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• the 18th century American soldier Isaac Bowman, his father George Bowman, and his grandfather Jost Hite were all prominent pioneers in the Colony of Virginia?
• the Hunnestad Monument (pictured), one of Scandinavia's largest Viking memorials, was destroyed at the end of the 18th century?
• in the late 18th century, Russian ambassadors to Poland had power that rivalled and even exceeded that of the Polish king or parliament?
• criminal and boxer, James Field, was so feared by the police force of London in the 18th century, that they would pretend not to recognize him rather than arresting him?
• by the end of the 18th century, Native American women were decorating cloth with intricate ribbon work appliqué using French silk ribbon?
• the Karamanli dynasty of 18th century Tripoli depended almost entirely on piracy for its income?
• the Banksia menziesii (pictured), named after 18th-century physician and naturalist Archibald Menzies, is also known as the Firewood Banksia for its burning properties and abundancy?
• the unfinished Ca' Rezzonico appears in a early 18th century painting of Venice's Grand Canal by Canaletto?
• the horseman depicted on the Coat of arms of Moscow (pictured) was not identified with Saint George until the 18th century?
• the construction of Tellico Dam on Little Tennessee River in 1979 put several 18th century Overhill Cherokee towns underwater?
• the centre of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is crossed by an 18th century aqueduct (pictured) nicknamed Arcos da Lapa?
• veduta was the most popular genre of landscape painting in the 18th century?
• Dr. John Stevenson, 18th century Scottish merchant and developer of Baltimore, was known as the "American Romulus"?
• Anna Maria Garthwaite, the daughter of a Lincolnshire clergyman, became the leading designer of flowered fabrics for the Spitalfields silk-weaving trade in 18th century England?
• Bodawpaya, an 18th-19th century king of Burma, fathered 120 children?
• Wales had one of the highest literacy rates in eighteenth century Europe thanks to the wealthy Bridget Bevan (pictured), who sponsored a system of "circulating schools"?
• Polish bishop Józef Andrzej Załuski, founded Załuski Library, one of the largest 18th century European libraries?
• 18th century French salons were often led by those who were creating the Encyclopédie?
• Boyle Roche, an 18th-century Irish politician famous for his risible use of mixed metaphors and malapropisms, was a member of the same family as Diana, Princess of Wales?
• Carl Johan Cronstedt increased the efficiency of wood-burning stoves in the 18th century by a factor of eight?
• Jacob Bruce, a Russian nobleman of Scottish descent and one of the most educated people in Russia at the time, was famous among the 18th-century Muscovites as an alchemist and mage?
• Elizabeth Godfrey was the most outstanding female goldsmith of her generation in 18th century Britain?
• Dunston Pillar, a land lighthouse south of Lincoln, England, was built in the 18th century to aid navigation across the treacherous eastern heathlands?
• Daskalogiannis was an 18th-century Cretan rebel skinned alive by Ottoman rulers?
• 18th century castrato Giuseppe Millico taught singing to Bourbon princesses and to Emma Hamilton?