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- Declaratory Act (2406 bytes)
5: :March 18, 1766 - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leonhard Euler.jpeg|thumb|Leonhard Euler aged 49 (oil painting by [[Emanu...
16: ...avor. Therefore he returned to St. Petersburg in 1766, now ruled by [[Catherine II]], where he would re... - Aardvarks (6124 bytes)
1: [[Image:Aardvark illustration 3423.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Aardvark Illustration]]
4: ...length. The front feet have lost the pollex (or 'thumb')—resulting in four toes—but the re...
21: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
28: ...of [[sub-Saharan Africa]], and although killed by humans both for their flesh and for their teeth (whi... - Bald Eagles (3338 bytes)
12: ...author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1766]]}} - Black Howler Monkeys (4913 bytes)
12: ...ebul]] | comment = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766}}
28: ...ividuals. Threats to howler monkeys include being hunted for food and export.
34: == Howlers and humans ==
37: [[Alexander von Humboldt]] said that "their eyes, voice, and gait ar...
61: [[Image:Howler monkey belzie-s.jpg|thumb|left|130px|Howler, Belieze]] - Capybaras (3705 bytes)
13: ...s | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date=[[1766]]}}
24: ...uently captured and kept as pets, or occasionally hunted for food. The flesh is described as tasting l...
27: ...heology|theological]] decision by the [[Catholic Church]] that classifies Capybara as fish.
29: ...e petitioners to turn away from Catholicism, the Church agreed and declared the capybara a fish &mdash... - Greater Kudus (1658 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''''[[Tragelaphus]]'''''}}
13: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
16: The '''Greater Kudu''' (''Tragelaphus strepsiceros'') is a [[woodland]] [[antelope]] f...
21: [[Image:Kudu_bull_young_Botswana.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Young Greater Kudu Bull]]
22: [[Image:Kudukuh.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Kudu cow]] - Hartebeest (1431 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''''Alcelaphus'''''}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''buselaphus'''''}}
12: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
15: The '''Hartebeest''' (''Alcelaphus buselaphus'') is a [[grassland]] [[antelope]] found in [[We...
19: ...ividuals but can occasionally contain up to three hundred and fifty. - Purple Martins (2333 bytes)
12: ... author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], | date = 1766}}
20: ...ded. It is the only [[bird]] totally dependent on humans for nest sites.
26: These birds hunt for [[insect]]s in flight, although sometimes t... - Saiga (2981 bytes)
12: ...| author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = 1766}}
18: ...ing, these gentle herbivores don't have a chance. Hunters use motorcycles and high-powered weapons to ...
30: In the words of U.N. saiga hunting promoter Bradley Martin, "I supported the us... - Yaks (2156 bytes)
12: ...author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1766]]}}
15: ...he '''yak''' (''Bos grunniens'') is a long-haired humped domestic [[bovine]] found in [[Tibet]] and th... - Bluebuck (1913 bytes)
12: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
17: ...ded with tribes from the north. European settlers hunted it avidly, despite its flesh being distastefu... - Common Eland (1960 bytes)
13: ...author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
21: ...ndividuals but are known to reach upwards of four hundred.
23: ...etimes considered part of the [[genus]] [[Tragelaphus]] but it is usually catagorised as Taurotragus w... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
18: ...ttish]] and the [[England|English]] Parliaments, thus establishing The [[Kingdom of Great Britain]].
28: ...9]]: The [[Qianlong Emperor]] of China oversees a huge expansion in territory.
41: * [[1763]]-[[1766|66]]: [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] in North America
42: * [[1766]]-[[1799|99]]: [[List of Anglo-Mysore Wars|Anglo-...
47: ... The [[Partitions of Poland]] end the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] and erase Poland from the map... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...n]]]][[File:Washington Crossing the Delaware.png|thumb|250px|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[Decem...
8: ...gs in the 18th century, it would radically change human society and the geology of the surface of the ...
12: [[File:Poltava battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in the [[Battle of Poltava]...
13: [[File:Europa 1700 en.jpg|thumb|250px|Europe on the eve of the [[War of the Spa...
14: ...:Marlborough-duke-first.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], English general... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
33: ...lign="center" colspan="2" |[[Image:neva_spit.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Neva]] river has been called the ma...
46: [[image:winter_canal.jpg|thumb|left|St Petersburg is known as the city of 300 ...
58: ...he baroque [[Winter Palace]] (1754–1762), a huge building with dazzlingly luxurious interiors, n...
60: [[Image:HermitageAcrossNeva.jpg|center|thumb|650px|The [[Hermitage Museum]] complex with the...
62: ...1762–1766); the [[Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov|Shuvalov]] palace (1830–1838), where [[Rasputin... - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
1: [[Image:Bull attacks matador.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Bull attacking a matador]]
4: ...though there is no scoring or competition between human participants. Although there is a significant ...
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28: |[[Image:Picador spears bull.jpg|thumb|center|Picador spearing a bull]]
30: |[[Image:Suerte de banderillas.jpg|thumb|center|The "suerte de banderillas"]]
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