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  • 71Peter Symonds College — Infobox UK school name = Peter Symonds College size = latitude = longitude = dms = motto = Counting in Ones motto pl = established = 1897 approx = closed = c approx = type = Sixth form college religion = president = head label = Principal head =… …

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  • 72Johann Jakob Bodmer — (July 19, 1698 ndash; January 2, 1783) was a Swiss German author and critic.Born at Greifensee, near Zürich, and first studying theology and then trying a commercial career, he finally found his vocation in letters. In 1725 he was appointed… …

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  • 73Séance — A séance (pronEng|ˈsay ons) is an attempt to communicate with spirits. The word séance comes from the French word for seat, session or sitting, from the Old French seoir , to sit. In French, the word s meaning is quite general: one may, for… …

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  • 74Solar variation — Solar variations are changes in the amount of solar radiation emitted by the Sun. There are periodic components to these variations, the principal one being the 11 year solar cycle (or sunspot cycle), as well as aperiodic fluctuations. Solar… …

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  • 75Battle of Falkirk (1298) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Falkirk partof=the First War of Scottish Independence caption= date=July 22, 1298 place=Falkirk, Scotland result=English victory combatant1= combatant2= commander2=William Wallace commander1=Edward I… …

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  • 76The Legislative Assembly and the fall of the French monarchy — The French Revolution was a period in the history of France covering the years 1789 to 1799, in which republicans overthrew the Bourbon monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church perforce underwent radical restructuring. This article covers the one… …

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  • 77Yemelyan Pugachev — Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov (1740 or 1742 OldStyleDate|January 21|1775|January 10), also transliterated Emelian Pugachev ( ru. Емельян Иванович Пугачёв), was a pretender to the Russian throne who led a great Cossack insurrection during the reign… …

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  • 78Alan Clark — This article is about the British politician. For other people with a similar name, see Alan Clark (disambiguation). The Right Honourable Alan Clark Member of Parliament for Kensington and Chelsea …

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  • 79First Anglo–Burmese War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Burmese War caption=The Storming of one of the principle stockades on its inside, near Rangoon, on the 8th of July 1824. date=1823–1826 place=Burma–India result=British Victory, Treaty of Yandabo… …

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  • 80Guru Gobind Singh — Infobox Person name = Gobind Singh image size = 150px caption = A painting of Guru Gobind Singh by Sobha Singh birth name = Gobind Rai [cite book last = Johar first = Surinder Singh title = Guru Gobind Singh: A Study publisher = Marwah… …

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