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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
21: ...pe. Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arri...
35: ...-style aqueduct - the "Arcos da Carioca" built in 1750 and converted to a tram viaduct in 1896 - and ram...
54: ...arra da Tijuca, JacarepaguᬠCampo Grande, Santa Cruz and Bangu. Barra da Tijuca remains an area of ac...
58: ...hich is currently experiencing a wave of new construction. High rise apartments and sprawling shopping...
63: ...equent. The favelas are troubled by widespread [[drug]] related crime and [[gang]] warfare and other p... - Steel (28384 bytes)
8: ...]] into the atmosphere, iron can be found in the crust only in combination with [[oxygen]] or [[sulfur...
11: ...ble form of iron is the [[body-centered cubic]] structure '''[[ferrite]]''' or '''α-iron''', a f...
13: ...rrite. Martensite has a very similar unit cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composi...
21: ...other hand [[sulfur]], [[nitrogen]], and [[phosphorus]] make steel more brittle, so these commonly fou...
23: ...hen heat-treated to produce a desirable crystal structure, and often "cold worked" to produce the fina... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
10: ...ns of kings and popes. They all argued for a restructuring and "purifying" of church practice through...
14: ...ut all were outspoken in their criticism of the structure and liturgy that the monarchy required. Att...
16: ...ce of doctrine, is a set of specifically ordained rules. His thinking on the matter became the backbo...
24: ...the [[Charles_I_of_England#Personal_Rule|Personal Rule]] were a major factor in the outbreak of the [[...
26: ...eligious conformity, and so Puritans had been instrumental in a number of new industries. First, expo... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...tria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[Habsburg Empire]] from [[1740]]-[[178...
4: ...tedly one of the most powerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
12: ...). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [[King o...
14: ...). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [[King o...
15: ...ng issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1765; [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduke of Austria]], [[King of H... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
5: ...nged conventions regarding [[novel]]s and their structure and content, while also examining [[philosop...
25: ...e permission was procured from the government; in 1750 an elaborate prospectus announced the project to ...
27: ...rs were to Diderot years not merely of incessant drudgery, but of harassing persecution, and of injury...
29: ...that the dangerous ideas they held were now made truly formidable by their open publication. In 1759 t...
31: ... fearing the displeasure of the government, had struck out from the proof sheets, after they had left ... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
11: ...ed to begin with the reign of [[Hammurabi]], in [[1750 BC]]. Hammurabi was famous for his [[Code of Ham...
13: ...d from the side. The piece was excavated at [[Nimrud]] (in northern [[Mesopotamia]]), and was donated... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...h this usage is uncommon among players of the instrument.
4: In other languages, the instrument is named ''Horn'' ([[German language|Gr.]]), ...
6: Compared to the other brass instruments commonly found in the [[orchestra]], the typ...
14: ...posers started to write concerti for this new instrument. The [[Mozart Horn Concerti]], for example, ...
21: ...ineteenth century, until the German horn maker [[Kruspe]] produced a prototype of the "'''double horn'... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
53: * [[Rubber]] in [[Mesoamerica]]
74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
76: * [[132]]: Rudimentary [[Seismometer]]: [[Zhang Heng]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
210: *[[Rush Brown]] ([[1948]]-)
211: *[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] ([[1568]]-[[1625]])
212: *[[Jan Brueghel the Younger]] ([[1601]]-[[1678]]) - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...ustry) reaching unprecedented heights. Under Ming rule, a vast [[navy]] and [[army]] was built, with f...
6: ... considered the primary cause for the end of Yuan rule in China. Other causes include collusion with T...
8: ...are the two other peasant revolutionaries to have ruled the world's most populous nation.
16: ...s uncle [[Chengzu]], a younger son of Hongwu, who ruled as the Emperor [[Yongle]] from [[1403]] to [[1...
18: Hongwu noted the destructive role of court [[eunuch]]s under the Sung, dr... - Prehistory (4111 bytes)
31: ...til the coming of the Europeans, between 1500 and 1750 CE. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
168: ...1756]]. [[Lemonnier]] observed it four times in [[1750]], twice in [[1768]], six times in [[1769]], and ...
186: ...|| August 27th, 2004 || November 12th, 2004 || February 22nd, 2004
188: ... September 1st, 2005 || November 16th, 2005 || February 25th, 2005 - January 1 (18244 bytes)
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
13: *[[1700]] - [[Russia]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
27: ...dinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the [[Panama Canal]].
31: *[[1899]] - [[Spain|Spanish]] rule ends in [[Cuba]]. - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
15: ...(900 to 1300 lbs) and occasionally exceed 800 kg (1750 lbs). Females are about half the size of males an...
22: ...human. Other prey include [[beluga whale]]s, [[walrus]]es and [[rodent]]s. As a pure carnivore predat...
24: ...n during the transient cooling that followed the eruption of [[Mount Pinatubo]] in [[1991]]. However, ...
26: ...olar bears have occasionally been reported. In February 2004, two polar bears in the [[Singapore Zoo]]... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...tan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small>
28: | '''Petrus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
29: ...Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair of Peter]]) [[22 February]]</small>
74: ...''[[Pope Telesphorus]]'''<br><small>Saint Telesphorus</small> - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
14: ...xioms, reached its height with [[Baruch Spinoza|Baruch (Benedictus de) Spinoza]]'s Ethics, which expou...
18: ...y, where belief is that human beings apprehend a truth that is more provisional, but in that era it wa...
22: ...uman terms. The quest for the expression of this truth would lead to a series of philosophical works w...
24: The focus on law, involving the separation of rules from the particulars of behavior or experience...
39: ...For [[Voltaire]] « ''Écrasez l'infâme!'' » ("Crush Infamy!") would be a battle cry for the ideal o... - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ..., and not completely separate from it until about 1750‑1800 in the [[Western World]]. Early astron...
8: ...ion to what is now called astrology. Ancient constructions with astronomical [[alineation]]s (such as ...
62: ... [[telescope]] to observe the sky, and after constructing a 20x [[refractor telescope]] he discovered ...
66: ...composed into its component colors; this fact is crucial for most of the 20th-century research.
85: ...ting time for astronomy, with each advance in instrumentation leading to a new breakthrough in the und... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
5: ..., was apparently called '''Hatti''' in the reconstructed [[Hittite language]]. The Hittites should be ...
12: ...t the [[Assyria]]n colony of [[K?]] (ancient [[Karum Kanesh]]), containing records of trade between A...
15: ...dentity of the two names. He also proved that the ruins at Boğazk?ere the remains of the capital ...
17: ...h the title ''The Language of the Hittites; Its Structure and Its Membership in the Indo-European Ling...
19: ...ent work undertakes to establish the nature and structure of the hitherto mysterious language of the H... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
13: ...5]]), Ann ([[January 5]], [[1687]]), Joseph ([[February 5]], [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[168...
17: ...), Mary ([[September 26]], [[1694]]), James ([[February 4]], [[1697]]), Sarah ([[July 9]], [[1699]]), ...
23: ...ibuted many essays. The Gazette gave Franklin a forum for agitating for a variety of local reforms. H...
27: ...]] partly contributed to the American colonies' struggle to maintain their privileges.
38: .... [[Georg Wilhelm Richmann]] of [[St. Petersburg, Russia]], were spectacularly electrocuted during the... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: ...in [[New Orleans]] and leaves most of the town in ruins.
8: ...m|British]] and [[France|French]] forces near the ruins of [[Nicopolis]] in [[Egypt]].
31: ...s independent after 75 years of [[South Africa]]n rule.
34: ...l and State [[election]]s are held, returning the ruling coalition [[Barisan Nasional]] to power with ...
38: ...[[Johann Sebastian Bach]], German composer, (d. [[1750]])
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