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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
    120: *[[Adrian of Nicomedia]], (died 303 or 304), Christian saint
  2. Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
    5: ==Ascension to the throne==
    19: ... considerable influence over her policies. His archrival, the anti-German cabinet minister [[Artemy Pe...
    24: ...tanislaw Leszczynski]] and other candidates. In [[1736]] Anna declared war on [[Turkey]], but Charles ma...
    28: ...dants of [[Peter the Great]] from inheriting the throne.
  3. James Watt (5070 bytes)
    3: '''James Watt''' ([[January 19]], [[1736]]–[[August 19]], [[1819]]) was a [[Scotland...
    8: * [[1736]]: Born in Greenock, Scotland
    11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', co...
    22: ...or to measure steam pressure in the [[cylinder]] throughout the working cycle of the engine, so showin...
    24: ...-acting engine, a counter, an indicator, and a [[throttle]] valve) made the steam engine his life's wo...
  4. Arizona (24367 bytes)
    87: ...ame "Arizona" and its attachment to the region. Three possible derivations are:
    90: ...ahuatl ]] word "arizuma" ("silver bearing"). In [[1736]], a small [[silver]]-[[mining]] camp called "Rea...
    96: ...ped a chain of missions and taught the Indians [[Christianity]] in [[Pimer�Alta]] (now southern Ariz...
    134: ...ed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut through layer after layer of [[sediment]] as the [[Co...
    138: :*''Highest Point:'' [[Humphreys Peak]] - 12,633 ft. near Flagstaff
  5. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
    83: *[[Leonard Bahr]] ([[1905]]-[[1990]])
    167: *[[Aaron Bohrod]] ([[1907]]-[[1992]])
    218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
    263: *[[Anthony Christian]] ([[1945]]-)
  6. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    51: ...ur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
    52: *[[Christopher Cockerell]], (1910-1999;) (1886-1972) &md...
    112: *[[John Harrison]], (1693-1776) — marine chronometer
    164: ...7) — reflecting telescope (which reduces [[chromatic aberration]])
    192: *[[August Schrader]], [[Schrader valve]] for [[Pneumatic tire]]
  7. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    28: *[[Wilfried Behre]]
    194: *[[Franz Xaver Messerschmidt]] (1736 - 1783)
  8. Steamboat (11603 bytes)
    15: ... is unclear. River boatmen took exception to the threat to their trade, and smashed it up.
    17: In [[1736]] Jonathan Hulls took out a patent in [[England]]...
  9. Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
    2: ...journalist]], [[publisher]], [[author]], [[philanthropist]], [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]], [[public s...
    11: ...on; and over the next few years, this couple had three children, all of whom being half-siblings of Be...
    29: In [[1736]] he created the [[Union Fire Company]], the firs...
    36: ...ries that gave him a reputation with the learned throughout Europe.
    63: ...llion#The Paxton Boys' Uprising|Paxton affair]], through which he lost his seat in the Assembly, but i...
  10. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    10: *[[Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar]] ([[1930]] - )
    93: *[[Harald Bohr]] ([[Denmark]], [[1887]] - [[1951]])
    157: *[[Elwin Bruno Christoffel]] [[Germany]] ([[1829]]-[[1900]])
    227: *[[Charles Ehresmann]] (France, [[1905]] - [[1979]])
    268: *[[Chris Freiling]] (???)
  11. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[1...
    57: *[[Jean Sylvain Bailly]] ([[France]], [[1736]] – [[1793]])
    79: *[[Alfred Bohrmann]] ([[Germany]], [[1904]] – [[2000]])
    114: *[[Richard Christopher Carrington]] ([[Britain]], [[1826]] &ndas...
    129: *[[James Christy]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1938]] – )
  12. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    50: *[[Alexander of Aphrodisias]], (2nd century){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    145: *[[Christoph Gottfried Bardili]], (1761-1808)
    218: *[[Niels Bohr]], (1885-1962){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    347: *[[Christine de Pizan]], (c. 1365-c. 1430){{fn|R}}
    348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
  13. Fahrenheit (3867 bytes)
    2: ...sicist]] [[Gabriel Fahrenheit]] ([[1686]]–[[1736]]), who proposed it in [[1724]].
    4: ... is a degree [[Celsius]]), and minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to minus 40 degrees Celsius.
    5: {{Fahrenheit conversion}}
    9: ...o devise his temperature scale. One holds that Fahrenheit established the zero of his scale (0 ?F) as...
    11: ... series [[The Mechanical Universe]], holds that Fahrenheit simply adopted [[Ole R?R?]'s scale, at whic...
  14. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    1: ...e of [[pilgrim|pilgrims]]. Following the loss of Christian territory in the [[Holy Land]], the Order o...
    5: ...monastery of Saint [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace ...
    7: ... infirmary near to the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in Jerusalem. Initially the group just cared f...
    9: ...eligious buildings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were the wo...
    27: ...l of St Michael and St George, also known as the Throne Room, in the Grandmaster's Palace, [[Valletta]...
  15. Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
    1: ...ble Player award|Most Valuable Player]] in 1957, three [[Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove Awards]] and made...
    12: ...stop [[Racism|racial epithets]] and [[Hate crime|threats]], Aaron led the league in runs (115), hits (...
    21: ... where he played for most of his career, winning three Gold Gloves. [[1955 in sports|1955]] also saw ...
    23: ... times. Aaron did his part by hitting .393 with three homers and seven RBI.
    28: ...as the only time in his career that he would hit three homers in a game. Exactly one month later, on ...
  16. Voltaire (48640 bytes)
    8: ...ther being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that ...
    36: ...e]] was, and the kingdom's prestige was enhanced through welcoming a distinguished exile from French i...
    52: ..., the play of Aizire and ''L'Enfant prodigue'' ([[1736]]), and a long treatise on the Newtonian system w...
    54: ...e frontier and made for Brussels. He spent about three months in the [[Low Countries]], but in March [...
    60: ... first time at [[Cleves]], an interview followed three months later by a longer visit. Brussels was ag...
  17. Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
    12: ...h a systematic introduction to [[mechanics]] in [[1736]]: ''Mechanica sive motus scientia analytice expo...
    14: ... arts. They had thirteen children, of whom only three sons and two daughters survived. The descendan...
    22: ...r was a deeply religious [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] throughout his life. However, a widely told [[anecdo...
    27: ...t of inertia]] of a cross section, about an axis through the [[center of mass]] and perpendicular to t...
    67: In [[1736]] Euler solved, or rather proved insoluble, a pro...
  18. Persian rug (6404 bytes)
    5: ...n carpets come from the [[Safavid]] dynasty (1501-1736) in the 16th century. However, painted depiction...
    12: ... on exhibit in Ala?edin Mosque in [[Konya]] and Ashrafoghlu Mosque in Beyshehir, [[Turkey]]. These pie...
    22: ... be found in [[The Carpet Museum of Iran]] in [[Tehran]].
    28: ...z works are the two carpets perhaps made for the shrine at [[Ardabil]] (today in the collections of th...
    30: ...silk]] carpet production. Most famously, for the three silk hunting carpet masterpieces depicting moun...
  19. 18th century (8231 bytes)
    3: ...ers to the [[century]] that lasted from [[1701]] through [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]].
    9: ...ife. [[The Enlightenment]] was in full bloom and threatened the power of [[theology]]. The rise of nat...
    29: * [[1736]]: [[Nadir Shah]] assumes title of [[Shah]] of [[...
  20. 18th century new (49640 bytes)
    6: ...ers were dreaming about a better age without the christian fundamentalism of earlier centuries. This d...
    39: ...t Britain|George I]], Elector of Hanover, to the throne of Great Britain.
    55: ... [[Chinese Rites controversy#Kangxi's ban|bans]] Christian Missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's d...
    77: * [[1736]]: [[Nadir Shah]] assumed title of [[Shah]] of [[...
    78: *[[1736]]: [[Qing Dynasty]] Chinese court painters recrea...

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