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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
6: *[[Bernard Accama|Accama, Bernard]] (1697-1756), Dutch painter
9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931) - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: *[[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech archite...
9: ...itical writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
13: ...Aikenhead, Thomas]], (died 1697), hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
14: ...thur Aikin|Aikin, Arthur]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
17: ...ey|Ailey, Alvin]], (1931-1985), dancer, choreographer - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ... to any organized sound(s). The question of what the art form called music actually consists of is som...
4: ... to mean any of the arts or sciences governed by the Muses.
8: ...ana]], [[musica instrumentalis]]. Of those, only the last - musica instrumentalis - referred to music ...
10: ...er resulted the romantic idea of a music of the spheres.
12: ...d in the religious or spiritual thought of many other cultures—for instance that of [[India]]&md... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
19: ...[Domenico Quaglio the Younger|Quaglio, Domenico, the Younger]], (1787-1837), painter
27: ...[Johann Joachim Quantz|Quantz, Johann Joachim]], (1697-1773), composer
33: ...[Juda Quastel|Quastel, Juda]], British/Canada biochemist
40: *[[Ivy Queen|Queen, Ivy]], born (1972), "The Queen of Reggaeton"
42: ...[Erasmus Quellinus the Elder|Quellinus, Erasmus, the Elder]], (1607-1678), painter - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: ...ftTrial.jpg|thumb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch Trials]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
12: ...]-[[Henry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
13: ... Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [[Hudson Valley]] area
22: ...land, on the ''[[Mayflower (ship)|Mayflower]]''. They found [[Plymouth Colony]] in present-day [[Massa... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
1: {{otherpeople|John Locke}}
3: ... period. Locke has been placed in a group called the [[British Empiricists]], which includes [[David H...
6: ...nteresting than the classical material taught at the University.
8: ...bert Hooke]] and [[Richard Lower]]. In [[1666]], he met [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesb...
10: ...pact that resonated deeply in Locke's writing of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding. - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ... (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [[Renaissance]].
6: ...d [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power...
8: ...1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 11...
10: ...] rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
12: ... Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
1: ... the region, and many of them still speak one of the [[Maya language|Maya family of languages]].
5: ...mec and early Maya seem to have influenced each other.
7: ...nts consist of simple [[Tumulus|burial mounds]], the precursors to [[pyramid|pyramids]] erected in lat...
9: ...tan]] peninsula, present-day [[Guatemala]], and other regions.
11: ...ing their [[genealogy]], [[war]] victories, and other accomplishments. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...]. He was the first person to [[circumnavigate]] the world twice, and went on to complete a third circ...
4: ... manager on [[Jamaica]], but he soon returned to the sea,
7: ...nish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the Caribbean.
9: ...ised to [[Manila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]], the [[Spice Islands]], and [[New Holland (Australia)|...
11: ...ures Dampier returned to England in [[1691]] via the [[Cape of Good Hope]], penniless but in possessio... - William Kidd (4938 bytes)
2: ...yage which established his reputation as a pirate he lived as a respectable merchant.
4: ...n]] paid for the rest. Kidd had to sell his ship the ''Antigua'' to raise funds.
6: ...gly more like those of a pirate than an agent of the English King.
8: ...ore discontent and mutinous. They wanted to take the Dutch ship but Captain Kidd refused, according to...
10: ...de his crew to return the ship to its owners but they refused. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...[[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
9: ...[[1667]], to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
11: ...f whom being half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samu...
13: ..., [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth). - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...ereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ...f [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...nded into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.
9: ...ar [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], subdivided i...
15: ...trol a number of neighboring islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]] - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]] - Maya (24836 bytes)
1: ... the region, and many of them still speak one of the [[Maya language|Maya family of languages]].
5: ...mec and early Maya seem to have influenced each other.
7: ...nts consist of simple [[Tumulus|burial mounds]], the precursors to [[pyramid|pyramids]] erected in lat...
9: ...tan]] peninsula, present-day [[Guatemala]], and other regions.
11: ...ing their [[genealogy]], [[war]] victories, and other accomplishments.
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