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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...explorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[...
6: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
28: ...rlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast Passage]]
30: ... several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other pla... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
3: ...ess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
14: ...], and [[King of Bohemia|Queen of Bohemia]]: 1740-1741
15: ...]], [[King of Bohemia]]: 1780 ([[Heir-Apparent]]: 1741-1780)
33: ...ia Theresa ceded [[Parma]], [[Piacenza]], and [[Guastalla]] to the Infante Felipe of Spain.
41: ... to rule during the 650-year-long [[Habsburg]] dynasty. Her son [[Joseph II]] succeeded her. - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...rojects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarsk...
17: == Palace Revolution of 1741 ==
23: ..., and summoned all the notables, civil and ecclesiastical, to her presence. So swiftly and noiselessly ...
25: ...hat in her sometimes seemed irresolution and procrastination, was, most often, a wise suspense of judgm...
29: ...d to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became the bound... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
36: ...husetts]] to the south, [[New Hampshire]] to the east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canad...
42: ...nt is located in the New England region in the [[eastern United States]] and comprises 9615 square mile...
44: ... [[Washington, Vermont|Washington]], three miles east of [[Roxbury, Vermont|Roxbury]].
46: ...New Hampshire)|White Mountains]] are in the northeast. In the northwest off Lake Champlain is the ferti... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
99: *[[James Barry (painter)|James Barry]] ([[1741]]-[[1806]])
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
440: *[[Henry Fuseli]] ([[1741]]-[[1825]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
622: *[[Angelica Kauffmann]] ([[1741]]-[[1807]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
7: *[[1702]] - [[East Jersey]] and [[west Jersey]] become crown colonie...
19: ...eorge Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Great Awakening
27: *[[1758]] - [[Treaty of Easton]] - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...hy [[lagoon]] along the [[Adriatic Sea]] in northeast [[Italy]]. The saltwater lagoon stretches along t...
6: ...ntine power waned, however, an increasingly anti-Eastern character emerged, leading to the growth of au...
8: ..., opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
10: ...], and became a major power-broker in the [[Near East]]. By the standards of the time, Venice's steward...
16: ... resign the office and retire into [[monastery|monastic]] seclusion when they were felt to have been di... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
141: *[[Jean Antoine Houdon]] (1741 - 1828) - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: '''Benedict Arnold, V''' ([[January 14]], [[1741]] – [[June 14]], [[1801]]) was a [[general]...
12: ...ng this, Arnold challenged Easton to a duel, but Easton refused.
15: ...pedition|expeditionary force]] from Boston on an easternly route to [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]]... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
27: ...ostly theological and educational tomes, but by [[1741]] the library also included works on history, geo...
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]] - [[...
613: *[[Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro]] (Italy, [[1853]] - [[1925]]) - 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... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
2: ...-- To edit the text of this article, scroll down past the table -->
175: ...es Wood]] independently isolated the element in [[1741]]. - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
32: *[[1741]] - [[Platinum]] discovered by [[Charles Wood (sc...
63: **[[Rhodium]] discovered by [[William Hyde Wollaston]]
64: ...Palladium]] also discovered by [[William Hyde Wollaston]].
132: **[[Astatine]] discovered by [[Dale R. Corson]], [[K.R.Ma... - 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.
16: In the year [[1741]] Euler became director of the mathematical class...
27: ... [[proportional]] to a measure of the [[elastic|elasticity]] of the material and the [[moment of inerti...
71: * "Read Euler: he is our master in everything." —[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] - 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]].
33: * [[1741]]: [[Russia]]ns begin settling the [[Aleutian Isl... - 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. - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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36: ...n Russia]] on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Se...
42: ...rg is administrative center of the [[Leningrad Oblast]] (while being a separate region) and the [[North...
48: ...ral details including long, straight boulevards, vast spaces, gardens and parks, decorative wrought-iro...
50: ...o]] (60° [[latitude|N]]), causes twilight to last all night in May, June and July. This celebrated... - Articles of Confederation (19574 bytes)
43: ...colonized land in the west. [[Maryland]] was the last hold-out; it refused to ratify until [[Virginia]]...
78: ...e Continental Congress did take two actions with lasting impact. The [[Land Ordinance of 1785]] establi...
144: .../gwhtml/gwhome.html The George Washington Papers, 1741-1799]
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