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- 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: ...s 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.
28: ...ins of Abraham]], part of the [[Battle of Quebec (1759)]]
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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... - 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... - Apple (20408 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
16: ...nus ''[[Malus]]'' in the family [[Rosaceae]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Ta...
23: ...h with it to develop new disease-resistant apples is continuing.
25: ...sylvestris'', but there is no hard evidence for this in older apple [[cultivar]]s. These and other ''M... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
1: {{Egyptian Dynasty list}}
2: ...ry of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching from the establishment of the [[Eleventh dynasty of Egypt|Eleventh ...
5: ...sty of Egypt|Tenth dynasty]] in the 14th year of his reign to reunite Egypt, bringing an end to the [[...
8: ...Upper Egypt), under the reign of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a pala...
10: ...ed useful experienced by the time he would start his sole reign. The co-regencies lasted throughout th... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
5: ...0th century but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that tim...
7: ...ies as possibilities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies between dates shown here and in article...
9: ...is the “Conventional Chronology” that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''A Test of Time'' (1...
15: * Predynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Lat... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...). He also served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutio...
21: ...as [[monarch]]s and [[dictator]]s do). This established an important precedent of [[republic]]an [[dem...
24: ...s birth, hence the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of ...
26: ...smallpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemaso...
29: [[Image:Washington 1772.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-VT |
36: ...coast]]line along the [[Atlantic Ocean]], Vermont is noted mainly for the [[Green Mountains]] in the w...
38: ...ier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]].
41: ...es]], [[Vermont towns|List of Vermont towns]], [[List of mountains in Vermont|Vermont mountains]]
42: ...ses 9249 square miles (23,955 km?) and water comprises 366 square miles (948 km?), making it the 43rd ... - 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... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...helion|aphelia]] of which may be many times more distant than [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s orbit. Often ...
5: ... are [[temperature|cool]] enough that [[water]] exists in a [[solid]] (rather than [[gas]]eous) [[phas...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ... solid body of the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be ...
11: ...lennia. One very famous old recording of a comet is the appearance of Halley's Comet on the [[Bayeux ... - 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 - Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
1: This is a '''timeline of United States history'''.
2: *[[Timeline of United States history (Before 1600)|Before 1600]]
3: *[[Timeline of United States history (1600-1699)|1600-1699]]
4: ...imeline of United States history (1700-1759)|1700-1759]]
5: *[[Timeline of United States history (1760-1789)|1760-1789]] - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
10: *[[1608]]-Popham Colony dissolved
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
30: ...[[Roger Williams (theologian)|Roger Williams]] banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony
32: *[[1636]]-[[Rhode Island Colony]] founded by Roger Williams - 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: ...s 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.
28: ...ins of Abraham]], part of the [[Battle of Quebec (1759)]] - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]...
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
11: *[[1764]] - [[Revenue Act of 1764|Revenue Act]] is passed to enforce the [[Sugar Act]]
21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]] - 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.
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]].
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''. - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...the autocracy of Augustus, the pre-Augustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]...
5: ...ern Roman Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is traditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] d...
7: ...ire]], which are used interchangably throughout this article to mean the same as Roman Empire.
9: ... one thousand years after they were created, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the ear...
11: ...tsar|czars]]), and the [[German Empire]] (see [[Kaiser]]). See also [[Roman culture]]. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...mage:captainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance...
3: ...], [[1779]]) was a [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[explorers|explorer]] and [[navigator]]. He m...
7: ...laborer on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with his family to [[Great Ayton]].
8: ...r]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...allowing [[James_Wolfe | General Wolfe]] to make his famous stealth attack on the [[Plains of Abraham]... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ian]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
22: ...Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
40: *[[Aristotle]] (Greece, [[384 BC|384 B.C.]] - [[322 BC|32...
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