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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
160: ...ois de La Pérouse|Jean François La Pérouse]], (1741-1788), French explorer of the Pacific
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...sa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
4: ...ted [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]]. She was undoubtedly one of the most powerful women of he...
6: ...it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...o Louis, heir apparent to the king of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis X...
14: ...], and [[King of Bohemia|Queen of Bohemia]]: 1740-1741 - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...Germans in the government and not a single person was executed during her reign.
7: ...nd [[Catherine I of Russia|Martha Skavronskaya]], was born at [[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on th...
9: ...leisure to devote to her training, and her mother was too illiterate to superintend her studies. She h...
11: It was Peter's intention to marry his second daughter t...
13: ...scent nephew [[Peter II of Russia|Peter II]], who was rumoured to be her lover. The [[Dolgorukov]]s, w... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
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38: ...er the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products an...
42: ... it the 43rd largest in land area and the 47th in water area.
44: ...tate's geographic center is [[Washington, Vermont|Washington]], three miles east of [[Roxbury, Vermont... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
48: *[[Washington Allston]] ([[1779]]-[[1843]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
99: *[[James Barry (painter)|James Barry]] ([[1741]]-[[1806]])
147: *[[Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa]] ([[1857]]-[[1893]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
1: ...umb|Rev. Jonathan Edwards, a leader of the Great Awakening, is still remembered for his sermon "Sinner...
6: *[[1702]] - [[Queen Anne's War]] (War of the Spanish Succession) begins
10: *[[1713]] - Queen Anne's War ends with the [[Treaty of Utrecht (1713)|Treaty ...
17: ...ching of [[Jonathan Edwards (theology)|Jonathan Edwards]]
19: ...colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Great Awakening - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...Piave]] (north) Rivers. The [[Venetian Republic]] was a major sea power and a [[staging area]] for the...
6: ...of autonomy and eventual [[independence]]. Venice was a [[city state]] (an Italian [[thalassocracy]] o...
8: ...wer of Venice were laid: the [[Venetian Arsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested contr...
10: ...ed to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
12: ...tly transport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
99: *[[Edward Onslow Ford]] (1852 - 1901)
141: *[[Jean Antoine Houdon]] (1741 - 1828)
153: *[[J. Seward Johnson, Jr.]] (1930 - )
159: *[[Jawad Saleem]](1920-1961)
233: *[[Edward Clark Potter]] (1857 - 1923) - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...], much like [[Vidkun Quisling|Quisling]] in [[Norway]], or [[Philippe P鴡in|P鴡in]] in [[France]].
8: ==Wartime career==
9: ...our, had fought in the [[French and Indian War]], was a militia captain in the (Connecticut) Governor'...
10: ...ps that held it and who were not aware that a war was in progress.
13: ...jamin Hinman]] arrived and Arnold learned that he was second to Hinman, he resigned his commission (la... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...sponded with members of the [[Lunar Society]] and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. ...
9: ...farmer, and Jane White. His mother, Abiah Folger, was born in [[Nantucket]], [[Massachusetts]] on [[Au...
21: ...his father had, he produced 17 children. Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten an...
23: ...as not satisfied, however, and after a few months was induced by Pennsylvania Governor [[William Keith...
27: ...ostly theological and educational tomes, but by [[1741]] the library also included works on history, geo... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
8: *[[Abu'l-Wafa]] (Iran, [[940]] - [[998]])
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
27: *[[Al-Khwarizmi|Abu Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi]] (Persia, [[780]] - [[850]])
113: *[[Thomas Bradwardine]] (English, c. [[1290]] - [[1349]])
120: *[[Viggo Brun]] (Norway, [[1885]] - [[1978]]) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ..., the Order operated from [[Rhodes]], of which it was [[sovereign]], and later from [[Malta]] as a [[v...
5: ...raveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...de]] by the Blessed Gerard, whose role as founder was confirmed by a [[Papal bull]] of [[Pope Paschal ...
9: ...oli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], subdivided into [[bai...
15: ... the [[County of Tripoli]] and when [[Akko|Acre]] was captured in [[1291]] the order sought refuge in ... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
34: |[[van der Waals radius]] || 175 pm
70: |[[Thermal conductivity]] || 71.6 [[watt per metre-kelvin|W/(m?K)]]
171: ...have been known for a long time. Though the metal was used by [[pre-Columbian]] Indians, the first Eur...
173: ...d it in Colombia. They regarded platinum as an unwanted impurity in the [[silver]] they were mining, ...
175: ...es Wood]] independently isolated the element in [[1741]]. - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
32: *[[1741]] - [[Platinum]] discovered by [[Charles Wood (sc...
36: ... From the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''hud? (water) and ''gennan'' (generate).
43: *[[1778]] - [[Molybdenum]] was discovered [[Carl Wilhelm Scheele]]
128: *[[1925]] - [[Rhenium]] discovered by [[Walter Noddack]] and [[Ida Tacke]]
134: ...] discovered by [[Glenn T. Seaborg]], [[Arthur C. Wahl]], [[Joseph W. Kennedy]], [[Emilio G. Segr蝝 - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ... better known by the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was a [[France|French]] [[The Age of Enlightenment|E...
8: Voltaire was born in [[Paris ]] to François Arouet and...
10: ...y fond, married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor ...
12: ...y for facile verse-making. At the age of ten, he was sent to the [[Jesuit]] Collège Louis-le-G...
14: ...he [[knights of Malta|grand prior]] Vendôme was the head, and the poets [[Guillaume Amfrye de Ch... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...st mathematicians who ever lived. Leonhard Euler was the first to use the term "[[function (mathemati...
5: ...sequences of the newly invented [[calculus]]. He was completely [[blindness|blind]] for the last seve...
10: ...ibited great mathematical talents, but his father wanted him to study [[theology]] and become a minist...
12: ...ional mathematics appointment in [[1733]]. Euler was the first to publish a systematic introduction t...
16: ... of Sciences]] in [[Berlin]]. His time in Berlin was very productive; however, he did not have an eas... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
9: ... and Prussia began to shift the balance of power away from the west and create new competition in Euro...
11: ...of old empires, especially [[India]], where civil war enabled the British to take control of the entir...
13: ...e [[Rococo]] style replaced the [[Baroque]], then was succeeded by the [[Neoclassical]] movement.
16: * [[1701]]-[[1714|14]]: [[War of the Spanish Succession]]
23: * [[1721]]: [[Robert Walpole]] becomes the first [[Prime Minister of the ... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ..., an iconic event of the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]]]]
13: ...700 en.jpg|thumb|250px|Europe on the eve of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1700)]]
17: ... region|Baltic]] power after the [[Great Northern War]].
18: ...Spanish Succession, 1701-1714 |publisher=Historyofwar.org |date= |accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref>
23: *[[1703]]-[[1711]]: The [[Rákóczi's War for Independence|Rákóczi Uprising]] against th... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
48: ... a unique and striking ambience. These bodies of water give St. Petersburg the name of "[[Venice]] of...
52: ...s called the outdoor museum of [[Neoclassicism]], was the first Russian patrimony inscribed in the [[U...
56: ...716. A residence adjacent to the Menshikov palace was redesigned for [[Peter II of Russia|Peter II]] a...
58: ...he [[Media:anichkov_palace.jpg|Anichkov palace]] (1741–1750, many times rebuilt, now a palace for ...
62: ...ov]] palace (1830–1838), where [[Rasputin]] was killed; and the [[Yelagin Palace]] (1818–1... - Articles of Confederation (19574 bytes)
5: ...umultuous aftermath of the American Revolutionary War, the fledgling nation faced the daunting task of...
9: ...rticles of Confederation in 1777. The primary aim was to create a loose union that respected the sover...
15: ...hority: The central government under the Articles was intentionally weak, with no executive branch and...
17: ...weakness severely hampered its ability to pay off war debts or fund essential operations.
22: ...f Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War and established the nation's boundaries.
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