- Antiburgher by Webster's
... n.) One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.
- Leopold I by Anna Romero
Leopold I. 1676–1747, prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1693–1747). He served as field marshal in the Prussian army and was nicknamed "the Old Dessauer." As chief military adviser to King Frederick William I of Prussia, he reorganized the Prussian infantry, making it the best in Europe. A stern disciplinarian, Leopold was an able commander. He also helped introduce administrative reform in Prussia. In ...
- Dickinson, Jonathan by Erika Tucker
1688–1747, American Presbyterian clergyman, a founder and first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Univ. ), b. Hatfield, Mass., grad. Yale, 1706. He was a leading preacher of the Great Awakening in the middle colonies and supported the revivalists or "New Sides" in the ensuing controversy. Convinced of the need of an educational institution to carry forward the ideals of ...
- Ahmad Shah by Kaitlyn Sanchez
C.1723–1773, Afghan ruler (1747–73), founder of the Durani dynasty. His success in commanding Afghan forces in India for Nadir Shah of Iran won him the rule of Afghanistan on Nadir's death (1747). He twice (1756, 1760) occupied and sacked Delhi, the capital of the Mughal empire. He conquered a vast territory, extending roughly from the Oxus to the Indus rivers and from Tibet to Khorasan, but ...
- Bellotto, Bernardo by Skylar Joseph
Known as Canaletto(born Jan. 30, 1720, Venice—died Oct. 17, 1780, Warsaw, Pol.) Italian painter of topographical views, known as vedute (“view paintings”). He was the nephew of Canaletto and was himself known by that name when painting outside Italy. In 1747 he left Italy to spend the rest of his life working at various European courts, most notably at Dresden for Frederick Augustus II (1747 ...