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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consor...
3: ... Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
4: ...emia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Roman Empire...
6: ...arles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...ne]] with whom she had sixteen children. Her youngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be p... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...s.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
3: ...[[St Petersburg]]. Generally, she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow...
5: ==Life before becoming Empress==
7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine ...
9: ...es with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordina... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]] |
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36: ...New Hampshire]] to the east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebe...
38: ...[[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1700]] to [[1...
6: ...]] - [[Queen Anne's War]] (War of the Spanish Succession) begins
7: ...t Jersey]] and [[west Jersey]] become crown colonies
18: ... Peter Zenger]] trial on freedom of the press issues.
19: ...eorge Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to preach the Great Awakening - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ..., as well as a very important center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [...
6: ...568]]. In the mid-[[8th century]], the Venetians resisted the empire-building efforts of [[Peppin III|...
8: ...rsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner pass]] from Verona in...
10: ...nd the citizens of such towns as [[Bergamo]], [[Brescia]], and [[Verona, Italy|Verona]] rallied to the...
12: ...sport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
26: *[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]] (1850 - 1899)
41: *[[Georges Braque]] (1882 - 1963)
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]] - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...quial synonym for [[traitor]] in the [[United States]], much like [[Vidkun Quisling|Quisling]] in [[No...
6: ...n ships, as his father had done. Some of his business dealings drifted into smuggling - in contempt of...
9: ...ff to [[Massachusetts]] eager for action, and requested permission from the Massachusetts [[Committee ...
10: ... it and who were not aware that a war was in progress.
12: ...nouncing the victory to Massachusetts, doing his best to diminish Arnold's participation and enhance t... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
8: ===Ancestry===
17: ... [[1692]]), Mary ([[September 26]], [[1694]]), James ([[February 4]], [[1697]]), Sarah ([[July 9]], [[...
21: ...n [[apprenticeship|apprentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New England Couran...
23: ...tual young man earned him a great deal of social respect. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 B... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...ary Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ... pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...d into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.
9: ...k]]s, which in turn were divided into [[commanderies]].
13: === Knights of Rhodes === - Platinum (10600 bytes)
18: |[[Chemical series]] || [[transition metal]]s
22: |[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] || 21450 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m³...
26: ...gn="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0" | '''Atomic properties'''
44: ...="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0" | '''Physical properties'''
58: |[[Vapor pressure]] || 0.0312 [[Pascal|Pa]] at 2045 K - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
3: ...emorial. Most have been discovered in historic times.
16: ...uminium ''may'' have been synthesized in Roman times, however it is usually credited to Hans Christian...
22: *[[1450]] - [[Antimony]] first described by [[Tholden]]
32: ...m]] discovered by [[Charles Wood (scientist)|Charles Wood]]
35: *[[1755]] - [[Magnesium]] discovered by [[Joseph Black]]. - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
8: ...Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
12: ...making. At the age of ten, he was sent to the [[Jesuit]] Collège Louis-le-Grand, and remained ...
14: ...[The Hague]]. Here he met Olympe Dunoyer, a [[Protestant]] girl from a poor family, but his father sto...
16: ...spy named Beauregard into a real or burlesque confession he was sent to the [[Bastille]] on [[May 16]]...
18: ...o 'v' and 'j' to 'i' according to the ordinary rules of the game. - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...]]) to describe an [[Expression (mathematics)|expression]] involving various [[parameter|argument]]s; ...
5: ...invented [[calculus]]. He was completely [[blindness|blind]] for the last seventeen years of his life...
10: ... [[Jakob Bernoulli]]'s mathematical lectures and respected his family. When Daniel and Nikolaus Berno...
12: ...ost much of his vision in the right eye due to excessive observation of the [[Sun]].
14: ...and two daughters survived. The descendants of these children, however, were in high positions in Rus... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
1: ...y''' - [[19th century]] - [[Centuries|more centuries]])
5: European history scholars will sometimes specifically refer to the 18th century as [[1715]...
9: ...egan to shift the balance of power away from the west and create new competition in Europe other than ...
11: ...beginning to shake the structures of old empires, especially [[India]], where civil war enabled the Br...
13: In a strictly aesthetic analysis, the 18th century is generally con... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...tory 1688-1832 (The Arnold History of Britain Series) |publisher=A Hodder Arnold Publication| year=199...
6: ...spierre in the early 1790s. At first, the monarchies of Europe embraced enlightenment ideals, but with...
8: ...l revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radical...
13: ...Europe on the eve of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1700)]]
15: ...de 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]]... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
13: ...rict]]: || [[Northwestern Federal District|North West Russia]]
15: ...visions of Russia|Subdivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
36: ...4]]–[[1924]]), is a city located in [[Northwestern Russia]] on the delta of the river Neva at th...
38: ...ssia]]'s second largest city, Europe's fourth largest city, a major European cultural center and the m...
40: ...rs Russia's political and cultural centre, is impressive even today and to honor it people call it oft... - Articles of Confederation (19574 bytes)
1: [[Image:Articles page1.jpg|thumb|right|The Articles of Confederation]]
3: ==The Articles of Confederation: America's First Attempt at Gove...
5: ...erged as the first constitution of the United States, laying the groundwork for the nation's early exp...
9: ...k for collective action in matters of mutual interest, such as defense against external threats and tr...
11: ==Key Features==
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