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  1. Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
    1: ...industry and machine manufacture. It began in [[England]] with the introduction of [[steam engine|stea...
    10: ... [[feudalism]] in [[Great Britain]] after the [[English Civil War]] in the [[17th century]]. The [[Inc...
    16: ... they invested in the production of machines in England.
    48: ... was not wholly smooth. For example, a group of English workers known as [[Luddite]]s formed to protes...
    81: ...sia]], with Russia being able to command increasingly high prices as Britain's need grew.
  2. Steel (28384 bytes)
    54: ...s system, high-purity wrought iron, charcoal, and glass were mixed in crucibles and heated until the i...
    60: ...resulted was also beyond the capabilities of a single man. To this end, [[waterwheel]]s were employed...
    66: ...Spanish ones has been credited as one factor in England's [[1588]] defeat of the [[Spanish Armada]].
    68: ...inent. One difference he observed was that the English ore contained some calcareous material, and so...
    76: ...content compared to most ores (notably those in England), which allowed for a finer and stronger cryst...
  3. Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
    5: ...been working at the time as a servant to minister Gluck of [[Marienburg]]. Russian forces captured th...
    10: ...]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]]
  4. Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
    1: ...etrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
    3: ...dn't allow Germans in the government and not a single person was executed during her reign.
    7: ...oye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married at that time, ...
    19: ...rprise to him as to every one else. The merit and glory of that singular affair belong to Elizabeth al...
    31: ...lier years of Elizabeths reign the centre of a tangle of intrigue impossible to unravel by those who d...
  5. Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
    3: | [[Image:queen_anne_england.JPG|right|thumb|150px|'''Anne''' <br><small>Qu...
    8: ...7]], when England and Scotland combined into a single [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Kingdom]], Anne becam...
    10: ...perate. The [[Act of Union 1707]] (which united England and Scotland into Great Britain) was a product...
    12: ...urchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], who led the English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]...
    15: ...politician). Her uncle was King [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], and her sister was the future Ma...
  6. Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
    6: In [[1709]], [[Abraham Darby]] developed a blast furnace th...
  7. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    34: ...s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
    52: * [[Glass]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
    69: * [[1st century BC]]: [[Glassblowing]] in [[Syria]]
    99: * [[1280s]]: [[Glasses|Eyeglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Ita...
    107: * [[1451]]: [[Concave lens]] for [[eyeglasses]]: [[Nicholas of Cusa]]
  8. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    98: *[[Barr Glenn]] ([[1968]]-)
    281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
    361: *[[Aaron Douglas]] ([[1898]]-[[1979]])
    385: *[[Ron English]] ([[1948]]-)
    470: *[[Ilya Glazunov]] ([[1930]]-)
  9. William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
    2: ...ion as the greatest of all [[writer]]s in the [[English language]], as well as one of the world's pre-...
    4: ...nfluence continues to be felt in all parts of the globe. He has been translated into every major livi...
    8: Shakespeare's influence on the English-speaking world shows in the widespread use of ...
    14: ... Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of England.
    33: ...lizabeth I]] and the coronation of [[James I of England|James I]] ([[1603]]), the new monarch adopted ...
  10. William Dampier (7308 bytes)
    2: ...tain, and scientific observer. He was the first Englishman to explore or map parts of [[New Holland (A...
    4: ...e served with [[Edward Sprague]] in the [[Third Anglo-Dutch War]] and fought at the [[Battle of Schoon...
    11: ...]. After further adventures Dampier returned to England in [[1691]] via the [[Cape of Good Hope]], pen...
    20: On the return voyage to England, ''Roebuck'' foundered near [[Ascension Island...
    24: ...ip and jailed in [[Brazil]]. Fisher returned to England and complained about his treatment to the Admi...
  11. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] &ndash; [[1892]])
    82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] &ndash; [[1993]])
    92: *[[James Bradley]] ([[England]], [[1693]] &ndash; [[1762]])
    98: *[[Ernest William Brown]] ([[England]], [[1866]] &ndash; [[1938]])
    140: *[[Thomas George Cowling]] ([[England]], [[1906]] &ndash; [[1990]])
  12. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    462: *[[Hugo Dingler]], (1881-1954)
    536: *[[Herbert Feigl]], (1902-1988)
    593: *[[Gadadhara Bhattacharya]], (1604-1709){{fn|R}}
    638: *[[Joseph Glanvill]], (1636-1680){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    639: *[[Ernst von Glasersfeld]]
  13. 18th century new (49640 bytes)
    4: ...ments, the "long" 18th century may run from the [[Glorious Revolution]] of [[1688]] to the [[battle of...
    11: ===[[1700–1709]]===
    14: ...ht|[[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], English general.]]
    19: ...ch Post'' becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
    25: ...ing the [[Scotland|Scottish]] and the [[England|English]] Parliaments, thus establishing The [[Kingdom...
  14. 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
    6: * [[1709]]: [[Piano]]: [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]]

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