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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
14: ...], and [[King of Bohemia|Queen of Bohemia]]: 1740-1741
15: ...]], [[King of Bohemia]]: 1780 ([[Heir-Apparent]]: 1741-1780)
35: ...ttack Prussia in [[1756]]. Frederick II attacked first however, invading [[Saxony]], another ally of ... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...tion of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]. ...
17: == Palace Revolution of 1741 ==
19: ... existing government. The idea seems to have been first suggested to her by the French ambassador, La ...
23: At midnight on the 6th of December [[1741]], with a few personal friends, including her phy...
25: ...this may be added that she was ever ready to sacrifice the prejudices of the woman to the duty of the ... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
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36: ...ion (608,827) ranks as the second smallest of the fifty states. As the only [[New England]] state not ...
48: ...everal mountains do have timberlines: [[Mount Mansfield]], the highest mountain in the state and [[Kil...
54: ...6 degrees Celsius), at [[Bloomfield, Vermont|Bloomfield]] on [[December 30]], [[1933]].
57: ...sfield 20040926.jpg|280px|thumb|right|[[Mount Mansfield]], at 4,393 feet, is the highest elevation poi... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
99: *[[James Barry (painter)|James Barry]] ([[1741]]-[[1806]])
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
19: ...eorge Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Great Awakening - Venice (22017 bytes)
6: ... other three being [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriati...
10: ...r west as the [[Adda River]], were known as "Terrafirma", and were acquired partly as a buffer against...
12: ...]], symbol of Venice. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especial...
16: ... [[oligarchy|oligarchical]] peers to resign the office and retire into [[monastery|monastic]] seclusio...
24: ...that Venice became perhaps the most elegant and refined city in [[Europe]], greatly influencing [[art]... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
95: *[[Mino da Fiesole]] (c.1429 - 1484)
96: *[[Steve Fiorilla]]
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
141: *[[Jean Antoine Houdon]] (1741 - 1828) - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...e credit in a raid on [[Fort Ticonderoga]]. Some five years later, in 1780, he plotted with the Briti...
6: ...ustoms laws of the Crown. He married Margaret Mansfield on [[February 22]], [[1767]]. They had three s...
9: ... the Massachusetts's [[militia]] to undertake the first entirely offensive military expedition by the ...
17: ...in [[1776]] oversaw the construction of America's first gunships on [[Lake Champlain]], in the town of...
19: ... and again had trouble getting along with other officers. While he was rallying troops, his horse was... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...edical [[catheter]], the [[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and...
13: ...[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth).
15: Josiah's first wife Anne died in Boston on [[July 9]], [[1689...
23: ...now the [[Church of St Batholomew the Great, Smithfield]]. Following this he returned to Philadelphia ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
195: *[[Bruno de Finetti]] (Italy, [[1906]] - [[1985]])
254: *[[Leonardo of Pisa|Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci]] (Italy, [[1170]] - [[1250]])
255: *[[John Charles Fields]] (Canada, [[1863]] - [[1932]])
256: *[[Thomas Fincke]] (Denmark, [[1561]] - [[1656]]) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ... was Christian. In [[1023]], merchants from [[Amalfi]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were given permiss...
7: ..., established the first significant Hospitaller infirmary near to the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]...
9: ...ings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were the work of either t...
15: ...order sought refuge in the [[Kingdom of Cyprus]]. Finding themselves becoming enmeshed in the politics...
17: ...y were forced to become a more militarized force, fighting especially with the [[Barbary pirates]]. Th... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
36: |[[Electron configuration]] || <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[xenon|Xe]]<nowik...
66: |[[Specific heat capacity]] || 130 [[joule per kilogram-kelv...
164: ...stance characteristics are well-suited for making fine [[jewelry]].
171: ... metal was used by [[pre-Columbian]] Indians, the first European reference to platinum appears in 1557...
173: ... the metal "platino," or little silver, when they first encountered it in Colombia. They regarded pla... - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
22: *[[1450]] - [[Antimony]] first described by [[Tholden]]
32: *[[1741]] - [[Platinum]] discovered by [[Charles Wood (sc...
58: ... discovered by [[Andr鳠Manuel del R�], not verified until [[1831]]
149: ... discovered by Y. Oganessian et al, Dubna and confirmed at GSI (1982)
160: *[[2004]] (awaiting confirmation) - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
10: He was the fifth child of his parents, preceded by twin boys (o...
14: ...ed to remove him from such society by sending him first to [[Caen]] and then, in the suite of the marq...
16: ...lampoon]]s on him. In May [[1716]] he was exiled, first to [[Tulle]], then to [[Sully]], later, having...
20: ...seems to have begun his long series of successful financial speculations.
28: ..., ''Marianne'', appeared and was well received at first but underwent complete damnation before the cu... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...= F(''x''). He is credited with being one of the first to apply [[calculus]] to [[physics]].
5: ...fic mathematician of all time, his collected work filling 75 volumes. He dominated [[eighteenth centu...
10: ...sked him to allow his son to study mathematics he finally agreed and Euler began to study mathematics.
12: ...thematics appointment in [[1733]]. Euler was the first to publish a systematic introduction to [[mech...
16: In the year [[1741]] Euler became director of the mathematical class... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: European history scholars will sometimes specifically refer to the 18th century as [[1715]]-[[1789...
9: ...ld generate the [[peasant revolt]]s that, for the first time, would begin to shake the old ways and fe...
23: * [[1721]]: [[Robert Walpole]] becomes the first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime M...
33: * [[1741]]: [[Russia]]ns begin settling the [[Aleutian Isl...
46: ...anish]] [[missionary|missionaries]] establish the first of 21 [[Spanish Missions of California|mission... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ..., an iconic event of the [[French Revolution]]]][[File:Washington Crossing the Delaware.png|thumb|250p...
6: ...f Maximlien de Robespierre in the early 1790s. At first, the monarchies of Europe embraced enlightenme...
12: [[File:Poltava battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in...
13: [[File:Europa 1700 en.jpg|thumb|250px|Europe on the ev...
14: [[File:Marlborough-duke-first.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Churchill, 1st Duke o... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
36: ...f the river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Sea]].
52: ... the outdoor museum of [[Neoclassicism]], was the first Russian patrimony inscribed in the [[UNESCO]] ...
58: ...he [[Media:anichkov_palace.jpg|Anichkov palace]] (1741–1750, many times rebuilt, now a palace for ...
62: ...med for its opulent interiors and named after its first lodger, Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, now hous...
70: ...chitect, [[Auguste de Montferrand]]. Another magnificent church in the [[Empire style]] is the [[Kazan... - Articles of Confederation (19574 bytes)
3: ==The Articles of Confederation: America's First Attempt at Governance==
5: ...f Confederation, ratified in 1781, emerged as the first constitution of the United States, laying the ...
13: ...decentralized system of government, granting significant autonomy to individual states. Some key featu...
17: ...ying on voluntary contributions from states. This financial weakness severely hampered its ability to ...
22: ...d the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War and established...
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