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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... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of...
4: ...al described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
11: ...ied off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlan...
13: ...eak German. However, when her sister Johanna-Gabriella died of smallpox in [[1762]], Maria-Antonia bec...
15: ...ia|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should ... - 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.]] - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events a...
28: ...of popular leadership of his second cousin, [[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through h...
31: ...ism and corporate authority; in December 1765 he delivered a speech before the governor and council in...
33: ...ular side in this case resulted in his subsequent election to the [[Massachusetts House of Representat...
44: ... first draft along with [[James Bowdoin]] and Samuel Adams. - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ...rtugal#Naming of Portugal|naming of Portugal]] itself reveals most of the country's early history, ste...
15: ...ng time. The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settled in [[Alentejo]].
17: ...n in the north, the [[Lusitanians]] successfully held off the Romans, took back land and ransacked [[C...
21: [[Image:Castelo guimaraes2.jpg|thumb|right|230px|The [[10th cent...
23: ...an [[Alans]], were also present, but were both expelled or partially integrated by the [[Visigoths]]. - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
3: ...large half-human [[Sphinx]] statue in [[Egypt]]. Believed by Egyptologists to have been built by [[anc...
9: ... within the confines of the [[Giza|Giza pyramid field]], so that when approching from [[Memphis, Egypt...
11: ...in Caviglia]], uncovered the Sphinx' chest completely. The entirety of the Sphinx was finally dug out ...
18: ... whom it was built. These mysteries have collectively earned the title "Riddle of the Sphinx", a nod t...
22: ...of the [[Pharaoh]] [[Khafre]] (also known by the hellenised version of his name, [[Chephren]]), which ... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]] |
30: HighestElev = 1,339 |
31: MeanElev = 305 |
32: LowestElev = 29 |
38: .... The state capital is [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Ver... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...r some Caribbean islands and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, two small islands off Newfoundland. The Britis...
15: ...nning of the war, in [[1755]], the British had expelled French speaking populations in [[Acadia]] to L...
17: ... preferring to keep the Caribbean island of [[Guadeloupe]] because of its rich [[sugar]] crops and the...
19: ...y Britain to pay for its military commitments as well as limitation on colonial settlements imposed by...
29: *[[Battle of Fort Beaus骯ur]] ([[June 16]], [[1755]]) - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...bed as "dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[...
5: Comets are believed to originate in a cloud (the [[Oort cloud]])...
9: ...e solar wind than dust is, and follows magnetic field lines rather than an orbital trajectory. While ...
11: ... with the naked eye. Before the invention of the telescope, comets seemed to appear out of nowhere in ...
13: ...age:Cometorbit.png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
8: ...dictionary that attempts to cover only a limited selection of words from a speech community is called ...
17: ... to be minimizing, whereas single-field and sub-field dictionaries tend to be maximizing. See also [[L...
20: ...ese dictionary') in Japanese and ''Okpyeon'' ('Jewel Book') in Korean. Each entry has one Chinese cha...
23: ...abetical list of defined terms in a specialized field, such as medicine or science. The simplest dicti...
29: .... This is why [[American English]] now uses the spelling "color" while [[British English]] uses "colou... - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ..., [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadia...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
20: *[[Leo Baekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]] - Dodo (9332 bytes)
18: ...[[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Museum]], were burned in 1755.
20: ...ddish point, very small useless [[wing]]s, stout yellow legs, and a tuft of curly [[feather]]s high on...
22: ...fficient to have ever supported flight and it is believed these ground-bound birds evolved to take adv...
24: ...ry and wet seasons, the dodo probably fattened itself on ripe fruits at the end of the wet season to l...
27: The Dodo was entirely fearless of people, and this, in combination wit... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...also widely used to indicate the source region itself. The solid earth is in slow but constant motion...
5: ...iquefaction]], [[landslide]]), and [[fire]] or a release of [[hazardous material]]s. In a particular e...
11: ...ve it is the "[[epicenter]]". The fault may slip well beyond its epicenter, though. Just as a large [...
18: ...ely low intensity but can last for days or weeks releasing as much energy as large earthquakes.
20: ...ent extent that the term "Richter scale" is routinely used in reporting these numbers to the public. ... - Brine shrimp (4112 bytes)
25: ...iety, the ''Artemia salina'', has been sold as novelty gifts, most commonly under the marketing name [...
27: ...rst discovered in [[Lymington]], [[England]] in [[1755]]. There are mixed views on whether all brine shr...
31: ...ool]] is to investigate the effect of salinity levels on the growth of these creatures.
33: ...[fatty acid]]s. These nutritional benefits are likely to be one reason that brine shrimp are found onl...
39: ...reatures in Mono Lake, it was felt that rising levels of [[salinity]] and [[sodium hydroxide]] concent... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
4: ...e]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which...
6: ... familiar). However, since they are not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading an...
10: ...uake which is too small to create a tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable ...
14: ...are sometimes triggered by large earthquakes; as well as collapses of volcanic edifices, may also dist...
18: ...sed by some earthquakes, dissipate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area d... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
5: ...mpire, better known as the [[Byzantine Empire]], fell to the [[Ottoman Turks]].
9: ...itizen", the only title Augustus would permit himself) the realities of dictatorship were concealed be...
11: ...government, law, and monumental architecture, as well as many other aspects of Western life remains in...
14: ===Political Developments===
15: ...font color="yellow">[[14 AD]]</font></span></b> (yellow), and in <b><font color="green">[[117 AD]]</fo... - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
1: ...dian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the Wilderness 1755]].''
24: ... to the west, and only overlapped the old battlefield along the Brock Road on the [[Union (American Ci...
26: ...vastating attack on the Union right flank at Chancellorsville. But Grant chose to set up his camps to ...
28: On the other hand, for Lee, who was massively outnumbered as usual (65,000 men to Grant's 123,...
30: ...erates were able to do this, and on May 5, both Ewell, on Lee's left flank, and Hill on the right, cla... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...x|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwi...
3: ...s to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|m...
8: ...Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
14: ...evements can be attributed to a combination of excellent [[seamanship]], his superior surveying and ca...
18: ...entific instrument]]s, there was no way to accurately measure it.
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