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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...- his son Leopold Johann - died as an infant in [[1716]]. In [[1713]] Charles issued the [[Pragmatic San...
8: ...children. Her youngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be promised in marriage to Louis, h...
12: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the titl...
17: ...lisabeth of Austria|HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth]] (1743-1808)
26: *[[Marie Antoinette|HM Queen Marie Antoinette of France]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Antoni... - Anacharsis (4399 bytes)
2: ...ks, those who were skillful in a thing vie in competition; those who have ''no'' skill, judge"'' &mdas...
8: ... to enter into hospitable relations. The servant returned with Solon's quintessentially Greek answer, ...
12: ..., which catch small flies and allow wasps and hornets to escape.
14: ...d on his statues: 'Restrain your tongues, your appetites, your passions.' (Compare the philosophy of [...
16: His famous ''Letter to [[Croesus]]'', the proverbially rich king o... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
5: ...h is prized for its lightness and strength. The methods used to control planes have advanced signific...
15: ...mic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design wou...
17: ...as to accomplish that which we can only suggest. Yet there are sufficient proofs and examples from nat...
19: ...first detailed understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere.
25: ... a glider, which except for [[planform]] was completely modern in having a separate tail for control a... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...[[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th century]] and [[1752]], January 1 ...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
15: ...nce|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
18: ...reat Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - Blackbeard (5955 bytes)
2: ...to have run ashore near what is now Beaufort's Inlet, North Carolina in 1718.
6: ... the west coast of [[Africa]], taking English, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] and [[Portugal|Portuguese]] ships...
8: Hornigold then retired, taking advantage of an amnesty extended to p...
10: ...rborough|HMS ''Scarborough'']] added to his notoriety.
12: ...ns from the ship and if there was no resistance, let the merchant ship go. On ships which resisted, al... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ted below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
32: *[[Kenneth Appel]] (? - ?)
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
73: *[[Anaximenes of Miletus]]{{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...er 21]], [[1694]] – [[May 30]], [[1778]]), better known by the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was ...
8: ...n. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] backgro...
10: ...ither inhospitable nor tyrannical. Marguerite Arouet, of whom her younger brother was very fond, marri...
12: ...edil;ois' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and the child showed a faculty f...
14: ...opped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it. - Rowing (20818 bytes)
1: ...The [[Great Britain|GB]] coxless pair of Toby Garbett & Rick Dunn at [[Henley Royal Regatta]] 2004. --...
3: ...g_(United_States)|collegiate rowing]] are also sometimes known as '''crew'''.
5: ...is a speed sport in narrow boats, where the [[athlete]] sits on a sliding seat above the water level a...
9: ...r starboard (bowside in the UK) which refers to whether his oar extends to the port or starboard side ...
11: ... oars (one in each hand), and because of this symmetry the rowers are not referred to as "port" or "st... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...anking nobleman, [[Antonio de Mendoza]]. Cortés returned to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully bu...
10: ... latter two were most commonly used during his lifetime, but the former shortened form has become comm...
18: After two years, Cortés, tired of schooling, returned home to Medellín, much to the irritation of...
20: ...ir description of a sixteen-year-old boy who had returned home only to find himself frustrated by life...
26: ...ai, and Seville, listening to the tales of those returning from the Indies, who told of discovery and ... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...s [[1715]]-[[1789]], denoting the period of time between the death of [[Louis XIV of France]] and the ...
6: ...n prominence. Philosophers were dreaming about a better age without the christian fundamentalism of ea...
8: ...18th century, it would radically change human society and the geology of the surface of the earth.
12: [[File:Poltava battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in the [[Battle of Poltava]]]]
22: ...aint Petersburg]] founded by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russia]]n [[Capital (political)|... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
8: | align="center" | [[Image:Petersburg coat of arms 1730 to 1856.gif|130px]] <br ...
19: | [[Area]]: || 606 [[Square kilometre|km�]]
33: ...va]] river has been called the main street of St Petersburg]]
36: ...2;́д, [[1924]]–[[1991]]) and '''Petrograd''' (Петро
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38: Founded by [[Tsar]] [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] in [[1703]] as a "window to Europe"... - Madrid (20882 bytes)
4: ...91,000 as of 2000 estimates. Population of the [[metropolitan area]] (urban area plus satellite towns)...
16: ...Isabella into Madrid signalled the end of strife between Castile and Aragon.
20: ...ot be until [[Carlos III of Spain|Carlos III]] ([[1716]]-[[1788]]) that Madrid would become a modern cit...
22: ...ld be one of the most affected cities and its streets became battlezones.
24: ...treet of Claudio Coello. As anything related to [[ETA]], this incident is still today a matter of cont...
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