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- 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... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
1: ...459.jpg|thumb|right|230px|H.I.M. Ekaterina I, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias]]
3: ... of [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] and Empress of [[Russia]] from [[1725]] until her death. Wit...
5: ...to minister Gluck of [[Marienburg]]. Russian forces captured the city, she was captured and forced to...
7: ... Marfa, and shortly after he took her as his mistress. In [[1705]], she converted to [[Orthodoxy]] an...
9: *Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna ([[1708]]-[[1728]]) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...A cousin to [[Gustav III of Sweden]] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enl...
4: == Life before becoming empress ==
5: ...er, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine...
7: == Internal policies ==
9: ...s. A legislative commission representing all classes except the [[serf]]s was created to make this doc... - 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... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ... [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother o...
4: ... baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
6: ...erdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ...nsidered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
9: ...r in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the Empress's amusement.) - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
8: Seal = Louisianastateseal.jpg |
13: Languages = [[English language|English]] 91.2%, [[Fre...
14: LargestCity = [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]]...
33: HighestElev = 163 |
35: LowestElev = -2.5 | - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...cal form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there ...
7: ...uage|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
19: ...iculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
3: ...name "Seven Years' War" is used in the United States to refer only to the [[Europe]]an portions of the...
5: ... and Austria is called the [[Silesian Wars|3rd Silesian War]].
8: ...ces]] and to forge new [[Military alliance|alliances]].
10: ...d Britain to focus her soldiers towards her colonies.
12: ...e of the soldiers had gained her their undivided respect. - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
14: ...of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Ana...
22: ...U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
28: ...liner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[gramophone]] - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...x|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ...consisting of a series of [[Ocean surface wave|waves]] generated when water in a lake or the sea is ra...
4: ...ry long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnoticed...
6: ...owever, since they are not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage i...
8: ==Causes== - 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 astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
13: *[[Charles Hitchcock Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1868]] – [[1951]])
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876]] – [[1956]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - 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]]... - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
16: * [[1762]]: [[Iron smelting process]]: [[Jared Eliot]]
17: * [[1767]]: [[Spinning jenny]]: [[James Hargreaves]]
18: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]]
19: * [[1769]]: [[Steam engine]]: [[James Watt]]
32: * [[1787]]: Non-condensing high pressure [[Engine]]: [[Oliver Evans]] - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ...st [[composer]]s of [[European classical music]] (especially, of the [[Classical music era]]). He comp...
7: ...'' but his [[Mozart's name|name]] changed many times over the years.
11: ...ok ''Versuch einer gr�ndlichen Violinschule'' ("Essay on the fundamentals of violin playing") was pu...
13: ...eather may have contributed to his subsequent illness later in life.
15: ...[[Paris]], and back home via [[Z�rich]], [[Donaueschingen]], and [[Munich]]. They went to Vienna aga... - 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...
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