The first map of Silesia was made by native son Martin Helwig.

A former pupil of an eminent German scholar and educationist Valentin Friedland, Martin Helwig went on to study at the University of Wittenberg where as a student of Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon he earned the academic degree of Magister, in 1552 he became Rector of St. Maria Magdalena School in Breslau ( now Wrocław, in Poland ).

The first map of Silesia by Martin Helwig constituted until the middle of the 18th century the main model and source of information for the cartographical presentation of this region of Europe on the maps of the most famous cartographers and publishers of those times.

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First map of Silesia by Martin Helwig, 1561 ; north at the bottom

* January 26 – Martin Helwig, German cartographer of Silesia ( b. 1516 )

* November 5 – Martin Helwig, German cartographer of Silesia ( d. 1574 )

Proposed calculations of the date of creation using the Masoretic from the 10th century to the 18th century include: Marianus Scotus ( 4192 BC ), Maimonides ( 4058 BC ), Henri Spondanus ( 4051 BC ), Benedict Pereira ( 4021 BC ), Louis Cappel ( 4005 BC ), James Ussher ( 4004 BC ), Augustin Calmet ( 4002 BC ), Isaac Newton ( 4000 BC ), Johannes Kepler ( April 27, 3977 BC ) on his book Mysterium, Petavius ( 3984 BC ), Theodore Bibliander ( 3980 BC ), Christen Sørensen Longomontanus ( 3966 BC ), Melanchthon ( 3964 BC ), Martin Luther ( 3961 BC ), John Lightfoot ( 3960 BC ), Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide ( 3951 BC ) Joseph Justus Scaliger ( 3949 BC ), Christoph Helvig ( 3947 BC ), Gerardus Mercator ( 3928 BC ), Matthieu Brouard ( 3927 BC ), Benito Arias Montano ( 3849 BC ), Andreas Helwig ( 3836 BC ), David Gans ( 3761 BC ), Gershom ben Judah ( 3754 BC )

Neisse in 1561 on 1. map of Silesia by Martin Helwig ( map in reverse )

* Martin Helwig, cartographer

The name Île de la Passion () was officially given to Clipperton in 1711 by French discoverers Martin de Chassiron and Michel Du Bocage, commanding the French ships La Princesse and La Découverte.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty () ( 14 March 1908 – 3 May 1961 ) was a French phenomenological philosopher, strongly influenced by Karl Marx, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger in addition to being closely associated with Jean-Paul Sartre ( who later stated he had been " converted " to Marxism by Merleau-Ponty ) and Simone de Beauvoir.

St. Martin Parish () is a parish located in the U. S. state of Louisiana.

Martin Bucer () ( 11 November 1491 – 28 February 1551 ) was a Protestant reformer based in Strasbourg who influenced Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anglican doctrines and practices.

Under the leadership of Martin Niemöller, the Pastors ' Emergency League () was formed, presumably for the purpose of assisting clergy of Jewish descent, but the League soon evolved into a locus of dissent against Nazi interference in church affairs.

Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục () ( 6 October 1897 – 13 December 1984 ) was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Huế, Vietnam.

Six players have managed to win both the Jennings and Vezina Trophy for the same season: Patrick Roy ( and ), Ed Belfour ( and ), Dominik Hasek ( and ), Martin Brodeur (, ), Miikka Kiprusoff () and Tim Thomas ().

Gigli () is a 2003 romantic comedy film written and directed by Martin Brest and starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Lainie Kazan.

Martin Laurent Picandet () ( born 22 September 1976 ), better known under his stage name Martin Solveig, is a French electronic music DJ and producer from Paris.

Martin " Marty " Erat () ( born August 28, 1981 in Třebíč, Moravia, Czech Republic ) is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League ( NHL ).

His father Martin was a stonecutter in Zadar, who worked together with the famous sculptor Giorgio da Sebenico () on the Šibenik Cathedral ( Cathedral of St. James ).

Martin Marietta Materials () is in the aggregate, chemical, and composite material business.

* Mount Warnke (), stands NE of Martin Peak in the Thomas Hills.

* Claimed by: Martin LOYER ()

* Claimed by: Martin LOYER ()

Bear Peninsula () is a peninsula about 80 km ( 50 mi ) long and 40 km ( 25 mi ) wide which is ice covered except for several isolated rock bluffs and outcrops along its margins, lying 48 km 30 mi ) east of Martin Peninsula on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land.

Martin Peninsula () is a peninsula about 96 km ( 60 ) mi long and 32 km ( 20 mi ) wide that is ice covered except for a few rock outcrops along its margins, located between Getz Ice Shelf and Dotson Ice Shelf on the coast of Marie Byrd Land.

Martin Jiránek () ( born 25 May 1979 in Prague ) is a Czech international footballer who plays for Russian Premier League club FC Terek Grozny.

Martin Doktor () ( born 21 May 1974 in Polička, Czechoslovakia ) is the Czech Republic's best-known sprint canoer.

* 1 Martin 404 ()

* Easternmost point: Ilha do Sul, Ilhas Martin Vaz, Espírito Santo ()

Rémy Martin () is a French firm that primarily produces and sells cognac ( a brandy from the Cognac region of France ).

* John Martin Rowlands () March 1978-August 1985

Gauntlett bought a 12. 5 % stake in Aston Martin for £ 500, 000 via Pace Petroleum in 1980, with Tim Hearley of CH Industrials taking a similar share.

With capacity to produce up to 5, 000 engines a year by 100 specially trained personnel, like traditional Aston Martin engine production from Newport Pagnell, assembly of each unit is entrusted to a single technician from a pool of 30, with V8 and V12 variants assembled in under 20 hours.

In 1970 Alston was commissioned by the Community Church of New York to create a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. for $ 5, 000, with limited copies produced.

Martin Van Buren ( ; December 5, 1782July 24, 1862 ) was the eighth President of the United States ( 1837 – 1841 ).

Martin Van Buren was born in the village of Kinderhook, New York, on December 5, 1782, about 25 miles ( 40 km ) south of Albany, New York.

Martin David Kahane (; 1 August 1932 – 5 November 1990 ), also known as Meir Kahane (), was an American-Israeli rabbi and ultra-nationalist writer and political figure.

Pope Martin I, born near Todi, Umbria, in the place now named after him ( Pian di San Martino ), was pope from 649 to 653, succeeding Pope Theodore I on 5 July 649.

A seventh inning lead-off double by Seattle's Al Martin was all that prevented Clemens from throwing just the second no-hitter in postseason history ( Yankee Don Larsen threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series ).

Further hit singles came, including " Scarborough Fair / Canticle ", based on a traditional English ballad with an arrangement by Martin Carthy, and " Homeward Bound " ( later U. S. No. 5 ), about life on the road while Simon was touring in England in 1965.

* December 5 – Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States ( d. 1862 )

* October 5 – Martin Ennals, British human rights activist.

* July 5 – Pope Martin I succeeds Pope Theodore I as the 74th pope.

Winchester is currently represented in the House of Commons through the Winchester Parliamentary Constituency by Steve Brine of the Conservatives who in the General Election of 2010 beat Martin Tod, the Liberal Democrat candidate, by 3048 votes ( a margin of 5. 4 %).

Martin was named superintendent on February 5, 2007, to replace retiring superintendent Joe Alston.

Martin Bryant received 1. 5 million dollars from a friend, Helen Harvey, who left her estate to him.

* Lesser Feasts and Commemorations on the Lutheran liturgical calendar include Anthony of Egypt on January 17, Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, martyr Henry of Uppsala on January 19, Timothy, Titus and Silas, missionaries St Timothy, St Titus and St Silas Day on January 26, Ansgar, Bishop of Hamburg, missionary to Denmark and Sweden St Ansgar on February 3, Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop, missionaries to the Slavs St Cyril and St Methodius on February 14, Gregory the Great on March 12, St Patrick on March 17, Olavus Petri, priest and Laurentius Petri, Bishop of Uppsala, on April 19, St Anselm on April 21, Catherine of Siena on April 29, St Athanasius on May 2, St Monica on May 4, Eric IX of Sweden on May 18, St Boniface on June 5, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus on June 14, Benedict of Nursia on July 11, Birgitta of Sweden on July 23, St Anne, Mother of Mary on July 26, St Dominic on August 8, Augustine of Hippo on August 28, St Cyprian on September 16, Teresa of Avila on October 15, Martin de Porres on November 3, Martin of Tours on November 11, Elizabeth of Hungary on November 17, St Lucy on December 13.

In source criticism by Martin Noth, the " bronze serpent " passage in Numbers 21: 4-9, proceeds smoothly and is free of doublets, thus it does not appear to divide into different ' sources ' even with the unusual juxtaposition of ' God ' in v. 5.

* A lively account of the Salisbury markets, as they were in 1842, is contained in Chapter 5 of " Martin Chuzzlewit " by Charles Dickens.

* Victoria, British Columbia ( Beacon Hill Park ) — 127. 5 ft ( 38. 862 m ), Kwakwaka ' wakw, carved by Mungo Martin with Henry Hunt and David Martin

* Vancouver, British Columbia ( Maritime Museum ) — 100 ft ( 30. 5 m ), Kwakwaka ' wakw, carved by Mungo Martin with Henry Hunt and David Martin