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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
46: ...harlotte Ackermann|Ackermann, Sophie Charlotte]] (1714-1792)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600)
56: *[[Mercedes de Acosta|Acosta, Mercedes de]] (1893-1968) - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...er, she was also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his death in the next year.
5: ...sant. She was married at the age of 17 to a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[dragoon]], having been working at th...
12: *Grand Duchess Margarita Petrovna ([[1714]]-[[1715]])
20: ...4]]-[[1725]]''<br>''De-facto ruler Prince [[Alexander Menshikov]] [[1725]]-[[1727]]''}} - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...monarch of the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain...
10: ... crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland would co-opera...
12: Anne's reign was marked by the development of the two-party system. Anne personally...
15: ...rom France in [[1670]]. In about [[1673]], Anne made the acquaintance of Sarah Jennings, who would bec...
17: ...nued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...am of Orange]] to the British throne and was rewarded with an earldom.
4: ...sband fell out of royal favor. Anne's death in [[1714]] restored their fortunes, but the Duke died in [...
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. - Contrabassoon (3761 bytes)
3: *The reed is considerably larger, at 70-75 mm in total length as compa...
5: ...s also required, as the primary finger keys are widely spaced.
6: *There is considerably more air volume required in playing, and the...
7: ... water key to expel condensation, and a tuning slide for gross pitch adjustments.
11: ...ality which can be remediated by appropriate reed design changes. While prominent in solo and small e... - Finland (29511 bytes)
1:
3: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:...
9: ...center width=130px| ([[Coat of Arms of Finland|In Detail]])
22: |'''[[List of Presidents of Finland|President]]''': || [[Tarja Halonen]] - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ..., the Spanish language remains widely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of n...
7: native_name = Reino de Espa
10: image_coat = Escudo de Espang |
19: leader_titles = [[Kings of Spain|King]]<br>[[President of the Government of Spain|Pres. of the Gov.]] ...
20: leader_names = [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]]... - 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]] - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...'' is the [[United States|American]] name for the decisive nine-year conflict ([[1754]]-[[1763]]) in [...
5: ...ne|French Canadians]] refer to it as the ''Guerre de la conqu괥'' (War of the Conquest), since it is ...
9: ...[1689]]-[[97]]), [[Queen Anne's War]] ([[1702]]-[[1714]]), and [[King George's War]] ([[1744]]-[[48]]). ...
13: ... defeated a French garrison led by [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's capital...
17: ..., preferring to keep the Caribbean island of [[Guadeloupe]] because of its rich [[sugar]] crops and th... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929)
48: *[[Alexander Calder]] (1898 - 1976)
49: *[[Alexander Milne Calder]] (1845 - 1923)
50: *[[Alexander Stirling Calder]] (1870 - 1945)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822) - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: *[[1788]] - A [[fire]] destroys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves...
7: ...]] with a temporary [[Papal Tiara|papal tiara]] made of [[papier-m⣨靝.
9: *[[1804]] - [[Napoleonic code|Code Napol鯮]] was adopted as [[France|French]] [[civ...
19: ...en fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180
20: *[[1963]] - [[Alcatraz]], a federal [[penitentiary]] on an island in [[San Francis... - 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 ...
39: *[[Yoriyuki Arima]] (Japan, [[1714]]-[[1783]]) - 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. - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: .... Some of his most famous works include the [[Brandenburg Concertos]], [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]], ...
7: ...e distant relatives, while his sons [[Wilhelm Friedemann Bach]], [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]] and [[J...
13: ...te library, at which point the elder brother demanded to know how Sebastian had come to learn them.
17: ...; Bach was equally at home talking with organ builders and with performers.
19: ...essive accomplishment in his day, especially considering that he was the first in his family to finish... - Anne Bonny (5802 bytes)
1: ...an [[Irish American]] [[pirate]] who plied her trade in the [[Caribbean]].
5: ...oved to [[Charleston, South Carolina]] where he made a fortune and bought a large [[plantation]]. Dili...
10: ...s also true that after the arrival of Governor Woodes Rogers in the summer of 1718, James Bonny became...
12: ...vidence, James dragged Anne before Gov. Rogers to demand she be flogged for adultery and returned to h...
15: ...r fellow pirates. She and Mary Read's name and gender were, however, known to all from the start, incl... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...[[1789]], denoting the period of time between the death of [[Louis XIV of France]] and the start of th...
9: ... political changes began that would lead to the modern [[nation state]]. France's absolutism would gen...
13: ...]] style replaced the [[Baroque]], then was succeeded by the [[Neoclassical]] movement.
16: * [[1701]]-[[1714|14]]: [[War of the Spanish Succession]]
17: * [[1703]]: [[Saint Petersburg]] founded by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russ...
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