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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
46: ...vangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...ohn Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
68: *[[Thomas Adams (politician)|Adams, Thomas]], (1730-1788), Virginia delegate to the Continental Congr...
72: ...ams|Adams, Walter Sydney]], (1876-1956), American astronomer
79: *[[James Adamson|Adamson, James]], (1946-), astronaut - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
3: ...om 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
7: ...of Courland (now western [[Latvia]]) from 1711 to 1730, with the Russian resident, [[Bestuzhev-Ryumin|Pe...
10: ...litzine|Dmitry Galitzine]] made Anna Empress in [[1730]]. They had hoped that she would feel indebted to...
33: ...nd, Duke of Courland|Ferdinand]]|years=1711–1730}}
34: ...an VI of Russia|Ivan VI]]|years=[[January 29]], [[1730]]–[[October 28]], [[1740]]}} - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...rojects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarsk...
19: During the reign of her cousin Anne (1730-40), Elizabeth effaced herself as much as possibl...
23: ..., and summoned all the notables, civil and ecclesiastical, to her presence. So swiftly and noiselessly ...
25: ...hat in her sometimes seemed irresolution and procrastination, was, most often, a wise suspense of judgm...
29: ...d to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became the bound... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
46: * the use of [[yeast]] for:
54: ...el [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]])
1005: *[[Dorning Rasbotham]] ([[1730]]-[[1791]]) - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
10: ...estors, the Dutch Edeson's, came to New Jersey in 1730. John Edeson remained loyal to England when the c...
29: ...and businesses by mass-producing relatively long-lasting light bulbs and creating a system for the gene...
62: ...stock ticker]], the first electricity-based broadcast system.
100: ...n first in the "100 Most Important People in the Last 1000 [[Year]]s", noting that his [[light bulb]] "... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...ary of nautical terms|nautical term]] for a tall mast or sail on a [[sailing ship]]. Today the word is ...
19: ...ed as high rises, such as the [[CN Tower]], [[TV masts]], bridges, or oil platforms.
188: ...Tower]]||1974||Present||1450 ft||442 m||1730 ft||527 m||110 ||
207: |[[Sears Tower]]||527 m|| 1730 ft||Chicago
247: [[Image:KLCC_PetronasTowers.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Petronas Towers]] in [... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair o...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small>
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 October]]</small> - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822) - March 20 (10075 bytes)
8: *[[1602]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
108: *[[1730]] - [[Adrienne Lecouvreur]], French actress (b. [...
127: *Feast of [[Cuthbert of Lindisfane|St. Cuthbert]], [[pat... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
80: *[[ɴienne B麯ut]] (France, [[1730]]–[[1783]])
190: *[[Jean Gaston Darboux]] ([[France]], [[August 14]],[[1842]] -...
299: * [[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]] (Scotla...
372: *[[Gaston Julia|Gaston Maurice Julia]] (Algeria, France, [[1893]] - [[... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
90: *[[Louis Boyer (astronomer)|Louis Boyer]] ([[France]])
132: *[[Josep Comas Sol ([[Spain]])<!--Last name = "Comas Solᦱuot;, list under C -->
166: *[[Terence Dickinson]], ([[Canada]]), astronomer and author
202: *[[Charles Fehrenbach (astronomer)|Charles Fehrenbach]] ([[France]], [[1914]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
311: *[[Hector-Neri Casta]], (1924-1991){{fn|C}} - Shinto (25829 bytes)
15: ...e scholars, in particular [[Motoori Norinaga]] ([[1730]]–[[1801]]), tried to tease apart the "real...
37: ...'''State Shinto''' was the result of the Meiji dynasty's restoration and the downfall of the shogunate....
101: ...seen by some as a symbol of Japan's militaristic past - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
45: ...[[Anatolia]] and ruled by the [[Osmanlı]] dynasty. In diplomatic circles it was often referred to ...
53: ...-century history with both the [[Eastern culture|East]] and the [[Western Culture|West]].
65: ...rt to keep power in their hands by regaining at least some of the lost territories, the triumvirate led...
83: ...220;The beginnings of legal reform in the Middle East were initiated in the ottoman empire in the middl... - Navigation (15650 bytes)
9: In Eastern Polynesia, navigators, in order to locate dire...
18: ...secrets might have been lost, had not one of the last living navigators trained a professional small bo...
37: ...], relying on local knowledge of land marks and coastal features, forcing all ships to stay close to sh...
39: ...e channels for ships approaching some part of a coast after a long sea voyage. The invention of the [[r...
41: ...the ship's position. A navigator uses the ship's last known position and [[dead reckoning]], based on t... - Cherokee (38956 bytes)
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8: Flag of the Eastern Band Cherokee
13: [[Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians]], North Carolina (f)...
22: ... is now the [[Eastern United States]] and [[Southeastern United States]] until most were forcefully mov...
25: ...Indians]] and at [[Cherokee, North Carolina]] ([[Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians]]). State-recognized ... - Cobalt (13481 bytes)
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124: ...ion treatment of foods for sterilization (cold [[pasteurization]]).
136: ... varies depending on the source, but is between [[1730]] and [[1737]]. He was able to show that cobalt w... - Abraham Clark (2137 bytes)
5: ...art]], [[Francis Hopkinson]], [[Richard Stockton (1730-1781)|Richard Stockton]], and [[John Witherspoon]... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
14: ...fession at all. So Voltaire studied [[law]], at least nominally. The Abbé de Châteauneuf ...
16: ... [[Bastille]] on [[May 16]], [[1717]], here he recast ''Oedipe'', began the ''Henriade'' and decided to...
18: Ever after his exit from the Bastille in April [[1718]] he was known as ''Arouet de...
22: ...[[1720]]. It was a failure, and though it was recast with some success, Voltaire never published it as...
28: ...m he passed [[1724]] and the next year chiefly recasting the now successful ''Marianne'', but also writ...
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