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- Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...f the [[University of Moscow]] and Shuvalov's foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of ...
7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine I of...
9: ...e had a French governess, however, and at a later day picked up some Italian, German and Swedish, and ...
11: It was Peter's intention to marry his second daughter to the young French king [[Louis XV]], but ...
13: ... of Peter the Great, practically banished Peter's daughter from court. Elizabeth had inherited her fat... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...er]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[...
4: ...-Antoinette was the fifteenth child (the youngest daughter; she had a brother one year younger) of the...
9: ... he would like the hand of the Empress's youngest daughter in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the...
15: ...ria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...rteen. The Empress's parting words to her sobbing daughter was, "Farewell, my dearest child. Do so muc... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
10: ...pean flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, [[damask]], list, [[haircloth]], and [[ingrain]] (aka ...
39: ...ld is called the "Pazyryk Carpet,". It is usually dated to the 5th century BC. It was excavated by [[S...
51: ...called [[Synagogue carpet]], is a unique survival dated to the 14th century. The earliest group of His...
54: ...n]], were never installed as Louis XIV moved to [[Versailles]] in 1678. Their design combines rich [[acanthu...
57: ...nspired designs. Neoclassical designer [[Robert Adam]] supplied designs for both Moorfields and Axmin... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
2: ...homas Riley Marshall''' ([[March 14]], [[1854]] – [[June 1]], [[1925]]) was an [[United States|A...
7: ...he nomination as a compromise [[dark horse]] candidate. During his term he saw a child labor law and ...
15: ...be re-elected since [[James Monroe|Monroe]] and [[Daniel D Tompkins|Tompkins]] in the 1820s.
17: ...lity while travelling in [[Europe]] to sign the [[Versailles treaty]] and push his [[League of Nations]] idea....
19: ...lson to ascertain his condition until their final day in office. - Andorra (11532 bytes)
38: | '''[[National Day]]''': || [[8 September]]
79: ...rmany]], having been forgotten on the [[Treaty of Versailles]] and remaining legally at war.
131: ... tales]], with roots originating in as far as [[Andalusia]] in the south and [[Netherlands]] in the no... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
25: | [[Serrekunda]]
36: | '''[[Independence]]'''<br> - Date
40: | [[Dalasi]] (D)
61: ...a, but the French retained a tiny enclave at Albreda on the north bank of the river, which was ceded t...
67: ...Heads_of_State_of_the_Gambia|President]] [[Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara]], who was re-elected five times. ... - Germany (46412 bytes)
15: ...| [[List of national anthems|National anthem]]: [[Das Lied der Deutschen]]<br>3rd stanza (''Einigkeit ...
51: <sup>1</sup> [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Low German language|Low German]], [[Sorb...
61: ...lector]]s of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. From ''Bildatlas der Deutschen Geschichte'' by Dr Paul Kn? (18...
66: ... the [[Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation]] – stemmed from a division of the [[Franks|Caroli...
78: ...pg|thumb|250px|left|Foundation of modern Germany, Versailles, 1871. Bismarck is in white in the middle.]] - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...was regained by the British under the [[Treaty of Versailles]] in [[1783]]. Conflict between the British and t...
67: ...s, with hurricane Lenny in 1999 causing extensive damage to the west coast of the island.
83: ...h]]es: Charlotte, Grenadines, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint Patrick
96: ... on plantations. There also are a few white descendants of English colonists, as well as some East Ind...
100: ...rbados. It has a new SHF radiotelephone to [[Grenada]] and to [[Saint Lucia]]; access to [[Intelsat]] ... - Indiana (20194 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Mitch Daniels]] |
18: LandArea = 92,897 |
26: AdmittanceDate = [[December 11]], [[1816]] |
27: ...Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] <small>(extreme northwest ...
47: ...0]]CE up to the conventional end of Mississippian dating ("contact with [[European]]s"). The specific... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
16: LandArea = 102,989 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 1]], [[1792]] |
25: ...Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|DST]]-5 (western) |
41: ...se of Constitution Square in [[Danville, Kentucky|Danville]] between [[1784]] and [[1792]]. In [[1790...
43: ...America|Confederate]] forces under General [[Leonidas Polk]] invaded. - Ptolemy II of Egypt (4048 bytes)
2: ...y of the Ancient World'', 2nd ed. 1980) gives the date of his death as [[January 29]].
10: ... agreed to a peace by which Antiochus married his daughter [[Berenice (Seleucid queen)|Berenice]] (''c...
12: ...irst wife, [[Arsinoe I of Egypt|Arsinoë I]], daughter of [[Lysimachus]], was the mother of his le...
18: ...d artificial, has been justly compared with the [[Versailles]] of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]. - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
30: ... well as British aid to Native Americans in [[Canada]] and west of the Mississippi. Westerners and Sou...
34: ...n, president at the time, in favor of his own agenda.
38: ...go]] in 1848 ceded Texas (with the Rio Grande boundary), California, and New Mexico to the United Stat...
43: ...and pro slave sentiments that still exist to this day.
47: The next four years were the darkest in American history, as the nation tore itse... - World War I (62979 bytes)
1: ... 1917, in the vicinity of the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau Wo...
2: ...henzollern]]s, who had roots of power back to the days of the [[Crusade]]s, all fell during or after t...
8: ...ree-decade long war spanning the period [[1914]]–[[1945]]. Other scholars view World War I as on...
19: ...tem, which bears a striking resemblence to modern-day and Cold War nuclear preparedness strategies, st...
22: ...serving their power. It did not solve the more fundamental problems of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Wi... - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ...ses of the war]] are a matter of debate. On which date the war began is also debated, cited as either ...
6: ...an surrendered]] on [[15 August]] [[1945]] ([[V-J Day]]).
8: ...ee. [[Atomic weapon]]s, [[jet aircraft]], and [[RADAR]] are only a few of many [[Technology during Wor...
10: ...y as the [[Warsaw pact]], alliances which were fundamental to the ensuing [[Cold War]]. In Asia, the U...
18: ...id they supply the Axis powers with any great abundance of troops or supplies. - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
8: *[[1900]] - [[Gold Standard Act]]
54: *[[1911]] - [[Supreme Court]] breaks up [[Standard Oil]]
62: *[[1914]] - [[Mother's Day]] created
71: *[[1916]] - [[Adamson Railway Labor Act]]
79: *[[1919]] - [[Treaty of Versailles]] ends World War I - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ustry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 20th century, it was the dominant econom...
21: ...7 1896 went even further, providing that state-mandated segregation was legal as long as it provided f...
30: ...rrivals on the Plains--previously they had been sedate farmers in the Great Lakes region. Once they l...
32: ...1876 the last serious Sioux war erupted, when the Dakota gold rush penetrated the Black Hills. The Arm...
34: ...rn Sioux reservation at [[Wounded Knee]], [[South Dakota]], led to an uprising that saw the Sioux atta... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
5: ...the [[First Estate|clergy]], the remnants of [[feudalism]]. Similarly, the peasants covetously eyed th...
7: ...d some of the nobility and of the working class — had absorbed the ideology of equality and free...
9: ...th the enemies of the bourgeoisie: absolutism, feudalism and [[philistinism]]." [http://www.marxists.o...
15: ...penditures by [[Louis XIV]] on luxuries such as [[Versailles]] were compounded by heavy expenditures on the [[...
30: ...he nobility (the so-called ''noblesse de robe'' – "gown nobility", as opposed to the nobility of... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
21: ...cques Necker]] (Director-General of Finance 1777–1781), unsuccessfully proposed to revise the Fr...
25: ...e French treasury depended to maintain its day to day operations to withdraw their loans, leading to a...
27: ... to convene the Estates-General in May [[1789]] — for the first time since [[1614]]. Brienne re...
31: ...ription of the events of [[August 8]], [[1788]] – [[June 17]], [[1789]], see [[Estates-General o...
35: ...and ''[[bailliage]]s'' rather than by provinces — need be determined by the precedent of 1614. ... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
11: ...e air at higher altitude. This was performed at [[Versailles]], before [[Louis XVI of France]], to gain his pe... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
5: date_of_birth = [[20 April]] [[1889]] |
8: date_of_death = [[30 April]] [[1945]] |
11: ...he [[National Socialist German Workers Party]] (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party.
15: ...llies]] ultimately defeated Germany. In the final days of the war, [[Hitler's death|Hitler died]] by [...
20: ... Alois Hitler also had a son (Alois Junior) and a daughter (Angela) by his second wife. In ''[[Mein Ka...
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