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  1. Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
    4: ...ul women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
    6: ...nherit his united lands on his death. While many European monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction w...
    17: ...h of Austria|HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth]] (1743-1808)
  2. Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
    7: ...lic]]. He had affairs with the writer Madame Puisieux and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant ...
    10: ...a translation of Stanyan's ''History of Greece'' (1743); with two colleagues he produced a translation o...
    14: ...ept of [[God]]. What makes the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' interesting is its presentation, in a disti...
    16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy for the authorities, and he w...
    34: ...rot.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait by [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]], 1766]]
  3. Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
    29: ... were opened at [[Abo]], and on the 7th of August 1743 Sweden ceded to Russia all the southern part of [...
    43: ...trovna in [[Tsarskoe Selo]]'' (1905), painting by Eugene Lanceret, now in the [[Tretyakov Gallery]]]]
    47: ...usy of the growth of Russian influence in eastern Europe and his fear of offending the [[Porte]]. It w...
  4. Carpet (15753 bytes)
    1: ...numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
    10: ...[plain weave]], and [[tapestry weave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, ...
    24: ...izontal looms have been used in the production of European and Oriental carpets.
    41: ...stylized, angular calligraphy called [[Kufic]], pseudo-Kufic, or Kufesque.
    47: ===Oriental Carpets in Europe===
  5. George Washington (29551 bytes)
    26: ... Augustine Washington ([[1693]] - [[April 12]], [[1743]]) and Mary Ball ([[1708]] - [[August 25]], [[178...
    31: ...h eventually became the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[Europe]].
    40: ...851, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art|Metropolitan Museum]]]]
    49: ...er the [[Prussia|German]] [[Baron Friedrich von Steuben]], steadily improving its fighting capabilitie...
    73: In [[1798]], Washington was appointed [[Lieutenant General]] in the [[United States Army]] by ...
  6. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
    9: | date of birth=[[April 13]], [[1743]]
    18: '''Thomas Jefferson''' ([[April 13]], [[1743]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the third ([[...
    32: ...imself was never able to produce wine on par with Europe. However, it seems likely that he would be pl...
    67: ...f 1807]], an attempt to force respect for U.S. [[neutrality]] by ending trade with the belligerents in...
    189: ... his religious opinions. Valuable introduction by Eugene Sheridan.
  7. Finland (29511 bytes)
    1: ...rdic countries|Nordic country]] in northeastern [[Europe]], bordered by the [[Baltic Sea]] to the sout...
    35: |'''[[Currency]]''' || [[Euro]] (&euro;)<sup>1</sup>
    37: | '''[[Time zone]]''' <br />&nbsp;- in [[European Summer Time|summer]]
    38: ...[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)<br>[[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[Coordinated Universal...
    46: ...up> Prior to [[1999]]: [[Markka|Finnish markka]]. Euro a bank currency since 1999, in public circulati...
  8. South Dakota (14035 bytes)
    82: ...h Dakota and South Dakota after a dispute between Euro-American settlers in northern and southern regi...
    132: ...o]] Experiment, famous for detecting the [[solar neutrino problem]]. Currently there is pending legis...
    148: The racial makeup of the state is:
  9. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
    171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]])
    185: *[[Eugene Boudin|Eugène Boudin]]
    216: *[[Tadeusz Brzozowski (painter)|Tadeusz Brzozowski]] ([[1818]]-[[1887]])
    313: *[[Michael Dahl]] ([[1659]]-[[1743]])
  10. January 1 (18244 bytes)
    1: ...s the first day of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450...
    22: ...[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published.
    51: *[[1958]] - The [[European Community]] is established.
    59: ...e [[Republic of Ireland]] are admitted into the [[European Community]].
    64: ...reece|Republic of Greece]] is admitted into the [[European Community]].
  11. Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
    3: ...t''' refers to the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
    14: Throughout the 1500s and half of the 1600s, Europe was ravaged by religious wars. When the poli...
    16: ...79: 121–123). There was a wave of change across European thinking at this time, which is also exempl...
    45: ...d in the sciences by, for example, [[Carolus Linnaeus]]' categorization of [[biology]].
    68: ...on deeper connections, an idea now called [[hermeneutics]]. The original focus of his scholarship was ...
  12. List of chemists (10401 bytes)
    52: *[[Hans von Euler-Chelpin]], (1873-1964), Swedish chemist, winne...
    104: *[[Antoine Lavoisier]], (1743-1794), French pioneer chemist
    140: *[[Louis Pasteur]], (1822-1895), French [[biochemistry|biochemist...
    157: *[[Tadeus Reichstein]], (1897-1996), chemist, 1950 [[Nobel...
  13. Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
    34: ...n to concern himself more with public affairs. In 1743, he set forth a scheme for an Academy, which open...
    36: ...gave him a reputation with the learned throughout Europe.
  14. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
    79: *[[Arne Beurling]] (Sweden, [[1905]]-[[1986]])
    109: *[[Nicolas Bourbaki]] (Pseudonym used by a cabal of French mathematicians)
    128: *[[Eugenio Calabi]], (United States)
    142: *[[Ludolph van Ceulen]] (Germany/Netherlands, [[1540]] - [[1610]])
  15. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    232: *[[Pierre Bourdieu]], (1930-2002){{fn|R}}
    384: *[[Marquis de Condorcet]], (1743-1794){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    414: *[[Tadeusz Czezowski]], (1889-1981)
    438: *[[Gilles Deleuze]], (1925-1995){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    445: *[[Denys the Carthusian]] (or ''Denys de Leeuwis''), (1402-1471){{fn|R}}
  16. Celsius (3635 bytes)
    18: ... of Lyons (1743), and the botanist [[Carolus Linnaeus]] (1740); also independently invented the same m...
    22: ...]], at the instigation of [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], or perhaps [[Daniel Ekstr?, the manufacturer ...
    24: ...[[1990s]], particularly by weather forecasters on European networks such as the [[BBC]], [[ITV]], and ...
  17. Holmium (7766 bytes)
    61: | 1743 [[Kelvin|K]] (2678 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
    120: ...5</sup>Ho is [[stable isotope|stable]] with 98 [[neutron]]s
    133: ...]). Since it can absorb [[nuclear fission]]-bred neutrons, the element is also used in [[nuclear contr...
  18. Voltaire (48640 bytes)
    12: The Abb&eacute; de [[Ch&acirc;teauneuf]], a friend of Fran&ccedil;ois' mother, instruct...
    14: ...hen, in the suite of the marquis de Ch&acirc;teauneuf, the abb&eacute;'s brother, to [[The Hague]]. He...
    18: ... hypothesis of an anagram on the name "Arouet le jeune" or "Arouet l.j.", 'u' being changed to 'v' and...
    26: ...n. He stayed at [[Cambrai]] for some time, where European diplomatists were still in full session, jo...
    28: ...e and nearly as intelligent, the duke of [[Richelieu]], and with him he passed [[1724]] and the next y...

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