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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
4: ...and [[Bohemia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Rom...
14: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the...
20: ...; had issue. [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]]: 1765 (abdicated 1790); [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1790; [[Archduk...
21: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1748)
24: ... Naples and Sicily]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1752-1814), married [[Ferdinand I of the T... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
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...
6: ...ht up in the company of her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one ye...
7: ...he was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
9: ...lfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. He performed a short musical concert for the Imperial Family. When the Empres... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...g of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Weste...
3: ...en carpet (or carpeting) and rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the ...
5: [[Image:Carpet.png|350px|thumb|Contemporary Afghan Rug]]
7: == Carpet types ==
8: ...carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]] - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ...Chief]] of the [[Continental Army]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) an...
21: ...r the role he played in winning and securing American independence, George Washington is generally rec...
24: ...rthday is celebrated on the Gregorian (new style) calendar date. Also note that the English year began...
26: ...an attack of [[smallpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was initiated as a [[Freem... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
22: ...d Style and New Style dates|Old Style]], [[Julian Calendar]]), 1735 in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]]. H...
24: ...nspired Adams with zeal for the cause of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, A...
28: ...contentiousness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested...
31: ... in London in [[1768]] as ''A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law''), in which he argued that the... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...lic of Portugal'') is a [[democratic republic]] located on the west and southwest parts of the [[Iberi...
5: ...centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] s...
7: ... social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...Douro]] and [[Tagus]] rivers, and the [[Gallaecia|Callaeci]] who lived north of the Douro river among ...
17: ...s of [[Culture of Ancient Rome|Romanization]] was carried out, leading [[Lusitania]] to gain [[Latin R... - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
9: ...largest single-stone statue in the world. It is located on the west bank of the [[Nile River]] within ...
11: ...upervised by [[Giovanni Battista Caviglia|Captain Caviglia]], uncovered the Sphinx' chest completely. ...
13: The body of the Sphinx was carved out of solid bedrock whose removed stones som...
15: ...ead of a man, and therefore the name is not technically accurate.
22: ...n. When compared with statues of Khafre at the [[Cairo]] Museum, it is evident that the face on the S... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]]...
36: ... east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...aunchly independent political thinking. The state capital is [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while...
42: Vermont is located in the New England region in the [[eastern Uni...
44: ...ed States and separates Vermont from New York and Canada in the northwest portion of the state. The st... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...ll islands off Newfoundland. The British acquired Canada while Spain gained Louisiana in compensation ...
5: ... by the British and became part of the North American portion of the [[British Empire]].
7: ==Series of North American conflicts, 1600-1700s==
9: ...lies, following the conflicts known in North America as [[King William's War]] ([[1689]]-[[97]]), [[Qu...
13: ...seph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's capital. - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...owballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[d...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ...ails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ... omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese ...
13: ...etorbit.png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
5: ...llabic [[writing system]]s list words in alphabetical or some analogous phonetic order. Words and char...
8: ...ted selection of words from a speech community is called a [[minimizing dictionary]] (e.g. a dictionar...
11: ...tilingual, historical, biographical, and geographical dictionaries.
14: ...nization|romanized]] and sorted in Roman alphabetical order.
17: ... cover only a limited number of the specialized vocabulary concerned. Generally, multi-field dictionar... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
5: ==Alphabetical list==
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
14: ...d Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instan...
18: ...bage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...ekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]] - Dodo (9332 bytes)
2: ... | image = [[Image:ExtinctDodoBird.jpeg|200px]] | caption = }}
12: ...nk | binomial_name = Raphus cucullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: ...aphus cucullatus'', called ''Didus ineptus'' by [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]]), more commonly just '''...
18: ...[[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Museum]], were burned in 1755.
24: ...ts speak of the birds "greedy" appetite. Thus, in captivity with its ready availability of food, the b... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...ur in the interior of the lithospheric plates are called [[intraplate earthquake]]s.
4: ...and cause no damage(those less than 5 on ritcher scale).
5: ...uakes shaking is the dominant and most widespread cause of damage.
9: | [[image:EarthquakeFreewayCa1989.jpg|thumb|200px|none|Section of collapsed fre...
11: ...ume of sound than a smaller one, large faults are capable of higher magnitude earthquakes than smaller... - Brine shrimp (4112 bytes)
2: ...ge | image = [[Image:Artemia_salina.jpg|175px]] | caption = ''Artemia salina''}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Anostraca]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''pollicaris'''''}}
13: ''Artemia franciscana''<br>
15: ''Artemia monica''<br> - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ... to generate a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
6: ...historically referred to as ''[[tidal wave]]s'' because as they approach land they take on the charact...
8: ==Causes==
10: ...by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami.
12: ...uch large vertical movements of the earth's crust can occur at [[plate boundaries]]. [[Subduction]] ea... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...der the leadership of Octavian (better known as [[Caesar Augustus]]). Although Rome accumulated a col...
5: ...pire is traditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed the last Emperor and sent the Imperial...
7: Because the empire of Rome lasted for such a long peri...
9: ...he situation was far more nuanced: certain historical forms continued until the [[Byzantine]] period, ...
11: ...as many other aspects of Western life remains inescapable. Roman titles of power were adopted by succe... - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
1: ...dian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the Wilderness 1755]].''
5: |campaign=Grant's Overland Campaign
8: |caption=''Battle of the Wilderness'' by Kurz and All...
9: |conflict=[[American Civil War]]
13: |combatant1=[[United States of America]] - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: [[Image:captainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British exp...
3: ...ts main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map maker]].
8: ...et but declined the command of his own collier in 1755 on the eve of the [[Seven Years War]] to start ag...
12: ...1759]]. He showed a talent for [[surveying]] and cartography and was responsible for mapping much of ...
14: ...ographic skills, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (''e.g.'' dipping into ...
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