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  1. 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]]
    174: *[[Archibald Menzies]] (1754-1852)
  2. 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 [[...
    26: ...ouis XVI of France|HM King Louis XVI of France]] (1754-1793); had issue
    35: ...52]] she established a military academy, and in [[1754]] she established an academy of engineering scien...
    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...
  3. George Washington (29551 bytes)
    21: ...e of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he volun...
    31: ... Virginia, but the French declined to leave. In [[1754]], Washington, now commissioned a [[lieutenant co...
    79: ...the Army]] (five star), George Washington is the only President with military service to reenter the m...
    95: ...ng the principle that even a former president is only, after all, a private citizen.
    104: Unlike all the other slaveholding [[Founding Fathers]...
  4. John Hancock (8787 bytes)
    8: ...ard College]] and received a business degree in [[1754]], when he was 17. Upon graduation, he worked for...
    19: At first only a financier of the growing rebellion, he later b...
    30: ... Extracts of a Letter, of Yesterday, from Major Genl. Heath, you will see our present situation, and f...
    52: ...f Congress (1781). ''George Washington Papers''. Online: [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.ht...
  5. United States (58223 bytes)
    58: ...ior to all these was the [[Albany Congress]] in [[1754]], in which a union was first seriously proposed.
    66: ...oviet Union]], was considered one of the world's only two "[[superpower]]s". With the [[collapse of th...
    84: ...e appealed from a state court to a federal court only if there is a federal question, the [[State supr...
    90: ...nty|counties]] have little or no power, existing only as geographic distinctions. In other areas, coun...
    115: ...er 48; [[Alaska]], which is physically connected only to Canada, and the [[archipelago]] of Hawaii in ...
  6. James Watt (5070 bytes)
    9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument m...
  7. French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
    1: ...can]] name for the decisive nine-year conflict ([[1754]]-[[1763]]) in [[North America]] between [[Great ...
    13: The French and Indian War, unlike the others, began on North American soil and t...
    23: ...ing engagements of the war, marked the first and only instance of [[George Washington]] surrendering i...
    27: *[[Battle of Jumonville Glen]] ([[May 28]], [[1754]])
    28: ...ka the [[Battle of Great Meadows]] ([[July 3]], [[1754]])
  8. Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
    1: The '''Seven Years' War''' ([[1754]] and [[1756]]–[[1763]]) pitted [[Kingdom o...
    3: ...ears' War" is used in the United States to refer only to the [[Europe]]an portions of the conflict (17...
    8: ...esia]]. Empress [[Maria Theresa of Austria]] had only signed the peace [[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle]] i...
    10: ...e the seas, as well as exert some influence on mainland Europe. Furthermore, this allowed Britain to f...
    18: ...]] in the [[Ohio River]] area of North America in 1754. The war spread to Europe on [[May 15]],[[1756]],...
  9. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    943: *[[Giovanni Battista Piazzetta]] ([[1682]]-[[1754]])
    1151: *[[Eduard von Steinle]] ([[1810]]-[[1886]])
    1152: *[[Théophile Steinlen]] ([[1859]]-[[1923]])
  10. American Revolution (17069 bytes)
    4: ...ound the time of the [[French and Indian War]] ([[1754]]–[[1763]]), and ended with the election of...
    16: ...r form of government have roots in this European Enlightenment and were a source for ideas regarding [...
    30: ...epresentation]]," in which colonists argued that only their colonial assemblies, and not [[Parliament ...
    42: ...utionaries, who stood firm on the principle that only their colonial representatives could levy taxes ...
    71: ...t entitled ''[[Common Sense]]'' arguing that the only solution to the problems with Britain would be r...
  11. Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
    4: ...[orbit]]s (such as those of [[comet]]s) were not only [[ellipse|elliptic]], but could also be [[hyperb...
    36: ... primarily to the wider diameter of the mirror. (Only later, as glasses with a variety of refractive p...
    73: ...om [[1689]] to [[1690]] and in [[1701]], but his only recorded comments were to complain about a cold ...
    95: ...rsity. His writings on this topic were published only posthumously.
    107: .... Newton was notable in that scene for being the only scientist without a sense of humor. He also took...
  12. Ohio (19444 bytes)
    44: In [[1754]], France and [[Great Britain]] fought a war know...
    50: ...eded 60,000. Although Ohio's population numbered only 45,000 in December [[1801]], Congress determined...
    122: ... in all but two contests since [[1892]], backing only losers [[Thomas E. Dewey]] in [[1944]] (Ohio's [...
  13. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    22: ...nd, found no trace of the colonists, discovering only the mysterious word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree....
    29: ... a harvest, named the winter the Starving Times. Only a third of the colonists survived the first wint...
    37: ...]]s out of the far-flung tobacco planters. Thus, unlike in [[Puritanism|Puritan]] New England, there w...
    49: ... later relocated to [[Plymouth Colony]] on the mainland, establishing that settlement on [[December 21...
    51: ...ing of [[1621]]. Later that year, the colonists enlisted the aid of [[Squanto]] and [[Samoset]], two ...
  14. 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...
    54: In [[1754]] he headed the Pennsylvania delegation to the [[...
  15. March 23 (10340 bytes)
    31: *[[1989]] - [[Stanley Pons]] and [[Martin Fleischmann]] announce [[co...
    45: *[[1754]] - Baron [[Jurij Vega]], [[Slovenes|Slovene]] [[...
    72: *[[1952]] - [[Kim Stanley Robinson]], [[science fiction]] author
    98: *[[1801]] - Tsar [[Paul of Russia]], (b. [[1754]])
    126: * [http://www.tnl.net/when/3/23 Today in History: March 23]
  16. Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
    8: founded = [[1754]] |
    30: ... Kennebec River in Augusta. The fort was built in 1754 and was called ''Fort Western''.
    55: *[http://www.hometownlocator.com/City/Augusta-Maine.cfm Augusta Communit...
  17. Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
    37: In [[1754]], representatives of seven of the British North ...
  18. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
    443: *[[Ernst Leonard Lindel? (Finland, [[1870]] - [[1946]])
    508: *[[Abraham de Moivre]] (France, [[1667]] - [[1754]])
    528: *[[Rolf Nevanlinna]] (Finland, [[1895]] - [[1980]])
    555: *[[Paul Painlev靝 (France, [[1863]] - [[1933]])
  19. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    214: *[[Anicius Manlius Severinus Bo봨ius]], (AD 480-524 or 525){{fn|...
    313: *[[Stanley Cavell]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    859: *[[William Stanley Jevons]], (1835-1882){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}
    1061: *[[Philipp Mainl䮤er]]
    1252: *[[Richard Stanley Peters]], (born 1919){{fn|O}}
  20. Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
    2: |+<big><big>'''Osmanl&#x131; &#x130;mparatorlu&#x11F;u'''</big></big><b...
    23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
    45: ...sia. In its day, the Ottoman Empire was also commonly referred to as the ''Turkish Empire'' or ''Turke...
    76: ... in [[1453]], most churches were left intact and only [[Hagia Sophia]] was turned into a [[mosque]]. T...
    81: ...n fighting force because of a lack of reforms, mainly because of the corrupted Janissaries. The abolit...

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