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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
6: *[[Bernard Accama|Accama, Bernard]] (1697-1756), Dutch painter
25: ...n|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815) - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
13: *[[Thomas Aikenhead|Aikenhead, Thomas]], (died 1697), hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist
28: ...Aiuppa|Aiuppa, Joseph]], (1907-1997), Chicago [[mafia]] boss - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: '''Defining [[music]]''' is as difficult as defining [[art]] or anything. It is a problem that has...
12: ... effects. Rather than being ridiculed as unscientific, Medieval thought should be seen as a system tha...
14: [[Musica instrumentalis]], finally, was the lowliest of the three disciplines a...
17: ...there is no term for music in Tiv, Yoruba, Igbo, Efik, Birom, Hausa, Idoma, Eggon or Jarawa. Many othe...
24: ...efinition is seen by many as being too broad. The fifteenth edition of the ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
8: *[[Moammar Al Qadhafi|Qadhafi, Moammar]], Libyan military leader
10: ... of Prime Ministers of Fiji|Prime Minister]] of [[Fiji]] (2000-present)
27: ...[Johann Joachim Quantz|Quantz, Johann Joachim]], (1697-1773), composer
55: ...|Quidde, Ludwig]], (1858-1941), historian and pacifist
64: *[[Richard Quine|Quine, Richard]], film director - List of painters (54090 bytes)
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
230: *[[Canaletto]] ([[1697]]-[[1768]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
66: *[[1689]]-[[King William's War]] (1689-1697), part of the wider [[War of the Grand Alliance]]...
71: *[[1697]]-The [[War of the Grand Alliance]] ends with the... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ... philosophy of mind also had a great deal of significant influence well into the [[The Age of Enlighte...
18: ...ion 1707|Act of Union]] of [[1707]], though the office of King of England and King of Scotland had bee...
22: ...cke's Puritan upbringing and his Whig political affiliation expressed themselves in his published writ...
24: Locke's first major published work was ''[[A Letter Concerni...
27: ...entary on the exclusion crisis than it was a justification of the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688, tho... - Venice (22017 bytes)
6: ... other three being [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriati...
10: ...r west as the [[Adda River]], were known as "Terrafirma", and were acquired partly as a buffer against...
12: ...]], symbol of Venice. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especial...
16: ... [[oligarchy|oligarchical]] peers to resign the office and retire into [[monastery|monastic]] seclusio...
24: ...that Venice became perhaps the most elegant and refined city in [[Europe]], greatly influencing [[art]... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
18: ...nque and the [[statuary]] of Copᮠare especially fine, showing a grace and accurate observation of th...
37: ...that one instance, in the city of [[Comalcalco]], fired-clay [[brick]]s have been found as a substitut...
41: ...ten were built of a cut and stucco stone exterior filled with densely packed gravel. As is the case w...
43: ...the sum total of 1,500 years of architectural modifications.
48: ...ion platform, these were often accented by carved figures, altars and perhaps ''[[tzompantli]]'', a st... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...]] ([[Australia]]) and [[New Guinea]]. He was the first person to [[circumnavigate]] the world twice, ...
6: ==First circumnavigation==
7: ...[Panama]] and captured Spanish ships on the [[Pacific]] coast of that isthmus; the pirates then raided...
9: ...[[31 March]] [[1686]] they set out across the Pacific to raid the [[East Indies]], calling at [[Guam]]...
16: ... journals as ''New Voyage Round the World'' in [[1697]] created interest at the British [[Admiralty]] a... - William Kidd (4938 bytes)
4: ...ission for the purpose of attacking pirates. Four-fifths of the cost for the venture was paid for by n...
6: ...k, he proceeded to Madagascar but was not able to find pirates to take in that vicinity. He became des...
8: ...unwillingness to become a pirate. In a subsequent fight a few days later, Kidd threw an ironbound buck...
12: ... Kidd reached [[Madagascar]]. Here Kidd found the first pirate of his voyage, [[Robert Culliford]] and... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...edical [[catheter]], the [[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and...
13: ...[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth).
15: Josiah's first wife Anne died in Boston on [[July 9]], [[1689...
17: ...ptember 26]], [[1694]]), James ([[February 4]], [[1697]]), Sarah ([[July 9]], [[1699]]), Ebenezer ([[Sep... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
195: *[[Bruno de Finetti]] (Italy, [[1906]] - [[1985]])
254: *[[Leonardo of Pisa|Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci]] (Italy, [[1170]] - [[1250]])
255: *[[John Charles Fields]] (Canada, [[1863]] - [[1932]])
256: *[[Thomas Fincke]] (Denmark, [[1561]] - [[1656]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
29: *[['Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]], ([[Persia]], [[903]] – [[986]])
205: *[[Erwin Findlay-Freundlich]] ([[1885]] – [[1964]])
375: ...er, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]])
437: *[[Liisi Oterma]] ([[Finland]], [[1915]] – [[2001]])
446: ...er, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]]) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ... was Christian. In [[1023]], merchants from [[Amalfi]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were given permiss...
7: ..., established the first significant Hospitaller infirmary near to the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]...
9: ...ings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were the work of either t...
15: ...order sought refuge in the [[Kingdom of Cyprus]]. Finding themselves becoming enmeshed in the politics...
17: ...y were forced to become a more militarized force, fighting especially with the [[Barbary pirates]]. Th... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: While the German people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19t...
5: ..., dating from the 8th century until 1806, was the first German [[Reich]], or empire. The territory of ...
7: ...th the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For furthe...
17: ...uringians, Langobardi. Around 260 AD, the Germans finally broke through the Limes and the Danube front...
23: ... [[Saint Boniface|Boniface]], who established the first monastery east of the Rhine at [[Fritzlar]]. B... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: While the German people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19t...
5: ..., dating from the 8th century until 1806, was the first German [[Reich]], or empire. The territory of ...
7: ...th the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For furthe...
17: ...uringians, Langobardi. Around 260 AD, the Germans finally broke through the Limes and the Danube front...
23: ... [[Saint Boniface|Boniface]], who established the first monastery east of the Rhine at [[Fritzlar]]. B... - Maya (24836 bytes)
18: ...nque and the [[statuary]] of Copᮠare especially fine, showing a grace and accurate observation of th...
37: ...that one instance, in the city of [[Comalcalco]], fired-clay [[brick]]s have been found as a substitut...
41: ...ten were built of a cut and stucco stone exterior filled with densely packed gravel. As is the case w...
43: ...the sum total of 1,500 years of architectural modifications.
48: ...ion platform, these were often accented by carved figures, altars and perhaps ''[[tzompantli]]'', a st...
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