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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] n...
11: ...cisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...eorge Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Ca...
23: ... de Balboa]], (c. [[1475]]-[[1519]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...lative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
6: ...rchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Au...
8: ...o was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him, with 6 daughte...
12: ...37-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [...
13: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Anna (1738-1739) - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: ... Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
2: ...Chawton).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
3: ...English literature|English novelist]] whose work is considered part of the [[Western canon]]. She sta...
5: ...w thought she may have suffered from [[Addison's disease]], the cause of which was then unknown. She t...
7: ... predicament of young, unmarried, upper-class English women in the early [[1800s]]. - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
1: ... 8 October 2005 [[earthquake]] in [[Pakistan-administered Kashmir]].''
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6: image_coat = Pakistan emblem.jpg | - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
1: ... of the Great Awakening, is still remembered for his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1700]] to [[1759]...
6: *[[1702]] - [[Queen Anne's War]] (War of the Spanish Succession) begins
18: ...John Peter Zenger]] trial on freedom of the press issues.
19: ...9]] - [[George Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Great Awakening - March 20 (10075 bytes)
1: '''March 20''' is the 79th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calen...
8: ...– The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[...
11: ...d a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
13: ...eecher Stowe]]'s ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' is published. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...lightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came fro...
10: ...t]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...considerable [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...r, a [[Protestant]] girl from a poor family, but his father stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lett... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...t]] to [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg]]. Some of his most famous works include the [[Brandenburg Conce...
7: ...]], [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]] and [[Johann Christian Bach]] became important musicians and compose...
11: ...s, although Bach would later surpass them all in his art. In an era when sons were expected to be appr...
13: ...stian playing some of the distinctive tunes from his private library, at which point the elder brother...
17: ...nstrument would provide a unique counterpoint to his unequalled skill in playing it; Bach was equally ... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...[parameter|argument]]s; ie: ''y'' = F(''x''). He is credited with being one of the first to apply [[c...
5: ...fe, during which time he produced almost half of his total output.
7: The [[asteroid]] [[2002 Euler]] is named in his honour.
10: ...Daniel and Nikolaus Bernoulli asked him to allow his son to study mathematics he finally agreed and Eu...
12: ... is, calculus). In [[1735]] he lost much of his vision in the right eye due to excessive observation ... - Carolus Linnaeus (8550 bytes)
2: ...s of modern [[ecology]] (see [[Ecology (history)|History of ecology]]).
5: ...nterest in [[botany]] impressed a physician from his town and he was sent to study at [[Lund Universit...
7: ...amen]]s and [[pistil]]s of [[flower]]s lay the basis for the classification of [[plant]]s, and he wrot...
9: ...The result of this was the ''Flora Laponica'' published in [[1737]].
11: ...amiliar genus-species names in the form ''[[Physalis angulata]]''. Higher taxa were constructed and ar... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...tion]]. In [[Europe]], the principal nations of this period (in terms of [[industry|industrial]] capac...
9: ...om and threatened the power of [[theology]]. The rise of nations like Austria, Russia, and Prussia beg...
11: ...cially [[India]], where civil war enabled the British to take control of the entire sub-continent.
13: ...], and the [[Classical music era]] began. In the visual arts, the [[Rococo]] style replaced the [[Baro...
16: * [[1701]]-[[1714|14]]: [[War of the Spanish Succession]] - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...isbn=0340567511 | oclc=243883533}}</ref> [[File:Prise de la Bastille.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Storming of...
6: ... christian fundamentalism of earlier centuries. This dream turned into a nightmare during the terror o...
13: ...b|250px|Europe on the eve of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1700)]]
14: ...|[[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], English general.]]
15: ... of the [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]]. - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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13: ... of Russia|District]]: || [[Northwestern Federal District|North West Russia]]
15: | [[Subdivisions of Russia|Subdivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]...
36: ...8;а́д, [[1914]]–[[1924]]), is a city located in [[Northwestern Russia]] on the ...
38: ...With about 4.7 million inhabitants ([[2002]]), it is today [[Russia]]'s second largest city, Europe's ...
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