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- Declaratory Act (2406 bytes)
1: ...d tax its colonies. The taxes were mainly used to finance war debt which had been accumulated during a...
5: :March 18, 1766
11: ...wer and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and ... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...= F(''x''). He is credited with being one of the first to apply [[calculus]] to [[physics]].
5: ...fic mathematician of all time, his collected work filling 75 volumes. He dominated [[eighteenth centu...
10: ...sked him to allow his son to study mathematics he finally agreed and Euler began to study mathematics.
12: ...thematics appointment in [[1733]]. Euler was the first to publish a systematic introduction to [[mech...
16: ...avor. Therefore he returned to St. Petersburg in 1766, now ruled by [[Catherine II]], where he would re... - Aardvarks (6124 bytes)
4: ...ing in four toes—but the rear feet have all five toes. Each toe bears a large, robust nail which...
21: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
30: ==Sceintific Classificaiton==
31: .... (For the same reason, Aardvarks bear a striking first-glance resemblance to the [[marsupial]] [[Bilb... - Bald Eagles (3338 bytes)
12: ...author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1766]]}}
17: ... gets its [[English language|English]] and scientific names from the distinctive white color of the ad...
25: ... their food, until they are old enough to fly and find their own food.
29: The bald eagle's diet is varied, including [[fish]], smaller [[bird]]s, [[rodent]]s, and sometime... - Black Howler Monkeys (4913 bytes)
12: ...ebul]] | comment = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766}}
26: ...cies]] are currently recognised. Previously classified in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cebidae]],...
30: ...important part of their [[social behavior]]. Specifically, the name comes from their distinctive loud ...
32: ...weight, although they seldom do so. The first 2 [[finger]]s of each hand are set apart and are opposab...
37: ... ruins of [[Copán]] as "grave and solemn as if officiating as the guardians of consecrated ground". - Capybaras (3705 bytes)
13: ...s | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date=[[1766]]}}
15: ...nct rodent ''[[Phoberomys pattersoni]]'' was significantly bigger.) They are native to most of the tro...
27: ...e [[Catholic Church]] that classifies Capybara as fish.
29: ...sm, the Church agreed and declared the capybara a fish — a decision that was never reversed. - Greater Kudus (1658 bytes)
13: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}} - Hartebeest (1431 bytes)
12: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
19: ... can occasionally contain up to three hundred and fifty. - Purple Martins (2333 bytes)
12: ... author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], | date = 1766}}
16: ...tish below, gaining some purple feathers by their first winter.
24: ... the [[Amazon River|Amazon]] basin in winter. The first record of this species in [[Europe]] was a sin... - Saiga (2981 bytes)
12: ...| author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = 1766}}
18: ...hinese people grind them up to make medicines for fighting fevers.
22: ...ed saiga horn to be as effective as rhino horn in fighting fevers, and in 1991 the organization began ... - Yaks (2156 bytes)
12: ...author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1766]]}}
23: ...o has a tendency to be unreasonably silly in specific circumstances. This term was originally derived ... - Bluebuck (1913 bytes)
12: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
15: ...eus'') is an extinct species of [[antelope]], the first large African mammal to disappear in historic ... - Common Eland (1960 bytes)
13: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}} - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: European history scholars will sometimes specifically refer to the 18th century as [[1715]]-[[1789...
9: ...ld generate the [[peasant revolt]]s that, for the first time, would begin to shake the old ways and fe...
23: * [[1721]]: [[Robert Walpole]] becomes the first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime M...
41: * [[1763]]-[[1766|66]]: [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] in North America
42: * [[1766]]-[[1799|99]]: [[List of Anglo-Mysore Wars|Anglo-... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ..., an iconic event of the [[French Revolution]]]][[File:Washington Crossing the Delaware.png|thumb|250p...
6: ...f Maximlien de Robespierre in the early 1790s. At first, the monarchies of Europe embraced enlightenme...
12: [[File:Poltava battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in...
13: [[File:Europa 1700 en.jpg|thumb|250px|Europe on the ev...
14: [[File:Marlborough-duke-first.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Churchill, 1st Duke o... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
36: ...f the river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Sea]].
52: ... the outdoor museum of [[Neoclassicism]], was the first Russian patrimony inscribed in the [[UNESCO]] ...
62: ...Kirill Razumovsky|Razumovsky]] palace (1762–1766); the [[Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov|Shuvalov]] palac...
70: ...chitect, [[Auguste de Montferrand]]. Another magnificent church in the [[Empire style]] is the [[Kazan...
78: ... Our Lady of Vladimir (1761–1783). The Transfiguration (1827–29) and the Trinity Cathedral... - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
2: ...the bull by a well-placed [[sword]] thrust as the finale.
4: ...ween human participants. Although there is a significant degree of skill and danger involved, the bull...
8: ==Where bullfighting is practiced==
10: ...ortugal, some 2,500 bulls are killed in about 300 fights annually.
12: ...cated to the patron saint of [[Navarre]], [[Saint Firminus]]. A similar activity, [[Jallikattu]], take...
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