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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
140: ...p it to [[Albany, New York|Albany]], discovered [[Hudson Bay]]
141: *[[Alexander von Humboldt]], (1769-1859), German naturalist, explored...
142: *[[Hamilton Hume]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
160: ...ois de La Pérouse|Jean François La Pérouse]], (1741-1788), French explorer of the Pacific
192: *[[Hugh McNeil]], Lewis and Clark Party member - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
3: ....I.M. Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess...
4: ...[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman E...
6: ...ial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia'' was the eldest daughter of [[C...
12: ...hduchess of Austria]], [[King of Hungary|Queen of Hungary]], and [[King of Bohemia|Queen of Bohemia]]:...
14: ...], and [[King of Bohemia|Queen of Bohemia]]: 1740-1741 - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: [[Image:elizabeth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and A...
3: ...stablishment of the [[University of Moscow]] and Shuvalov's foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Ar...
15: ...s good reason to believe, subsequently became her husband.
17: == Palace Revolution of 1741 ==
21: [[Image:elizabeth_venus.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The portrait of Elizabeth as [[Venus... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ... Champlain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts]] to the south, [[New Hampshire]] to the eas...
57: ...[[Mount Ellen]], [[Mount Abraham]], and [[Camel's Hump]]. The lowest point in the state is [[Lake Cham...
58: ...ribes out of Vermont, later using the area as a [[hunting]] ground and warring with the remaining Aben...
62: ...rmont and the site of the first [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]].
68: ... settlements were made by the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] to protect its settlers on the western... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
84: *[[Ludolf Bakhuysen]] ([[1631]]-[[1708]])
89: *[[Balthus]] ([[1908]]-[[2001]])
99: *[[James Barry (painter)|James Barry]] ([[1741]]-[[1806]])
187: *[[Arthur Boyd]] ([[1920]]-[[1999]])
264: *[[Frederick Edwin Church]] ([[1826]]-[[1900]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
1: [[Image:Jonathan Edwards.jpg|thumb|Rev. Jonathan Edwards, a leader of the Great Aw...
19: ...eorge Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Great Awakening - Venice (22017 bytes)
1: [[Image:Venice_italy_2.jpg|thumb]]
9: [[Image:VEN74_1625W.jpg|thumb|]]
11: [[Image:VEN74_1627LW.jpg|thumb]]
14: ...s, but the social order was entirely [[feudal]]. Church and various private properties were tied to mi...
15: [[Image:VEN74_1631W.jpg|thumb]] - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
141: *[[Jean Antoine Houdon]] (1741 - 1828)
142: *[[Richard Hunt (sculptor)|Richard Hunt]] (1953 - ) - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
1: [[Image:B_arnold.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Benedict Arnold. Image provided by ...
3: ...ich would have given the British control of the [[Hudson River]] and split the [[Thirteen Colonies|col...
9: ...]]. They appointed him a [[colonel]] in the Massachusetts's [[militia]] to undertake the first entirel...
10: ...ho did not care that Arnold had orders from Massachusetts. Arnold could not talk Allen out of relinqui...
12: ...ivered the letter announcing the victory to Massachusetts, doing his best to diminish Arnold's partici... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: [[Image:B franklin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by...
9: ... Abiah Folger, was born in [[Nantucket]], [[Massachusetts]] on [[August 15]], [[1667]], to Peter Folge...
13: ...d]] for [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]; and while in Boston, they had several mor...
15: ..., on [[November 25]] [[1689]] in the [[Old South Church]] of Boston by the Rev. Samuel Willard.
20: [[Image:B_franklin_6.jpg|thumb|300px|]] - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
95: *[[Farkas Wolfgang Bolyai]] (Hungary, [[1775]] - [[1856]])
96: *[[Jᮯs Bolyai]] (Hungary, [[1802]] - [[1860]])
108: *[[Raoul Bott]] (Hungary, [[1923]]-)
139: *[[Arthur Cayley]] (Britain, [[1821]] - [[1895]]) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
7: ... significant Hospitaller infirmary near to the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in Jerusalem. Initiall...
23: [[Image:Malta Knights.jpg|right|thumb|410px|Re-enactment of 16th-century military dri...
29: ...ge once again, but this time were met at sea by a huge and very modern Spanish fleet under the command...
34: [[Image:Ranuccio Farnese Titian.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A portrait of a 12-year-old [[Ranuc...
43: ...ed the revival of the Order’s fortunes as a humanitarian and ceremonial organization. In [[1834]... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
160: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided ...
171: ... in 1557 in the writings of the [[Italy|Italian]] humanist [[Julius Caesar Scaliger]] (1484-1558) as a...
175: ...es Wood]] independently isolated the element in [[1741]].
185: [[Image:PlatinumOreUSGOV.jpg|thumb|left|Platinum ore]]
190: ...as a by-product of [[nickel]] ore processing. The huge quantities of nickel ore processed makes up for... - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
1: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided...
32: *[[1741]] - [[Platinum]] discovered by [[Charles Wood (sc...
36: ...ish]]. From the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''hud? (water) and ''gennan'' (generate).
45: ...vered by brothers [[Jos項lhuyar]] and [[Fausto Elhuyar]]
68: **[[Potassium]] discovered [[Humphry Davy]]. From the [[Latin]] word ''kalium''.... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
46: ...ways, an attack on everything established in the church and state of France. It was published with cer...
50: ...is hostess, and now and then of her accommodating husband.
60: ...r visit. Brussels was again the headquarters in [[1741]], by which time Voltaire had finished two of his...
78: ...should get on together for long. Voltaire was not humble enough to be a mere butt, as many of Frederic...
102: ...t of which Fréron himself did an admirably humorous criticism. - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leonhard Euler.jpeg|thumb|Leonhard Euler aged 49 (oil painting by [[Emanu...
16: In the year [[1741]] Euler became director of the mathematical class... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
18: ...ttish]] and the [[England|English]] Parliaments, thus establishing The [[Kingdom of Great Britain]].
28: ...9]]: The [[Qianlong Emperor]] of China oversees a huge expansion in territory.
33: * [[1741]]: [[Russia]]ns begin settling the [[Aleutian Isl...
47: ... The [[Partitions of Poland]] end the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] and erase Poland from the map...
80: * [[David Hume]] (philosopher) - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...n]]]][[File:Washington Crossing the Delaware.png|thumb|250px|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[Decem...
8: ...gs in the 18th century, it would radically change human society and the geology of the surface of the ...
12: [[File:Poltava battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in the [[Battle of Poltava]...
13: [[File:Europa 1700 en.jpg|thumb|250px|Europe on the eve of the [[War of the Spa...
14: ...:Marlborough-duke-first.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], English general... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
33: ...lign="center" colspan="2" |[[Image:neva_spit.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Neva]] river has been called the ma...
46: [[image:winter_canal.jpg|thumb|left|St Petersburg is known as the city of 300 ...
58: ...he [[Media:anichkov_palace.jpg|Anichkov palace]] (1741–1750, many times rebuilt, now a palace for ...
60: [[Image:HermitageAcrossNeva.jpg|center|thumb|650px|The [[Hermitage Museum]] complex with the...
62: ...1762–1766); the [[Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov|Shuvalov]] palace (1830–1838), where [[Rasputin... - Articles of Confederation (19574 bytes)
1: [[Image:Articles page1.jpg|thumb|right|The Articles of Confederation]]
65: ...e in a [[1781]] letter to the governor of [[Massachusetts]], [[John Hancock]].
99: ...date, delegates present from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsy...
109: *[[Massachusetts|Massachusetts Bay]]: [[John Hancock]], [[Samuel Adams]], [...
111: ...Sherman]], [[Samuel Huntington (statesman)|Samuel Huntington]], [[Oliver Wolcott]], [[Titus Hosmer]], ...
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