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Great Fire of London, 1666
The Great Fire of London, a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of London from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666, was one of the maj... |
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The Dutch in the Medway
One of the more unfortunate events in the British naval history happened on 12 – 14th June. 1667, when a Dutch fleet sailed up the river Medway in Kent and destroyed seve... |
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Restless Genius: Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke's hypotheses concerning the origin of terrestrial features were of major importance to the development of geology. This book interprets Hooke's Lectures and... |
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Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer who is famous for works like Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is probably the foremost prose sat... |
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François Couperin, French Composer
François Couperin was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. François Couperin was known as "Couperin le Grand" (Couperin the Great) to distinguish him f... |
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Herman Boerhaave, Physician
Dutch physician, anatomist, botanist, chemist and humanist. One of the most influential clinicians and teachers of the 18th century, Boerhaave spent almost his entire lif... |
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Frederick IV of Denmark
Frederick IV was the king of Denmark and Norway from 1699 until his death. Frederick was the son of Christian V and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel).
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Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Italian composer. Born to a wealthy Venetian family, he was not obliged to work for a living and became a highly prolific composer. He had more... |
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Louisiana Timeline
Arranged by decade and by historical period... |
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The Color Spectrum, Newton
This circular diagram became the model for many color systems of the 18th and 19th centuries. Claude Boutet’s painter’s circle of 1708 was probably the first to be based... |
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Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia
Crowned tzar of Russia on April 27, 1682; became Emperor of Russia on October 22, 1721. In 1712 Peter the Great moved the Russian capital to St. Petersburg and continued... |
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Chicago, Historical Information
Discovery 1673 : Father Jacques Marquette, French-born missionary of the Jesuit order, and Louis Jolliet, Canadian explorer and mapmaker, were the first Europeans to view... |
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Timeline of Missouri History
State Archives: 1673 During their voyage down the Mississippi River, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet were the first Europeans to set foot on land that would lat... |
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Antonio Vivaldi
Although Antonio Vivaldi is well known for his instrumental music, he was also very much engaged with vocal music. His earliest known opera was given in Vicenza in 1713.... |
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Tragedy of the Dodo, Mauritius
In the year 1598 AD, Portuguese sailors landing on the shores of the island of Mauritius discovered a previously unknown species of bird, the Dodo. Having been isolated b... |
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