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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
37: *[[Andrew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
46: ...vangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...ohn Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
72: ...ams|Adams, Walter Sydney]], (1876-1956), American astronomer
79: *[[James Adamson|Adamson, James]], (1946-), astronaut - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
24: ...tanislaw Leszczynski]] and other candidates. In [[1736]] Anna declared war on [[Turkey]], but Charles ma... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: '''James Watt''' ([[January 19]], [[1736]]–[[August 19]], [[1819]]) was a [[Scotland...
8: * [[1736]]: Born in Greenock, Scotland
24: ...he [[Thomas Newcomen|Newcomen]] steam engine was wasting nearly three-quarters of the steam energy in h...
30: Watt also invented several other things, not least a copying device for letters.
36: ...the ''[[watt]]'', is named after him. So is, at least in part, [[Edinburgh]]'s [[Heriot-Watt University... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
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82: ...(United States)|Four Corners]] states, south and east of the [[Colorado River (U.S.)|Colorado River]], ...
90: ...ahuatl ]] word "arizuma" ("silver bearing"). In [[1736]], a small [[silver]]-[[mining]] camp called "Rea...
115: ...ent Franks]] (R-2), [[John Shadegg]] (R-3), [[Ed Pastor]] (D-4), [[J.D. Hayworth]] (R-5), [[Jeff Flake]... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
487: *[[Anton Graff]] ([[1736]]-[[1813]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]])
1036: *[[Fedor Rokotov]] ([[1736]]-[[1809]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
20: ... - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
73: *[[George Eastman]], (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — ...
77: *[[John S. Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple ...
100: *[[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]], (1638-...
103: * [[William Gruber]] — [[View-master]] - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
194: *[[Franz Xaver Messerschmidt]] (1736 - 1783) - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
17: ...[[William Henry (delegate)|William Henry]] of Lancaster, [[Pennsylvania]], having learned of Watt's eng...
39: ...ces had started across the [[Irish Sea]] to [[Belfast]]. By [[1900]] there were over 300 [[Clyde steame...
40: ...], is the last survivor of these fleets, and the last sea-going [[paddle steamer]] in the world. This s...
44: ...king passengers on their trips from [[Glasgow]], past the [[Isle of Arran]], down the [[Firth of Clyde]...
49: ...lar steamship service from the west to the east coast of the [[United States]] began on [[February 28]]... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
29: In [[1736]] he created the [[Union Fire Company]], the firs...
46: ...]]; six with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] and one as [[Master of Arts]].
67: ...urn home in [[1775]] he lost his position as postmaster through his share in divulging to [[Massachuset...
77: ...[[1787]], a group of prominent ministers in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]] proposed the foundation of a ne... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
190: *[[Jean Gaston Darboux]] ([[France]], [[August 14]],[[1842]] -...
299: * [[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]] (Scotla...
372: *[[Gaston Julia|Gaston Maurice Julia]] (Algeria, France, [[1893]] - [[...
412: *[[Joseph-Louis de Lagrange]] (France, [[1736]] - [[1813]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
57: *[[Jean Sylvain Bailly]] ([[France]], [[1736]] – [[1793]])
90: *[[Louis Boyer (astronomer)|Louis Boyer]] ([[France]])
132: *[[Josep Comas Sol ([[Spain]])<!--Last name = "Comas Solᦱuot;, list under C -->
166: *[[Terence Dickinson]], ([[Canada]]), astronomer and author - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
311: *[[Hector-Neri Casta]], (1924-1991){{fn|C}} - Fahrenheit (3867 bytes)
2: ...sicist]] [[Gabriel Fahrenheit]] ([[1686]]–[[1736]]), who proposed it in [[1724]]. - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...he hospice, which was built on the site of the monastery of Saint [[John the Baptist]], took in Christi...
7: The monastic hospitaller order was founded following the [[F...
15: ... well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]].
17: ...Auvergne]], [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Aragon]], [[Castile]], [[Germany]] and [[England]]). The English p...
19: ..., and the walls of the city. The resulting siege lasted six months, at the end of which the survivors w... - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
6: Aaron's last two years of high school were spent at [[Josephin...
12: ...by the [[Boston Braves]] for $10,000. He was the last Negro League player to make the jump to the major...
34: On [[September 20]], [[1965]], Aaron hit the last home run by a Milwaukee Braves player at Milwauke...
40: ...mmate [[Eddie Mathews]] did it with the [[Houston Astros]]. At the time, Aaron was the second youngest...
42: ...move into 3rd place on the career home run list, past [[Mickey Mantle]] and behind only [[Willie Mays]]... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
14: ...fession at all. So Voltaire studied [[law]], at least nominally. The Abbé de Châteauneuf ...
16: ... [[Bastille]] on [[May 16]], [[1717]], here he recast ''Oedipe'', began the ''Henriade'' and decided to...
18: Ever after his exit from the Bastille in April [[1718]] he was known as ''Arouet de...
22: ...[[1720]]. It was a failure, and though it was recast with some success, Voltaire never published it as...
28: ...m he passed [[1724]] and the next year chiefly recasting the now successful ''Marianne'', but also writ... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
5: .... He was completely [[blindness|blind]] for the last seventeen years of his life, during which time he...
7: The [[asteroid]] [[2002 Euler]] is named in his honour.
12: ...h a systematic introduction to [[mechanics]] in [[1736]]: ''Mechanica sive motus scientia analytice expo...
27: ... [[proportional]] to a measure of the [[elastic|elasticity]] of the material and the [[moment of inerti...
67: In [[1736]] Euler solved, or rather proved insoluble, a pro... - Persian rug (6404 bytes)
5: ...Some show figures engaged either in the hunt or feasting scenes. The majority of these carpets are [[w...
12: ... the oldest pieces discovered are those found in Eastern [[Turkestan]], dating back to the third to fif...
14: ... the Pazyryk carpet is a late achievement of at least one thousand years of technique evolution and his...
16: ...he art of carpet-weaving in Persia (Iran) is at least 3500 years old.
30: ...Most famously, for the three silk hunting carpet masterpieces depicting mounted hunters and animal prey... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
3: ...18th century''''' refers to the [[century]] that lasted from [[1701]] through [[1800]] in the [[Gregori...
11: ...as [[Paris]] and [[Vienna]] where nations could boast their power, enlightenment, and impression to the...
25: ...]] conquer Iran, ending the [[Safavids|Safavid dynasty]].
29: ...sian Empire|Persia]] and founds the [[Afsharid dynasty]]. Rules until his death in [[1747]].
43: * [[1767]]: [[Konbaung Dynasty|Burmese]] conquer the [[Ayutthaya kingdom]]. - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: The '''18th century''' lasted from [[1701]] to [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian ca...
4: ...a Bastille.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Storming of the Bastille, [[July 14]], [[1789]], an iconic event of th...
15: ...off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]].
29: ...d Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies.
30: ...1708]]-[[1709]]: [[Famine]] kills one-third of [[East Prussia]]'s population.
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