In 1748 Lord Fairfax hired this 16-year-old to help survey his lands in the Shenandoah Valley

In 1633 Descartes suppressed his book The World because it supported the ideas of this Italian In 1709 Sweden was defeated by this Russian czar in the Battle of Poltava, losing its dominance in the Baltic area In 1719 this small principality was formed by consolidating the counties of Vaduz & Schellenberg In 1725 Peter the Great commissioned this Dane to explore the Pacific coast of Siberia In 1773 this ex-printer & inventor published Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced to A Small One In 1779 this college became in the U.S. to offer professional training in law In 1789 it became the first U.S. holiday designated by presidential proclamation In 1793 this Irish college allowed Catholics to study for degrees for the first time