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  1. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    37: *[[Andrew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
  2. Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
    7: ...t was reputed by her enemies to indulge in a love affair with [[Count Biron]] for many years.
    19: ...s sufficiently prudent not to meddle with foreign affairs or with the army, and these departments were...
    24: ...tanislaw Leszczynski]] and other candidates. In [[1736]] Anna declared war on [[Turkey]], but Charles ma...
    30: ...nsellors and relations. As a consequence, shortly after Anna's death [[Elizabeth Petrovna]], [[Peter I...
    33: ...ich Wilhelm, Duke of Courland|Friedrich Wilhelm]]|after=[[Ferdinand, Duke of Courland|Ferdinand]]|year...
  3. James Watt (5070 bytes)
    3: '''James Watt''' ([[January 19]], [[1736]]–[[August 19]], [[1819]]) was a [[Scotland...
    8: * [[1736]]: Born in Greenock, Scotland
    36: ...wer (physics)|power]], the ''[[watt]]'', is named after him. So is, at least in part, [[Edinburgh]]'s ...
    40: There are 4 colleges named after him in Scotland, James Watt College in Kilwinn...
    44: There are over 50 roads or streets named after him, in the UK.
  4. Arizona (24367 bytes)
    85: ...a, Arizona|Yuma]], and [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]]. Besides the [[Grand Canyon National Park|Gran...
    90: ...ahuatl ]] word "arizuma" ("silver bearing"). In [[1736]], a small [[silver]]-[[mining]] camp called "Rea...
    100: ... war camp during [[WWII]]. The site was purchased after the war by the Maytag family, and is currently...
    134: ...orado River and its tributaries cut through layer after layer of [[sediment]] as the [[Colorado Platea...
    138: ...int:'' [[Humphreys Peak]] - 12,633 ft. near Flagstaff
  5. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Ita...
    394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
    487: *[[Anton Graff]] ([[1736]]-[[1813]])
    502: *[[Olaf Gulbransson]] ([[1873]]-[[1958]])
    768: *[[Rafal Malczewski]] ([[1892]]-[[1965]])
  6. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    3: ...[list of scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[invento...
    52: ...rell]], (1910-1999;) (1886-1972) — [[Hovercraft]]
    158: ...an-American Inventor of the [[gas mask]], and [[traffic signal]].
    168: ...is]] — passenger elevator and concommitant safety device
    206: ...|bladeless turbine]], radio and [[VTOL|VTOL aircraft]] (among others).
  7. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    194: *[[Franz Xaver Messerschmidt]] (1736 - 1783)
  8. Steamboat (11603 bytes)
    17: In [[1736]] Jonathan Hulls took out a patent in [[England]]...
    30: ...eum ship]] at [[Winona, Minnesota]]. For modern craft operated on rivers, see the [[riverboat]] articl...
    42: People have had a particular affection for the [[Clyde puffer]]s, small steam fre...
    49: ...a]], and arrived at [[San Francisco, California]] after the 4-month, 21-day journey.
    51: ...]] where trade around the world became cheap and safe.
  9. Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
    13: ...0]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth).
    23: ...n a new city. He was not satisfied, however, and after a few months was induced by Pennsylvania Gover...
    29: In [[1736]] he created the [[Union Fire Company]], the firs...
    34: ...ranklin began to concern himself more with public affairs. In 1743, he set forth a scheme for an Acade...
    40: ...[cgs]] unit of [[electric charge]] has been named after him: one ''franklin'' (Fr) is equal to one [[s...
  10. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    8: *[[Abu'l-Wafa]] (Iran, [[940]] - [[998]])
    150: *[[Pafnuty Chebyshev|Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev]], ([[Russia]], [[May 16]],...
    411: *[[Laurent Lafforgue]] (France, [[1966]] - )
    412: *[[Joseph-Louis de Lagrange]] (France, [[1736]] - [[1813]])
    640: *[[Peter Sarnak]] (South Africa, [[1955]] - )
  11. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    57: *[[Jean Sylvain Bailly]] ([[France]], [[1736]] – [[1793]])
    203: *[[Al-Farghani|Farghani]] ([[Persia]], d. after [[861]])
    243: *[[Bengt Gustafsson]], ([[Sweden]])
    298: ...ert Thorburn Ayton Innes]] ([[Scotland]], [[South Africa]], [[1861]] – [[1933]])
    302: *[[Cyril V. Jackson]] ([[South Africa]])
  12. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    28: *[[Sediq Afghan]]
    29: *[[Jamal al-Din al-Afghani]], (1839-1897){{fn|R}}
    172: *[[Paul Benacerraf]]
    324: *[[Rafe Champion]]
    965: *[[Pierre Laffitte]], (1823-1903){{fn|C}}
  13. Fahrenheit (3867 bytes)
    2: ...sicist]] [[Gabriel Fahrenheit]] ([[1686]]–[[1736]]), who proposed it in [[1724]].
    13: ...ceably different from 32 ?F and 212 ?F. Some time after his death, it was decided to recalibrate the s...
  14. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    15: ...executed the plan, and on [[August 15]], [[1309]] after over two years of campaigning, the island of [...
    17: ...4]] and another by [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]], who after the [[fall of Constantinople]] made the Knight...
    25: After seven years of moving from place to place in [...
    27: ...[[Greenwich, London, England|Greenwich, London]]. After the siege a new city had to be built -- the pr...
    31: ...r [[slave trade|slave trading]], selling captured Africans and Turks and conversely freeing Christian ...
  15. Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
    8: ...merican League]] champion [[Indianapolis Clowns]] after the Black Bears played an exhibition against t...
    40: ...each the milestone and he did it exactly one year after his former teammate [[Eddie Mathews]] did it w...
    54: .... The 1973 season ended with Aaron at 713 homers after hitting a remarkable 40 in just 392 at-bats. ...
    60: After the 1974 season ended, the Braves traded Aaron...
    66: ...nization as player development director four days after retiring from baseball. On [[August 1]], [[19...
  16. Voltaire (48640 bytes)
    14: ...rl from a poor family, but his father stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', thou...
    18: Ever after his exit from the Bastille in April [[1718]] h...
    24: ...ve remark, he was waylaid by Beauregard some time after in a less privileged place and soundly beaten.
    32: ...d with his usual sharpness of tongue, and shortly afterwards, when dining with the duke of Sully, was ...
    36: Soon after his arrival, [[George I of Great Britain|Georg...
  17. Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
    12: ...h a systematic introduction to [[mechanics]] in [[1736]]: ''Mechanica sive motus scientia analytice expo...
    67: In [[1736]] Euler solved, or rather proved insoluble, a pro...
    85: * ''Lexikon der Naturwissenschaftler'', Spektrum Akademischer Verlag Heidelberg, 2...
  18. Persian rug (6404 bytes)
    2: [[image:Qalibaf-isfahan.jpg|right|thumb|A traditional rug weaver ...
    5: ...n carpets come from the [[Safavid]] dynasty (1501-1736) in the 16th century. However, painted depiction...
    12: ...n exhibit in Ala?edin Mosque in [[Konya]] and Ashrafoghlu Mosque in Beyshehir, [[Turkey]]. These piece...
    48: #Afshar
    79: #Rafsanjan
  19. 18th century (8231 bytes)
    19: * [[1707]]: After [[Aurangzeb]]'s death, the [[Mughal Empire]] e...
    25: ...un|Afghans]] conquer Iran, ending the [[Safavids|Safavid dynasty]].
    29: ...h]] of [[Persian Empire|Persia]] and founds the [[Afsharid dynasty]]. Rules until his death in [[1747]...
    34: ...h]] founds the [[Durrani Empire]] in modern day [[Afghanistan]].
    50: ...d [[Boer]] settlers and the [[Xhosa]]s in [[South Africa]]
  20. 18th century new (49640 bytes)
    8: ...rge parts of India. However, Britain lost the USA after the American revolution. The [[industrial revo...
    17: ...]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Baltic]] power after the [[Great Northern War]].
    26: * [[1707]]: After [[Aurangzeb]]'s death, the [[Mughal Empire]] e...
    32: * [[1709]]: [[Hotaki dynasty]] founded in Afghanistan.
    33: ...[[Charles XII of Sweden]] flees to Ottoman Empire after [[Peter I of Russia]] defeats his army at the ...

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