James Keir was born in 1735. He is best remembered as a chemist and industrialist, but he was also an author, translator, geologist, metallurgist and military captain. He was an important member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham.
Denmark–Norway
Christian VI, King of Denmark (1730–1746)
[P-M 1. Ivar Eriksen Rosencrantz (1730–1735)
2. Johan Ludvig (1735–1751)]
France – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)
Great Britain
George II, King of Great Britain (1727–1760)
[P-M – Robert Walpole (1721–1742)]
Holy Roman Empire
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–1740)
Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730–1754)
[Grand Vizier 1. Hekimoglu Ali Pasha (1732–1735)
2. Gürcü Ismail Pasha (1735)]
Portugal – John V, King of Portugal (1706–1750)
Prussia – Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713–1740)
Russia – Anna Ivanovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1730–1740)
Spain – Philip V, King of Spain (1700–1724, 1724–1746)
Sweden – Age of Liberty
Frederick I, King, also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720–1751)
[P-M – Arvid Horn (1710–1738)]
Tuscany – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1723–1737)
United Provinces
Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
Grand Pensionary of Holland – Simon van Slingelandt (1727–1736)
Friesland – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1751)
Groningen – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Groningen (1729–1751)
Guelders – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Guelders (1722–1751)
Open House
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In the light of our upcoming move we decided to have an open house here and
it was today. Between 3 and 7 about twenty people popped in, nearly all
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Albert Hall Proms
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If you go to 01:02:18 you will hear Sylvia by Focus played by a BBC
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This week, Ned B. Stonehouse’s biography of J. Gresham Machen is available
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God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble
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*Date 18 11 01 Text Daniel 4 Place Childs Hill Baptist Church*
Daniel 4 is a letter, an open letter from King Nebuchadnezzar, *To the
peoples, nations and m...
Welsh pastor [born '59] at Childs Hill Baptist, London ['83ff] husband to Eleri ['88ff]; father to 5 sons [b '89-'01]; 4 daughters-in-law ['09ff]; 9 grandchildren ['14ff] author: several books, many blogs.