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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...The development of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled ...
10: ...l]] are also cited as factors, as is the [[scientific revolution]] of the 17th century. But one of the...
14: ...kly from 1700 onwards, because there was a scientific and technological improvement, growth of supply ...
24: ...sed the amount of food produced and supplied a sufficient amount of food for the workers working in th...
36: ...[[Encyclopedie]]'' explained foreign methods with finely engraved plates. - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...ngdom of Great Britain|Kingdom]], Anne became the first Sovereign of [[Great Britain]]. She continued ...
15: ...ames, Duke of York, (afterwards James II) and his first wife, the [[Lady Anne Hyde]] (daughter of [[Ed...
17: ...Catholicism. Princess Anne, however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continue...
22: ...te monarch), Mary II dismissed him from all his offices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed fro...
24: ...our by restoring Lord Marlborough to all of his offices. In return, Princess Anne publicly supported W... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
8: ...ess of Somerset|The Duchess of Somerset]] | years=1704–1710}} - Hungary (18459 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] ...
57: ... other provinces, was affected by the migrations. First came the [[Huns]], who built up under [[Attila...
65: ...om]] and secured civil rights. The Austrians were finally able to prevail only with Russian help.
69: ...y. In June, the [[Treaty of Trianon]] was signed, fixing Hungary's borders. Compared with the pre-war ...
141: ...[Carpathian Basin]] (and probably the largest artificial lake in Europe) is [[Lake Theiss]] (''Tisza-t... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
24: | '''[[Official language]]'''
80: ...st, thus ending the [[Sultanate of Malacca]]. The first ever Malacca sultan was Parameswara. However, ...
82: ... administration was transferred to the Colonial Office in London.
84: ...avoured the merchants of the Straits Settlements. Finally, the [[Pangkor Treaty of 1874]] paved the wa...
86: ... jungle territory of [[Sarawak]] was the personal fiefdom of the Brooke family. - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...idely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of nearly all [[Central America|Cent...
14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>...
37: sovereignty_type = [[Reconquista|Unification]] |
48: ...], the [[Aranese]] dialect of [[Occitan]] is co-official<br><sup>2</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[peseta|S...
62: ...ᤩz]]) near Tartessos. In the 8th century BC the first Greek colonies, such as Emporion (modern [[Emp... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
8: Nickname = The First State |
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36: ...to ratify the [[United States Constitution]]. Ratification occurred on [[December 7]], [[1787]].
40: Europeans first settled in a [[Netherlands | Dutch]] trading p...
42: ...d was part of the colony of [[Pennsylvania]]. In 1704 the "three lower counties" gained a separate legi... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
38: ...weden|Swede]]s and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] were the first [[Europe]]an settlers, the [[Quaker]] [[Willia...
59: ...ndian War]]. The French established numerous fortifications in the area, including the pivotal [[Fort ...
61: ...putation of religious freedom also attracted significant populations of [[Germany|German]] and [[Scots...
63: In [[1704]] the "three lower counties" of New Castle, Kent,... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
4: ...le]]s (see [[wave-particle duality]]). He was the first to realise that the spectrum of [[color|colour...
6: ...rvation of [[momentum]] and [[angular momentum]]. Finally, he studied the speed of sound in air, and v...
14: ...her also said that his body at that time can even fit inside a quart mug. His father had died three mo...
25: ...;Sir Isaac Newton walking in his gardens, had the first thought of his system of gravitation, upon see...
27: ...Numeri Terminorum Infinitas'' (''On Analysis by Infinite Series''), and later in ''De methodis serieru... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ... philosophy of mind also had a great deal of significant influence well into the [[The Age of Enlighte...
16: ...ishing took place after his return. He died in [[1704]] after a prolonged decline in health, and is bur...
18: ...ion 1707|Act of Union]] of [[1707]], though the office of King of England and King of Scotland had bee...
22: ...cke's Puritan upbringing and his Whig political affiliation expressed themselves in his published writ...
24: Locke's first major published work was ''[[A Letter Concerni... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...s the [[Age of Reason]]. The term also more specifically refers to a historical intellectual movement...
16: ...observation, resulted in a coherent system of verifiable predictions and set the tone for much of what...
18: ...If the previous era was the age of reasoning from first principles, Enlightenment thinkers saw themsel...
20: ...s shift united the pure empiricism of Renaissance figures such as Sir [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Fr...
24: ... reflected the intrinsic quality of a person as defined by the philosophers of the age. [[John Locke]]... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...]] ([[Australia]]) and [[New Guinea]]. He was the first person to [[circumnavigate]] the world twice, ...
6: ==First circumnavigation==
7: ...[Panama]] and captured Spanish ships on the [[Pacific]] coast of that isthmus; the pirates then raided...
9: ...[[31 March]] [[1686]] they set out across the Pacific to raid the [[East Indies]], calling at [[Guam]]...
18: ...mpier Archipelago]] and then [[Roebuck Bay]], but finding none he was forced to bear away north for [[... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
9: ... Day]] is celebrated in [[New York City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
17: ...ther Gulick]] and his wife Charlotte found [[Camp Fire Girls]] (formally announced in [[1912]]).
21: ...ngton, DC]], the [[National Gallery of Art]] is officially opened by President [[Franklin Delano Roose...
26: ...erranean]], the [[DSV Alvin|Alvin]] [[submarine]] finds a missing American [[hydrogen bomb]].
28: ...ssacre]]: The [[United States Army]] charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the i... - Mathematician (9627 bytes)
5: ...tinues at an immense rate in hundreds of [[scientific journal]]s, many of them devoted to mathematics ...
9: ...y any better at adding or subtracting numbers, or figuring the tip on a restaurant bill, than members ...
13: ... exact rules of [[logic]]. That, however, is the finished product that gets published; it is not work...
23: ...mathematicians (typically as special cases are confirmed to some degree) but has neither been proven n...
27: ...ian]] who has made important contributions to the field. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
177: *[[Gabriel Cramer]] (Switzerland, [[1704]] - [[1752]])
195: *[[Bruno de Finetti]] (Italy, [[1906]] - [[1985]])
254: *[[Leonardo of Pisa|Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci]] (Italy, [[1170]] - [[1250]])
255: *[[John Charles Fields]] (Canada, [[1863]] - [[1932]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
279: *[[Richard Burthogge]], (1638-1704){{fn|R}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
387: *[[Lady Anne Finch Conway]], (1631-1679){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
19: ...onsidering that he was the first in his family to finish school), Bach took a post as organist at [[Ar...
22: ... [[counterpoint]] but also for exploring, for the first time, the full glory of keys — and the m...
24: ...k introduces two major themes into Bach's corpus: firstly, his dedication to teaching, and secondly, h...
32: ...hat in Germany he is sometimes referred to as the Fifth [[Evangelist]].
40: ...marriage. Anna supported Johann's composing (many final scores are in her hand) while he encouraged he... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ..., an iconic event of the [[French Revolution]]]][[File:Washington Crossing the Delaware.png|thumb|250p...
6: ...f Maximlien de Robespierre in the early 1790s. At first, the monarchies of Europe embraced enlightenme...
12: [[File:Poltava battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in...
13: [[File:Europa 1700 en.jpg|thumb|250px|Europe on the ev...
14: [[File:Marlborough-duke-first.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Churchill, 1st Duke o... - Flying shuttle (5068 bytes)
2: ...al Revolution]]. It was patented by [[John Kay]] (1704 - 1764) in 1733.
8: ...ttle is generally somewhat heavier, so as have sufficient inertia to carry it all the way through the ...
12: ... shuttle automatically. Kay's son developed a modification that allowed the use of an array of differe...
15: ...he [[spinning mule]], which could produce strong, fine thread in the quantities needed. These innovati...
20: ...nt it. The heavy shuttle was noisy and energy-inefficient (since the energy used to throw it was large... - Social justice (17329 bytes)
3: ...uce results that do not match the philosophical definitions of ''social justice'' — and from mor...
6: ...omething that would not be for his or her own benefit, why should that person decide to be "moral" and...
9: ...t) and a willingness of community members to sacrifice some personal freedom for the greater good.
11: ...y of their freedoms unless they perceive real benefits flowing from their decisions. The key factor is...
17: ...ave social feelings on behalf of others, the unselfish wish for the good of all is often enough to mov...
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