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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
3: ...ess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
22: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Johanna (1750-1762)
33: ...ia Theresa ceded [[Parma]], [[Piacenza]], and [[Guastalla]] to the Infante Felipe of Spain.
41: ... to rule during the 650-year-long [[Habsburg]] dynasty. Her son [[Joseph II]] succeeded her.
48: ...of Piacenza]]|title6=[[Duke of Parma|Duchess of Guastalla]]|years1=1740-1780|years2=1740-1780|years3=17... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
10: ...abeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]] - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[November 6]], [[1796]]. A co...
5: ... coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to hav...
13: ... result, Catherine the Great instituted several drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she ...
21: ...e made Russia the dominant power in the [[Middle East]] after her [[Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774|first ...
27: ...onarchies and a balance of power in 18th-century Eastern Europe for another century. - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...rojects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarsk...
23: ..., and summoned all the notables, civil and ecclesiastical, to her presence. So swiftly and noiselessly ...
25: ...hat in her sometimes seemed irresolution and procrastination, was, most often, a wise suspense of judgm...
29: ...d to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became the bound...
39: ... of Kunersdorf|Kunersdorf]] (August 12, 1759) at last brought Frederick to the verge of ruin. From that... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
13: ...er sister Johanna-Gabriella died of smallpox in [[1762]], Maria-Antonia became the next child to be invo...
27: ...apsburg princess]] to talk to a lady with such a past. Du Barry therefore set about to make Marie-Antoi...
28: [[Image:Versailles_castle.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Palace of Versaille...
32: ...tiful and ambitious aristocrat, [[Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac|Gabrielle, Comtesse de P...
57: ...gardens were re-designed to suit the queen's new tastes. - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
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45: ... [[Texas]], to the north by [[Arkansas]], to the east by the state of [[Mississippi]], and to the south...
49: ...an]] tribes before the arrival of Europeans. The lasting mark of the Native Americans can be seen even ...
53: *The '''[[Chitimacha]]s''' occupied the southeastern parishes of Iberia, Assumption, St Mary, Lower...
54: ... parishes of St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, East and West Baton Rouge, Livingston, and St. Tammany... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
46: * the use of [[yeast]] for:
54: ...el [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]] - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
3: ...rican conflict or the Indian [[campaign]]s which lasted 15 years (including [[Pontiac's Rebellion]]).
10: ...reat Britain, which was given since the ruling dynasty saw its ancestral [[Hanover (state)|Hanoverian]]...
28: ...aching from the west. In what Napoleon called "a masterpiece in maneuver and resolution", Frederick bot...
32: In the east, at the [[Battle of Zorndorf]] in Prussia, a Prus...
36: [[1760]] brought even more disaster to the Prussians. The Prussian general [[Heinri... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]])
1057: *[[Jan Rustem]] ([[1762]]-[[1835]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
20: ... - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
73: *[[George Eastman]], (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — ...
77: *[[John S. Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple ...
100: *[[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]], (1638-...
103: * [[William Gruber]] — [[View-master]] - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...ts of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: ...nd the area surrounding the [[harbor|harbour]] devastated, although they had not been aware of any [[wa...
18: ...arthquakes, dissipate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area due to the smal...
22: ...eeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal area. The sheer weight of water is enough to pu...
24: ... hours between its creation and its impact on a coast, arriving long after the [[seismic wave]] generat... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
6: ...t hard times by the time he became an adult. In [[1762]] he moved to [[New Haven]], Connecticut and esta...
12: ...ng this, Arnold challenged Easton to a duel, but Easton refused.
15: ...pedition|expeditionary force]] from Boston on an easternly route to [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]]... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
46: ...]]; six with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] and one as [[Master of Arts]].
67: ...urn home in [[1775]] he lost his position as postmaster through his share in divulging to [[Massachuset...
77: ...[[1787]], a group of prominent ministers in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]] proposed the foundation of a ne...
89: ...lar]]. He has also appeared on a $50 bill in the past, as well as several varieties of the $100 bill fr... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
90: *[[Louis Boyer (astronomer)|Louis Boyer]] ([[France]])
92: ...[James Bradley]] ([[England]], [[1693]] – [[1762]])
132: *[[Josep Comas Sol ([[Spain]])<!--Last name = "Comas Solᦱuot;, list under C -->
166: *[[Terence Dickinson]], ([[Canada]]), astronomer and author - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
3: ...18th century''''' refers to the [[century]] that lasted from [[1701]] through [[1800]] in the [[Gregori...
11: ...as [[Paris]] and [[Vienna]] where nations could boast their power, enlightenment, and impression to the...
25: ...]] conquer Iran, ending the [[Safavids|Safavid dynasty]].
29: ...sian Empire|Persia]] and founds the [[Afsharid dynasty]]. Rules until his death in [[1747]].
40: * [[1762]]-[[1796|96]]: Reign of [[Catherine II of Russia|... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: The '''18th century''' lasted from [[1701]] to [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian ca...
4: ...a Bastille.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Storming of the Bastille, [[July 14]], [[1789]], an iconic event of th...
15: ...off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]].
29: ...d Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies.
30: ...1708]]-[[1709]]: [[Famine]] kills one-third of [[East Prussia]]'s population. - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
16: * [[1762]]: [[Iron smelting process]]: [[Jared Eliot]]
38: * [[1797]]: [[Cast iron plow]]: [[Charles Newbold]] - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ..., of the [[Classical music era]]). He composed an astonishingly large amount of [[chamber music|chamber...
15: ...ghout [[Europe]], beginning with an exhibition in 1762 at the Court of the Elector of [[Bavaria]] in [[M...
23: ... known to me either in person or by name. He has taste and, what is more, the most profound knowledge o...
33: ...is father before the latter's death in 1787. His last opera, ''[[The Magic Flute]]'', includes Masonic ...
59: ...osers since Mozart's time have worshipped or at least been in awe of Mozart. [[Rossini]] averred, "He i... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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36: ...n Russia]] on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Se...
42: ...rg is administrative center of the [[Leningrad Oblast]] (while being a separate region) and the [[North...
48: ...ral details including long, straight boulevards, vast spaces, gardens and parks, decorative wrought-iro...
50: ...o]] (60° [[latitude|N]]), causes twilight to last all night in May, June and July. This celebrated...
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