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•  Carl Wilhelm Scheele

  Carl Wilhelm Scheele (9 December 1742 – 21 May 1786) was a Swedish pharmaceutical chemist. Isaac Asimov called him "hard-luck Scheele" because he made a number of chemical discoveries before others who are generally given the credit. For example, Scheele discovered oxygen (although Joseph Priestley published his findings first), and identified molybdenum, tungsten, barium, and chlorine before Humphry Davy.

  

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•  Arthur Middleton

  Arthur Middleton (June 26, 1742 – January 1, 1787), of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. His parents were Henry Middleton and Mary Baker Williams. He was educated in Britain, at Harrow School, Westminster School, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He studied law at the Middle Temple and traveled extensively in Europe where his taste in literature, music, and art was developed and refined.

  

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•  Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

  Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (December 16, 1742 – September 12, 1819), Graf, later elevated to Fürst (Prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 with the Duke of Wellington. He is honoured with a bust in the German Walhalla temple near Regensburg.

  

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•  Johan Herman Wessel

  Johan Herman Wessel (6 October 1742 – 29 December 1785) was a well known poet in Norwegian and Danish literature (Norway-Denmark being in union at the time). Some of his satirical poems are still popular. The traditional restaurant Wesselstuen in Bergen, Norway contains many of his works as decorations. He was born and raised in Vestby, Akershus, Norway, son of a priest, and was the elder brother of mathematician Caspar Wessel. He was a relative of the naval hero Peder Tordenskjold.

  

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•  Sampson Salter Blowers

  Sampson Salter Blowers (March 10, 1742 – October 25, 1842) was a noted North American lawyer and jurist. He was born in Boston, the son of John Blowers and Sarah Salter, but was raised by his maternal grandfather, Sampson Salter, after the death of his parents. He was educated in Boston and at Harvard College, then went on to study law.

  

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•  Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

  Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville PC (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was the last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom.

  

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•  Jean Senebier

  Jean Senebier (May 6, 1742 - July 22, 1809) was a Swiss pastor who wrote many works on vegetable physiology. He was born at Geneva, and is remembered for his contributions to the understanding of the influence of light on vegetation.

  

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•  Francis Nash

  Francis Nash (1742 – October 7, 1777) was a brigadier general killed in the American Revolutionary War. Nash was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia. At an early age he became prominent as a North Carolina merchant, attorney, and justice of the peace; experiences which eventually led to a seat in the North Carolina House of Commons. His brother was Abner Nash. During the War of the Regulation (c.

  

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•  Nathanael Greene

  Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer. Many places in the United States are named for him.

  

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•  George Chalmers

  George Chalmers (1742 – May 31, 1825) was a Scottish antiquarian and political writer.

  

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  Cybersex, computer sex, or internet sex (also colloquially called cybering) is a virtual sex encounter in which two or more persons connected remotely via computer network send each other sexually explicit messages describing a sexual experience. It is a form of sexual roleplay in which the participants pretend they are having actual sexual relations.

  

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•  Visakhapatnam

  Visakhapatnam pronunciation is a coastal, port city, often called "The Jewel of the East Coast", situated in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located on the eastern shore of India, nestled among the hills of the Eastern Ghats and facing the Bay of Bengal to the east. It is the administrative headquarters of Visakhapatnam District and is also home of the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.

  

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•  Oving Villages Cup

  The Oving Villages Cup, or locally The Oving Cup, run by the Oving and District Villages Cup Committee and is affiliated to the Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Football Association in England, is one of the oldest football trophies. It was first played in the season 1889-1890 and was won in that first season by Long Crendon beating the hosts Oving 2-0.

  

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