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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
15: ...formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neighbor [[Niter, for...
17: ...ce was since then called ''Morro do Castelo'' (Castle Hill). Therefore, the city developed from curren...
19: ... the city was threaten or invaded by several - mostly French - pirates and buccaneers, such as [[Jean-...
21: The city remained mostly a colonial capital until [[1808]], when the Port...
35: ...-style aqueduct - the "Arcos da Carioca" built in 1750 and converted to a tram viaduct in 1896 - and ram... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...ngth|stronger]] than iron, but is also more [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are i...
5: Currently there are several classes of steels in which car...
13: ...l composition. As such, it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form.
19: ...gh time for cementite, etc., to form) and help settle the internal stresses and defects. This softens...
21: ...itrogen]], and [[phosphorus]] make steel more brittle, so these commonly found elements must be remove... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
5: ...id, the single theological movement most consistently self-described by the term "Puritan" was [[Refor...
8: ...of discontent with the [[Elizabethan Religious Settlement]], which was felt by the more radical Protes...
16: ... of the "brothers of the Geneva Church," and he outlines a ''via media'' for the English church that, ...
20: ...vement; he authorized the [[King James Bible]] partly to reinforce Anglican orthodoxy against the [[Ge...
26: ...er colonials. With the flourishing of the trans-Atlantic trade with America, Puritans in England were... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
12: ...eth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austr...
14: ...ine (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austr...
22: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Johanna (1750-1762)
48: ...]]|title5=[[Duke of Parma|Duchess of Piacenza]]|title6=[[Duke of Parma|Duchess of Guastalla]]|years1=1... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
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25: ...e permission was procured from the government; in 1750 an elaborate prospectus announced the project to ...
31: ... he had learnt during the day. And he was incessantly harassed all the time by alarms of a descent fro... - 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... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...een known as the '''French horn''' since at least 1750, although this usage is uncommon among players of...
63: ...it, because several modern composers have incorrectly notated that the horn is to bend an open pitch u...
67: ...t closed as tightly as for stopped horn. Consequently, when playing echo horn, the player fingers one ...
69: ...perly, they erroneously close the bell insufficiently and finger 1/2 step higher.
86: ...chestra hornists is to be able to read music directly in these keys. This is most commonly done by tra... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
10: ...0 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
136: ...733]]: [[Flying shuttle]]: [[John Kay (Flying Shuttle)]]
138: * [[1750]]: [[Flatboat]]: [[Jacob Yoder]]
142: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]]
145: * [[1775]]: [[Submarine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
70: *[[Jean-Michel Atlan]] ([[1913]]-[[1960]]
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
119: *[[Robert Bechtle]] ([[1932]]-)
245: *[[George Catlin]] ([[1796]]-[[1872]])
482: *[[Adolph Gottlieb]] ([[1903]]-[[1974]]) - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
6: ... [[Nanjing]] and adopting "Hongwu" as his reign title.
12: ...out; and private slavery was forbidden. Consequently, after the death of [[Yongle Emperor of China|Yo...
27: ...od ([[1426]]-[[1435]]) of the Ming Dynasty. Currently on display at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]]...
49: ...ng a claimed 30,000 heads. Si Lun-fa was subsequently dunned for all the costs of the military expedit...
55: ...cattle from the ruler Si Lun-fa in 1397. Subsequently, large silver demands (silver in lieu of labour)... - Prehistory (4111 bytes)
8: ... end of the prehistoric era is set much more recently, [[1900|AD 1900]].
31: ...til the coming of the Europeans, between 1500 and 1750 CE. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
145: ...s B.png|10px|Astronomical symbol for Uranus]] (mostly astronomical).
149: ...] (in contrast to Jupiter and Saturn which are mostly hydrogen). Uranus (like [[Neptune (planet)|Neptu...
153: ...its axial tilt of almost ninety degrees. Consequently, for part of its orbit one pole faces the [[Sun]...
155: ...grade]] direction; these two descriptions are exactly equivalent as physical descriptions of the plane...
160: ...Uranus' equator. By [[2007]] the Sun will be directly over Uranus' equator. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
10: *[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
11: ...s II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
107: *[[1750]] - [[Frederick Muhlenberg]], first speaker of th...
206: ...support by the office of U.S. President, not strictly religious) - 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...
18: The polar bear is instantly recognisable by its [[white]]-coloured [[Fur|coa...
22: ...ter catch their prey. They also hunt very efficiently on land due to their prodigious speed; they are ... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...eme head of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. The title itself has been used officially by the head of t...
6: ...of [[St. Peter]], [[Prince]] of the [[Apostle|Apostles]], [[Supreme Pontiff]] of the [[One Holy Cathol...
7: Since [[1929]], the pope's temporal title has been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vat...
1649: ...ht, The Holy Roman Empire of German nation (presently The Netherlands)</small>
1856: ===From 1750=== - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
31: ...esent era; that is, of a free individual being mostly free within the dominion of the state whose role...
39: ...z l'infâme!'' » ("Crush Infamy!") would be a battle cry for the ideal of a triumphant, rational soci...
43: ...and its adherents, is that this process is inherently corrupted by social convention, and bars truth w...
53: ...pts the May 3rd Constitution at Warsaw's Royal Castle.]]
55: ...e political results: with increasing force in the 1750s there would be attempts in England, Austria, Pru... - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ..., and not completely separate from it until about 1750‑1800 in the [[Western World]]. Early astron...
10: ...ious Roman emperors altered the calendar subsequently. [[Julius Caesar]] instigated [[Julian calendar|...
50: ...ntributions to astronomy, but the progress was mostly stagnant in [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[Europe]],...
73: ...en astronomers.) Some of these women received little or no recognition during their lives due to thei...
77: ...f the matters of ''[[the great debate]]'', was settled by [[Edwin Hubble]], who identified the [[Andro... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
5: ... kingdom, or at least its core region, was apparently called '''Hatti''' in the reconstructed [[Hittit...
7: '''Hittites''' or (more recently) '''Hethites''' is also the common English name ...
14: ...the course of the early 20th century; and so, rightly or wrongly, the name "Hittite" has become attach...
17: ...as printed in [[Leipzig]] in [[1917]], with the title ''The Language of the Hittites; Its Structure an...
43: ...ate of near-anarchy. Mursili was assassinated shortly after his return home, and the Hittite Empire wa... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
27: ...this [[enlightenment (concept)|enlightenment]] partly contributed to the American colonies' struggle t...
38: ...periment]] was not written up until [[Joseph Priestley]]'s [[1767]] ''History and Present Status of El...
63: ...ncilable conflict with his son, who remained ardently loyal to the British Government.
85: ...sidents. From 1940 to 1990, the money was used mostly for mortgage loans. When the trust came due, Phi...
127: {{succession box | before=None | title=[[Postmaster General of the United States]]<br>'... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
8: * [[1801]] - The [[Battle of Alexandria]] was fought between [[United King...
13: ...d War I]]: [[Battle of the Somme (1918)|Second Battle of the Somme]] begins
14: ... of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] flight.
38: ...[[Johann Sebastian Bach]], German composer, (d. [[1750]])
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