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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    30: ...]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to ...
    34: *[[Moric Benovsky]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]]
    53: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[Atlantic]] islands)
    66: ... to the [[Indies]]; discovered various lands and islands and established a colony on [[Hispaniola]]
    67: ...Pacific]], discovering or mapping many lands and islands
  2. Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
    20: .... After her mother's death in [[1651]], Prudenzia slipped into obscurity and little is known of her su...
    42: ...o famous in Rome); the "Venere Dormiente" (''"The Sleeping Venus"''), today at [[Princeton]]; the [[Es...
    70: ... Pitti di Firenze|Palazzo Pitti]], [[Firenze]], [[1618]]-[[1619|19]].
  3. The Gambia (13678 bytes)
    57: ...s established the trans-Saharan trade route for [[slaves]], [[gold]], and [[ivory]]. In the [[15th cen...
    59: ...y letters patent from [[Queen Elizabeth I]]. In [[1618]], [[King James I]] granted a charter to a Britis...
    61: ...t the 18th, England and France struggled continuously for political and commercial supremacy in the re...
    63: ..., and the British tried unsuccessfully to end the slave traffic in The Gambia. They established the mi...
    73: ...n United Democratic Party (UDP) boycotted the legislative elections.
  4. Germany (46412 bytes)
    62: ...This was the second German ''Reich'', usually translated as "empire", but also meaning "realm".
    66: ... inter-German strife, the [[Thirty Years War]] ([[1618]]) and finally the [[Peace of Westphalia]] ([[164...
    89: ...[Enabling Act]] gave Hitler's government full legislative power. A centralised [[totalitarian]] state ...
    95: ... [[Bohemia]] and [[Moravia]] were annexed and a [[Slovakia]]n independent [[state]] was created. To av...
    97: ...lion more [[Roma (people)|Roma]], [[Slavic people|Slavs]], [[homosexual]]s, [[communist]]s, [[Jehovah'...
  5. Israel (51605 bytes)
    1: ... large non-Jewish minority, mostly comprising [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], and [[Druze]] [[Israeli Arab|...
    60: ...ual significance in Judaism, Christianity, and [[Islam]]. Starting around 1200 BCE, a series of [[Hist...
    68: The [[Muslim]] [[Caliphate]] conquered the land from the [[E...
    119: * [[1993 Oslo Peace Accords between Palestinians and Israel]]
    125: ... War]] in [[1967]], despite the signing of the [[Oslo Accords]] on [[September 13]] [[1993]], and the ...
  6. Comet (30542 bytes)
    9: ...gas each form their own distinct tail, pointed in slightly different directions — dust being lef...
    17: ..., because their emission by comets had not previously been predicted. The X-rays are thought to be gen...
    59: ...oke had identified the comet of 1664 with that of 1618, {{hnote|Pepys, 1 March 1664/5}} while Jean-Domin...
    67: ...on of the planets; and their tail as a very thin, slender vapour, emitted by the head, or nucleus of t...
    89: ...ther a comet will become a great comet is notoriously difficult, as many factors may cause a comet's b...
  7. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    125: *[[Zdzislaw Beksinski]] ([[1929]]-)
    131: *[[George Wesley Bellows]] ([[1882]]-[[1925]])
    302: *[[Boleslaw Cybis]] ([[1895]]-[[1957]])
    305: *[[Wladyslaw Czachorski]] ([[1850]]-[[1911]])
    324: *[[Stanislaw Debicki]] ([[1866]]-[[1924]])
  8. Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
    9: ...hild, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
    25: On [[March 8]], [[1618]] Kepler discovered the third law of planetary mo...
    65: ...rsion of [[The_Americas|America]], downfall of [[Islam]] and return of [[Christ]]. The ''De cometis li...
    76: ...e Copernicanae'' (published in three parts from [[1618]]-[[1621]])
    87: *Max Caspar: ''Kepler''; transl. and ed. by C. Doris Hellman; with a new introduc...
  9. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    2: ...ted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621...
    14: ...reverence for [[Aristotle]] conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barre...
    18: ...necessitated Bacon's return to England, and seriously influenced his fortunes. Sir Nicholas had laid u...
    21: ...worked quietly at Gray's Inn giving himself seriously to the study of law, until admitted as an [[oute...
    29: ...to employ him in crown affairs a few years previously, and he gradually acquired the standing of one o...
  10. January 1 (18244 bytes)
    15: *[[1738]] - [[Bouvet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer ...
    16: ...dition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published.
    18: *[[1801]] - Legislative union of [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[...
    21: *[[1808]] - Importation of [[slave]]s into the [[United States]] is banned
    28: *[[1892]] - [[Ellis Island]] opens to begin accepting immigrants to the [...
  11. Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
    13: ...tes never actually practiced law, however, and in 1618 he entered the service of Prince [[Maurice of Nas...
    39: ...g deceived, then surely "I" must exist. Most famously, this is known as ''cogito ergo sum,'' ("I think...
    41: ...the use of the senses; however, these have previously been proven unreliable. So Descartes concludes t...
    55: * 1618. ''Compendium Musicae''. A treatise on music theo...
    56: ...itical edition, which includes an early Dutch translation, is edited by Giovanni Crapulli (The Hague: ...
  12. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    162: *[[Monroe Beardsley]], (1915-1985)
    490: *[[Miroslaw Dzielski]], (1941-1989)
    504: ...hemia, Princess Palatine|Elisabeth of Bohemia]], (1618-1680){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    652: *[[Wawrzyniec Grzymala Goslicki]] (1530-1607)
    705: *[[Eduard Hanslick]], (1825-1904){{fn|R}}
  13. Quran (41479 bytes)
    1: {{Islam}}
    2: ...s the [[Sacred text|holy book]] of [[Islam]]. [[Muslim]]s believe that the Qur'an is the literal word ...
    6: ...ferent order, roughly by size, also believed by Muslims to be divinely inspired. After a short opening...
    14: ...ey were created after Muhammad. Only five [[pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions]] survive.)
    16: ... The [[Bedouin]] speech changed at a considerably slower rate, however, and early Arabic lexicographer...
  14. Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
    45: ... Porte'', from the [[French language|French]] translation of the [[Ottoman language|Ottoman]] name B&a...
    47: ...[[1924]]) synonymous with the [[Caliphate]], the Islamic State. In [[1453]], after the Ottomans [[Fall...
    55: ...[Kenya]] and [[Aceh]] and to defend the Ottoman [[slave]] and [[spice]] trade. In Aceh, the Ottomans ...
    93: ...retically also gave him overlordship over other Muslim rulers around the world. For example, among the...
    112: * [[Mustafa I]] ([[1617]]–[[1618]])
  15. History of Germany (53864 bytes)
    37: ...ere decisively defeated near [[Augsburg]] and the Slavs between the [[Elbe]] and the [[Oder]] were sub...
    41: ... imperial stronghold (''Pfalz'') was built at [[Goslar]], as the Empire continued its expansion to the...
    50: ...e Teutonic Order, moved into the thinly populated Slav territories east of the Oder ([[Bohemia]], [[Si...
    69: ...Empire (more or less modern-day [[Austria]] and [[Slovenia]], and, from [[1526]] onwards, [[Bohemia]] ...
    80: ...]]. Hiding in the [[Wartburg Castle]], Luther translated the Bible, establishing the basis of modern G...
  16. Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
    37: ...ere decisively defeated near [[Augsburg]] and the Slavs between the [[Elbe]] and the [[Oder]] were sub...
    41: ... imperial stronghold (''Pfalz'') was built at [[Goslar]], as the Empire continued its expansion to the...
    50: ...e Teutonic Order, moved into the thinly populated Slav territories east of the Oder ([[Bohemia]], [[Si...
    69: ...Empire (more or less modern-day [[Austria]] and [[Slovenia]], and, from [[1526]] onwards, [[Bohemia]] ...
    80: ...]]. Hiding in the [[Wartburg Castle]], Luther translated the Bible, establishing the basis of modern G...

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