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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl...
129: ...rlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]]
187: ...gypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer in service of Egyptian queen [[Hatshepsut]] - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: ...hard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
14: *[[Achillas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
43: ...Ackermann|Ackermann, Marie Magdalene Charlotte]] (1757-1775) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
9: *[[John Adair|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Ke...
78: ...son|Adamson, Amandus]], (1855-1929), Estonian sculptor - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
12: In 1747 he wrote the ''Promenade du sceptique'', an [[allegory]] pointing first to the extr...
14: ...cation of the principle of relativism to the concept of [[God]]. What makes the ''Lettre sur les aveug...
23: ...at were then moving the cultivated class to its depths, but still were comparatively ineffectual by re...
27: ...sing stronghold for their philosophic enemies. By 1757 they could endure the sight no longer. The subscr...
31: ...in correcting proofs, and in bringing the manuscript of less competent contributors into decent shape.... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
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...
37: ...an league against Prussia, and on the 17th of May 1757 the Russian army, 85,000 strong, advanced against...
39: ... fainting-fit at [[Tsarskoe Selo]] (September 19, 1757), nor the fall of Bestuzhev (February 21, 1758), ...
49: ...on the defensive with consummate skill, and the capture of the Prussian fortress of [[Kolberg]] on Chr... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ...athered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Achieve...
23: ...or several generations. He attended and then attempted to institute many reforms at the [[College of W...
35: ...er of [[American exceptionalism]] (see also [[exceptionalism]]).
67: *[[Embargo Act of 1807]], an attempt to force respect for U.S. [[neutrality]] by endin...
125: ...amilton's, was the most impressible, the most receptive, mind of his time in America. The range of his... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ... loss of all its possessions in North America except for some Caribbean islands and Saint Pierre and M...
13: ...on led by [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's capital.
15: ... loss of all its possessions in North America except for some [[Caribbean]] islands and [[Saint Pierre...
34: *[[Kittanning Expedition]] (climax about [[September 8]], [[1756]])
35: *[[Battle on Snowshoes]] ([[January 21]], [[1757]]) - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
26: In the spring of [[1757]], Frederick again took the initiative by marchin...
32: ...eld. In the undecided [[Battle of Tornow]] on [[September 25]], a Swedish army repulsed six assaults b...
36: ...at the [[Battle of Marburg]], but the Austrians captured [[Glatz]] in Silesia. In the [[Battle of Lieg...
38: ...red more area in Pomerania, while the Austrians captured [[Schweidnitz]].
64: *[[Battle of Prague]]: [[May 6]], [[1757]] - 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]]-)
155: *[[William Blake]] ([[1757]]-[[1827]])
178: *[[Vladimir Borovikovsky]] ([[1757]]-[[1825]]) - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
31: *[[1935]] - [[Bruno Hauptmann]] goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lin...
34: *[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: [[Manila]] is captured by [[Japan]]ese forces.
58: ...[[1777]] - [[Christian Daniel Rauch]], German sculptor (d. [[1857]]) - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
1: This is a partial list of [[sculptor (artist)|sculptor]]s.
26: *[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]] (1850 - 1899)
51: *[[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822)
55: *[[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]] (1827 - 1875)
56: *[[Pierre Cartellier]] (1757-1831) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
9: ... Josiah Franklin, was born at [[Ecton]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]...
17: ...7]]), Sarah ([[July 9]], [[1699]]), Ebenezer ([[September 20]], [[1701]]), Thomas ([[December 7]], [[1...
23: ...o to [[London]] where, finding Keith's promises empty, he again worked as a compositor in a printer's ...
27: ...and Franklin felt that this [[enlightenment (concept)|enlightenment]] partly contributed to the Americ...
44: ... storms travel'', eventually leading to the ''synoptic charts'' of ''dynamic meteorology'', replacing ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
57: ...ald Alison (Scottish author)|Archibald Alison]], (1757-1839){{fn|R}}
285: *[[Pierre Jean George Cabanis]], (1757-1808){{fn|R}}
565: *[[Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle]], (1657-1757){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
47: ... I]], during which most of its territories were captured by the [[Allies]], Ottoman elites established...
53: ...st to [[Hungary]] in the northwest, and from [[Egypt]] in the south to the [[Caucasus]] in the north. ...
59: ...Janissaries]] were disbanded, and a modern conscripted army was formed.
61: ...defending itself from foreign occupation (e.g. Egypt occupied by the French in 1798, Cyprus occupied b...
76: ...g the characteristic Ottoman culture. After the capture of Constantinopole (later dubbed Istanbul) in ... - Beryllium (15119 bytes)
101: | 1757.1 kJ/mol
120: | [[electron capture|ε]] <br />
136: ...ndard temperature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font>
148: * Because it has a low thermal [[neutron]] absorption cross section, the nuclear power industry uses...
179: ...essitates this highly risky procedure and no attempt should be made to ingest this substance. Berylliu... - Calcium (9166 bytes)
48: ...ng point]] </td><td>1757 K (2703?F)</td></tr>
85: ...td><td>[[1 E12 s|103,000 y]]</td><td>[[electron capture|ε]]</td><td>0.421</td><td><sup>41</sup...
100: ...ndard temperature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font></th>
120: ...is turned into [[plaster]] by [[carbon dioxide]] uptake. Mixed with other compounds, CaO forms an impo... - Carolus Linnaeus (8550 bytes)
11: ...'[[Systema Naturae]]''. In it, the unwieldy descriptions mostly used at the time, such as "''physalis ...
18: ...have been horrified by it. Linnaeus was only attempting a convenient way of categorizing the elements ...
20: ...nn駧'. His father, born Nils Ingemarsson, had adopted the Latin surname Linnaeus as more appropriate ...
27: ...e been significantly changed since Linnaeus' conception, as well as the principles behind them, he is ...
29: ...so a pioneer in defining the (controversial) concept of "[[race]]". He proposed that inside of ''Homo ... - Indian art (7305 bytes)
4: Islamic ascendancy (712-1757AD)
5: The colonial period (1757-1947)
15: ...la Vatsyayan, ?Classical Indian architecture, sculpture, painting, literature (kaavya), music and danc...
17: ...re as well as a high degree of awareness and perception of animal forms. The use of symbolic forms in ...
20: ...es, there are no physical evidences for these except textual references. Obscurity shrouds the period ... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
38: * [[1757]]: [[Battle of Plassey]] signals the beginning of... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
27: * [[1707]]: [[Mount Fuji]] erupts in Japan.
47: * [[1719]]: Spanish attempt to restart the [[Jacobite rising#The Rebellion/Ri...
88: * [[1740]]: British attempt to capture [[St. Augustine, Florida]] but lose to the Spa...
94: ...t the [[Jacobite Rising#1744 French invasion attempt|Jacobite rebellion]] fails
105: ...English and English allies. The North American chapter of the [[Seven Years' War]].
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