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- 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... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...humb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
5: ...lso examining [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the au...
7: ...suits]], and became a bookseller in [[Paris]]. In 1743 he married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Rom...
10: ...plementary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
14: ... of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any subject that he approached, 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... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: A '''carpet''' is any loom-woven, felted textile or grass floor covering. The term was...
14: ...ched to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the carpet.
16: ...design. Moquette is woven in relatively narrow panels (usually 27" or 36"). Larger works are composed...
19: ...introduced in Germany in 1804. They became extremely popular in England in the 1830s.
21: ...[Gripper Axminster]] (1890). These types were developed from the American [[Halcyon Skinner]]'s 1860s... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: ...e of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
21: ... other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he voluntarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him...
24: ...nial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Beach]] in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]].
26: ...te from the [[College of William and Mary]]) and helped survey the [[Shenandoah Valley]] in Virginia. ...
29: ... Peale]], and shows Washington in uniform as colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment.]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[April 13]], [[1743]]
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
14: | wife= None; wife [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
18: '''Thomas Jefferson''' ([[April 13]], [[1743]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the third ([[...
20: .... President [[John F. Kennedy]] welcomed 49 [[Nobel Prize]] winners to the [[White House]] in [[1962]... - Finland (29511 bytes)
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18: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Helsinki]]
20: |'''Largest City''' || [[Helsinki]]
42: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.fi]] - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
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39: ... was admitted on the same day (see '''Trivia''', below).
54: ... insects|State insect]]:''' [[Honey bee]] - Apis Mellifera L. - 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]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...as]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]], a holiday when gifts were exchanged. ...
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
18: ...f [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]]
22: *[[1818]] - [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Pr...
25: ...laim under the [[Homestead Act]] is made by [[Daniel Freeman]] for a farm in [[Nebraska]]. - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...mmonwealth|Polish]] [[Constitution of May 3]] as well as leading to the rise of [[capitalism]] and the...
6: ...ce of a supreme being. In this period, piety and belief were integral parts in the exploration of [[na...
12: ... Enlightenment cover much of the 17th century as well, though others term the previous era "[[17th cen...
14: ...is goal in the Age of Reason, which was built on self-evident axioms, reached its height with [[Baruch...
18: ...m overreaching to some in the present-day, where belief is that human beings apprehend a truth that is... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
17: *[[J?Jakob Berzelius]], (1779-1848), Swedish ''chemist''
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German inventor, chemist
23: *[[Eduard Buchner]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - 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) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - Celsius (3635 bytes)
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2: |+'''Celsius temperature conversion formulas'''
8: |Celsius ||Fahrenheit ||°F = °C × 1.8 + ...
10: |[[Fahrenheit]] ||Celsius ||°C = (°F – 32) / 1.8
12: |Celsius ||Kelvin ||K = °C + 273.15 - Holmium (7766 bytes)
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14: ... [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
21: | NA, [[period 6 element|6]], [[f-block|f]]
43: | [[Electron configuration]] - 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 ...
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