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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
14: ...], and [[King of Bohemia|Queen of Bohemia]]: 1740-1741
15: ...]], [[King of Bohemia]]: 1780 ([[Heir-Apparent]]: 1741-1780)
24: ...d I of the Two Sicilies|HM King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily]] (1751-1825); had issue
29: ...dditionally, the army was weak and the treasury depleted due to two wars near the end of her father's ...
37: ... years later and became more closeted from her people. Her focus changed from attempting to regain Si... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ... '''Elizabeth''', was an Empress of [[Russia]] ([[1741]] - [[1762]]) who took the country into the [[War...
13: ...ured to be her lover. The [[Dolgorukov]]s, who supplanted Menshikov and hated the memory of Peter the ...
17: == Palace Revolution of 1741 ==
19: ...ardie took a leading part in the revolution which placed the daughter of Peter the Great on the Russia...
23: ...ate as eight o'clock the next morning very few people in the city were aware of it. - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ...he [[Green Mountains]] in the west and [[Lake Champlain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts...
38: ...amous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been known for its [[L...
44: ...iver itself is part of New Hampshire). [[Lake Champlain]], the major lake in Vermont, is the sixth-lar...
46: ...northwest off Lake Champlain is the fertile [[Champlain Valley]]. In the south of the valley is [[Bomo...
48: ... state is covered by forest, the rest in meadow, uplands, lakes, ponds and swampy wetlands. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
99: *[[James Barry (painter)|James Barry]] ([[1741]]-[[1806]])
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
440: *[[Henry Fuseli]] ([[1741]]-[[1825]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
19: ...eorge Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Great Awakening
28: *[[1759]] - [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]], part of the [[Battle of Quebec ...
53: ...ry/United_States/People Pictures of Historical People]
55: ==Lesson Plans, Resources and Activites==
56: ...al_Studies/US_History/index.htm US History Lesson Plans] - Venice (22017 bytes)
10: ...lpine]] trade routes, and partly to ensure the supply of mainland [[wheat]], on which the city depende...
12: ...ian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses.
14: ...period and politics and the military were kept completely separate. War was regarded as a continuation...
20: Though the people of Venice generally remained orthodox [[Roman Ca...
31: ...n groups. As weapons became more expensive and complex to operate, professional soldiers were assigned... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
141: *[[Jean Antoine Houdon]] (1741 - 1828)
325: *[[List of people by occupation]] - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ... the [[Thirteen Colonies|colonies]] in half. The plot was thwarted, but Arnold successfully avoided c...
9: ...y]] to capture [[Fort Ticonderoga]] on [[Lake Champlain]]. They appointed him a [[colonel]] in the Mas...
13: Benedict Arnold remained with some Connecticut replacements in command at Ticonderoga, but when a reg...
17: ...mpaign such that they were unable to launch their planned offensive on [[Crown Point]] and [[Fort Tico...
19: ... fell on his bad leg, rendering him partially crippled. He was given a new horse by the Continental Co... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...blic servant]], [[scientist]], [[librarian]], [[diplomat]], and [[inventor]]. One of the leaders of th...
11: ...ld at Ecton; and over the next few years, this couple had three children, all of whom being half-sibli...
25: ...y earned" are now commonly quoted every day by people all over the world.
27: ...o included works on history, geography, poetry, exploration and science. The success of this library e...
38: ...plied that lightning was electrical. See, for example, the [[1805]] painting by [[Benjamin West]] of '... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
70: *[[Eric Temple Bell]] (Scotland, USA, [[1883]] - [[1960]])
386: *[[Johannes Kepler]] (Germany, [[1571]] - [[1630]])
420: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] (France, [[1749]] - [[1827]])
572: *[[Michel Plancherel]] (Switzerland, [[1885]] - [[1967]]) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]]...
9: ...s in the Holy Land were the work of either the Templars or Hospitallers, at the height of the Kingdom ...
15: ...His successor [[Fulkes de Villaret]] executed the plan, and on [[August 15]], [[1309]] after over two ...
17: ...] in [[1480]], who after the [[fall of Constantinople]] made the Knights a priority target.
25: After seven years of moving from place to place in [[Europe]], the Knights were re-established... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
6: ... td colspan="2" align="center" | [[Iridium]] - '''Platinum''' - [[Gold]]
16: ...ymbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]] || Platinum, Pt, 78
159: ... [[copper]] ores along with some native deposits. Platinum is used in [[jewelry]], laboratory equipmen...
162: ...resence of platinum). For this catalytic property platinum is used in [[catalytic converter]]s, incorp...
164: Platinum's wear- and tarnish-resistance characterist... - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
32: *[[1741]] - [[Platinum]] discovered by [[Charles Wood (scientist)|...
47: ... Heinrich Klaproth]]. After the planet [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]].
134: *[[1941]] - [[Plutonium]] discovered by [[Glenn T. Seaborg]], [[Ar... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
8: ...heless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
14: ...im to the famous and dissipated coterie of the Temple, of which the [[knights of Malta|grand prior]] V...
16: ... to Paris, to fall once more into literary and Templar society and to make the tragedy of ''Oedipe'', ...
18: ...8]] he was known as ''Arouet de Voltaire'', or simply ''Voltaire'', though legally he never abandoned ...
22: ...He returned to Paris in the winter and his second play, ''Artemire'', was produced in February [[1720]... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ... He is credited with being one of the first to apply [[calculus]] to [[physics]].
5: ...es of the newly invented [[calculus]]. He was completely [[blindness|blind]] for the last seventeen y...
12: ...ntia analytice exposita'' ("Mechanics or motion explained with analytical science"—that is, calc...
16: In the year [[1741]] Euler became director of the mathematical class...
18: ...ler continued to be very productive, despite a complete loss of vision, due to his extraordinary power... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
11: ... breaking away from their parents. In [[Asia]], exploration and influences from Europe were beginning ...
13: ...began. In the visual arts, the [[Rococo]] style replaced the [[Baroque]], then was succeeded by the [[...
33: * [[1741]]: [[Russia]]ns begin settling the [[Aleutian Isl...
38: * [[1757]]: [[Battle of Plassey]] signals the beginning of [[British]] rule ...
67: == Significant people == - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as [[17...
17: * [[1700]]-[[1721|21]]: [[Russia]] supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Ba...
26: ... long decline and the [[Maratha Empire]] slowly replaces it.
51: ...edition]] from Mexico and travel into the [[Great Plains]]
52: * [[1720]]–[[1721]]: The [[Great Plague of Marseille]] - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
31: | [[License plate]]: || 78, 98
40: ...ntre, is impressive even today and to honor it people call it often "the Northern Capital" (с...
58: ...he [[Media:anichkov_palace.jpg|Anichkov palace]] (1741–1750, many times rebuilt, now a palace for ...
60: ...pg|center|thumb|650px|The [[Hermitage Museum]] complex with the [[Winter Palace]] at right]]
62: ... of Russia|Emperor Paul]] in 1797–1801 to replace the earlier Summer Palace. The Tauride palace ... - Articles of Confederation (19574 bytes)
22: The Articles of Confederation played a crucial role in the nation's formative year...
28: ...framework for the federal system of government in place today.
36: ...ed on [[March 1]], [[1781]]. The Articles were replaced by the [[United_States_Constitution|United St...
46: ...stitution were established by much of the same people, they were still very different. The Articles co...
50: #Explains the rights possessed by any state, and the am...
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