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1710 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1710 - Events. April 10 - The world's first copyright legislation became effective, Britain's Statute of Anne 1710 - Ongoing events< ...

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See text Anas is a genus of dabbling ducks. It includes ducks, wigeons, teals, pintails and shovelers. Anas - Species. Salvadori's Teal Anas waigiuensis (sometimes separated in monotypic genus Salvadorina) Conservation status: Vulnerable African Black Duck Anas sparsa Conservation status: Lower risk (lc) Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Conservation status: Lower&# ...

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August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. August 6 - Events. 1538 - Bogota, Colombia founded by Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada. 1806 - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire. 1819 - Norwich University founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States. 1825 - Bolivia gains independence from Spain. 1861 - British ann ...

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A bidet is a low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus. Bidet is pronounced using IPA: [bɨˈdeɪ] (US), [ˈbiːdeɪ] (UK). Bidet - Usage. Bidets are principally used to wash and clean the external genitalia and the anus, as well as the skin near these areas. They may also be used to clean any other part of the body; they are co ...

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August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 132 days remaining. August 21 - Events. 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192) 1680 - Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt 1770 - James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales. 17 ...

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August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 136 days remaining. August 17 - Events. 1427 - First band of gypsies visits Paris, according to an account of the citizen of Paris 1807 - Robert Fulton's first American steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world. 1850 - Argentine's War of Independence hero, Genera ...

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Field Marshal and Count Arvid Bernhard Horn (April 6, 1664 – April 17, 1742) was a statesman and a soldier of the Swedish empire during the period of Sweden-Finland. He was born in Vuorentaka, Finland, of a noble but indigent Horn family. Arvid Horn - Soldier and diplomat. After completing his studies at Åbo, he entered the Swedish Army and served for several years in the Netherlands, in Hungary under Prince Eugene, and in Flanders under Wa ...

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August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 133 days remaining. August 20 - Events. 636 - Battle of Yarmuk: Arab forces led by Khalid bin Walid take control of Syria and Palestine away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia. 917 - Battle of Anchialus: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria invades Thrace and drives the Byzantines out. ...

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Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of any organism (bacteria, virus or other disease-causing organism) or toxin found in nature, as a weapon of war. It is meant to incapacitate or kill an adversary. The creation and stockpiling of biological weapons is outlawed by the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention, signed by over 100 states, because a successful attack could conceivably result in thousands, possibly even millions, of deaths and could cause severe disruptions to societies and economies. Oddly ...

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British cabinet minister responsible for all financial matters. Often simply called The Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister for Finance or Secretary of the Treasury in other jurisdictions. The position is considered one of the four great offices of state. The Chancellor holds third oldest major state office in English and United Kingdom history, one which originally carried responsibility f ...

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Male ranges Sopranist Alto Tenor Baritenor Baritone Bass-baritone Bass A castrato is a male soprano, mezzo-soprano, or alto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity. Therefore, their voices never deepen. This practice began in the 16th century. Due to Catholicism's traditional ban on females singing in church, castrati were employed as chu ...

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The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The Stationers' Company was founded in 1403; it received a Royal Charter in 1557. It held a monopoly over the publishing industry and was officially responsible for setting and enforcing copyright regulations until the passage of the Statute of Anne in 1709. Today, the Company mostly carries out ceremonial functions. Furthermore, it contributes to educational charities. All its members work in the book or allied trades. In the order of precedence of the ...

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Vitus Jonassen Bering (also, less correctly, Behring) (August 1681–December 19, 1741) was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, a captain-komandor known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich. He was born in the town of Horsens in Denmark and died at Bering Island, near the Kamchatka Peninsula. After a voyage to the East Indies, he joined the Russian Navy in 1703, serving in the Baltic Fleet during the Great Northern War. In 1710–1712 he served in the Azov Sea Fleet in Taganro ...

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William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot (16 May 1710 – 27 April 1782) was an English nobleman. Talbot earned the title of Baron Talbot of Hensol at his father's death in 1737. He was Lord High Steward at King George III's coronation, and became a member of the Privy Council in 1761. Earls in the Peerage of England. He served from then until his death as Lord Steward of the Household. At his death, the earldom became ...

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William Whiston (December 9, 1667 - August 22, 1752), English divine and mathematician, was born at Norton in Leicestershire, of which village his father was rector. He is probably best known for his translation of the Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus, his A New Theory of the Earth, and his Arianism. He was educated privately, partly on account of the delicacy of his health, and partly that he might act as amanuensis to his father, who had lost his sight. After his father's death, he entered at Clare College, Cambridg ...

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Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm with Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning monarch. As such she is the de jure head of state, though she does hold several powers that are hers alone, while the Governor General is referred to as the de facto head of state [1]. In Canada, the Queen's official title in English is: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. In Frenc ...

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George Berkeley (British English:/ˈbɑː.kliː/; Irish English: /ˈbɑɹ.kli/) (March 12, 1685 – January 14, 1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, was an influential Irish philosopher whose primary philosophical achievement is the advancement of what has come to be called subjective idealism, summed up in his dictum, "Esse est percipi" ("To be is to be perceived"). Basically, the theory is that we can only direc ...

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This page indexes the individual year in architecture pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. 21st century in architecture: 2000s 20th century in architecture: 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 19th century in architecture: 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s ...

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After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, a revolt by the Camisards (Occitan camisa, 'smock' or 'shirtsleeves') broke out in 1702, in the rugged and isolated Cevennes region of south-central France, the traditional heartland of religious heterodoxy (see Cathar). Protestant peasants of the region rebelled against the official persecutions, called the 'Dragonades' (conversions enforced by Dragoons, 'missionaries in boots') that followed the Revocation, in which military forces terrorized scattered bands of Protestants, ...

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April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). There are 249 days remaining. April 26 - Events. 1478 - The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral. 1607 - English colonists of the Jamestown settlement make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia. 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh S ...

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