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1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
   54: ...] coast, navigated the [[Gulf of Carpentaria]] in 1623
   55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
   90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
   128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl...
   129: ...rlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]]
2. Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
   2: ...([[November 10]]? sometime between [[1615]] and [[1623]] - [[October 17]], [[1705]]) was a French [[auth...
   8: ...room became a centre for the discussion and consumption of the literary arts. In her early thirties sh...
   14: ...past. During this time she was a friend of Jean-Baptiste [[Racine]], another first-class French playwr...
3. Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
   15: The story is in Genesis, chapters two and three. After his creation, Adam was pl...
   19: ...th me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat" ([[1623]]–[[1625]]).]]
   48: ...However, they both eventually succumbed to the temptation of Satan, who promised them immortality if t...
   56: ...esent female and male nudes in a then morally acceptable way. Sometimes a fig leaf covered their [[gen...
4. New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
   49: ...ed by Captain [[John Mason]] and first settled in 1623, just three years after the Pilgrims landed in Ma...
   88: ...iscellaneous"). [[Hampton Beach, New Hampshire|Hampton Beach]] is a popular local summer destination. ...
   90: ...s claim is also bolstered by British records of captured American POWs during the Revolutionary period...
   124: ...hodist]] (11% of the total state population), [[Baptist]] (9%), [[Presbyterian]] & [[Episcopalian]] (t...
   153: *[[Hampton, New Hampshire|Hampton]]
5. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
   35: ... BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
   36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
   40: * [[Cement]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
   41: ... River [[boat]]s in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
   51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
6. List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
   79: *[[Pope Urban VIII|Urban VIII, Pope]], (1623-1644)
7. Mayflower (4074 bytes)
   2: ...f America]]) in [[1620]], leaving Plymouth on [[September 6]] and dropping anchor near [[Cape Cod]] on...
   6: ...ry's Rotherhithe]] following his death in March [[1623]], and it is likely that the ship was broken up f...
   8: ... replica, the ''[[Mayflower II]]'' (launched on September 22, 1956), to make it as much like its names...
   11: ...rtmouth, England|Dartmouth]]. On the second attempt, the ships reached the Atlantic, but once again w...
8. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
   174: *[[Blaise Pascal]], (1623-1662) — adding machine
   211: ...provided an influential formalisation of the concept of [[algorithm]] and computation: the [[Turing ma...
   242: ...–1995) was the inventor of the Bell [[helicopter]]
9. Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
   10: ...hese are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
   18: ...pe to observe the [[sky]]. Based on sketchy descriptions of telescopes invented in the [[Netherlands]]...
   20: ...planet)|Jupiter]]. Galileo published a full description in ''[[Sidereus Nuncius]]'' in March [[1610]]....
   24: ...e Sun. By contrast, the [[geocentric model]] of [[Ptolemy]] predicted that only crescent and new phase...
   32: Galileo observed the planet [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] in [[1611]], but took no particular notice o...
10. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    33: ... income; but old debts and present extravagance kept him embarrassed, and he endeavoured to obtain fur...
    37: ...nd so clear was the evidence that he made no attempt at defence. To the lords, who sent a committee to...
    40: ... be found to have the troubled fountain of a corrupt heart. I know I have clean hands and a clean hear...
    51: ...eighth books of his ''De augmentis scientiarum'' (1623). He distinguishes between duty to the community,...
    94: ...ze:XS text:Viscount St. Albans; Charged with corruption, retires from public life.
11. List of popes (77758 bytes)
    36: ...tionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
    143: | <small>[[21 July]] [[230]] to [[28 September]] [[235]]</small>
    179: ...artyr, through extreme hardship; feast day [[16 September]]</small>
    279: | <small>[[17 May]] [[352]] to [[24 September]] [[366]]</small>
    321: ...28 December|28]]/[[29 December]] [[418]] to [[4 September]] [[422]]</small>
12. William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
    2: ...lliam Shakespeare''' (April [[1564]]; [[baptism|baptised]] [[April 26]], [[1564]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]])...
    4: ...lled, due to his understanding of the range and depth of human emotions. A colossal figure in world li...
    8: ...y [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works.
    14: ...ord dates to [[April 26]] of that year. Because baptisms were performed within a few days of birth, tr...
    23: ...rd. A son, Hamnet, and a daughter, Judith, were baptized soon after on [[February 2]], [[1585]].
13. March 19 (9902 bytes)
    32: ...televangelist]] [[Jim Bakker]] resigns from the [[PTL]].
    91: *[[1623]] - [[Uesugi Kagekatsu]], Japanese samurai and wa...
14. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
    114: *[[Brahmagupta]] (India, [[598]]-[[668]])
    141: ...&agrave;ro]] (Italy, [[March 12]], [[1859]] - [[September 12]], [[1906]])
    211: *[[Diophantus]] of Alexandria (Ptolemaic Egypt, circa [[298 BC|298 B.C.]] - [[214 BC|214 B.C.]])
    233: *[[Eratosthenes]] (Ptolemaic Egypt, [[276 BC|276 B.C.]] - [[194 BC|194 B.C.]])
15. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
    32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
    314: *[[Margaret Cavendish]], (1623-1673){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    967: *[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]], (1744-1829){{fn|O}}
    1232: *[[Blaise Pascal]], (1623-1662){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
16. Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
    47: ... I]], during which most of its territories were captured by the [[Allies]], Ottoman elites established...
    53: ...st to [[Hungary]] in the northwest, and from [[Egypt]] in the south to the [[Caucasus]] in the north. ...
    59: ...Janissaries]] were disbanded, and a modern conscripted army was formed.
    61: ...defending itself from foreign occupation (e.g. Egypt occupied by the French in 1798, Cyprus occupied b...
    76: ...g the characteristic Ottoman culture. After the capture of Constantinopole (later dubbed Istanbul) in ...
17. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    5: ...n the site of the monastery of Saint [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to vis...
    9: ...ted by the Papacy, for example, the order was exempt from all authority save that of the Pope, and it ...
    15: ...[County of Tripoli]] and when [[Akko|Acre]] was captured in [[1291]] the order sought refuge in the [[...
    17: ... in the [[15th century]], one by the Sultan of Egypt in [[1444]] and another by [[Mehmed II]] in [[148...
    29: ...st the entirety of their fleet was destroyed or captured in what is now known as the [[Battle of Lepan...

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