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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...plorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] ...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portugue...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
30: ...er]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...lso see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Loui...
4: ...[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]]. Sh...
6: ..., Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia'' was the eldest daughter of [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|...
8: ...s, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
12: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to th... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: [[Image:elizabeth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the ...
3: ...]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarskoye Selo]]. The [[Winter Palace]] and the [[Smolny]] Cath...
7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Grea...
9: ...uency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and v...
11: ...y remaining near relation, the princess found herself at the age of eighteen practically her own mistr... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
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38: .... The state capital is [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Ver... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events fro...
13: *[[1729]]: [[Province of Carolina]] proprietors sell out to Crown
19: ...eorge Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Great Awakening
23: ...George's War ends with the [[Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle]]
34: <table border="1" cellpadding="6"> - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ... and a [[staging area]] for the [[Crusade]]s, as well as a very important center of commerce (especial...
6: ...t theoretically. As the community continued to develop and as Byzantine power waned, however, an incre...
8: ...om Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
10: ...tewardship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as [[...
12: ...ght back to Venice, including the [[Mark the Evangelist|Winged Lion of St. Mark]], symbol of Venice. O... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
29: *[[Hans Bellmer]] (1902 - 1975)
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
35: *[[John Blakeley]] (1946 - )
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929) - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...ssion in the [[British Army]], and was eventually elevated to the rank of [[general]]. His name is a ...
6: ...toms laws of the Crown. He married Margaret Mansfield on [[February 22]], [[1767]]. They had three son...
9: ...husetts's [[militia]] to undertake the first entirely offensive military expedition by the colonists a...
10: ...deroga was taken from the 22 British troops that held it and who were not aware that a war was in prog...
12: ...discovering this, Arnold challenged Easton to a duel, but Easton refused. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... of the [[Lunar Society]] and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Frankli...
11: ...y included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May 16]], [[1681]]), and Hannah ([[May 25]], [...
15: ...he [[Old South Church]] of Boston by the Rev. Samuel Willard.
23: ...ivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young man earned him a great deal of socia...
27: ...libraries in other American cities, and Franklin felt that this [[enlightenment (concept)|enlightenmen... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ica...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
19: *[[Selman Akbulut]] (Turkey) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...The '''Sovereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ...ohn the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was s...
9: ...ght of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and 140 other estates in the a...
15: ...ll as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]].
19: ...nder the command of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] delivered 200,000 men to the island. Against this for... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
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16: ... [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]] || Platinum, Pt, 78
20: ...k|Block]] || [[group 10 element|10 ]], [[period 6 element|6]], [[d-block|d]]
36: |[[Electron configuration]] || <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[xeno... - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
3: ...://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]Some elements have been known since time immemorial. Most...
13: * antiquity - [[Mercury (element)|Mercury]]
25: *[[1526]] - [[Zinc]] discovered by [[Paracelsus]]
32: *[[1741]] - [[Platinum]] discovered by [[Charles Wood (sc...
33: ...] - [[Nickel]] isolated from [[niccolite]] by [[Axel Fredrik Cronstedt]]. - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
8: ... grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes impli...
10: ... a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...erable [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
16: ...en concerned in the composition of two violent libels. Inveigled by a spy named Beauregard into a real...
20: ...tre Français]] on [[November 18]] and was well received, though a rivalry grew between parties ... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
1: ...mb|Leonhard Euler aged 49 (oil painting by [[Emanuel Handmann]], 1756)]]
5: ...f the newly invented [[calculus]]. He was completely [[blindness|blind]] for the last seventeen years...
10: ...ical lectures and respected his family. When Daniel and Nikolaus Bernoulli asked him to allow his son...
14: In [[1733]] he married Katharina Gsell, the daughter of the director of the academy of ...
16: In the year [[1741]] Euler became director of the mathematical class... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
30: ...efeats the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] and sacks [[Delhi]].
33: * [[1741]]: [[Russia]]ns begin settling the [[Aleutian Isl...
41: * [[1763]]-[[1766|66]]: [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] in North America
54: * [[1789]]: [[George Washington]] elected [[President of the United States]].
62: * [[1798]]: Irish [[Irish Rebellion of 1798 | Rebellion]] against British Rule - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...Delaware.png|thumb|250px|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconi...
21: * [[1702]]-[[1715]]: [[Camisard|Camisard Rebellion]] in [[France]].
39: ...ession of [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], Elector of Hanover, to the throne of Great Britain.
40: ...ellion/Rising of 1715 ('The Fifteen')|Jacobite rebellion]] breaks out
47: ...llion/Rising of 1719 ('The Nineteen')|Jacobite rebellion]] fails. - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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36: ...a city located in [[Northwestern Russia]] on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf...
48: ...tal and decorative sculptures. The Neva River itself, together with its many canals and their granite...
50: ...the "[[white night]]s." The white nights are closely linked to another attraction — the nine dr...
58: ...o called the Fountain House), and the Beloselsky-Belozersky palace (1846–1848) on the Nevsky Pro... - Articles of Confederation (19574 bytes)
5: ... groundwork for the nation's early experiment in self-governance.
9: ...ch as defense against external threats and trade relations.
17: ...butions from states. This financial weakness severely hampered its ability to pay off war debts or fun...
28: ... to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, where delegates drafted the United States Constitution, sup...
32: While the Articles of Confederation ultimately proved inadequate as a governing framework, they...
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