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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
89: ...Red]], (c.950-1003), explored and colonized [[Greenland]]
90: ...ríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Americas|America]]
131: ...ara Falls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississ...
148: ...anish people|Danish]] explorer, Governor of [[Greenland]]
160: ...ois de La Pérouse|Jean François La Pérouse]], (1741-1788), French explorer of the Pacific - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...is page is about Maria Theresa of Austria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[...
14: ...], and [[King of Bohemia|Queen of Bohemia]]: 1740-1741
15: ...]], [[King of Bohemia]]: 1780 ([[Heir-Apparent]]: 1741-1780)
37: ...I, her eldest son, as coregent and emperor. She only allowed him limited powers because she felt he w...
41: She died in [[1780]], the only female to rule during the 650-year-long [[Habsbu... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ... '''Elizabeth''', was an Empress of [[Russia]] ([[1741]] - [[1762]]) who took the country into the [[War...
11: ... to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found hers...
17: == Palace Revolution of 1741 ==
23: ...e Preobrazhensky [[Leib Guard|Guards]] regiment, enlisted their sympathies by a stirring speech, and l...
25: ...ttle knowledge and no experience of affairs, suddenly found herself at the head of a great empire at o... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ...along the [[Atlantic Ocean]], Vermont is noted mainly for the [[Green Mountains]] in the west and [[La...
66: ...ks]] burnt the settlement to the ground, leaving only chimneys and giving the area its name.
72: ...II of Great Britain|George II]] in [[1740]]. In [[1741]], George II ruled that Massachusetts's claims in...
104: Vermont is the home state of the only two current members of the United States Congres...
121: Unlike other states, Vermont does not have a [[term l... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
99: *[[James Barry (painter)|James Barry]] ([[1741]]-[[1806]])
440: *[[Henry Fuseli]] ([[1741]]-[[1825]])
622: *[[Angelica Kauffmann]] ([[1741]]-[[1807]])
1151: *[[Eduard von Steinle]] ([[1810]]-[[1886]])
1152: *[[Théophile Steinlen]] ([[1859]]-[[1923]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
19: ...eorge Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Great Awakening - Venice (22017 bytes)
10: ...dship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as [[Berga...
12: ...ist|Winged Lion of St. Mark]], symbol of Venice. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the m...
14: ...self. The ''[[Cavalieri di San Marco]]'' was the only order of [[chivalry]] ever instituted in Venice,...
35: Early in the [[15th century]], as new mainland territories were expanded, the first standing ...
37: ... often experienced. A civilian commissioner (not unlike a [[commissar]]) accompanied each army to keep... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
123: *[[Paul Granlund]] (1925 - 2003)
141: *[[Jean Antoine Houdon]] (1741 - 1828) - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: '''Benedict Arnold, V''' ([[January 14]], [[1741]] – [[June 14]], [[1801]]) was a [[general]...
15: ...ion|expeditionary force]] from Boston on an easternly route to [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]], an...
35: ...re and, with West Point never captured, received only £6,000. Arnold died in 1801 and is buried...
43: ...graphy at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''] - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
25: ...as "A penny saved is a penny earned" are now commonly quoted every day by people all over the world.
27: ...ranklin felt that this [[enlightenment (concept)|enlightenment]] partly contributed to the American co...
42: ...'' is not ''created'' by rubbing substances, but only ''transferred'', so that "''the total quantity i...
52: ...hat Franklin was involved in the creation of not only the aforementioned first volunteer fire departme...
56: ...nd for five years he remained there, striving to enlighten the people and the ministry of the United K... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
443: *[[Ernst Leonard Lindel? (Finland, [[1870]] - [[1946]])
528: *[[Rolf Nevanlinna]] (Finland, [[1895]] - [[1980]])
555: *[[Paul Painlev靝 (France, [[1863]] - [[1933]])
690: *[[Richard P. Stanley]] (USA, born [[1944]]) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...lemagne]], Emperor of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], enlarged Probus' hostel and added a library to it. Un...
27: Although they had only a small number of ships, they nevertheless quick...
43: ...d by the loss of its Priories throughout Europe. Only 10% of the Order's income came from Europe, with...
46: ...tes|United States of America]]. However, it was only recognized by the Sovereign Military Order of Ma...
66: ...e granted with [[extraterritoriality]]. However, unlike [[Vatican City]], SMOM has no sovereign territ... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
169: The name platinum mainly derives from the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''...
175: ...es Wood]] independently isolated the element in [[1741]].
190: ...sed makes up for the fact that platinum makes up only two parts per million of the ore.
202: *[http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/78.html Los Alamos National Laborato... - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
32: *[[1741]] - [[Platinum]] discovered by [[Charles Wood (sc...
139: ...by [[Albert Ghiorso]], [[Glenn T. Seaborg]], [[Stanley G. Thompson]], [[Kenneth Street Jr.]] - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...s a [[France|French]] [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[phi...
60: ...r visit. Brussels was again the headquarters in [[1741]], by which time Voltaire had finished two of his...
84: ...ion of ''Akakia'' confiscated in Prussia was the only one. Alas! Voltaire had sent copies away; others...
106: ...Calas affair]], and we can but refer here to the only less famous cases of [[Pierre-Paul Sirven|Sirven...
131: ...cally, despite Voltaire's comic talent, he wrote only one good comedy, ''Nanine'', but many good trage... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
14: ...my of arts. They had thirteen children, of whom only three sons and two daughters survived. The desc...
16: In the year [[1741]] Euler became director of the mathematical class...
50: ...t remarkable formula in mathematics''" (more commonly called [[Euler's identity]]) is an easy conseque... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
9: ...gin to shake the old ways and feudal life. [[The Enlightenment]] was in full bloom and threatened the ...
11: ...[Vienna]] where nations could boast their power, enlightenment, and impression to the rest of Europe. ...
28: * [[1735]]-[[1799|99]]: The [[Qianlong Emperor]] of China oversees a huge expansion i...
33: * [[1741]]: [[Russia]]ns begin settling the [[Aleutian Isl... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
6: ...90s. At first, the monarchies of Europe embraced enlightenment ideals, but with the French revolution,...
45: ...killed by [[Robert Maynard]] in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of [[Ocracoke Island]]
70: ...ong Emperor in Court Dress.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Qianlong Emperor]]]]
76: * [[1735]]-[[1799]]: The [[Qianlong Emperor]] of China oversaw a huge expansion in...
89: * [[1740]]-[[1741]]: [[Great Irish Famine (1740-1741)|Famine in Ireland]] killed ten per cent of the p... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
36: ...the river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Sea]].
58: ...he [[Media:anichkov_palace.jpg|Anichkov palace]] (1741–1750, many times rebuilt, now a palace for ...
108: ...[Bolshevik]] authorities from destruction as the only [[equestrian]] statue in the world with merely t...
126: ...re the river [[Neva]] drains into the [[Gulf of Finland]].
128: ...ff the right bank of the Neva, a couple of miles inland from the Gulf. The marshland was drained and ... - Articles of Confederation (19574 bytes)
36: ...les of Confederation and Perpetual Union''', commonly known as the '''Articles of Confederation''', fo...
43: The document only became effective as it was ratified by the state...
61: ...eclares that the articles are perpetual, and can only be altered by approval of Congress with ratifica...
76: ...denied was the power of taxation: Congress could only request money from the states. Understandably, t...
95: ...tification were unsigned, and a cover letter had only the signatures of [[Henry Laurens]] and [[Charle...
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