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- Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
3: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1700]] to [[1759]]'''.
10: *[[1713]] - Queen Anne's War ends with the [[Treaty of Utrecht (1713)|Treaty of Utrecht...
17: ...reat Awakening]] ([[1730s]] to [[1760s]]) begins with the preaching of [[Jonathan Edwards (theology)|J...
19: *[[1739]] - [[George Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to...
23: *[[1748]] - King George's War ends with the [[Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle]]
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
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5: ... as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown'', upon which many an artic...
7: ... had affairs with the writer Madame Puisieux and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the r...
10: ... ''Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Merit'' (1745), with some original notes of his own. He composed a vo... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...e grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[P...
7: ...t that time, her illegitimacy would be used by political opponents to challenge her right to the thron...
9: ...ed every one by her extraordinary beauty and vivacity.
11: ...ersonal dislike of the princess for the various suitors proposed to her, so that on the death of her m...
13: ... all control, abandoned herself to her appetites without reserve. - Apple (20408 bytes)
16: ...are of the species ''M. domestica'' or hybrids of it.
23: ...ts that affect domestic apples, and research with it to develop new disease-resistant apples is contin...
25: ...velop apples suitable for growing in climates unsuitable for ''M. domestica'', mainly for increased co...
27: ...[United States]] since the [[Immigration to the United States|arrival of Europeans]].
32: ...low [[pesticide]]s to penetrate the top of the fruit), and popular flavor. - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
5: ... to the [[First Intermediate Period]]. Some authorities point to cultural differences between the Elev...
8: ...n of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a palace coup by Amenemhat that re...
10: ...hout the Twelfth dynasty and provided great stability.
12: ...f his father to recapture [[Nubia]] and other territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. T...
14: ...rnment though) and established trade connections with Nubia and a war seems to be conducted in the [[L... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
7: ...tes or even several whole chronologies as possibilities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies betw...
9: It should be noted that there is a 60 year discrepan...
15: ...Predynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic...
17: * The dates of Dynasties 11 to 20 are from Kitchen, "The Basics of Egyptian Chronology in Relati...
18: * The dates of Dynasties 21 to 26 are from Kitchen, ''Third Intermediate Period in Egypt'' (1973... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ... [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
26: ...h in July [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount V...
29: ...72.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charl...
31: ...ecame an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually ... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]] |
21: DensityRank = 30<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 25.41 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 14<sup>th</sup> | - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ... in compensation for its loss of Florida to the British.
5: ...ame part of the North American portion of the [[British Empire]].
9: ...res to European conflicts, resulted in little territorial change.
13: ...h de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's capital.
15: ...Near the beginning of the war, in [[1755]], the British had expelled French speaking populations in [[... - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...the [[conflict]], while a force from the [[neutrality|neutral]] [[Netherlands]] was attacked in [[Indi...
3: ...ish. The name "Seven Years' War" is used in the United States to refer only to the [[Europe]]an portio...
8: ...er [[Army|military forces]] and to forge new [[Military alliance|alliances]].
10: ...e on mainland Europe. Furthermore, this allowed Britain to focus her soldiers towards her colonies.
12: ...sian system. Maria Theresa, whose knowledge of military affairs shamed many of her generals, had press... - Comet (30542 bytes)
1: ....jpg|thumb|250px|[[Comet Hale-Bopp]], showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997)]]
3: ...en [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggregates mixe...
9: ...an extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...om ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, it is known that their appearance have been noticed ...
13: ....png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
1: This is a '''timeline of United States history'''.
2: *[[Timeline of United States history (Before 1600)|Before 1600]]
3: *[[Timeline of United States history (1600-1699)|1600-1699]]
4: ...imeline of United States history (1700-1759)|1700-1759]]
5: *[[Timeline of United States history (1760-1789)|1760-1789]] - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: ...g|thumb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch Trials]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 t...
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to...
24: ...] founded by the Dutch in present-day [[New York City]]
65: ...s Revolution]] deposes James II and replaces him with [[William and Mary]]; Dominion of New England ce... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
3: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1700]] to [[1759]]'''.
10: *[[1713]] - Queen Anne's War ends with the [[Treaty of Utrecht (1713)|Treaty of Utrecht...
17: ...reat Awakening]] ([[1730s]] to [[1760s]]) begins with the preaching of [[Jonathan Edwards (theology)|J...
19: *[[1739]] - [[George Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to...
23: *[[1748]] - King George's War ends with the [[Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle]] - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760...
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]]
25: *[[1774]] - British pass [[Intolerable Acts]], including: - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[Indi...
10: ...United States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
11: *[[1793]] - [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] partition [[Poland]].
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed
20: *[[1882]] - [[John D. Rockefeller]] unites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[tr... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...Ancient Roman]] polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian ...
5: ...an Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is traditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed ...
9: ...and ornate imperial ritual. We now know that the situation was far more nuanced: certain historical fo...
11: ...e adopted by successor states and other entities with imperial pretensions, including the [[Frankish]]...
14: ===Political Developments=== - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich]]
3: ... three voyages to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[c...
7: ... day laborer on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with his family to [[Great Ayton]].
8: ...War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...fore the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]] in [[1759]]. He showed a talent for [[surveying]] and cart... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...glish language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ...[[Ralph Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
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