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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
4: ...the most powerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...f [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]] whose sole male heir - his son Leopold Johann - died a...
8: ...of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
13: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Anna (1738-1739)
15: ...763), then HSH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (1739-1767); no surviving issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...rn canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce ...
5: ...n elder sister, Cassandra, to whom she was very close. The only undisputed portrait of Jane Austen is ...
7: ...[Gothic novel]]s of [[Ann Radcliffe]], Austen is most famous for her later works, which took the form ...
10: ...d characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with''.
12: ...e story, without a word of formal moralising. Almost every scene in her novels features women, purpor... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
51: ...t is the [[List of countries by population|sixth most populous country]] with the second largest [[Mus...
59: ...tion, the Pakistani region has long been at the crossroads of history. Pakistan was the site of the [[...
62: ...a was conquered by various Central Asian groups, most notably the [[Tocharian]] [[Kushan]]s.
64: ...ma Takto]] conquered territory now in India, but lost much of the western parts of the kingdom, includ...
66: ...[Sassanian]] Persian Empire then came to control most of western Pakistan and parts of Sind came under... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
19: ...9]] - [[George Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Great Awakening - March 20 (10075 bytes)
9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[...
10: ...sh; The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
35: ...ndash; [[Ferdinand Marcos]]'s widow, [[Imelda Marcos]], goes on trial for [[bribery]], [[embezzlement]...
38: *[[1996]] – In [[Los Angeles, California]], [[Erik Menendez]] and [[Ly...
65: *[[1915]] - [[Sviatoslav Richter]], Ukrainian pianist (d. [[1997]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ... [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...g established in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his lif...
10: ...ather appears to have been strict, but neither inhospitable nor tyrannical. Marguerite Arouet, of whom...
14: ...he famous author [[Ninon de lEnclos|Ninon de Lenclos]]. When she died, tragically, in [[1705]], she le...
16: ...was suspected of having been concerned in the composition of two violent libels. Inveigled by a spy na... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...ost famous works include the [[Brandenburg Concertos]], [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]], the [[Mass in B...
7: ...ristian Bach]] became important musicians and composers in their own right. (See [[Bach family]].)
11: ...urch organists and court chamber musicians to composers, although Bach would later surpass them all in...
13: ...to one popular legend of the young composer's curiosity, late one night, when the house was asleep, he...
17: ...nifold stops, and complicated mechanism, was the most complex machine in any European town. This pract... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
5: ...ars of his life, during which time he produced almost half of his total output.
12: ...ience"—that is, calculus). In [[1735]] he lost much of his vision in the right eye due to exces...
14: ...endants of these children, however, were in high positions in Russia in the 19th century.
16: ...ery productive; however, he did not have an easy position due to a lack of the king's favor. Therefor...
18: ...tinued to be very productive, despite a complete loss of vision, due to his extraordinary powers of me... - Carolus Linnaeus (8550 bytes)
7: ... a short work on the subject that earned him the position of adjunct professor.
11: ...as developed by the [[Bauhin|Bauhin brothers]] almost 200 years earlier, Linnaeus may be said to have ...
13: ...t the [[Common Chimpanzee|chimpanzee]] currently most often placed in a different genus as ''[[Pan tro...
18: In [[1739]] Linnaeus married Sara Morea, daughter of a phys...
23: Although taxonomists, in almost any biological field, are familiar with the work... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
11: ...tenment, and impression to the rest of Europe. Across the globe, European colonies were both being est...
13: ...c, the era of [[Baroque music]] reached its apotheosis in the music of [[J.S. Bach]], and the [[Classi...
30: * [[1739]]: [[Nadir Shah]] defeats the [[Mughal Empire|Mug...
50: ...between British and [[Boer]] settlers and the [[Xhosa]]s in [[South Africa]]
69: * [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (composer) - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...rossing the Delaware.png|thumb|250px|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776...
6: ...ilosophy and science increased in prominence. Philosophers were dreaming about a better age without th...
8: ...nquest of large parts of India. However, Britain lost the USA after the American revolution. The [[ind...
16: ...ds (geologic event)|Bridge of the Gods]] forms across the [[Columbia River]].
18: ...anish Succession]] was a conflict which involved most of [[Louis XIV#The Spanish Succession|Europe]].<... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
27: | [[Postal code]]: || 190000-199406
38: ...t city, a major European cultural center and the most important Russian Baltic Sea port.
40: St. Petersburg is the northernmost city in the world with over one million people. ...
50: ...s the "[[white night]]s." The white nights are closely linked to another attraction — the nine ...
56: ...[[Summer Garden]] (1710–1714). Much more imposing are the [[baroque]] [[residence]]s of his asso...
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