V
Vandals, 127
Varro, 102
Varus, 118
Vatican, 396
de Vega, Lope, 441
Velasquez, 440
Venezuela, 383-384
Venice, 172, 198-202
Vermeer, 440
Verrazano, 326
Victor Emanuel, 393
Vikings, 151
da Vinci, Leonardo, 222
Voltaire, 336
W
Wallenstein, 274-276
Washington, George, 330
Waterloo, battle of, 357-358
Watt, James, 405
Wellington, Duke of, 357
Westphalia, treaty of, 273, 277
Whigs, 291-293
Whitney, Eli, 405
William I (Germany), 400
William III (England), 292-295, 299
William the Conqueror, 154
William of Orange (the Silent), 269-270
William of Orange, 390
Wilberforce, William, 422
de Witt, Jan, 298-299
Worms, Diet of, 259
writing, invention of, 18-21
Wycliffe, John, 220
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