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18th century - 1700s.
1701-1714: War of the Spanish Succession
1703: Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1707: Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments, thus establishing The Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707: After Aurangzeb's death, the Mughal Empire enters a long decline.
18th century - 1710s.
1715: Louis XIV dies
1718: City of New Orleans founde ...
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| | | | 18th century - Events: Encyclopedia II - English poetry - The earliest English poetry The earliest known English poem is a hymn on the creation; Bede attributes this to Cædmon (fl. 658–680), who was, according to legend, an illiterate herdsman who produced extemporaneous poetry at a monastery at Whitby. This is generally taken as marking the beginning of Anglo-Saxon poetry.
Much of the poetry of the period is difficult to date, or even to arrange chronologically; for example, estimates for the date of the great epic Beowulf range from AD 608 right through to AD 1000, and there has never been anything even app ...
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| | | | 18th century - Events: Encyclopedia II - Brighton - Early history While any British history predating the first mentions by literate Romans is, by definition, consigned to an obscured landscape known intimidatingly as 'prehistory', a few things are known about the area. Whitehawk Camp — a natural viewpoint — is bisected by Manor Road. The centre of this early Neolithic causewayed enclosure c.3500BC is someway toward the aerial mast on the south side of Manor Road, opposite the grandstand. There are four concentric circles of ditches and mounds, broken or 'causewayed' in many places. Significant vestiges of the mounds remain ...
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| | | | 18th century - Events: Encyclopedia II - Frankfurt - Sights
Frankfurt - Cathedral.
Saint Bartholomeus' Cathedral (Dom Sankt Bartholomäus) is a Gothic building, which was constructed in the 14th and 15th centuries on the foundation of an earlier church from the Merovingian time. It is the main church of Frankfurt. From 1356 onwards, kings of the Holy Roman Empire were elected in this church, and from 1562 to 1792, emperors were crowned here.
Since the 18th century, Saint Bartholomeus' has been called "the cathedral" by the people, although it has never been a bishop's seat. In 1867, the cathedral was destroyed by a fire and rebuilt in its present style. ...
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| | | | 18th century - Events: Encyclopedia - Walpurgis Night Walpurgis Night (Valborgsmässoafton in Swedish, Vappu in Finnish, Volbriöö in Estonian, Valpurģu nakts or Valpurģi in Latvian, Walpurgisnacht in German) is a holiday celebrated on April 30 or May 1, in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Germany.
Walpurgis Night - Origins.
The festival is named after Saint Walburga (known in Scandinavia as "Valborg"; alternative forms are "Walpurgis", "Wealdburg", or "Valderburger"), born in Wessex in 710 a niece of Saint Boni ...
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| | | | 18th century - Events: Encyclopedia II - Ghost - Ghosts in fiction
Ghost - Ghost messengers.
A popular genre of literature from the early Renaissance to the early twentieth century was the Dialogues of the Dead. These were based upon the Witch of Endor story and the visions of Hades found in both Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid.
In Odyssey, Odysseus travels to Hades and sees the shades of his former colleagues, including some he did not know were dead, and pours out fresh blood, which the dead hunger for, until he can find Tiresias and get ...
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History of Remote ViewingThroughout human history, records have been kept
of unexplained mental events. In early writings, particularly from the
Egyptians, Tibetans and Greeks, we learn about the belief that the soul was
able to fly and existed as a double of the physical body. The experience of
seeing one's double has recently been called autoscopy or autoscopic
hallucination by the scientific community. However, the phenomenon has been
known throughout history and across many cultures.
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| | |  18th century - Events: To evoke a specific dream There is much evidence in existence to support the notion that we all possess the potential to incubate dreams - in other words, conjure up dreams to order. Whether they are romantic encounters, dreams that furnish solutions to problems, or even lucid dreams, with time and effort, they can be evoked.
Ancient civilizations were well aware of the potential of dream incubation. The Egyptians, for example, built temples called Serapeums, named after Serapis, the god of dreams. It wasn't unusual for the expectant dreamer to undergo various procedures including cleansing, purging, offering up prayer and so forth, in order to experience the desired dream. Read more here: » Dream incubation: To evoke a specific dream |
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| | | | 18th century - Events: Encyclopedia II - Cornwall - Culture
Cornwall - Language.
The Cornish language is closely related to Welsh and Breton, and less so to Irish, Scots Gaelic and Manx. It continued as a living Celtic language until 1777 and the death of Dolly Pentreath, the last person thought to have used only the Cornish language (although this is disputed on a number of counts). The publication of Henry Jenner's "Handbook of the Cornish Language" in 1904 caused a resurgence of interest in the Cornish language. The subsequent revival gathered pace during the twentieth ...
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| | | | 18th century - Events: Encyclopedia II - Democracy - Advantages and disadvantages of democracy All democracies (and every other form of government) have certain structural defects, which are related to the nature of democracy. Although all forms of government have defects, supporters of democracy are often reluctant to concede that it is less than perfect, which in turn may hinder its reform. Two prominent defects are related to the territory and membership of the demos itself.
Democracy - Immigrants and 'the people'.
Many democratic constitutions explicitly state (or imply) that power belongs to, o ...
See also:Democracy, Democracy - Democratic Government, Democracy - History of democracy, Democracy - 20th century waves of democracy, Democracy - Essential elements of a democracy, Democracy - Political legitimacy and 'democratic culture', Democracy - Direct versus representative democracy or 'democracy' versus 'republic', Democracy - Liberal democracy, Democracy - Preconditions and structure, Democracy - Liberal freedoms, Democracy - Proportional versus majoritarian representation, Democracy - Social democracy, Democracy - Illiberal democracy, Democracy - Advantages and disadvantages of democracy, Democracy - Immigrants and 'the people', Democracy - Ethnic and religious conflicts, Democracy - Bureaucracy, Democracy - Short-term focus, Democracy - Electorate Intelligence, Democracy - Public choice theory, Democracy - Plutocracy, Democracy - Tyranny of the majority, Democracy - Political stability, Democracy - Effective response in wartime, Democracy - Corruption, Democracy - Poverty and famine, Democracy - The democratic peace theory, Democracy - Sources Read more here: » Democracy: Encyclopedia II - Democracy - Advantages and disadvantages of democracy |
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| | | | 18th century - Events: Encyclopedia II - Brighton - Piers The Brighton Marine Palace and Pier, generally known as the Palace Pier before being unofficially renamed by its current owners as Brighton Pier in 2000, opened in May 1899 and is still popular. It suffered a large fire on 4 February 2003 but the damage was limited and most of the pier was able to reopen the next day.
The older West Pier, built in 1866 by Eugenius Birch, has been closed and deteriorating since 1975, awaiting renovation. The West Pier is one of only two Grade 1 listed piers in the UK, the ot ...
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| | | | 18th century - Events: Encyclopedia II - Maratha - Communities and clans As mentioned above, the term "Maratha" refers exclusively to a certain group of marathi-speaking castes and clans. While most ruling chiefs and warriors of the maratha empire belonged to this social group, certain other marathi-speaking communities essayed important roles in the affairs of that empire. Certain brahmin families were prominent among these, including:
The Peshwas, who held de facto power during the heyday of the empire, under the nominal authority of the maratha Chhatrapatis;
The ruler ...
See also:Maratha, Maratha - Etymology, Maratha - Historical prominence, Maratha - Maratha States, Maratha - Communities and clans, Maratha - Maratha clans, Maratha - Notable Marathas, Maratha - Prominent maratha dynasties Read more here: » Maratha: Encyclopedia II - Maratha - Communities and clans |
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| | | | 18th century - Events: Encyclopedia II - Bucharest - Culture Bucharest's has a diverse and growing cultural scene, with cultural life exhibited in a number of various fields, including the visual arts, performing arts and nightlife. Unlike other parts of Romania, such as the Black Sea coast or Transylvania, Bucharest's cultural scene is much more eclectic, without a defined style, and instead incorporates various elements of Romanian and international culture.
See also:Bucharest, Bucharest - Geography and climate, Bucharest - Geography, Bucharest - Climate, Bucharest - Law and government, Bucharest - Administration, Bucharest - Justice system, Bucharest - Crime, Bucharest - History, Bucharest - Treaties signed in Bucharest, Bucharest - Demographics, Bucharest - Economy, Bucharest - Transport, Bucharest - Culture, Bucharest - Landmarks, Bucharest - Visual arts, Bucharest - Performing arts, Bucharest - Music and nightlife, Bucharest - Traditional culture, Bucharest - Cultural events and festivals, Bucharest - Architecture, Bucharest - Historical architecture, Bucharest - Communist architecture, Bucharest - Modern architecture, Bucharest - Education, Bucharest - Media, Bucharest - Sports, Bucharest - Portrayal in film and fiction, Bucharest - Notes Read more here: » Bucharest: Encyclopedia II - Bucharest - Culture |
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| | | | 18th century - Events: Encyclopedia II - Capitalism - Characteristics of capitalist economies A set of broad characteristics are generally agreed on by both advocates and critics of capitalism. These are a private sector, private property, free enterprise, profit, unequal distribution of wealth, competition, self-organization (or catallaxy), the existence of markets (including the labor market) and the pursuit of self-interest.
An economy with a large amount of intervention - which may include state ownership of some of the means of production - in combination with some free market characteristics is sometimes referred ...
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| | | | 18th century - Events: Encyclopedia II - Bulgarian language - Grammar The parts of speech in Bulgarian are divided in 10 different types, which are categorized in two broad classes: mutable and immutable. The difference is that mutable parts of speech vary grammatically, whereas the immutable ones do not change, regardless of their use. The five classes of mutables are: nouns, adjectives, numerals, pronouns and verbs. Syntactically, the first four of these form the group of the noun or the nominal group. The immutables are: adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, particles and interjections. Verbs and adverbs f ...
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