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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...an monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[Wa...
8: ...ce|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him, with 6 daughters (all of whom were named "Marie _____...
12: ...beth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Aust...
13: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Anna (1738-1739)
14: ...line (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Aust... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: ...ten (chopped) 2.jpg|thumb|Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
2: ...in Chawton).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
3: ...[[Western canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to ...
5: ...lative seclusion, and began to suffer ill-health. It is now thought she may have suffered from [[Addis...
7: ...ited for their perfection of form, while modern critics continue to unearth new perspectives on Austen... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ... nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
11: capital = [[Islamabad]] |
14: leader_titles = [[President of Pakistan|President...
16: ...ty = [[Karachi]] (also [[financial capital]]) |
19: area_magnitude = | - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1700...
10: *[[1713]] - Queen Anne's War ends with the [[Treaty of Utrecht (1713)|Treaty of Utrecht...
17: ...reat Awakening]] ([[1730s]] to [[1760s]]) begins with the preaching of [[Jonathan Edwards (theology)|J...
19: ...9]] - [[George Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Great Awakening
23: *[[1748]] - King George's War ends with the [[Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle]] - March 20 (10075 bytes)
9: ...]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]] and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]]. ...
11: ...]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force ...
15: ...[[1899]] – At [[Sing Sing Correctional Facility|Sing Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place]] becomes ...
19: ...lbert Einstein]] publishes his [[theory of relativity]].
20: ...SS ''Langley'']] is commissioned as the first [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]]. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}} - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
1: {{dablink|For the singer and songwriter of the same name, see [[Voltaire (band)]].}}
4: ...]] [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher...
8: ...art or D'Aumard. Both parents were of [[Poitou|Poitevin]] extraction, but the Arouets were long estab...
10: ...ansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...ough he deprecated the education he had received, it formed the basis of his considerable [[knowledge]... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
3: ...250px|right|Johann Sebastian Bach, [[1748]] portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann]]
5: ... to nearly every musician in the [[Europe]]an tradition, from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] to [[...
13: ...rom his brother's music cabinet and began to copy it by the moonlight. This went on nightly until Joha...
17: ... equally at home talking with organ builders and with performers.
19: - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...gument]]s; ie: ''y'' = F(''x''). He is credited with being one of the first to apply [[calculus]] to ...
10: ... [[1720]] Euler began his studies at the [[University of Basel]]. There Euler met [[Daniel Bernoulli|...
12: ...ytice exposita'' ("Mechanics or motion explained with analytical science"—that is, calculus). I...
14: ...dants of these children, however, were in high positions in Russia in the 19th century.
16: ...y productive; however, he did not have an easy position due to a lack of the king's favor. Therefore ... - Carolus Linnaeus (8550 bytes)
2: '''Carl Linnaeus''', also known after his [[nobility|ennoblement]] as '''Carl von Linn駧' {{Audio|sv...
5: ...nd University]], transferring to [[Uppsala University]] after one year.
7: ... short work on the subject that earned him the position of adjunct professor.
9: ... Academy of Sciences at Uppsala financed his expedition to explore [[Laponia|Lapland]], then virtually...
11: ...o have popularized it within the scientific community. - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...try|industrial]] capacity) were: [[Austria]], [[Britain]], [[France]], [[Prussia]], and [[Russia]].
9: ... of power away from the west and create new competition in Europe other than France, England, and Spai...
11: ...pecially [[India]], where civil war enabled the British to take control of the entire sub-continent.
13: ...e. In music, the era of [[Baroque music]] reached its apotheosis in the music of [[J.S. Bach]], and th...
17: ...Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russia|Russian]] [[capital]] until [[1918]]. - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: ...0]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], in accordance with the [[Anno Domini]]/[[Common Era]] numbering sys...
4: ...Social History 1688-1832 (The Arnold History of Britain Series) |publisher=A Hodder Arnold Publication...
6: ...ies of Europe embraced enlightenment ideals, but with the French revolution, they were on the side of ...
8: ...espite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radically change human society and the geol...
15: * [[1700]]: The [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]] (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific North... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
15: ...ivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
17: ...n]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_type:city(4,661,219)}}
23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
25: | [[Altitude]]: || 3 m
33: ! align="center" colspan="2" |[[Image:neva_spit.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Neva]] river has been calle...
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