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  Encyclopedia: 1711   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 31 - The future King George III of the United Kingdom succeeds his father as Prince of Wales.
Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville (December 25, 1711, Narbonne - October 8, 1772, Paris) was a violinist and a composer.
Events March 18 – Short-timed experiment of the first public buses holding 8 passengers begins in Paris May 3/May 2 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England – as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy...
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 Learn more about Timeline of fictional events in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In some stories they may even be originators of some event or try to prevent it (see Secret History) but fail – history, as we know it, does not change.
Events of The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Events of The Last of the Mohicans during the French and Indian War.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/ti/timeline_of_fictional_events.html   (1093 words)

  
 Design Arguments for the Existence of God [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Since, therefore, the effects resemble each other, we are led to infer, by all the rules of analogy, that the causes also resemble; and that the Author of Nature is somewhat similar to the mind of man, though possessed of much larger faculties, proportioned to the grandeur of the work which he has executed.
The structure of the latter event is such that it is justifies a belief that intelligent design is the cause: the fact that John got lucky in three consecutive lotteries is a reliable indicator that his winning was the intended result of someone's intelligent agency.
Like the proponent of the design argument, the court knew that (1) the relevant event or feature is something that might be valued by an intelligent agent; and (2) the odds of it coming about by chance are astronomically small.
www.iep.utm.edu /d/design.htm   (8076 words)

  
 Mobile, Alabama
Spring Hill College (1830), a technical college, the University of Mobile (1961), the University of South Alabama (1963), and a community college are based in the city.
Tourist attractions include Fort Condé, a partially reconstructed fort built by the French in 1711; the Romanesque Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception; the Museum of the City of Mobile; and the battleship USS Alabama, which is anchored in the harbor.
It was relocated to the site of the present city in 1711 after a flood, and served as the capital of French Louisiana until 1719.
www.thecityofmobile.com   (545 words)

  
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This Manchego-type cheese will help to create an attractive cheese board with different textures and flavors combined with other tasty kosher offerings from igourmet.com.
A French-style chevre, this log-shaped kosher cheese has a smooth texture and a wonderfully tangy flavor.
Enjoy it as you would any other chevre, served with crusty French bread and perhaps a glass of Chardonnay!
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 1711 in science
The year 1711 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1710 in science, other events of 1711, 1712 in science and the list of years in science.
May 18 - Rudjer Boscovich, atomic theorist (died 1787)
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/1/17/1711_in_science.html   (109 words)

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