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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
26: ...of France]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Antonie (1755-1793); married [[Louis XVI of France|HM King Loui...
48: ...fter1=[[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]]|after6=[[Philip of Parma|Philip]]}} - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...l|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriage in [[1770]]]]
2: ...Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of...
4: ... Hofburg Palace in [[Vienna]] on [[2 November]] [[1755]]. She was christened Maria-Antonia-Josepha-Johan...
19: Two and half weeks after leaving [[Vienna]], Maria-Antonia was handed o...
32: ... absolutely devoted to Marie-Antoinette. Not long after meeting Th鲨se, Marie-Antoinette formed a dee... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
3: ...and rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the latter a floor covering t...
5: [[Image:Carpet.png|350px|thumb|Contemporary Afghan Rug]]
12: ...s type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]].
21: ...the mid-20th century, chenille carpeting declined after the invention of [[Spool Axminster]] (1878) an...
30: ...tal carpet production are: [[Turkey]], [[Northern Africa]], the [[Caucasus]], [[Iran]], [[Nepal]], [[T... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...od at Ferry Farm in [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford County]], near [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fre...
28: ==French and Indian War and afterwards==
31: ...ead.) The "[[Battle of Jumonville Glen|Jumonville affair]]" became an international incident, and help...
33: ... to return to the Ohio Country for one year. In [[1755]], Washington returned, accompanying the [[Braddo...
51: ... Arnold]] won the [[Battle of Saratoga]] in 1777. After Monmouth, the British concentrated their offen... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...ung Adams graduated from [[Harvard]] College in [[1755]], and for a time taught school in [[Worcester, M...
31: ... 1765|Stamp Act]] of [[1765]]. In that year, he drafted the instructions which were sent by the town o...
39: ...Robert R. Livingston]] and [[Roger Sherman]] to draft a [[United States Declaration of Independence|De...
44: ...constitution]] of [[1780]]. He penned the first draft along with [[James Bowdoin]] and Samuel Adams.
48: ...ties between the United States and foreign powers after that of February 1778 with France. - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ...[[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial powers, Portugal de...
25: ...ly [[Berber]] with some [[Arab]], mainly expelled after the [[Christian]] reconquest or [[Reconquista]...
27: ...s son, [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso Henriques]] (Afonso I), took control of the county. The city of [...
29: ... 5]], [[1143]], Portugal was formally recognized. Afonso, aided by the [[Templar Knights]], continued ...
31: ...ile]] who would therefore be the King of Portugal after Fernando's death. However, the impending loss... - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
11: ...nce immediately formed an excavation party which, after much effort, managed to dig the front paws out...
19: ...hinx.01.jpg|280px|left|thumb|The Sphinx against Khafre's pyramid]]
22: ...uilt by his son. When compared with statues of Khafre at the [[Cairo]] Museum, it is evident that the...
24: ...work of a forgotten Pharaoh named [[Djedefre]], Khafre's half brother and a son of Khufu, the builder ...
29: ...ewis Norden]] made in [[1737]] and published in [[1755]] illustrate the Sphinx without a nose. An Arab h... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...c|its 14-year period of independence]] during and after the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary...
66: ...o take the Fort St. Fr餩ric four times between [[1755]] and [[1758]]; in [[1759]] a combined force of 1...
70: ...]]-Vermont border, a French fort constructed in [[1755]], was the site of two British offensives under L...
78: ...nt thunderstorm, and was adopted by the delegates after four days of debate. This was the first writte...
82: ...ntucky]], which was admitted to the Union shortly afterward. - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
15: ...wer Canada]]. Near the beginning of the war, in [[1755]], the British had expelled French speaking popul...
29: *[[Battle of Fort Beaus骯ur]] ([[June 16]], [[1755]])
30: ...hela aka Battle of the Wilderness) ([[July 9]], [[1755]])
31: *[[Battle of Lake George]] (1755) - Comet (30542 bytes)
9: ...away from the Sun, since the gas is more strongly affected by the solar wind than dust is, and follows...
21: ...l cause them to permanently exit the solar system after one pass by the Sun. On the other extreme, the...
25: ...as discovered in [[1869]] but became unobservable after [[1908]] due to perturbations by Jupiter, and ...
29: ...erers. Later, periodic comets were usually named after their discoverers, but comets that had appeare...
31: ...common, and this remains today. A comet is named after up to three independent discoverers. In recent... - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
31: ...ry small number of controversial words, while not affecting the vast majority for which there is commo...
35: ...s) are artificial repositories, put together well after the languages they define. The roots of langua...
45: The art and craft of writing dictionaries is called [[lexicography...
49: ...nson]]'s famous and more complete dictionary of [[1755]].
177: ...Concise Dictionary] Free registration is required after clicking on <small>DOWNLOAD</small>. The dicti... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Ita...
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
487: *[[Anton Graff]] ([[1736]]-[[1813]])
502: *[[Olaf Gulbransson]] ([[1873]]-[[1958]])
542: *[[Prince Hoare]] ([[1755]]-[[1834]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...[list of scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[invento...
52: ...rell]], (1910-1999;) (1886-1972) — [[Hovercraft]]
76: *[[Oliver Evans]] (1755-1819) - [[amphibious vehicle]], amongst others
158: ...an-American Inventor of the [[gas mask]], and [[traffic signal]].
168: ...is]] — passenger elevator and concommitant safety device - Dodo (9332 bytes)
18: ...[[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Museum]], were burned in 1755.
37: ...ive of [[pigeon]] species that are to be found in Africa and especially South Asia.
49: ...do did the seeds become active and start to grow. After a while, it was discovered that the same effec... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
9: ...jpg|thumb|200px|none|Section of collapsed freeway after the 1989 [[Loma Prieta earthquake]].]]
11: ...ke — these are known as [[foreshock]]s or [[aftershock]]s, respectively. The power of an earthqu...
30: ...m]]s, such as the [[Kariba Dam]] in [[Zambia]], [[Africa]], and with the injection or extraction of fl...
35: *[[Household seismic safety]]
50: *[[1755_Lisbon_earthquake|Lisbon earthquake]] (1755). - Brine shrimp (4112 bytes)
27: ...rst discovered in [[Lymington]], [[England]] in [[1755]]. There are mixed views on whether all brine shr...
39: ...]] that this brine shrimp did not warrant listing after the threat to the lake was removed following a... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
18: ...from the source area due to the small area of sea affected. However they can give rise to much larger ...
24: ...creation and its impact on a coast, arriving long after the [[seismic wave]] generated by the originat...
26: ...s (the time for the next wave top to pass a point after the previous one), from minutes to hours, and ...
34: ...adow" of affected land masses are usually fairly safe. However, tsunami waves can [[diffraction|diffra...
53: ...he event that triggered it and the shape of the seafloor ([[bathymetry]]) and coastal land ([[topograp... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
5: ...sent the Imperial insignia to [[Constantinople]]. After another millennium, in [[1453]], the Eastern E...
9: ...[Byzantine]] period, more than one thousand years after they were created, and displays of imperial ma...
33: ... Romanizing extensive territories in the East, in Africa, in Hispania and Gaul, beyond those areas tha...
74: ...espasian became a major contender for the throne. After the suicide of [[Otho]], Vespasian was able to...
84: ...imated much of Rome. His generosity in rebuilding after these tragedies made him very popular. Titus w... - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
1: ...dian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the Wilderness 1755]].''
44: ==Aftermath==
45: ...ince [[1861]], Grant did not retreat back to the safety of [[Washington, D.C.]], but continued in his ... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ...et but declined the command of his own collier in 1755 on the eve of the [[Seven Years War]] to start ag...
49: ... Islands]], which he named the "Sandwich Islands" after the 4th Earl of Sandwich, the acting [[First L...
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