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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
32: ...[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
39: *[[James Bruce]]
40: *[[William S. Bruce]], (1867-1921) Scottish explorer of Antarctica
41: *[[Cornelis de Bruijn]], (1652-1727), Dutch traveler and artist
77: *[[Simon Dezhnev|Semyon Dezhnev]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed throug... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
45: *[[Rudolph Ackermann|Ackermann, Rudolph]] (1764-1834) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...ne the Great''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on...
5: ...y 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine's supporter...
11: ...ion, granting the government greater control over rural areas because of the peasant revolt. This proc...
13: ...eat instituted several drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free E...
17: ... creation of a "Northern Accord" between Russia, Prussia, Poland, Sweden, and perhaps Great Britain, t... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ...n, he worked for his uncle. From [[1760]]–[[1764]], Hancock lived in England while building relati...
19: ...llion, he later became a public critic of British rule. On [[March 5]], [[1774]], the fourth anniversa... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...ength, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: In [[1764]] Adams married Miss [[Abigail Smith]] ([[1744]]&...
31: ...to the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authority...
46: ...dertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce without their knowledge or concurrence; and ult...
48: ...United States and foreign powers after that of February 1778 with France. - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...s around the seeds of the [[cotton plant]], a [[shrub]] native to the tropical and subtropical regions...
11: ...ton: "There are trees which grow wild there, the fruit of which is a [[wool]] exceeding in beauty and ...
17: ..., when the invention of the [[Spinning Jenny]] ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) ...
28: .... Historically, one of the most economically destructive pests in cotton production has been the [[bo... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been known for its [[Liberal...
46: ...[tree-line|timberline]], form a north-south spine running the most of the length of the state, slightl...
50: ...rs. The northern part of the state, including the rural northeastern section (dubbed the "[[Northeast ...
66: In [[1731]], the French arrived. Here they constructed a small temporary wooden stockade (Fort de Pi...
68: ...tlement was established in [[1724]] with the construction of [[Fort Dummer]] in Vermont's far southeas... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
2: ...i-spool [[spinning wheel]]. It was invented circa 1764 by [[James Hargreaves]] in Stanhill, near Blackbu... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: ...d in centuries of Greco-Macedonian settlement and rule over non-Greek areas, a period known as the [[H...
9: ... the son of King Philip II of Macedon and of [[Epirus|Epirote]] princess [[Olympias]]. According to [[...
11: ... [[Junianus Justinus|Justin]], and [[Plutarch]]), rumors spread that the Oracle had revealed Alexander...
14: ...([[Pausanias (assassin)|Pausanias]]), who held a grudge against Philip because the king had ignored a ...
25: ...xander passed near but probably did not visit [[Jerusalem]]. - 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]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...hat, interpretations vary. At one end of the spectrum is the view that the American Revolution was not...
30: In 1764, [[British Prime Minister]] [[George Grenville]]'...
62: ...ge the American colonies to unite against British rule.]]
66: ...s]]), the [[Canada|Canadian]] provinces of [[New Brunswick]] and [[Ontario]], and [[Freetown]], [[Sier...
80: ...lution did not produce the kind of epoch-breaking rupture with past customs and institutions as the [[... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
10: *[[1764]] - [[Currency Act]], passed by [[Parliament]]
11: *[[1764]] - [[Revenue Act of 1764|Revenue Act]] is passed to enforce the [[Sugar Ac... - 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... - 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... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
12: ...braham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
22: *[[Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
62: ...igory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - ) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
48: Abigail Smith married John Adams in 1764. The young couple lived on John's small farm at [... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
23: ...Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557]...
69: *[[Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky]] ([[Russia]], [[1883]] – [[1953]])
75: *[[Biruni]] ([[Persia]] [[973]] - [[1048]])
77: ...athaniel Bliss]] ([[Britain]], [[1700]] – [[1764]]) - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...ce ([[Rail gauge|gauge]]) apart. Usually vehicles running on the rails are arranged in a [[train]] (a ...
8: ... the weight of the car on two four wheel support trucks. Fully loaded, the contact between each wheel ...
17: ...ifficult, and because securing the tracks as they run through cities and the countryside is impractica...
22: ...em on which to run. This system includes [[infrastructure]] such as tracks, [[railroad switch]]es, [[R...
26: ...yred metros]] and [[maglev]], since the cars also run in a guided path. The term "guideway" better des... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
120: *[[Averroes]] (or ''Ibn Rushd''), (1126-1198){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
158: *[[Bruno Bauer]], (1809-1882){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
231: *[[Rudjer Boscovich]], (1711-1787){{fn|C}}
257: *[[Constantin Brunner]], (1862-1937) - Polonium (10219 bytes)
41: <td>[[Crystal structure]] </td><td>Monocl...
48: ...] </td><td>1235 K (1764 ?F)</td></tr>
100: ...om [[photographic film]]s. The polonium in these brushes is sealed and controlled thus minimizing radi...
107: ...[Poland]]. Poland at the time was under Russian, Prussian and Austrian [[Partitions of Poland|dominati...
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