 Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
 - Online archive of the works of the Christian preacher and author of The Pilgrim's Progress.- Charles I (1600-1649)@
- Read about Charles I, the king of England, Ireland, and Scotland, from 1625 till his execution in 1949, who was involved in the struggle for power with the Parliament of England and advocated the Divine Rights of Kings. Sites feature biography, reign, religious conflict, execution, ancestry of the English monarch, and Christian Society under the patronage of S. Charles.
- Charles II (1630-1685)@
- Dampier, William (1652-1715)@
- Learn about the British pirate and explorer William Dampier, who circumnavigated the world and was the first Englishman to visit New Holland (Australia) aboard the Cygnet. His influential observations, maps, and journals were published in New Voyage Round the World.
- Fawkes, Guy [1570-1606]@
- Read about Guy Fawkes, the member of a group which attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Sites provide biography, background of the Gunpowder Plot, text of his confession, bibliography, and facts.
- Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)@
- Learn about Galileo Galilei, the Italian physicist, astronomer, and philosopher regarded as the father of modern physics and astronomy whose achievements include improvements to the telescope, a number of breakthrough astronomical observations, and effective support for Copernicanism. Sites feature biography, his pioneering scientific contributions, the influence of his mathematics on Renaissance art, and his struggles to persuade the Church of the truth behind his discoveries about the cosmos.
- Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632)@
- Halley, Edmond (1656-1742)@
- Discover sites about Edmond Halley, the English astronomer who calculated the orbit of the comet named after him. Sites provide biography, discoveries, quotations, images, articles, and refernces about the astronomer, geophysicist, and mathematician who also discovered the proper motion of fixed stars.
- Hariot, Thomas (1560-1621)@
- Learn about Thomas Hariot, the Enflish astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer to whom the theory of refraction is attributed. Sites provide biogrpahy, works, reports, and Hariot's drawings of his telescopic observations of the moon made in 1609 and 1610.
- Harvey, William (1578-1657)@
- Hooke, Robert (1635-1703)@
- Hudson, Henry@
- Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630)@
- Learn about Johannes Kepler, the 16th century German Lutheran mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer best known for his laws of planetary motion which laid the foundation of Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation. Sites feature biography, scientific achievements, animated explanation of his laws, and the famous Kepler's Conjecture.
- Kircher, Athanasius (1601-1680)@
- La Salle, Rene Robert Cavelier de (1643-1687)@
- Louis XIV (1638-1715)@
- Napier, John (1550-1617)@
- Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727)@
- Peter I (The Great) (1672-1725)@
- Queen Christina of Sweden@
- Ralegh, Sir Walter (1552-1618)@
- Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis, Duc and Cardinal de (1585-1642)@
- Squanto (1585?-1622)@
- William III (1650-1702)@
- Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)@
- Explore sites for Christopher Wren, the English clergyman and architect who designed St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Sites feature biography, work, and his role in rebuilding the London churches after the Great Fire of London of 1666.
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