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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugue...
24: *[[William Baffin]], ([[1584]]-[[1622]])
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
15: ...r, [[Henrietta Maria|Queen Henrietta Maria]], and afterwards with her aunt, [[Henrietta Anne Stuart|He...
19: ... descendants were to be in the line of succession after William and Mary. They were to be followed by ...
22: Soon after their accession, William and Mary exalted Lord...
33: ...d dominate both foreign and domestic policy. Soon after her accession, Anne appointed her husband [[Lo...
35: ...ish Succession—became much more influential after the Duke of Marlborough won a great victory at... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
15: ...is, the Grand Dauphin|Dauphin Louis]] — but afterwards approved, as a coalition with the Dutch b...
17: ...r even mistreated her. William long maintained an affair with [[Elizabeth Villiers]], one of Mary's la...
20: ...egotiations with Mary's husband as early as 1687. After James took the suicidal step of forcing Anglic...
24: ...lliam, however, demanded that he remain King even after his wife's death. Although some individuals pr...
35: ...cal matters. She did, however, participate in the affairs of the [[Church of England | Church]]; she f... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...osophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]]'' in [[1687]] by [[Isaac Newton]]. These boundaries are not u...
111: *Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer: ''Leviathan and the air pump: Hobbes, Boyle, ...
116: ...rine Porter. New York; London: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993 ISBN 0-7450-0682-5 ISBN 0-7... - Comet (30542 bytes)
9: ...away from the Sun, since the gas is more strongly affected by the solar wind than dust is, and follows...
21: ...l cause them to permanently exit the solar system after one pass by the Sun. On the other extreme, the...
25: ...as discovered in [[1869]] but became unobservable after [[1908]] due to perturbations by Jupiter, and ...
29: ...erers. Later, periodic comets were usually named after their discoverers, but comets that had appeare...
31: ...common, and this remains today. A comet is named after up to three independent discoverers. In recent... - History of science (41710 bytes)
40: ...]]) was suppressed while at the same time it was safeguarded.
61: ... For example, an [[arrow]] flying through the air after leaving a bow contradicts with Aristotle's ass...
63: ...ilosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]] in [[1687]] by [[Isaac Newton]].
76: In [[1687]], [[Isaac Newton]] published the ''[[Philosophia...
91: ...loitation of the [[petrochemical]]s of the earth, after the exhaustion of the oil supply from [[whalin... - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
6: ...f [[Christopher Wren]], helping to rebuild London after the [[Great Fire of London|Great Fire]] in [[1...
22: ... published his ''[[Principia Mathematica]]'' in [[1687]], including a proof of an inverse square law, he... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...Principia Mathematica]]'' (published [[5 July]] [[1687]]<sup id="fn_1_back">[[#fn_1|1]]</sup>), where he...
21: [[image:newton.jpg|thumb|left|Engraving after [[Enoch Seeman]]'s 1726 portrait of Newton]]
23: ...theory that would later become [[calculus]]. Soon after Newton had obtained his degree in [[1665]], th...
59: ...ow known as the ''Principia'') was published in [[1687]] with encouragement and financial help from [[Ed...
71: ...e of St. John'' ([[1733]]) — were published after his death. He also devoted a great deal of tim... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
29: Shortly after this the Parthenon was converted to a [[Christ...
33: ...round and their pieces were later made souvenirs. After this the building fell into disuse.
45: ...estion and air pollution. Vibration from Athens traffic threatens the Parthenon's foundations, and cor... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
13: ...0]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth).
23: ...n a new city. He was not satisfied, however, and after a few months was induced by Pennsylvania Gover...
34: ...ranklin began to concern himself more with public affairs. In 1743, he set forth a scheme for an Acade...
40: ...[cgs]] unit of [[electric charge]] has been named after him: one ''franklin'' (Fr) is equal to one [[s...
52: ...klin was involved in the creation of not only the aforementioned first volunteer fire department and f... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
7: *[[1687]] - Explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], sea...
19: ...t of [[Japan]], a [[dive bomber]] hits the [[aircraft carrier]] [[USS Franklin (CV-13)|USS ''Franklin'...
33: ...peration Anaconda]] ends (started on [[March 2]]) after killing 500 [[Taliban]] and [[al Qaeda]] fight...
36: ...MiG-15|Mig-15]] in the 1950s is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the crew are lef...
92: *[[1687]] - [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], explorer (b.... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
28: ...[Karl Wallenda]] of the [[Flying Wallendas]] dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in...
32: *[[1995]] - Cosmonaut [[Valeri Polyakov]] returns after setting a record for 438 days in [[outer space...
86: ... - [[Artis Pabriks]], Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs
96: *[[1687]] - [[Jean Baptiste Lully]], French [[composer]] ... - Astronomer (4344 bytes)
36: ...Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica'' ([[1687]]), containing the "[[Newton's laws of motion]]",... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
203: *[[Al-Farghani|Farghani]] ([[Persia]], d. after [[861]])
243: *[[Bengt Gustafsson]], ([[Sweden]])
275: ...hannes Hevelius]] ([[Poland]], [[1611]] – [[1687]])
298: ...ert Thorburn Ayton Innes]] ([[Scotland]], [[South Africa]], [[1861]] – [[1933]])
302: *[[Cyril V. Jackson]] ([[South Africa]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
28: *[[Sediq Afghan]]
29: *[[Jamal al-Din al-Afghani]], (1839-1897){{fn|R}}
172: *[[Paul Benacerraf]]
324: *[[Rafe Champion]]
965: *[[Pierre Laffitte]], (1823-1903){{fn|C}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tug...
45: ...[Anatolia]], the [[Middle East]], part of [[North Africa]], and south-eastern [[Europe]]. It was estab...
47: ...he [[Caliphate]], the Islamic State. In [[1453]], after the Ottomans [[Fall of Constantinople|captured...
57: ...pean development went into overdrive. Eventually, after a defeat at the [[Battle of Vienna]], in [[168...
66: ...resulting in Ottoman victory on this front. [[Mustafa Kemal Pasha]], who had made his reputation earli... - Ur (11926 bytes)
15: ...ments known, preceding the [[code of Hammurabi]]. After his death he became a hero-figure: one of the ...
19: ...rom around [[550 BC]] and was no longer inhabited after about [[500 BC]], perhaps due to drought cause...
26: ...ook of Jubilees]]'' states that Ur was founded in 1687 ''Anno Mundi'' (year of the world) by 'Ur son of ...
28: ...city of 'Ara of the Chaldees, and called its name after his own name and the name of his father. (ie, ...
33: ...ecame a favourite place of [[sepulture]], so that after it had ceased to be inhabited it still continu... - Silicon (13233 bytes)
12: {{Elementbox_meltingpoint | k=1687 | c=1414 | f=2577 }}
47: ...[[nitric acid]] and [[hydrofluoric acid]]) do not affect it. Elemental silicon transmits more than 95%...
63: ...ugh the heating of [[potassium]] with silicon tetrafluoride. In [[1824]] [[J?Jakob Berzelius|Berzelius...
65: ...n of [[Silicon Valley]], [[California]], is named after this element.
70: ...licon makes up 25.7% of the [[earth]]'s crust and after [[oxygen]] is also the second most abundant el... - Physics (25628 bytes)
19: ...s discovered in the 20th century, three centuries after the original formulation of classical mechanic...
88: ...le of this is an [[arrow]] flying through the air after leaving a bow contradicts with Aristotle's ass...
91: ...ilosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]] in [[1687]] by [[Isaac Newton]] (dates disputed).
96: ...ics]], in particular the Law of [[Inertia]]. In [[1687]], [[Isaac Newton|Newton]] published the ''[[Phil...
98: After Newton defined [[classical mechanics]], the ne...
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