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•  Robert Lowth

  Robert Lowth FRS (27 November 1710 – 3 November 1787) was a Bishop of the Church of England, a professor of poetry at Oxford University and the author of one of the most influential textbooks of English grammar.

  

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•  Thomas Reid

  Thomas Reid (26 April 1710 – 7 October 1796), Scottish philosopher, and a contemporary of David Hume, was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense, and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment. The early part of his life was spent in Aberdeen, Scotland, where he created the 'Wise Club' (a literary-philosophical association) and graduated from the University of Aberdeen.

  

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•  Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

  Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736) was an Italian composer, violinist and organist.

  

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•  Louis XV of France

  Louis XV ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death on 10 May 1774. Coming to the throne at the age of five, Louis initially reigned with the aid of the Régent, Philippe, duc d'Orléans. Cardinal Fleury headed the government until his death in 1743, when Louis took over control of the state.

  

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•  Adolf Frederick of Sweden

  Adolf Frederick or Adolph Frederick (Gottorp, 14 May 1710 – Stockholm, 12 February 1771) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach.

  

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•  Thomas Arne

  Thomas Augustine Arne (12 March 1710 – 5 March 1778) was an English composer, best known for the patriotic Rule, Britannia!.

  

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•  William Markham (archbishop)

  William Markham (1719–1807), English divine and archbishop of York, was educated at Westminster and at Christ Church, Oxford. He was one of the best scholars of his day, and attained to the headship of his old school and college in 1753 and 1767 respectively. He held from time to time a number of livings, and in 1771 was made bishop of Chester and tutor to George prince of Wales. In 1776 he became Archbishop of York, and also Lord High Almoner and privy councillor.

  

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•  James Short

  James Short (June 10 O.S. 1710 – June 15, 1768) was a British mathematician, optician and telescope maker. Born at Edinburgh in 1710 and originally educated for the church at the Royal High School, Short attracted the attention of Maclaurin, professor of mathematics at the university, who around 1732 gave him permission to use his rooms in the college buildings for experiments in the construction of telescopes.

  

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•  Count of St. Germain

  The Count of St. Germain has been variously described as a courtier, adventurer, charlatan, inventor, alchemist, pianist, violinist and amateur composer, but is best known as a recurring figure in the stories of several strands of occultism – particularly those connected to Theosophy and the White Eagle Lodge, where he is also referred to as the Master Rakoczi or the Master R and as one of the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom, is credited with near god-like powers and longevity.

  

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•  Richard Gridley

  Richard Gridley (January 3, 1710 – June 21, 1796) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of Richard Gridley and Rebecca Scarborough. He was a soldier and engineer who served for the British Army during the French and Indian Wars and for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He married Hannah Deming 25 February 1730. They had nine children.

  

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• 1710 births by likeorhate
• 1756 deaths by likeorhate
• Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford by likeorhate
• English book and manuscript collectors by likeorhate
• Fellows of the Royal Society by likeorhate
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•  Sputnik program

  The Sputnik program was a series of robotic spacecraft missions launched by the Soviet Union. The first of these, Sputnik 1, launched the first human-made object to orbit the Earth. That launch took place on October 4, 1957 as part of the International Geophysical Year and demonstrated the viability of using artificial satellites to explore the upper atmosphere.

  

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•  Bayreuth Festspielhaus

  The Bayreuth Festspielhaus or Bayreuth Festival Theatre is an opera house north of Bayreuth, Germany, dedicated principally to the performance of operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner. It is the exclusive venue for the annual Bayreuth Festival, for which it was specifically conceived and built.

  

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•  İkinci Alxasava

  İkinci Alxasava (also, Alkhasava Vtoroye and Ikindzhi-Alkhasova) is a village in the Goychay Rayon of Azerbaijan.

  

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•  Petro Slobodyan

  Petro Petrovych Slobodyan is a retired Soviet football player and a current Ukrainian coach.

  

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•  Chicago NLL Franchise

  

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