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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: '''Denis Diderot''' ([[October 5]], [[1713]] – [[July 31]], [[1784]]) was a [[France|French]]...
7: ...t graphic of all the pictures that we have of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
10: ...f Medicine'' (1746–1748) and about the same date he published a free rendering of Shaftesbury's ...
14: ...what interested the militant philosophers of that day was an episodic application of the principle of ...
29: ...angerous ideas they held were now made truly formidable by their open publication. In 1759 the ''Encyc... - History of biology (3053 bytes)
1: The '''history of biology''' dates as far back as the rise of various civilizatio...
3: ...ologia generalis et dendrologia'', published in [[1766]].
7: ...ed this field was the British scientist [[Charles Darwin]], who was encouraged to publish his thought ...
9: Darwin's famous work ''[[On the Origin of Species]]'...
10: [[Image:Charles Darwin.jpg|left|thumb|[[Charles Darwin]], [[1854]]]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ... holiday when gifts were exchanged. There are 364 days remaining (365 in [[leap year]]s).
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
10: ...0]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...gan during a historical period they called the "[[Dark Ages]]"). This movement also provided a framewo...
12: The boundaries of the Enlightenment cover much of the 17th c...
14: ...sh axiomatic philosophy and absolutism as the foundations for knowledge and stability. Epistemology, i...
18: ...view may seem overreaching to some in the present-day, where belief is that human beings apprehend a t...
20: ... "laws" which governed its behavior were understandable. The notion of a "clockwork god" or "god the w... - Aardvark (6420 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Orycteropodidae'''}}
12: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
16: ...of the [[Family (biology)|family]] '''Orycteropodidae''' and of the [[Order (biology)|order]] '''Tubul...
18: ...teropus'', the surviving Aardvark. A genus from Madagascar may be related to them, called Plesiorycter... - Dik-dik (3106 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Artiodactyla]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Bovidae]]}}
13: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
28: ... feeding mostly at night, especially right before dawn and after dusk. Dik-diks consume sufficient amo... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox phylum entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Pelecanidae]]}}
12: ...| author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = 1766}}
15: ...wn Pelican''' (''Pelecanus occidentalis'' <small>†</small>) is the smallest (42"-54") member of...
28: ...''Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis'' Linnaeus, 1766 - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
36: *[[John Dalton]], (1766-1844), physicist
37: ...[[Henrik Carl Peter Dam]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel ...
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
43: *[[Davorin Dolar]], (born 1921), chemist - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
22: In 1766, the British scientist [[Henry Cavendish]] had di... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...ritish explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich]...
3: '''James Cook''' ([[October 27]], [[1728]] – [[February 14]], [[1779]]) was a [[Kingdom of ...
7: ...ren born to Grace and James, Sr., who worked as a day laborer on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with...
8: ...on]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command his own ship. Cook rose in the ranks...
14: ...ing and cartographic skills, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (''e.g.'' d... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: ...alendar]] (78th in [[leap year]]s). There are 288 days remaining.
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
11: *[[1766]] - [[American Revolution]]: The [[British Parlia...
18: ...sh]] & [[France|French]] naval attack on the [[Dardanelles]].
20: *[[1922]] - In [[India]], [[Mohandas Gandhi]] is sentenced to six years in [[prison]]... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
1: ...alendar]] (79th in [[leap year]]s). There are 287 days remaining.
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
10: ...entonville]] begins. By the end of the battle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated fro...
14: ...gress]] establishes [[time zone]]s and approves [[daylight saving time]].
29: ... Representatives]] begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network [[C-SP... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - Warthog (4196 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox phylum entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Artiodactyla]]}}
7: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Suidae]]}}
11: ...| author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = 1766}}
13: ...choerus africanus'') is a wild member of the [[Suidae|pig family]] that lives in the plains and open w... - Biology (23579 bytes)
32: ... universal units and common processes that are fundamental to the known forms of [[life]].
38: ...s of the various species from which it descended—together with its genealogical relationship to ...
42: ...e|all living things]], based on [[rRNA]] [[gene]] data, showing the separation of the three domains [[...
50: ...kingdom system is now considered by many to be outdated. More modern alternatives generally begin with...
64: ...m the [[Latin]] "[[Omne vivum ex ovo]]") is a foundational concept of modern biology, it means that th... - Hydrogen (20221 bytes)
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6: ...r><td colspan="2" align="center">'''hydrogen''' – [[helium]]</td>
10: ...="text-align: right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div></td></tr>
40: <td>[[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) </td><td...
82: ! [[natural abundance|NA]] - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
36: *[[1766]] - [[Hydrogen]] discovered by [[Henry Cavendish]...
37: *[[1772]] - [[Nitrogen]] discovered by [[Daniel Rutherford]] .
68: **[[Potassium]] discovered [[Humphry Davy]]. From the [[Latin]] word ''kalium''.
69: **[[Sodium]] discovered [[Humphry Davy]]. From the [[Latin]] word ''natrium'' (sodium)...
71: **[[Calcium]] discovered [[Humphry Davy]]. From the [[Latin]] word ''calcis'' (lime). - Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
2: ...ax. The Act was finally repealed on [[March 18]], 1766. This incident increased the colonists' concerns ...
6: ...ty of Paris]], left Britain with control of [[Canada]] and the entire east coast of [[North America|Am...
13: ... had even been assigned to support actions in Canada and the west, with limited compensation from the ...
15: ...as burned. The mob even went on to [[vandalism|vandalise]] Lieutenant Governor [[Thomas Hutchinson|Hut...
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