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  1. Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
    13: ...[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was ...
    15: ...ips between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built and an alliance was fo...
    17: ...palicade on top of a hill, imitating the medieval European strategy of defense of fortified castles - ...
    19: ...rouin]], and [[Nicolas de Villegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Portuguese found gold and diamonds in...
    21: ... then became the only European capital outside of Europe. Since there was no physical space nor urban ...
  2. Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
    5: ...-date on current events in Russia and the rest of Europe. She corresponded with many of the great mind...
    9: ...harles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine drew up a document to reform the cod...
    16: ...ronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]]
    21: .... She attempted to partition the Ottoman Empire's European holdings after the Polish example, but achi...
    23: ...n [[1780]] she set up a group designed to defend neutral shipping against [[Great Britain]] during the...
  3. Mary Read (2833 bytes)
    9: ... happy together, but not for long. In October of 1720, the troops of Captain Barnet captured Rackham an...
  4. Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
    6: ...ade their first appearance, and around [[1720s BC|1720 BC]] took control of the town of [[Avaris]] (the ...
  5. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
    23: ..., [[1757]]) and Jane Randolph ([[February 20]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from famili...
    32: ...imself was never able to produce wine on par with Europe. However, it seems likely that he would be pl...
    67: ...f 1807]], an attempt to force respect for U.S. [[neutrality]] by ending trade with the belligerents in...
    189: ... his religious opinions. Valuable introduction by Eugene Sheridan.
  6. Portugal (61755 bytes)
    1: ...]], and is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is bordered by [[Spain]] to the nor...
    7: ...nd the subsequent entry in the [[EEC]] (today's [[European Union]]) in [[1986]]. Portugal made signifi...
    15: ...ves of [[Celts]] invaded Portugal from [[Central Europe]] and intermarried with local peoples, the [[...
    38: ...?vares Pereira departed to besiege and conquer [[Ceuta]] in North [[Africa]], a rich Islamic trade cen...
    40: ...d refuge in Portugal after being pursued all over Europe. The Templars had their own objective, search...
  7. Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
    1: ...g|300px|thumb|Model of the spinning jenny in a museum in Wuppertal, Germany]]
    4: ...ves was born in Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn, in 1720. He received no formal education and was never ta...
  8. List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
    44: *[[Bj?Ulvaeus|Ulvaeus, Bj?], Swedish songwiter and ex-member of ABBA
    112: *[[Johan Peter Uz|Uz, Johann Peter]] (1720-1796), German author
  9. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    62: ...nardo DaVinci]], (1452-1519), [[Italy]] — [[euclidean geometry]]
    83: *[[Adolf Eugen Fick]], (1829-1901) — [[contact lens]]
    111: *[[James Hargreaves]], (1720-1778)
    153: *[[Antonio Meucci]], inventor of the telephone
    184: *[[Norbert Rillieux|Norbert Rilleaux]], (1806-1894), [[United States...
  10. Sicily (18450 bytes)
    30: ...10,900 ft) high, making it the tallest volcano in Europe. It is also one of the world's most active v...
    47: ...ved by national and international flights (mainly European) from to [[Palermo International Airport]] ...
    66: ...man kings had a vast park. In the far west, Lilybaeum (now Marsala) never was thoroughly Hellenized. I...
    80: ...ods of rule by the crown of [[Savoy]] ([[1713]]-[[1720|20]]) and then the [[Austria]]n [[Habsburg]]s gav...
  11. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    78: *[[Robert Deurloo]] (1946- )
    258: *[[Giuseppe Sammartino]] (1720 - 1793)
  12. Lute (15915 bytes)
    19: The lute first appeared in Europe in the [[Middle Ages]], transferred across th...
    35: ...historical instruments that are to be found in museums or private collections. They are only rarely fo...
    59: ... to the composer or perhaps belonging to some amateur lutenist who would copy in unpublished songs, or...
    67: ...ich were augmented to 13 or rarely even 14 around 1720.
    79: ...he player, e.g. ''7<sup><small>e</small></sup> choeur en fa'' = "seventh course in ''fa''" (= F in the...
  13. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    34: *[[Eugene M. Antoniadi]] ([[Greece]], [[France]], [[187...
    131: *[[J鲴me Eug讥 Coggia]] ([[France]], [[1849]] &ndash; [[1919...
    146: *[[Jacques D'Allonville|Jacques Eug讥 d'Allonville]] ([[France]], [[1671]] &ndash; ...
    156: *[[Charles-Eug讥 Delaunay]] ([[France]], [[1816]] &ndash; [[18...
    157: *[[Eug讥 Joseph Delporte]] ([[Belgium]], [[1882]] &nda...
  14. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    226: *[[Charles Bonnet]], (1720-1793){{fn|R}}
    232: *[[Pierre Bourdieu]], (1930-2002){{fn|R}}
    414: *[[Tadeusz Czezowski]], (1889-1981)
    438: *[[Gilles Deleuze]], (1925-1995){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    445: *[[Denys the Carthusian]] (or ''Denys de Leeuwis''), (1402-1471){{fn|R}}
  15. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    25: ...harles V]] of Austria, with the consent of their feudal landlord the King of Sicily. Their annual fee ...
    33: ===Retreat in Europe===
    36: The group lost a number of its European holdings following the rise of [[Protestant...
    41: ...to exist in a diminished form and negotiated with European governments for a return to power. The [[Em...
    43: ...cted in the government of the Order being under Lieutenants, rather than Grand Masters in the period [...
  16. Calico Jack (2810 bytes)
    16: ...De La Vega]] in [[Jamaica]] on [[November 16]], [[1720]]. He and the remaining members of his crew were ...
  17. Christopher Condent (2308 bytes)
    9: ... and the [[Red Sea]] for a further year or so. In 1720, near [[Bombay]], Condent and his crew captured a...
  18. Germanium (8776 bytes)
    64: | 1211.4 [[Kelvin|K]] (1720.9 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
    134: ...="4" | Ge is [[stable isotope|stable]] with 38 [[neutron]]s
    145: | colspan="4" | Ge is stable with 40 neutrons
    149: | colspan="4" | Ge is stable with 41 neutrons
    153: | colspan="4" | Ge is stable with 42 neutrons
  19. Voltaire (48640 bytes)
    12: The Abb&eacute; de [[Ch&acirc;teauneuf]], a friend of Fran&ccedil;ois' mother, instruct...
    14: ...hen, in the suite of the marquis de Ch&acirc;teauneuf, the abb&eacute;'s brother, to [[The Hague]]. He...
    18: ... hypothesis of an anagram on the name "Arouet le jeune" or "Arouet l.j.", 'u' being changed to 'v' and...
    22: ...nd play, ''Artemire'', was produced in February [[1720]]. It was a failure, and though it was recast wi...
    26: ...n. He stayed at [[Cambrai]] for some time, where European diplomatists were still in full session, jo...
  20. Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
    5: ...n the [[Europe]]an tradition, from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] to [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenber...
    17: ...ed mechanism, was the most complex machine in any European town. This practical experience with the in...
    38: ...Maria Barbara. She died suddenly on [[July 7]], [[1720]] while Bach was travelling with Prince Leopold.
    42: ...atly influencing the early work of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. Although the barriers to women having ...
    49: Having spent much of the [[1720]]s composing weekly cantatas, Bach assembled a si...

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