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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
6: *[[Bernard Accama|Accama, Bernard]] (1697-1756), Dutch painter
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
29: *[[Nate Ackerman|Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon]] (born 1978)
32: ... Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815) - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
7: *[[Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt|Ahlefeldt, Karl Gustav]], ([[1910]]-[[1985]]), Danish fil...
9: *[[Olof Ũlstr?hlstr?Olof]] ([[1756]]-[[1835]]), composer - 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... - 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... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...r some Caribbean islands and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, two small islands off Newfoundland. The Britis...
13: ...ing. Britain officially declared war on France in 1756, marking the beginnings of the Seven Years' War i...
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... - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: The '''Seven Years' War''' ([[1754]] and [[1756]]–[[1763]]) pitted [[Kingdom of Great Brita...
3: ...s which lasted 15 years (including [[Pontiac's Rebellion]]).
8: ... had only signed the peace [[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle]] in order to rebuild her [[Army|military force...
10: ... and thus allowed Britannia to rule the seas, as well as exert some influence on mainland Europe. Furt...
12: ...sed relentlessly for reform. Her interest in the welfare of the soldiers had gained her their undivide... - 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
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
1: ... past the table -->{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border:...
10: | [[William Herschel]]
26: !align="left"| [[Perihelion]]
29: !align="left"| [[Aphelion]]
53: ...gument of the perihelion|Argument of the<br> perihelion]] - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...ident]] under [[Thomas Jefferson]] as for his [[duel]] with [[Alexander Hamilton]] and his trial and a...
9: ...enedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and [[Israel Putnam]].
13: ...l never quite trusted Major Burr. However, [[Israel Putnam]] took Burr under his wing, and by his vig...
14: ...his study of law. Burr did perform occasional intelligence missions for Revolutionary generals such a...
18: ... Aaron Burr and his first wife were married for twelve years, until her death from [[cancer]]. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
9: *[[1756]] - [[St. Patrick's Day]] is celebrated in [[New York City]] for the first time (a...
21: ...ent [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
22: ... the [[United Kingdom]] sign the [[Treaty of Brussels]], a precursor to the [[NATO]] Agreement.
23: ..., Berkeley]] researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "[[Californium]]".
24: ...[United States]] launches the [[Vanguard 1]] [[satellite]]. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[198...
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] &ndash...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]])
37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] – [[1875]]) - 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) - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: '''Samuel Hearne''' ([[1745]] – November [[1792]]), [...
3: ...he entered the navy, and was some time with [[Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood|Lord Hood]]; at the end o...
5: ... [[1771]], [[Chipewyan]] chief [[Matonabbee]] travelling as his guide on his arctic overland journey, ... - 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: ...er 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 ...
22: ...m|Calvinist]] throughout his life. However, a widely told [[anecdote]] says that Euler challenged [[D... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
30: ...efeats the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] and sacks [[Delhi]].
37: * [[1756]]-[[1763|63]]: [[Seven Years' War]] fought among ...
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. - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ...ous music|religious]], and [[operatic]] works as well as works for various solo instruments— mos...
9: ===The years of travel===
11: ...th the [[piano]] and [[violin]]. Musically, he developed very rapidly and began to compose his own wor...
13: ...come than over his son's well-being. Constant travel and cold weather may have contributed to his subs...
15: ...ng with an exhibition in 1762 at the Court of the Elector of [[Bavaria]] in [[Munich]], then in the sa...
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