]], (1924-1991){{fn|C}}
  19. Physics (25628 bytes)
    13: In contrast, almost all the successful theorists in [[biology...
    47: ...pplies the laws of physics to explain [[astronomy|astronomical]] phenomena, ranging from the [[Sun]] an...
    52: | [[Astrophysics]]
    77: [[Acoustics]] - [[Astronomy]] - [[Biophysics]] - [[Computational physic...
    88: The works of [[Ptolemy]] (Astronomy) and [[Aristotle]] (Physics) were also foun...
  20. Monarchy (11801 bytes)
    4: ...ly]] tracing its origin back to a historical [[dynasty]] or bloodline. In some cases the royal family m...
    9: ...r by acclamation of the ruling or of the warrior caste of a clan or group of clans: kings of the Franks...
    11: ...ions until after the [[Glorious Revolution]] in [[1689]]. Among the few states that have [[absolute mona...
    18: ...narchy]] with no historical ties to a previous dynasty. The most famous example of this was [[Napoleon ...

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