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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
5: ...He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown'', upon whi...
7: ...om he was constant for the rest of her life. His letters to her are among the most graphic of all the ...
10: ...ed a volume of bawdy stories, the ''Bijoux indiscrets'' (1748); in later years he repented of this wor...
14: ...any subject that he approached, that in this theoretic essay he suggests the possibility of teaching t...
16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy for the autho... - History of biology (3053 bytes)
3: ...ologia generalis et dendrologia'', published in [[1766]].
7: In the [[19th century]] the area of [[genetics]] developed, when the [[Austria]]n [[monk]] [[...
9: ...osition and support]] from different parts of society.
11: ...larified the basic structure of [[DNA]], the [[genetic material]] for expressing [[life]] in all its f...
13: ...d, with some success, but with attendant [[ethics|ethical questions]]. In particular, [[stem cells|tot... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...[[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th century]] and [[1752]], January 1 ...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
15: ...nce|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
18: ...reat Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
2: ...px|[[William Blake]]'s ''Newton'' as a divine geometer (1795)]]
4: ...ish an authoritative system of [[ethics]], [[aesthetics]], and [[knowledge]]. The intellectual leaders...
6: ...n the exploration of [[natural philosophy]] and [[ethics]] in addition to [[politics| political]] theo...
14: ...Baruch Spinoza|Baruch (Benedictus de) Spinoza]]'s Ethics, which expounded a pantheistic view of the un...
16: ... a coherent system of verifiable predictions and set the tone for much of what would follow in the cen... - Aardvark (6420 bytes)
12: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
14: ...guage|Afrikaans]] for "earth pig," because early settlers from [[Europe]] thought it resembled a [[pig...
20: ... are not replaced. In adult Aardvarks, the only teeth are the molars at the back of the jaw.
22: ... a gradual taper. The greatly elongated head is set on a short thick neck, and at the end of the snou...
24: ...typically between 40 and 65kg; length is usually between 1 and 1.3m. Aardvarks are a pale yellowish gr... - Dik-dik (3106 bytes)
13: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
16: ...e hair on the crown forms an upright tuft that sometimes partially conceals the short, ringed horns of...
27: ==Diet==
34: ...ch as the [[caracal]], as well as [[lion]]s, [[cheetah]]s, [[hyena]]s, [[wild dog]]s and [[human]]s. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
12: ...| author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = 1766}}
17: ...s move further north along the coasts in flocks, returning to warmer waters for winter.
28: ...''Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis'' Linnaeus, 1766 - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
14: *[[Neil Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemis...
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
36: *[[John Dalton]], (1766-1844), physicist
37: *[[Henrik Carl Peter Dam]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemi...
39: *[[Peter Debye]], (1884-1966) - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
11: ...mber 19 sent up the fourth living beings in a basket attached to the ham: a sheep named Montauciel (me...
15: ...etres above [[Paris]] for a distance of nine kilometres.
18: ...ere produced in enamel and gilt-bronze replicas set with a dial in the balloon.
22: ...960s]], when [[Raven Industries]] improved the safety of the classic Montgolfier design by using ripst...
25: *[http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2003/hetherington/final/montgolfier_bros.html "Lighter tha... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ... ship. Cook rose in the ranks of the merchant fleet but declined the command of his own collier in 17...
12: ...h brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
18: In [[1766]], the Royal Society hired him to travel to the [[Pacific Ocean]] to ...
20: ...ntury earlier, in [[1642]]). Cook mapped the complete New Zealand coastline, making only minor mistake...
22: ...tain [[Arthur Phillip]] arrived with the First Fleet in [[1788]], he felt that Botany Bay was unsuitab... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
9: ...thiopia|Sissinios]] formally crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]]
11: *[[1766]] - [[American Revolution]]: The [[British Parlia...
19: ...Union]]. Despite the recent Polish successes, Soviets annex [[Ukraine]] and [[Belarus]]. Government of...
25: ...s]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Benito Mussolini]] meet at [[Brenner Pass]] in the [[Alps]] and agree to ...
31: *1962 - In [[Luxembourg]], [[Isabelle Aubret]] wins the seventh [[Eurovision Song Contest]] fo... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
10: ...attle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from [[Greenville, North Carolina]].
12: ... the first time but was not recognized as a [[planet]].
26: ...]] [[Stan Getz]] [[Sound_recording|records]] ''[[Getz/Gilberto]]'', including ''[[The Girl from Ipanem...
29: ...its day-to-day business via the cable television network [[C-SPAN]].
41: ...Jean Astruc]], French physician and scholar (d. [[1766]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
73: *[[Anaximenes of Miletus]]{{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Warthog (4196 bytes)
11: ...| author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = 1766}}
13: ... ''P. africanus'' is the Common Warthog and ''P. aethiopicus'' is the Cape or Somali Warthog.
17: ...y range in size from 0.9 to 1.5 metres (2.9-4.9 feet) in length and 50 to 150 kg (110-330 pounds) in w...
22: ...r mating opportunities during breeding season, sometimes inflicting significant and serious wounds wit...
25: ...hogs are powerful diggers, using both heads and feet. When feeding, they often bend the front legs bac... - Biology (23579 bytes)
4: ...t are often viewed as independent disciplines. Together, they study life over a wide range of [[Orders...
6: ... biology]], [[biochemistry]], and [[molecular genetics]]. At the level of the [[cell (biology)|cell...
8: ...vior of more than one individual. [[Population genetics]] looks at the level of an entire [[population...
15: ...bottom"|[[Image:Goliath_beetle.jpg|90px|Goliath beetle]]
19: ...coli]]'', tree [[fern]], [[gazelle]], Goliath [[beetle]]</div> - Hydrogen (20221 bytes)
18: ...ies]] </td><td>[[nonmetal]]s</td></tr>
22: ...rdness]] </td><td>0.0899 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m<sup>3</sup>]], NA</td></tr>
30: ... </td><td>25 (53) [[picometre|pm]]</td></tr>
63: ...und]] </td><td>1270 [[metre per second|m/s]] at 298.15 K</td></tr>
73: ... </td><td> 0.1815 [[watt per metre-kelvin|W/(m*K)]]</td></tr> - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
36: *[[1766]] - [[Hydrogen]] discovered by [[Henry Cavendish]...
47: ...nrich Klaproth]]. After the planet [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]].
59: **[[Columbium]] discovered by [[Charles Hatchett]], later renamed [[Niobium]]
99: ...red by [[Marc Delafontaine]] & [[Jacques Louis Soret]]
111: ...#953;τος ''dysprositos'' (hard to get at). - Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
2: ...ax. The Act was finally repealed on [[March 18]], 1766. This incident increased the colonists' concerns ...
6: ...me was 26 shillings whilst citizens of [[Massachusetts]] paid only around 1 shilling a year back to Lo...
8: ...f these taxes ranged from a half penny on a pamphlet or one-page newspaper to fifty pounds on a major ...
13: ...attacked by the French, [[Spain|Spanish]], and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] at various times, and they had be...
17: ...olonies. When Massachusetts asked for a general meeting, nine colonies sent representatives to a [[Sta...
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