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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...es' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...hood. She made him co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to her...
13: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Anna (1738-1739)
15: ...763), then HSH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (1739-1767); no surviving issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]...
29: ...t, leaving her to learn the job on her own. Additionally, the army was weak and the treasury depleted... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...othing to reduce the stature and drama of her fiction.
5: ...novelist, she continued to live in relative seclusion, and began to suffer ill-health. It is now thoug...
7: ...ly ''[[Emma]]'', are often cited for their perfection of form, while modern critics continue to uneart...
12: ...ary types, are drawn with such firmness and precision, and with such significant detail as to retain t...
14: ...er novels is different from that of their publication. They are: - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: national_motto = Yaqeen-e-muhkam, ittihād, n...
8: ...ge_map = LocationPakistan.png|Location of Pakistan |
9: national_anthem = [[Pak sarzamin shad bad]]<br...
21: population_estimate = 162,419,946 |
22: population_estimate_year = 2004 | - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] con...
6: ...- [[Queen Anne's War]] (War of the Spanish Succession) begins
19: ...9]] - [[George Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Great Awakening
22: ...King George's War]] ([[War of the Austrian Succession]]) begins
45: ...[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History/United_States Historical Pictu... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[...
14: ...h; Signature of [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]].
15: *[[1899]] – At [[Sing Sing Correctional Facility|Sing Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place...
17: ...tionalist party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
18: ..., the first international [[figure skating]] championship takes place. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937)
170: *[[Vissarion Belinsky]], (1811-1848){{fn|R}} - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
6: ==Biography==
8: ... Both parents were of [[Poitou|Poitevin]] extraction, but the Arouets were long established in Paris,...
10: ...trong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...owledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...e Temple, of which the [[knights of Malta|grand prior]] Vendôme was the head, and the poets [[Gu... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...Bach)|Mass in B Minor]] and the [[St. Matthew Passion]].
7: ... father, uncles and elder brother were all professional musicians, as well as numerous other more dist...
9: ==Biography==
11: ...ume J. S. Bach began copying music and playing various instruments at an early age.
13: ...rieved a manuscript (which may have been a collection of works by Johann Christoph's former mentor, [[... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...xpression (mathematics)|expression]] involving various [[parameter|argument]]s; ie: ''y'' = F(''x''). ...
9: == Biography ==
12: ... vision in the right eye due to excessive observation of the [[Sun]].
14: ...nts of these children, however, were in high positions in Russia in the 19th century.
16: ...productive; however, he did not have an easy position due to a lack of the king's favor. Therefore he... - Carolus Linnaeus (8550 bytes)
2: ...Sweden|Swedish]] [[botanist]] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of [[taxonomy]]. He is al...
4: == Biography ==
7: ...hort work on the subject that earned him the position of adjunct professor.
9: ...cademy of Sciences at Uppsala financed his expedition to explore [[Laponia|Lapland]], then virtually u...
11: ...[Systema Naturae]]''. In it, the unwieldy descriptions mostly used at the time, such as "''physalis am... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: .... In [[Europe]], the principal nations of this period (in terms of [[industry|industrial]] capacity) w...
9: ...f power away from the west and create new competition in Europe other than France, England, and Spain.
11: ...ing away from their parents. In [[Asia]], exploration and influences from Europe were beginning to sha...
16: ...[[1701]]-[[1714|14]]: [[War of the Spanish Succession]]
18: * [[1707]]: [[Act of Union 1707|Act of Union]] passed merging the [[Scotland|Scottish]] and t... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ... the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]]]]
6: ...ution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ... the American revolution. The [[industrial revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginni...
13: ...ope on the eve of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1700)]]
17: ... supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Baltic]] power after the [[Great Northern War]]. - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
15: | [[Subdivisions of Russia|Subdivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
17: ...ystem|Location]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_type:city(4,661,219)}}
21: | [[Population]]: || 4,661,219 <small>(2002 Census)</small>
23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
36: ...ation of Russian into English|English transliteration]]: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as i...
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