The earliest Western sighting was June 13, 1722, during the voyage of Jacob Roggeveen, who called it Vuil Eiland "useless island." The name Rose Island comes from its sighting by Louis de Freycinet in 1819. He named it after his wife Rose.While the second woman to circumnavigate the globe, Rose de Freycinet was the first to tell her tale. In his official report Louis de Freycinet …

The Qing dynasty (English: / ˈ tʃ ɪ ŋ / CHING), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speaking ethnic group who unified other Jurchen tribes to form a new "Manchu" ethnic identity. The dynasty was officially …

Ahmad's father, Mohammad Zaman Khan, was the Governor of Herat and chief of the Pashtun Abdali tribe, while his mother, Zarghona Anaa, was daughter of Khalu Khan Alakozai and belonged to the Alakozai tribe. Ahmad was born in Herat (then Sadozai Sultanate of Herat, present-day Afghanistan), or Multan (then Mughal Empire, present-day Pakistan) in 1720–1722 …

Peter I (9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), most commonly known as Peter the Great, was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1682 to 1721 and subsequently the Russian Empire until his death in 1725, jointly ruling with his elder half-brother, Ivan V until 1696. He is primarily credited with the modernisation of …

Élisabeth-Charlotte du Palatinat, comtesse de Simmern (en allemand : Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz, Gräfin von Simmern), née le 27 mai 1652 au château de Heidelberg et morte le 8 décembre 1722 au château de Saint-Cloud, est une princesse de la branche palatine de la maison de Wittelsbach, fille du comte-électeur Charles I er Louis et de la princesse Charlotte …

The Kangxi Emperor (4 May 1654 – 20 December 1722), also known by his temple name Emperor Shengzu of Qing, born Xuanye, was the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the second Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning from 1661 to 1722.. The Kangxi Emperor's reign of 61 years makes him the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history …

During the beginning of the 18th century, military ranks were frequently changed by the tsar during efforts to reform the army and create a strong Navy. These many changes were routinely documented into Army's Rules of engagement since 1716, until they were finally incorporated into the first variant of Table of Ranks in 1722. Comparing to Strelets Troops, a few more non …

1722: Johann Daniel Epinius gründet eine Essigbrauerei in Berlin.; 1761: Die Witwe Epinius verkauft das Unternehmen an die Familie Kühne, namentlich Friedrich Wilhelm Kühne.; 1795: Bau einer größeren Essigfabrik in der „Alten Jacobstraße“ in Berlin-Kreuzberg, für die nächsten 40 Jahre Produktionsstandort.; 1832: Carl Ernst Wilhelm Kühne übernimmt den Betrieb und führt …

Character reference overview. A numeric character reference refers to a character by its Universal Character Set/Unicode code point, and uses the format: &#nnnn; or &#xhhhh;. where nnnn is the code point in decimal form, and hhhh is the code point in hexadecimal form. The x must be lowercase in XML documents. The nnnn or hhhh may be any number of digits and may include …

August Willem (Berliner Stadtschloss, 9 augustus 1722 — Oranienburg, 12 juni 1758), Prins van Pruisen, was het elfde kind van Frederik Willem I van Pruisen en Sophia Dorothea van Hannover.. August Willem kreeg de titel Prins van Pruisen in 1744, omdat zijn broer, koning Frederik de Grote kinderloos was. Omdat August Willem eerder stierf dan zijn broer, werd zijn oudste zoon …

William Bradford (May 20, 1663 – May 23, 1752) was an early American colonial printer and publisher in British America.Bradford is best known for establishing the first printing press in the Middle colonies of the Thirteen Colonies, founding the first press in Pennsylvania in 1685 and the first press in New York in 1693. Bradford operated continuously printing establishments for …

Saadat Ali Khan Nishapuri (c. 1680 – 19 March 1739) was the Subahdar Nawab of Awadh from 26 January 1722 to 1739 and the son of Muhammad Nasir. At age 25 he accompanied his father on the final campaign of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb against the Maratha in the Deccan, and the emperor awarded him the title of Khan Bahadur for his service.

Trade history. The large quantity of gold dust found in Ghana was what primarily attracted Europe, and many natives of Cape Coast used this to their advantage. In exchange for gold, mahogany, other locally produced goods, and enslaved captives, local Africans received clothing, blankets, spices, sugar, silk and many other items. The castle at Cape Coast was a market where these …

生涯. 寛文12年（1672年）、小川利重の子として生まれる。. 享保6年（1721年）12月、徳川吉宗が設置していた目安箱に施薬院を設置することを求める意見を投書した 。. 享保7年（1722年）正月、吉宗は笙船の上書を取り上げ、有馬氏倫に施薬院の設立を命じた 。 有馬の命を受けた町奉行の中山時春 ...