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- Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
3: ...[[1740]]) reigned as Duchess of [[Courland]] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to...
7: ...]], as her adviser. She never remarried after the death of her husband, but was reputed by her enemies...
10: ...in [[1730]]. They had hoped that she would feel indebted to the nobles for her unexpected fortune and ...
17: ... specially constructed house of ice, where the bride caught a cold and died within several days.
19: ...le hands of two other foreigners, who thoroughly identified themselves with Russia, [[Andrey Osterman]... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...am of Orange]] to the British throne and was rewarded with an earldom.
4: ... and her husband fell out of royal favor. Anne's death in [[1714]] restored their fortunes, but the D...
6: ...Spencer|Lady Diana Spencer]] (1710-1735), to [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]]. The Duchess remained fri...
11: ..., the daughter of [[Sir Winston Churchill]] and a descendant of the original Sarah. - Narcissi (1567 bytes)
15: ...age|Persian]] word of this plant, نرگس (''Nargis''). - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...ingdom|British]] forces which drove the former leader [[Saddam Hussein]] and his [[Ba'ath Party]] from...
2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
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10: ...align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Iraq|In Detail]]) || align="center" width="140px" | ([[Coat ...
21: | '''[[President of Iraq|President]]''' || [[Jalal Talabani]] - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ... [[landlocked]] country in [[Central Europe]], bordered by [[Austria]], [[Slovakia]], [[Ukraine]], [[R...
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19: leader_titles = [[President of Hungary|President]]<br><br>[[Prime minister of Hungary|Prime mini...
20: leader_names = (''outgoing'') [[Ferenc M]]<br>(''inc...
22: area_magnitude = 1_E10 | - Flag of Connecticut (1242 bytes)
1: ...g.jpg|thumb|right|Flag of Connecticut. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
5: ...he seal transferred to them. On [[October 25]], [[1711]], the governor and legistlature changed the seal... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...s ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]?
66: ...ntury BC|200s BC]]: Compound [[pulley]]: [[Archimedes]]
74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
83: * [[9th century|800s]]: [[Black powder|Gunpowder]] in [[History of China|China]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
14: ...s]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed po...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
22: ... U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
30: *[[Adolf Anderssen]] (Germany, [[1818]] - [[1879]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 ...
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: ...s [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] –...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]]...
26: *[[Harold Alden]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1890]] – [[196...
27: *[[Hannes Alfv鮝] ([[Sweden]], [[1908]] – [[1995]]) - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
5: ...ian|Clactonian technique]], and are a potent reminder of the ancient habitation of Slovakia.
7: ...age, including the famous Cranium Mold of a [[Neanderthal]] (c. 200,000 BCE), discovered near Gᮯvce,...
9: ...#353;inare These findings are the most ancient evidence of commercial exchanges carried out between th...
11: ...first attempts at coloring. These shapes reveal a developed aesthetic sense.
13: ...meters. This cave is one of the biggest Neolithic deposits in Europe, and was continuously inhabited f... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...d in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire ...
10: ...unger brother was very fond, married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansen...
12: ... [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...ther stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it. - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
3: ...|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
6: ==The vitalism debate and organic chemistry==
8: ...], and other synthetic [[dye]]s, as well as the widely used drug [[aspirin]]. The discovery also contr...
12: ...planation of [[Brownian motion]] in the first decade of the [[20th century]].
14: ... the atom as a branch of [[physics]], but was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] in chemistry, not physics, f... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...x|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconic event of the [[Americ...
6: ...ut with the French revolution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ...al revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radica...
15: ...[1700]]: The [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]] (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwes...
17: * [[1700]]-[[1721|21]]: [[Russia]] supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Baltic]] power... - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
7: ...1710]]: [[Thermometer]]: [[Ren頁ntoine Ferchault de R页mur]]
8: * [[1711]]: [[Tuning fork]]: [[John Shore]]
14: * [[1750]]: [[Flatboat]]: [[Jacob Yoder]]
32: * [[1787]]: Non-condensing high pressure [[Engine]]: [[Oliver Evans]]
35: ...[[1791]]: [[Artificial Teeth]]: [[Nicholas Dubois De Chemant]] - Lava (9992 bytes)
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9: ...Volcanic eruption|eruption]]. Lava, when first exuded from a volcanic vent, is a [[liquid]] at very hi...
11: ...n [[May 14]] and [[June 4]] [[1737]]. In this he described "a flow of fiery lava" in analogy to the f...
21: ...w. The clinkery surface actually covers a massive dense core, which was the most active part of the fl...
24: ...[[image:Aa_flow_Hawaii.jpg|280px|thumb|right|An older ‘a‘a flow, this one on Hualalai in H... - Watt steam engine (4120 bytes)
1: ...c form showing the improvement of the separate condenser, which was not found on the Newcomen steam en...
2: ...ural power sources such as wind and water. Watt's design became synonymous with steam engines, due in ...
4: ...ars few detail changes had been made to the basic design, seventy-five of which could now be found at ...
6: ... the cylinder back up to boiling temperatures, condensing while this occured.
8: ...der into the condenser, which was kept cold and under less than atmospheric pressure. At first, these ...
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