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  1. Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
    7: ...Jesus]], known as [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Redeemer]] ("Cristo Redentor") on the [[Co...
    19: ...rouin]], and [[Nicolas de Villegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Portuguese found gold and diamonds in...
    25: ...ined as Brazilian capital after the military overthrew the [[monarchy]] and imposed a republic in [[18...
    35: ...onverted to a tram viaduct in 1896 - and rambles through the hilly streets of the Santa Teresa neighbo...
    70: * Ipanema's Gand: [[Gay]] parade that goes through the ipanema beach.
  2. Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
    5: ...fled to a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely sup...
    11: ...charter that: allowed the gentry to petition the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles from state s...
    13: ...sant revolt in 1773 led by [[Yemelyan Pugachev]] threatened Eastern Russia. As a result, Catherine the...
    17: ...luence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd statesman, Panin dedicated much effort and mil...
    19: ...]]. Russia gained the largest part of [[Poland]] through repeated [[Partitions of Poland|partitions]] ...
  3. Mary Read (2833 bytes)
    1: ...uised herself as a man and later escaped hanging through an unplanned pregnancy.
    3: ...ed an inn with the military commission named The Three Horseshoes.
    7: ...g on. Read confessed herself to Rackham who was thrilled to be on a ship with two females.
    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: ...ce]] ([[1784]]-[[1789]]) he took extensive trips through [[France|French]] and other [[Europe]]an wine...
    131: ...ellectual. He was singularly sweet-tempered, and shrank from the impassioned political bitterness that...
    137: ...[[religion]], but to be understood, if possible, through [[reason]] and [[science]].
    141: ...first submitted in [[1779]], and was one of only three accomplishments he put in his own epitaph. Virg...
  6. Portugal (61755 bytes)
    7: ...ical roots in the democratic revolution that overthrew a dictatorial regime in [[1974]] and the subseq...
    25: ... with some [[Arab]], mainly expelled after the [[Christian]] reconquest or [[Reconquista]]). In [[868]...
    40: ...their own objective, searching for the legendary Christian Kingdom of [[Prester John]].
    47: ...frica and, despite having no son and heir to the throne, decided to go personnaly into battle, where h...
    53: ...his brother, King Miguel, a conservative who overthroned Queen Maria I, led to the civil war between 1...
  7. Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
    4: ...ves was born in Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn, in 1720. He received no formal education and was never ta...
    8: ...eam allowed the operator to then release all the threads at once, to be collected on spools.
  8. List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
    112: *[[Johan Peter Uz|Uz, Johann Peter]] (1720-1796), German author
  9. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    51: ...ur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
    52: *[[Christopher Cockerell]], (1910-1999;) (1886-1972) &md...
    111: *[[James Hargreaves]], (1720-1778)
    112: *[[John Harrison]], (1693-1776) — marine chronometer
    164: ...7) — reflecting telescope (which reduces [[chromatic aberration]])
  10. Sicily (18450 bytes)
    80: ...ods of rule by the crown of [[Savoy]] ([[1713]]-[[1720|20]]) and then the [[Austria]]n [[Habsburg]]s gav...
    82: ...useppe Garibaldi]]. In [[1894]] labour agitation through the radical ''Fasci dei lavoratori'' led to t...
  11. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    28: *[[Wilfried Behre]]
    258: *[[Giuseppe Sammartino]] (1720 - 1793)
  12. Lute (15915 bytes)
    7: ...red, that are held in place by friction in holes through the ''peg box''. (There are no gears or other...
    19: ...n Palermo. By the 14th century it was widespread throughout Italy and had made significant inroads int...
    67: ...ich were augmented to 13 or rarely even 14 around 1720.
  13. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[1...
    79: *[[Alfred Bohrmann]] ([[Germany]], [[1904]] – [[2000]])
    114: *[[Richard Christopher Carrington]] ([[Britain]], [[1826]] &ndas...
    129: *[[James Christy]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1938]] – )
    202: *[[Charles Fehrenbach (astronomer)|Charles Fehrenbach]] ([[France]], [[1914]] – )
  14. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    50: *[[Alexander of Aphrodisias]], (2nd century){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    145: *[[Christoph Gottfried Bardili]], (1761-1808)
    218: *[[Niels Bohr]], (1885-1962){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    226: *[[Charles Bonnet]], (1720-1793){{fn|R}}
    347: *[[Christine de Pizan]], (c. 1365-c. 1430){{fn|R}}
  15. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    1: ...e of [[pilgrim|pilgrims]]. Following the loss of Christian territory in the [[Holy Land]], the Order o...
    5: ...monastery of Saint [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace ...
    7: ... infirmary near to the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in Jerusalem. Initially the group just cared f...
    9: ...eligious buildings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were the wo...
    27: ...l of St Michael and St George, also known as the Throne Room, in the Grandmaster's Palace, [[Valletta]...
  16. Calico Jack (2810 bytes)
    10: ...ecame public, the Governor of [[New Providence]] threatened to have Anne whipped for her adultery. Rat...
    16: ...De La Vega]] in [[Jamaica]] on [[November 16]], [[1720]]. He and the remaining members of his crew were ...
  17. Christopher Condent (2308 bytes)
    1: '''Christopher Condent''' was an English [[pirate]] who ...
    3: ...he crew, who was severely beaten and mistreated, threatened to ignite the ship's powder magazine. Cond...
    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]])
    194: ...ns of [[solid-state]] electronics. From [[1950]] through the early [[1970s]], this area provided an in...
  19. Voltaire (48640 bytes)
    8: ...ther being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that ...
    22: ...nd play, ''Artemire'', was produced in February [[1720]]. It was a failure, and though it was recast wi...
    36: ...e]] was, and the kingdom's prestige was enhanced through welcoming a distinguished exile from French i...
    54: ...e frontier and made for Brussels. He spent about three months in the [[Low Countries]], but in March [...
    60: ... first time at [[Cleves]], an interview followed three months later by a longer visit. Brussels was ag...
  20. Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
    7: ...ch]], [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]] and [[Johann Christian Bach]] became important musicians and compo...
    13: ...the moonlight. This went on nightly until Johann Christoph heard the young Sebastian playing some of t...
    17: ...earn about [[organ (music)|organ]] building. The Ohrdruf church's instrument, it seems, was in constan...
    24: ...ent encounter Bach's works early and revisit him throughout their careers.
    32: ...h's representation of the essence and message of Christianity in his religious music is considered by ...

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