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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
    140: ...p it to [[Albany, New York|Albany]], discovered [[Hudson Bay]]
    141: *[[Alexander von Humboldt]], (1769-1859), German naturalist, explored...
    142: *[[Hamilton Hume]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
    192: *[[Hugh McNeil]], Lewis and Clark Party member
  2. Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
    1: [[Image:GENTILESCHI Judith.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[H...
    9: [[Image:Susanna.jpg|left|thumb|200px| Susanna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collectio...
    24: In Florence, Artemisia enjoyed huge success. She was accepted in the ''Accademia de...
    30: ... was full of problems with creditors and with her husband. These problems lead to her return to [[Rome...
    40: ... she became friend with [[Cassiano dal Pozzo]], a humanist, collector and lover of arts. However, des...
  3. Guyana (12153 bytes)
    62: ...blished three separate colonies; [[Essequibo]] ([[1616]]), [[Berbice]] ([[1627]]), and [[Demerara]] ([[1...
    102: [[Image:Gy-map.png|thumb|Map of Guyana]]
    107: ...tropical climate|tropical]] and generally hot and humid, though moderated by northeast trade winds alo...
  4. Israel (51605 bytes)
    1: ...#1616;سْرَائِيل, transliteration: ''{{unicode|Dawl...
    68: ...the area that is today's Israel alongside several hundred thousand Arabs. Towards the end of the centu...
    85: [[Image:Declaration_of_State_of_Israel_1948.jpg|thumb|250px|[[David Ben Gurion|Ben Gurion]] pronounce...
    86: ...|thumb|250px|[[May 16]], [[1948]] edition of [[Yishuv]] newspaper ''[[The Palestine Post]]'', soon ren...
    141: [[Image:Knesset.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Knesset|The Knesset]] is the Israeli [[...
  5. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    69: ...es, under English control since the [[Statute of Rhuddlan]] in 1284, became part of the [[Kingdom of E...
    73: [[Image:British Empire 1897.jpg|thumb|300px|left|The British Empire in 1897.]]
    87: | | [[Image:Ac.thequeen.jpg|thumb|182px|left|Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II]]
    89: | [[Image:Tonyblair1.jpg|thumb|182px|left|The Prime Minister, Tony Blair]]
    97: ...ant at key times—such as when there is a "[[hung parliament]]". Each year, normally in November,...
  6. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    84: *[[Ludolf Bakhuysen]] ([[1631]]-[[1708]])
    89: *[[Balthus]] ([[1908]]-[[2001]])
    187: *[[Arthur Boyd]] ([[1920]]-[[1999]])
    264: *[[Frederick Edwin Church]] ([[1826]]-[[1900]])
    535: *[[Hugo Heyrman]] ([[1942]]-)
  7. Dynasties in Chinese history (8665 bytes)
    9: ...sty itself was established in [[1636]] (or even [[1616]], albeit under a different name), while the last...
    26: <td>s&#257;n huᮧ w&#468; d즬t;/td>
    27: <td>([[Sanhuangwudi|H]] - [[Sanhuangwudi|E]])</td>
    238: s&#257;n hu&#225;ng w&#468; d&#236; xi&#224; sh&#257;ng zh&#3...
  8. Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
    2: ...addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the con...
    10: ...ction of blind allegiance to authority (like the Church) or other thinkers (such as [[Aristotle]]) in ...
    20: [[image:galileo.script.arp.600pix.jpg|thumb|200px|right|It was on this page that Galileo fi...
    43: ...s his assistant saw the flash, he would open his shutter. At a distance of less than a mile, Galileo c...
    72: ...erational pendulum clock was made by [[Christiaan Huygens]] in the [[1650s]].
  9. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
    8: ...icholas, a member of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose si...
    14: ...ught him to the conclusion that the methods (and thus the results) were erroneous. His reverence for [...
    21: ...]]). He wrote on the condition of parties in the church, and he set down his thoughts on philosophical...
    27: [[Image:StatueOfFrancisBacon.jpg|thumb|left|Memorial to Francis Bacon, in the chapel o...
  10. Dentistry (9670 bytes)
    2: [[Image:Na_12_5_33.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[X-ray]]s can reveal if a person has cav...
    3: ...] and their supporting bones and soft tissues) to human beings. A dentist is a professional practition...
    20: ...mb|''Farmer at the dentist'', [[Johann Liss]], c. 1616-17.]]
    35: .... The first recorded dentist in Canada was a Mr. Hume who advertised in a [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Hali...
    57: [[Image:Na_12_5_25.jpg|thumb|right]] receives a dental examination.]]
  11. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    8: ...m an important family which had produced leading churchmen and politicians.
    26: ...he [[Lutheran]] clergyman of Knudstrup's village church.
    27: ...man and a commoner woman lived together openly as husband and wife, and she wore the keys to the house...
    28: The husband retained his noble status and privileges; th...
    38: ...with the [[Telescope|telescopes]] of the next two hundred years, because even the nearest stars are mu...
  12. Baldassare Castiglione (7242 bytes)
    26: ...t with the Empire; this lack of coherence in the Church's actions had therefore irritated Charles V, w...
    30: ... and 108 editions were published between 1528 and 1616. [[Pietro Aretino|Pietro Aretino's]] ''La corti...
  13. William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
    2: ...dash; [[April 23]], [[1616]] (O.S.), [[May 3]], [[1616]] ([[New Style|N.S.]])), [[England|English]] [[po...
    4: ...ue to his understanding of the range and depth of human emotions. A colossal figure in world literatur...
    6: ...hakespeare wrote his works between [[1588]] and [[1616]], although the exact dates and [[Chronology of S...
    14: ...s a convenient symmetry: he died on that day in [[1616]], and, perhaps appropriately for a playwright co...
    16: [[image:Shakespearebirthplace.JPG|left|thumb|230px|The house in Stratford known as 'Shakespe...
  14. Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
    9: [[File:Romtrireme.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mosaic of a [[Trireme|Roman Trireme]...
    52: ...n Mumbai and Goa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/journal_of_world_history/...
    60: [[File:Wokou.jpg|thumb|225px|left|Sixteenth century [[Wokou|Japanese]]...
    80: [[File:Pyle pirates treasfight.jpg|thumb|Pirates fight over treasure in a [[Howard Pyle]...
    103: ...ding on who recorded it and where.<ref>http://www.hudsonrivervalley.net/AMERICANBOOK/18.html</ref><ref...
  15. Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
    18: ... oceans met at Cape Horn was not discovered until 1616.
    28: ...hurch services in all the [[New World]]. (French Huguenots had founded an ill-fated colony in Florida...
    42: [[Image:Drake_Statue.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Statue of Drake on Plymouth Hoe]]
    66: ...British]] [[public school (UK)|public school]] [[Churcher's College]] is named for Drake.
  16. Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
    2: ...age:Rene-Descartes-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descartes Image provided by [http://...
    6: ...ke]], [[George Berkeley|Berkeley]] & [[David Hume|Hume]]. Leibniz, Spinoza, and Descartes were all ver...
    11: ...''Baccalauréat'' and ''Licence'' in [[law]] in [[1616]].
    20: ...alilei|Galileo]] was condemned by the [[Catholic Church]], and Descartes abandoned plans to publish ''...
    28: In [[1667]], the [[Roman Catholic Church]] placed his works on the [[Index Librorum Pro...
  17. Inquisition (9274 bytes)
    1: ...n office of the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] charged with suppressing [[heresy]]. Its act...
    2: [[Image:Inquistion.jpg|thumb|250px|Illustration provided by [http://classroo...
    5: ...urch, the local administrative structures of the Church under the [[Roman Empire]] (later the [[Wester...
    7: ...bat heresies. Beginning in the [[12th century]], Church Councils required secular rulers to prosecute ...
    20: ...rope had its own institutions such as the "[[witchhunt]]"). The Inquisition was never instituted in [[...
  18. Alchemy (42222 bytes)
    2: ...e ability to do both. The third goal was creating human life. Alchemy can be regarded as the precursor...
    4: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided ...
    8: ..., "pour together", "weld", "alloy", etc. (from ''khumatos'', "that which is poured out, an ingot"). An...
    11: ...ble, relying instead on [[rule of thumb|rules of thumb]], traditions, basic observations, and mysticis...
    17: Thus, the na&iuml;ve interpretations of some alchemis...
  19. Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Samuel-de-champlain-s.jpg|thumb|right|''Samuel de Champlain''<br>by Th鯰hile H...
    19: ...h the local Indians. He made alliances with the [[Huron]] and [[Algonquin]]s (who lived to the north o...
    21: ...ne for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.
    33: ...the 'northern sea' he had heard about (probably [[Hudson Bay]]). He traveled the [[Ottawa River]] giv...
    37: ...-water sea he called Lac Attigouautau (now [[Lake Huron]]).
  20. Baffin Bay (763 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Iceberg at Baffin Bay.jpg|thumb|right|250px|An iceberg at the edge of the Baffi...
    7: ...fin]], the first person to navigate the bay, in [[1616]].

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