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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...[[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known as the [[The Age of Enli...
10: ...ded to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
12: ...romenade du sceptique'', an [[allegory]] pointing first to the extravagances of Catholicism; second, t...
14: ...f some points in aesthetics. The philosophic significance of the two essays is in the advance they mak...
23: ...onary of Arts and Sciences]]'', undertaken in the first instance by the Englishman [[John Mills]], and... - History of biology (3053 bytes)
3: ...ologia generalis et dendrologia'', published in [[1766]].
5: [[Aristotle]] is one of the most prolific natural philosophers of [[antiquity]]. He made c...
7: ... who was encouraged to publish his thought in the field by the independent work of [[Alfred Russel Wal...
9: ...m for [[evolution]]. Implications of evolution on fields outside of pure science have led to both [[So...
11: ...953]] [[James Watson]] and [[Francis Crick]] clarified the basic structure of [[DNA]], the [[genetic m... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
113: *[[James Baynes]] ([[1766]]-[[1837]])
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...uary 1 was to be either [[New Year's Day]] or the first day of its numbered year. Although England beg...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], pr...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered b...
22: ...ein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published. - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...s the [[Age of Reason]]. The term also more specifically refers to a historical intellectual movement...
16: ...observation, resulted in a coherent system of verifiable predictions and set the tone for much of what...
18: ...If the previous era was the age of reasoning from first principles, Enlightenment thinkers saw themsel...
20: ...s shift united the pure empiricism of Renaissance figures such as Sir [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Fr...
24: ... reflected the intrinsic quality of a person as defined by the philosophers of the age. [[John Locke]]... - Aardvark (6420 bytes)
12: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
16: .... (For the same reason, Aardvarks bear a striking first-glance resemblance to the [[marsupial]] [[Bilb...
22: ...ing in four toes—but the rear feet have all five toes. Each toe bears a large, robust nail which... - Dik-dik (3106 bytes)
13: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
25: Dik-diks live in [[monogamous]] pairs in fixed [[Territory (animal) | territories]] of up to ...
28: ...t before dawn and after dusk. Dik-diks consume sufficient amounts of [[water]] for hydration, making d...
31: ...k-diks form [[monogamous]] relationships within defined [[Territory (animal) | territories]]. At birth... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
12: ...| author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = 1766}}
19: ...ish. Groups of these birds often travel in single file, flying low over the water's surface.
28: ...''Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis'' Linnaeus, 1766 - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
36: *[[John Dalton]], (1766-1844), physicist
56: *[[Hermann Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with :
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
58: *[[Hans Fischer]], German organic chemist, [[1930]] [[Nobel ...
64: *[[Johan Gadolin]], (1760–1852), [[Finns|Finnish]] chemist - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
1: ...ntgolfier.jpg|thumb|250px|Jacques Étienne Montgolfier]]
3: ... [[1799]]), [[inventor|invented]] the '''''montgolfière''''', or [[hot air balloon]].
5: ...ot them more burnt, so they were scarred from the fire for the rest of their life.
9: On [[June 5]], [[1783]], as a first public demonstration, they sent up at Annonay ...
13: ...ound [[October 15]] (12 or 14 according to Montgolfier), to an altitude of 26 m. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...[[navigator]]. He made three voyages to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mappe...
7: ...r the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born to Grace and James, Sr., who work...
8: ... tradition, it is during his time there that Cook first felt the lure of the [[sea]] while gazing out ...
14: ...s, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (''e.g.'' dipping into the Antarctic ...
16: ==First voyage ([[1768]]-[[1771]])== - March 18 (10594 bytes)
11: *[[1766]] - [[American Revolution]]: The [[British Parlia...
16: ...s a [[short-wave radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[ham radio]] operator.
28: ... for [[Hawaii]]an statehood, which would become official on [[August 21]].
31: ...st]] for [[France]] singing "Un premier amour" (A first love).
32: ...cecraft [[Voskhod 2]] for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to [[Extra-vehicular activity|walk in s... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
8: ...[[City Bank of New York]] becomes the site of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ...
9: *[[1861]] - The [[First Taranaki War]] ends in [[New Zealand]].
12: ... [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a [[planet]].
13: ...anes take off in pursuit of [[Pancho Villa]], the first [[United States]] air-combat mission in histor...
15: ...the [[Treaty of Versailles]] for the second time (first time was on [[November 19]], [[1919]]). - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
123: *[[Pierre Hyacinthe Azais]], (1766-1845)
267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
387: *[[Lady Anne Finch Conway]], (1631-1679){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Warthog (4196 bytes)
11: ...| author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = 1766}}
13: ...hors divide them into two species. On that classification, ''P. africanus'' is the Common Warthog and...
15: Warthogs are identifiable by the two pairs of tusks protruding from the...
22: ...during breeding season, sometimes inflicting significant and serious wounds with tusks.
25: ...ws. The warthog commonly enters burrows "back-end first", with the head always facing the opening and ... - Biology (23579 bytes)
4: ... Biology encompasses a broad spectrum of academic fields that are often viewed as independent discipli...
8: ...and [[evolutionary biology]]. A speculative new field is [[astrobiology]] (or xenobiology) which exa...
44: ... tree]]s) of the different organisms. Such classifications are the province of the disciplines of [[s...
46: Traditionally, living things were divided into five kingdoms:
50: However, this five-kingdom system is now considered by many to be ... - Hydrogen (20221 bytes)
36: <td>[[Electron configuration]] </td><td>1s<sup>1...
69: <td>[[Specific heat capacity]] </td><td>1...
110: ...a simple method, but it is still economically inefficient for mass production. Scientists are now rese...
130: ...) of hydrogen, is used in [[CANDU reactor|nuclear fission applications]] as a [[neutron moderator|mode...
138: ...r was made of hydrogen and [[oxygen]]. One of its first uses was for [[balloon]]s. The hydrogen was ob... - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
22: *[[1450]] - [[Antimony]] first described by [[Tholden]]
36: *[[1766]] - [[Hydrogen]] discovered by [[Henry Cavendish]...
58: ... discovered by [[Andr鳠Manuel del R�], not verified until [[1831]]
149: ... discovered by Y. Oganessian et al, Dubna and confirmed at GSI (1982)
160: *[[2004]] (awaiting confirmation) - Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
2: ...ax. The Act was finally repealed on [[March 18]], 1766. This incident increased the colonists' concerns ...
8: ...half penny on a pamphlet or one-page newspaper to fifty pounds on a major commercial contract.
15: ...refuge at Fort William. (The elm tree Oliver's effigy was hanged from later became known as the "[[Li...
22: ...n]] of Pennsylvania. Its wording has ominous significance. The basic argument was that the colonists o...
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