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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... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challen...
16: *[[Amy Acker|Acker, Amy Louise]] (born 1976)
32: ...t Christian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
33: ... Christian Benedict Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
8: ...Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
9: *[[John Adair|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Ke...
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
21: ...waetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...o.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3: '''Denis Diderot''' ([[October 5]], [[1713]] – [[Jul...
5: ...ilosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets o...
7: ...of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
10: ...losophiques'' (1746), and he presently added to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...e [[state]]. She encouraged [[Lomonosov]]'s establishment of the [[University of Moscow]] and Shuvalov...
9: ... later day picked up some Italian, German and Swedish, and could converse in these languages with more...
11: ...rself at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress.
13: ...ted the memory of Peter the Great, practically banished Peter's daughter from court. Elizabeth had inh...
15: ...ievich Razumovsky|Alexis Razumovski]], who, there is good reason to believe, subsequently became her h... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]]
18: ...d owner]], [[architect]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], [[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founde...
20: ...y include the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
23: ...[Flat Hat Club]] — before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Vir...
27: ... convenient devices invented by Jefferson. Nearby is the University of Virginia, the original architec... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...n compensation for its loss of Florida to the British.
5: ...e part of the North American portion of the [[British Empire]].
9: ...ngly, [[French and Indian Wars]]) between the British, the French, and their Indian allies, following ...
13: ...es Wolfe]] defeated a French garrison led by [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France...
15: ...; creating the [[Cajun]] population – but this would not be possible in Canada. - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
3: ...longside the British. The name "Seven Years' War" is used in the United States to refer only to the [[...
5: ...]] while the fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the [[Silesian Wars|3rd Silesian War]].
10: ...some influence on mainland Europe. Furthermore, this allowed Britain to focus her soldiers towards her...
14: ...med by the heated colonial struggle between [[British Empire|Great Britain]] and [[French colonial emp...
18: ...ck determined to strike first. On [[August 29]], his well prepared army crossed the frontier of Saxony... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: ...[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
12: ...840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
13: ...([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - January 2 (10888 bytes)
1: '''January 2''' is the [[2 (number)|2]]nd day of the year in the [[G...
8: ...[Reconquista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Cal...
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]].
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
1: This is a partial list of [[sculptor (artist)|sculptor]]s.
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
25: *[[Antoine-Louis Barye]]
38: *[[Louise Bourgeois]] (1911 - )
51: *[[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... was well known also for his many quotations and his experiments with [[electricity]]. Franklin was a ...
9: ...to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
11: ...ne Child at Ecton; and over the next few years, this couple had three children, all of whom being half...
21: ...rentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New England Courant''.
23: ...m for agitating for a variety of local reforms. His intelligence combined with a great deal of savvy ... - 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}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
17: | [[Ottoman Turkish]]
20: | [[Istanbul|İstanbul]] ([[Constantinople]]/[[Asit...
31: | '''[[Rise of the Ottoman Empire|Establishment]]'''
34: | '''[[Fall of the Ottoman Empire|Dissolution]]'''
43: ...an=2 style="text-align: center;" | Part of the [[History of Turkey]] series - Beryllium (15119 bytes)
16: ...Name]], [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
83: ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD" | Miscellaneous
101: | 1757.1 kJ/mol
106: ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD" | Most stable isotopes
111: ! [[Isotope|iso]] - Calcium (9166 bytes)
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15: ...Name]], [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]</td><td>calcium, ...
39: ...]]) </td><td>2 (strong [[Base (chemistry)|base]])</td></tr>
44: ...] </td><td>solid ([[magnetism|paramagnetic]])</td></tr>
48: ...ng point]] </td><td>1757 K (2703?F)</td></tr> - 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... - Indian art (7305 bytes)
2: ... can be best understood through a broad cultural history,religions and philosophies which place art pr...
3: Hinduism and Buddhism of the ancient period (300BC- 1700 AD)
4: Islamic ascendancy (712-1757AD)
5: The colonial period (1757-1947)
10: ...ace for innovation, creation, and the process of visualizing abstract ideas and the culture of the lan... - 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]].
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