1744 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1744 - Events. The third French and Indian War, known as "King George's War," breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed I ...

Including:

• 1744 - Events
• 1744 - Ongoing events
• 1744 - Births
• 1744 - Deaths

Read more here: » 1744: Encyclopedia - 1744

1800 - Ongoing events. French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign ...

See also:

1800, 1800 - Events, 1800 - Ongoing events, 1800 - Births, 1800 - Deaths

Read more here: » 1800: Encyclopedia II - Events

Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). 1800 - Events. March 14 - Cardinal Barnaba Chiaramonti is elected pope as Pius VII. March 21 - Pius VII is ordained. April 24 - U.S. Library of Congress founded. May 5 - Great Britain passes the Act of Union to join Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom to take effect on 1 January ...

Including:

• 1800 - Events
• 1800 - Births
• 1800 - Deaths

Read more here: » 1800: Encyclopedia - 1800

Catherine the Great (April 21, 1729—November 6, 1796 (O.S.)), born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst, reigned as Empress of Russia from June 28, 1762 to her death. A cousin to Gustav III of Sweden and Charles XIII of Sweden, Catherine is referred to as an "enlightened monarch" (also referred to as an "enlightened despot"), though some argue that this title is exaggerated. A German Princess, Sophie Augusta Fredericka (nicknamed Figchen) was born in Stettin to Christian Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, ...

Including:

• Catherine II of Russia - Internal policies
• Catherine II of Russia - Foreign affairs
• Catherine II of Russia - Arts and culture
• Catherine II of Russia - Personal life
• Catherine II of Russia - Trivia
• Catherine II of Russia - List of great Catharinians

Read more here: » Catherine II of Russia: Encyclopedia - Catherine II of Russia

Cotopaxi is a volcano in Ecuador, at 5,897 meters the second highest in the country (the highest one being Chimborazo at 6,310 meters), and one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. However, despite occasional claims, it is not the highest historically active volcano, that title being held by the much higher Llullaillaco volcano (6,739 meters high, active in 1877) on the border between Chile and Argentina. Cotopaxi is situated about 50 km south of Quito. Cotopaxi has an elevation of more than 3,000 metres when measured from its base. The base of thi ...

See also:

Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi - The volcano

Read more here: » Cotopaxi: Encyclopedia II - Cotopaxi - The volcano

2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Caen is a city and a commune of northwestern France. It is the préfecture (administrative capital) of the Calvados département, and the capital of the administrative Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy) région. Population 115,000, total urban sprawl around 200,000. ...

Including:

• Caen - History
• Caen - Geography
• Caen - Monuments
• Caen - Castle
• Caen - Abbeys
• Caen - Others
• Caen - Administration
• Caen - Transport
• Caen - Miscellaneous
• Caen - Education
• Caen - Births
• Caen - Twinnings

Read more here: » Caen: Encyclopedia - Caen

The degree Celsius (°C) is a unit of temperature named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed a similar system in 1742. The Celsius scale sets 0.01 °C to be at the triple point of water and a degree Celsius to be 1/273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point of water and absolute zero. Until 1954 the scale was defined with the freezing point of water at 0 °C and the boiling point at 100 °C at standard atmospheric pressure, this definition is still a close approximation to ...

Including:

• Celsius - History
• Celsius - Naming
• Celsius - Application
• Celsius - Comparison of temperature scales

Read more here: » Celsius: Encyclopedia - Celsius

United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics of the United Kingdom Parliament The Crown: Queen Elizabeth II House of Lords Lord Chancellor: Lord Falconer House of Commons Speaker: Michael Martin Prime Minister: Tony Blair Cabinet Government departments Scottish Parliament Scottish ExecutiveIncluding:

• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - History
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - The Office
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Term
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Powers and restraints
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Precedence and privileges
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Retirement honours
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - List of Prime Ministers

Read more here: » Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Bohol is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is Tagbilaran City. To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the northeast is the island of Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is Mindanao. Bohol is a popular tourist destination with its beaches and resorts. The Chocolate Hills, numerous mounds of limestone formations, is the most popular attraction. The island of Panglao, located just south of Tagbilaran City, is home to some of the finest beaches in the country. The Philippine Tarsier, considered by some to be the sm ...

Including:

• Bohol - People and culture
• Bohol - Population
• Bohol - Native Languages
• Bohol - Religion
• Bohol - Economy
• Bohol - Geography
• Bohol - Political
• Bohol - Physical
• Bohol - History
• Bohol - Early history
• Bohol - Spanish Colonial Period
• Bohol - U.S. Intervention and Occupation
• Bohol - Japanese occupation

Read more here: » Bohol: Encyclopedia - Bohol

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer of classical music, who lived predominantly in Vienna, Austria. He was a major musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. Beethoven is widely regarded as one of history's greatest composers. His reputation has inspired — and in many cases intimidated — composers, musicians, and audiences who were to come after him. Among his most widely-recognized works are his Fifth, Sixth and Ninth symphonies; the P ...

Including:

• Ludwig van Beethoven - Life and work
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Musical style and innovations
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Personal beliefs and their musical influence
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Beethoven the Romantic?
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Grosse Fuge manuscript
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Media

Read more here: » Ludwig van Beethoven: Encyclopedia - Ludwig van Beethoven

Benjamin Kennicott (April 4, 1718 – September 18, 1783), was an English churchman and Hebrew scholar. He was born at Totnes, Devon. He succeeded his father as master of a charity school, but the generosity of some friends enabled him to go to Wadham College, Oxford, in 1744, and he distinguished himself in Hebrew and divinity. While an undergraduate he published two dissertations, On the Tree of Life in Paradise, with some Observations on the Fall of Man, and On the Oblations of Cain and Abel, which obtained him ...

Read more here: » Benjamin Kennicott: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Kennicott

2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Béziers (Besièrs in Occitan, and Besiers in Catalan) is a town in Languedoc, in the southwest of France. It is a commune and a sous-préfecture in the Hérault département, with a population around 70,000, called Biterrois. Béziers - Geography. The city is located on a small bluff above th ...

Including:

• Béziers - Geography
• Béziers - History
• Béziers - Economy
• Béziers - Transportation
• Béziers - Miscellaneous
• Béziers - Births
• Béziers - Twin towns

Read more here: » Béziers: Encyclopedia - Béziers

1660 - Events. Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. January 1 - colonel George Monck with his regiment crosses from Scotland to England at the village of Coldstream and begins advance towards London in support of English Restoration. Samuel Pepys began his diary. February 2 – George Monck and his regiment arrive in London February 23 - Charles XI becomes king of Sweden. February 27 – John Thurloe reinstated as England's ...

Including:

• 1660 - Events
• 1660 - Births
• 1660 - Deaths

Read more here: » 1660: Encyclopedia - 1660

Emperor Charles VII Albert (Brussels August 6, 1697 – January 20, 1745 in Munich), a member of the Wittelsbach family, was Holy Roman Emperor from January 24, 1742 until his death in 1745. He was the son of Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria and Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska. His family was split during the War of the Spanish Succession and was for many years under house arrest in Austria. Only in 1715 did the family become re-united. In 1726 Charles Albert became elector of Bavaria. During his reign the Amalienburg, a ...

Read more here: » Charles VII Holy Roman Emperor: Encyclopedia - Charles VII Holy Roman Emperor

Charles de Brosses (born Dijon, 1709- d. 1777) was one of the most noteworthy French writers of the 18th century. He was the president of the parliament of Dijon (from 1741) and a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres of Paris (from 1746), and of the Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres of Dijon (from 1761). He was a close friend of Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788), the naturalist who wrote the Histoire naturelle, and a personal enemy of Voltaire (1694-1778), the fa ...

Including:

• Charles de Brosses - Publications

Read more here: » Charles de Brosses: Encyclopedia - Charles de Brosses

Water has the chemical formula H2O, meaning that one molecule of water is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. It is in dynamic equilibrium between the liquid and solid states at standard temperature and pressure. At room temperature, it is a nearly colorless, tasteless, and odorless liquid. It is often referred to in the sciences as the universal solvent and the only pure substance found naturally in all three states of matter. Water molecule - Forms of water. See ...

Including:

• Water molecule - Forms of water
• Water molecule - A common substance
• Water molecule - Water in the Universe
• Water molecule - Water on Earth
• Water molecule - Water in industry
• Water molecule - Physics and chemistry of water
• Water molecule - Density of water and ice
• Water molecule - Density of saltwater and ice
• Water molecule - Triple point
• Water molecule - Mpemba effect
• Water molecule - Hot ice
• Water molecule - Surface tension
• Water molecule - Electrical properties
• Water molecule - Dipolar nature of water
• Water molecule - Water as a solvent
• Water molecule - Amphoteric nature of water
• Water molecule - Acidity in nature
• Water molecule - Hydrogen bonding in water
• Water molecule - Quantum properties of Molecular Water
• Water molecule - History
• Water molecule - Systematic nomenclature and humor

Read more here: » Water molecule: Encyclopedia - Water molecule

The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. It is also the society's oldest award, the first medal being awarded in 1731. The award was created after a £100 bequest in 1709 to the Royal Society by Sir Godfrey Copley, a wealthy landowner from Sprotbrough, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, who was elected to the Society in 1691. It is one of ten medals that the Society awards (some awards are made annually, others at different intervals ...

Including:

• Copley Medal - 1730
• Copley Medal - 1750
• Copley Medal - 1800
• Copley Medal - 1850
• Copley Medal - 1900
• Copley Medal - 1950
• Copley Medal - 2000

Read more here: » Copley Medal: Encyclopedia - Copley Medal

The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). Maria Theresa of Austria succeeded her father Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor in his Habsburg dominions in 1740, namely becoming Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, and Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla. For a woman to inherit such vast territories involved many complications, which were perceived long before, and Emperor Charles VI had long anticipated them, getting all the other powers to agree to the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713. The plan was for her to succeed ...

Including:

• War of the Austrian Succession - Frederick Invades Silesia: 1740
• War of the Austrian Succession - Silesian Campaign of 1741
• War of the Austrian Succession - The Allies in Bohemia
• War of the Austrian Succession - Campaign of 1742
• War of the Austrian Succession - The French at Prague
• War of the Austrian Succession - The campaign of 1743
• War of the Austrian Succession - The campaign of 1744
• War of the Austrian Succession - The campaign of 1745
• War of the Austrian Succession - Operations in Italy 1745-1747
• War of the Austrian Succession - Other theaters of operations
• War of the Austrian Succession - Later campaigns
• War of the Austrian Succession - General character of the War
• War of the Austrian Succession - Naval Operations
• War of the Austrian Succession - See Also

Read more here: » War of the Austrian Succession: Encyclopedia - War of the Austrian Succession

Cotopaxi is an Ecuadorian stratovolcano. Cotopaxi - The volcano. Cotopaxi is a volcano in Ecuador, at 5,897 meters the second highest in the country (the highest one being Chimborazo at 6,310 meters), and one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. However, despite occasional claims, it is not the highest historically active volcano, that title being held by the much higher Llullaillaco volcano (6,739 meters high, active in 1877) on the border between Chile and Arge ...

Including:

• Cotopaxi - The volcano

Read more here: » Cotopaxi: Encyclopedia - Cotopaxi

Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (May 19, 1744 - October 10, 1792) was an English explorer. Phipps was at Eton College with Joseph Banks, but left early to go to sea with his uncle Captain the Hon. A. J. Hervey. In 1766 he sailed to Newfoundland as Lieutenant on HMS Niger. Banks accompanied him as ship's naturalist. On June 4, 1773 Phipps set off from Deptford on a voyage towards the North Pole. He had two boats, the Racehorse and the Carcass. Phipps took with him Dr Irving as naturalist a ...

Read more here: » Constantine John Phipps 2nd Baron Mulgrave: Encyclopedia - Constantine John Phipps 2nd Baron Mulgrave