• The decade of the 1740s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1748: Jeong Ji-hae, a Yangban and father of the Governor of Jinju, excavates six...
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  • of the 1750s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1757: Robert Adam surveys the ruins of Diocletian's Palace at Spalato in Dalmatia. 1750s:...
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  • The decade of the 1730s in archaeology involved some significant events. Formal excavations continue at Pompeii. 1738: First formal excavations of Herculaneum...
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    The 1740s (pronounced "seventeen-forties") decade ran from January 1, 1740, to December 31, 1749. Many events during this decade sparked an impetus for...
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  • happened or are expected to happen in 2025 in music in the United States. Biohazard will release their first studio album in thirteen years. Crimson Glory...
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    Chota (Cherokee town) (category Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee)
    romanized: Itsati) was the most important of the Overhill towns from the late 1740s until 1788. It replaced Tanasi as the de facto capital, or 'mother town'...
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  • The list of shipwrecks in the 1740s includes some sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during the 1740s. 1740 began on March 25.[Note 1] ^ Until 1752, the...
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    Tanasi (category Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee)
    later than Tanasi. The two sites were divided by an unnamed stream. By the 1740s, Chota had become the more prominent of the two towns, holding the townhouse...
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  • skladateľ a muzikológ (in Slovak) Randy Sparks, who gave folk music a big choral sound, dies at 90 (subscription required) "DOLIU în lumea muzicii. S-a stins...
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  • Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the Declaration of Independence and a co-founder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (died 1832). Years in rail transport...
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    Ukrainian line (category 1740s in Ukraine)
    first stage was built from 1731–40 and subsequent construction began in the 1740s. Since the late 1720s, the Russian Empire began to actively prepare for...
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    The King's Grave (category Archaeological sites in Sweden)
    Scania in the 1740s and 1750s for archaeological investigations. The site was excavated by archaeologist Gustaf Hallström (1880–1962) starting in 1931. From...
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  • List of music genres and styles (category Articles lacking in-text citations from January 2024)
    This is a list of music genres and styles. Music can be described in terms of many genres and styles. Classifications are often arbitrary, and may be disputed...
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    Society in London in 1833, one of the earliest such societies in the world; earlier antecedents, such as the Aurelian society date back to the 1740s. In the...
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    1741 (redirect from Events in 1741)
    2nd year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1741, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use...
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    lore as Tngrnakert, Tarnakert, Taraniurt, Tarnagiurt, and Tetrakerte. In the 1740s–50s, Shahbulag Castle was built on the site of Tigranakert by the Turkic...
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  • events and releases that have happened or are expected to happen in 2024 in music in the United States. 8 – Fantasia performed the national anthem at...
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    1746 (redirect from Events in 1746)
    7th year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1746, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use...
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    at least six sheer hulks in service in Britain at any time throughout the 1700s. The concept spread to France in the 1740s with the commissioning of...
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  • in music. 2011 in American music 2011 in Asian music 2011 in British music 2011 in Canadian music 2011 in European music (Continental Europe) 2011 in...
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    1740 (redirect from Events in 1740)
    1st year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1740, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use...
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    Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal (category All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English)
    Kingdom from 1545 until the 1740s and Thirumalai Nayak (1623-1659) was one of their greatest kings notable for various buildings in and around Madurai. During...
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    Big Rock Nature Preserve (category Parks in Charlotte, North Carolina)
    Great Wagon Road starting in the 1740s and by the 1760s the native Catawba people were displaced to their current reservation in South Carolina. These early...
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    so-called shear steel. In the 1740s, Benjamin Huntsman found a means of melting blister steel, made by the cementation process, in crucibles. The resulting...
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    Leigh-on-Sea (category Populated coastal places in Essex)
    sailers". By the 1740s however, Leigh's deep water access had become silted up (as attested to by John Wesley) and the village was in decline as an anchorage...
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    losses of 1720, and in 1731, the company returned its charter and control of Louisiana to royal authority. During the 1730s and 1740s, French control over...
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    Wittenham Clumps (category Hill forts in Berkshire)
    lead up to summits wooded by the oldest beech tree plantings in England, dating to the 1740s. Standing over 70 metres above their surroundings, the Clumps...
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  • 2012 in American music 2012 in Asian music 2012 in Australian music 2012 in British music 2012 in Canadian music 2012 in Chinese music 2012 in European...
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    Loincloth (category Articles with text in Nahuatl languages)
    mentioned as early as the 1650s. In the 1740s and 50s they were issued to the Canadien as part of their war uniform and in 1755 they even tried to issue...
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    Steel (redirect from Steel in Africa)
    in the 1740s. Blister steel (made as above) was melted in a crucible or in a furnace, and cast (usually) into ingots.[page needed] The modern era in steelmaking...
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