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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
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23: ...n]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
30: *[[Ibn Battuta|Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta]], ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]]...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] ex... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
8: ...n Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
45: *[[Edwin Adams Cotto|Adams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was conv...
65: ...2-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
67: *[[Scott Adams|Adams, Scott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert...
88: *[[Lancelot Addison|Addison, Lancelot]], (1632-1703), Reverend - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
7: ...v]], the best friend of [[Peter the Great]]. In [[1703]], while visiting Menshikov at his home, Peter me... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]])
183: *[[Sandro Botticelli]] ([[1445]]-[[1510]]) - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
1: ...Image:Hooke 2.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ... Hooke''' ([[July 18]], [[1635]] - [[March 3]], [[1703]]), one of the greatest experimental scientists o...
8: He died in [[London]] in 1703. No authenticated portrait of him survives, altho...
14: ... the instrument-maker [[Christopher Cock]], this attribution appears incorrect, since [[Zacharias Jans...
24: ...houlders of giants"'', appeared originally in a letter to Hooke, and Newton presumably intended it as ... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...ton also shares credit with [[Gottfried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] for the development of dif...
19: ...other recorded 'sweethearts' and never married. [http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/Newton.html]
25: ...s is an exaggeration of Newton's own tale about sitting by the window of his home ([[Woolsthorpe Manor...
29: ... twenty-five years of his life were marred by a bitter dispute with [[Leibniz]], whom he accused of pl...
40: He once said, in a letter to Hooke dated [[5 February]] [[1676]]: - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
4: ...e [[Third Anglo-Dutch War]] and fought at the [[Battle of Schooneveld]] in June [[1673]]. In [[1674]] ...
7: ...f that isthmus; the pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the Caribb...
30: In [[1703]] he was given command of two government ships, '...
40: ...e had an unusual degree of influence on figures better known than he:
53: *''A Voyage to New Holland'', (Part 1 [[1703]], Part 2 [[1709]]) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: ...right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
9: ...ah Folger, was born in [[Nantucket]], [[Massachusetts]] on [[August 15]], [[1667]], to Peter Folger, a...
13: ...for [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]; and while in Boston, they had several more ch...
17: ...tember 20]], [[1701]]), Thomas ([[December 7]], [[1703]]), '''Benjamin''' ([[January 6]], [[1706]]), Lyd...
21: ...in was born on Milk Street in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tal... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
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39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
57: *[[Archibald Alison (Scottish author)|Archibald Alison]], (1757-1839){{fn|R}... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
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11: ...png|Map of the Ottoman Empire]]<br/><small>''The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power''</small>
13: | '''[[Motto|Imperial motto]]'''
14: ... ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra) - Viking (18085 bytes)
13: ...a trading tax on their goods. The next recorded attack, dated June 8, [[793]], was on the monastery a...
52: ...times characterized as heroes, later shaping the attitude against Vikings during the [[18th century]] ...
68: ... north and west, the [[Dane|Danes]] to England, settling in the [[Danelaw]], and the [[Swede|Swedes]],...
73: After decades of trade and settlement, [[Christianity]] was introduced into Scand...
76: ...ders. An overwhelming amount of the sagas were written in [[Iceland]]. - Jim Abbott (6907 bytes)
1: ...'s fielding statistics matched or even slightly bettered the league average most seasons.
3: ...e the throw with his left hand. When batting, Abbott would swing the bat one-handed.
5: In [[1988 in sports|1988]], Abbott won a gold medal pitching for the [[United States...
7: ...l to 7-15 for the sixth-place Angels. In 1992 Abbott was also honoured with the [[Tony Conigliaro Awar...
9: ...e pitching for the Yankees, Abbott threw a [[no-hitter]] against the [[Cleveland Indians]]. - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
3: ...hann Sebastian Bach, [[1748]] portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann]]
5: ... B Minor (Bach)|Mass in B Minor]] and the [[St. Matthew Passion]].
19: ...Bach took a post as organist at [[Arnstadt]] in [[1703]]. He apparently felt cramped in the small town a...
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30: ...hich they were originally performed; some were written using traditional church hymns, such as ''Wache... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
17: * [[1703]]: [[Saint Petersburg]] founded by [[Peter I of R...
18: ...7|Act of Union]] passed merging the [[Scotland|Scottish]] and the [[England|English]] Parliaments, thu...
33: * [[1741]]: [[Russia]]ns begin settling the [[Aleutian Islands]].
35: * [[1750]]: peak of the [[Little Ice Age]]
38: * [[1757]]: [[Battle of Plassey]] signals the beginning of [[British... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...he [[Glorious Revolution]] of [[1688]] to the [[battle of Waterloo]] in [[1815]]<ref>{{cite book | aut...
6: ... prominence. Philosophers were dreaming about a better age without the christian fundamentalism of ear...
12: ...a battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in the [[Battle of Poltava]]]]
18: ... Spanish Succession|Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_spanishsucc...
20: * [[1702]]: [[Forty-seven Ronin]] attack [[Kira Yoshinaka]] and then commit [[seppuku]]... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
38: ...Tsar]] [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] in [[1703]] as a "window to Europe", it served thenceforth ...
44: ==Landmarks and tourist attractions==
50: ... The white nights are closely linked to another attraction — the nine drawbridges spanning the ...
74: ...i]], but never completed. It is followed by the [http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/22/468550.jpg Naval ...
108: ... its kind in the world and so nicely set that no attachment to the base is needed. A striking monument...
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