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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
30: ...called [[industrial espionage]], with modern concepts of automatic illegality.
36: ...gs. Foreign printed sources such as the ''[[Descriptions des Arts et Metiers]]'' and Diderot's ''[[Enc...
59: ... about the need for stability and precision he adapted to the development of machine tools, and in his...
79: ...y [[wood]] in the form of [[charcoal]], but consumption was starting to be constrained by lack of avai...
83: ...e to fuel his [[blast furnace]]s at Coalbrookdale 1709, although this was principally due to the nature ... - Steel (28384 bytes)
11: ... As carbon-rich austenite cools, the mixture attempts to revert to the ferrite phase, resulting in an ...
26: ...he first signs of iron use come from [[Ancient Egypt]] and [[Sumer]], where around [[4000 BC]] small i...
32: ...lack of [[nickel]]) appear in [[Anatolia]], [[Egypt]] and [[Mesopotamia]] (see [[Iron#History|Iron: H...
34: ... [[sword]] bearing the name of [[pharaoh]] [[Merneptah]] as well as a [[battle axe]] with an iron blad...
36: ...e remained in widespread use there until after Egypt's conquest by [[Assyria]] in [[663 BC]]. - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
5: ...ed to work in the laundry of the regiment which captured her.
7: ...im 11 children, all of whom died in childhood except for Anna and [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta]].
10: ...]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]] - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...etrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
3: ...6;́вна) ([[December 29]] [[1709]] - [[January 5]], [[1762]]), also known as '''El...
7: ...oye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married at that time, ...
25: ...most often, a wise suspense of judgment under exceptionally difficult circumstances; and to this may b...
31: ...Russia's proper system. Hence the reiterated attempts of [[Frederick the Great]] and [[Louis XV]] to g... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: .... When the [[Scottish Parliament]] refused to accept the choice of the English Parliament, various coe...
17: ...tholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion.
19: ...erefore vacant. The Crown was offered to, and accepted by, William and Mary, who ruled as joint monarc...
33: ... army to Lord Marlborough, whom she appointed [[Captain-General]]. Marlborough also received numerous ...
38: ...unite with England. The Estates chose the latter option, and Commissioners were appointed to negotiate... - Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
6: In [[1709]], [[Abraham Darby]] developed a blast furnace th...
9: ... opened to allow the slag to pour out, and once emptied, another valve at the bottom opened to remove ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
35: ... BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
40: * [[Cement]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
41: ... River [[boat]]s in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]])
285: *[[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]] ([[1796]]-[[1875]]) - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
2: ...lliam Shakespeare''' (April [[1564]]; [[baptism|baptised]] [[April 26]], [[1564]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]])...
4: ...lled, due to his understanding of the range and depth of human emotions. A colossal figure in world li...
8: ...y [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works.
14: ...ord dates to [[April 26]] of that year. Because baptisms were performed within a few days of birth, tr...
23: ...rd. A son, Hamnet, and a daughter, Judith, were baptized soon after on [[February 2]], [[1585]]. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...1715]]) was a [[England|English]] explorer, sea captain, and scientific observer. He was the first Eng...
7:
9: ...ain Davis, took command. Dampier transferred to Captain Swan's ship, the ''Cygnet'', and on [[31 March...
32: ...rts'', and after a disagreement with Dampier, he opted to remain on the island. Selkirk's misgivings w...
34: Dampier returned to England in [[1707]] and in [[1709]] his ''A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
155: *[[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] ([[France]], [[1749]] &ndas...
240: *[[Benjamin Apthorp Gould]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1824]] &nda...
313: *[[Jacobus Kapteyn]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1851]] – [[1922]])
472: *[[Ptolemy]] of Alexandria ([[Roman Egypt]], circa [[85]] – [[165]])
681: *[[John Bird (astronomer)|John Bird]] ([[1709]] ? [[1776]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
593: *[[Gadadhara Bhattacharya]], (1604-1709){{fn|R}}
874: *[[Samuel Johnson|Dr. Samuel Johnson]], (1709-1784){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
959: *[[Julien Offray de La Mettrie]], (1709-1751){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
11: ===[[1700–1709]]===
27: * [[1707]]: [[Mount Fuji]] erupts in Japan.
30: * [[1708]]-[[1709]]: [[Famine]] kills one-third of [[East Prussia]]...
31: * [[Great Frost of 1709]]: Coldest winter in 500 years.
32: * [[1709]]: [[Hotaki dynasty]] founded in Afghanistan. - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
6: * [[1709]]: [[Piano]]: [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]]
24: * [[1779]]: [[Spinning mule]]: [[Samuel Crompton]]
37: * [[1793]]: [[Optical telegraph]]: [[Claude Chappe]]
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