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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]]
177: ...nder Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]], (1764-1820), Scottish Western and Northern Canada to Ar... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
45: *[[Rudolph Ackermann|Ackermann, Rudolph]] (1764-1834) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...therine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarch]]."
13: ...erine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[Peter the Great]], Catherine scorned force a...
19: In [[1764]] Catherine placed [[Stanislaus II of Poland|Stan...
25: ...e of Svensksund]] (modern-day Ruotsinsalmi in [[Finland]]), July 9-10, 1790. The Russian navy, command...
33: Catherine subscribed to [[the Enlightenment]] and considered herself a "philosopher... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ...n, he worked for his uncle. From [[1760]]–[[1764]], Hancock lived in England while building relati...
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... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
26: In [[1764]] Adams married Miss [[Abigail Smith]] ([[1744]]&...
52: Partly for this reason, Adams received only thirty-four out of sixty-nine votes in the [[U.S...
57: ...ers of opposing [[political party|parties]]. The only other time this would happen would be when [[Abr... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: Cotton is a valuable crop because only about 10% of the raw weight is lost in processin...
13: ...animal]] fibers ([[wool]] from [[sheep]]), could only imagine that cotton must be produced by plant-bo...
17: ..., when the invention of the [[Spinning Jenny]] ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) ...
89: [[nl:Katoen]] - 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: ...later [[James II of England|King James II]]) in [[1764]]. The [[Province of New Hampshire]] also claimed...
74: ...f 135 [[land grant]]s made between [[1749]] and [[1764]] by New Hampshire's colonial governor, [[Benning...
104: Vermont is the home state of the only two current members of the United States Congres... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
2: ...i-spool [[spinning wheel]]. It was invented circa 1764 by [[James Hargreaves]] in Stanhill, near Blackbu... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ..., [[356 BC]]–[[June 10]], [[323 BC]]), commonly known in the West as '''Alexander the Great''' o...
23: ...he coast held no major ports, so Alexander moved inland. At Pisidian [[Termessus]] Alexander humbled b...
29: ...ign (although he allowed those that wished to re-enlist as mercenaries in his imperial army). His thre...
60: ...from India, in which his men clamor for him to openly kiss the young man. "Bagoas [...] sat down close...
87: ...ezzar II|Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon]]. He was only 33 years old. Various theories have been propose... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
551: *[[William Hogarth]] ([[1697]]-[[1764]])
1151: *[[Eduard von Steinle]] ([[1810]]-[[1886]])
1152: *[[Théophile Steinlen]] ([[1859]]-[[1923]])
1273: *[[Zygmunt Vogel]] ([[1764]]-[[1826]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
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...
85: ...nce. Many British and Irish [[Whig]]s had been openly indulgent to the Patriots in America, and the Re... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
10: *[[1764]] - [[Currency Act]], passed by [[Parliament]]
11: *[[1764]] - [[Revenue Act of 1764|Revenue Act]] is passed to enforce the [[Sugar Ac... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: The '''Age of Enlightenment''' refers to the [[18th century]] in [[...
4: ...fers to a historical intellectual movement, "The Enlightenment." This movement advocated [[rationalism...
6: ...itical]] theories of the age. However, prominent Enlightenment philosophers such as [[Voltaire]] and [...
10: ...riod). Furthermore, [[Romanticism]] followed the Enlightenment.
11: == History of Enlightenment philosophy == - 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]])
290: *[[Christian Goldbach]] (Germany, [[1690]] - [[1764]])
443: *[[Ernst Leonard Lindel? (Finland, [[1870]] - [[1946]])
528: *[[Rolf Nevanlinna]] (Finland, [[1895]] - [[1980]])
555: *[[Paul Painlev靝 (France, [[1863]] - [[1933]]) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
48: Abigail Smith married John Adams in 1764. The young couple lived on John's small farm at [... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
77: ...athaniel Bliss]] ([[Britain]], [[1700]] – [[1764]])
237: *[[John Goodricke]] ([[Britain]], [[1764]] – [[1786]])
375: ...acclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]])
437: *[[Liisi Oterma]] ([[Finland]], [[1915]] – [[2001]])
446: ...acclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]]) - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
9: ..., the rails distribute the weight of the train evenly, allowing significantly greater loads per [[axle...
22: ...lly aesthetic constructions, but they won't work unless they are given an appropriate system on which ...
30: ...a limited amount of traffic and are consequently only used on [[branch line]]s.
55: ...gravity railroad]] in [[Lewiston, New York]] in [[1764]]. The [[Leiper Railroad]] in [[Pennsylvania]] wa...
134: [[nl:Spoorweg]] - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
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]] - Polonium (10219 bytes)
48: ...] </td><td>1235 K (1764 ?F)</td></tr>
95: ...ce dissolves readily in dilute [[acid]]s, but is only slightly [[solubility|soluble]] in [[alkali]]s. ...
99: ... other places. However beta sources are more commonly used and are less dangerous.
123: ...rie), which is equivalent to a particle weighing only 6.8 x 10<sup>-12</sup> gram. Weight for weight p...
126: *[http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/84.html Los Alamos National Laborato...
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