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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...usin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ...e used to ensure that Scotland would co-operate. The [[Act of Union 1707]] (which united England and S...
12: ...gh]], who led the English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...advisors. Jennings later married John Churchill (the future Duke of Marlborough), who would later beco...
17: ...ce to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious a... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...er reign. She did, however, govern the realm when her husband was abroad fighting wars.
11: ...gh her parents bore eight children, only Mary and her younger sister [[Anne of Great Britain|Anne]] su...
13: ...ied again in [[1673]], taking as his second wife the Catholic [[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary B...
15: ...ould improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William married in London ...
17: ...ple, but her husband neglected or even mistreated her. William long maintained an affair with [[Elizab... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...g [[William III of Orange|William of Orange]] to the British throne and was rewarded with an earldom.
4: ...maining work, and she was often in conflict with the architect, [[John Vanbrugh|Sir John Vanbrugh]].
6: ... of Wales]]. The Duchess remained friendly with the prince and his family, however, even after this p...
8: ...r=[[Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|The Duchess of Somerset]] | years=1704–1710}}
11: ...of [[Sir Winston Churchill]] and a descendant of the original Sarah. - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Garden State |
30: HighestElev = 550 |
36: ...state is named after the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
39: ...by the Dutch in 1654 and incorporated into New Netherland.
41: ...ersey) to two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|Sir Geor... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
2: ...ust.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bust]] of Alexander III in the [[British Museum]].]]
4: ...'''Alexander the Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian capital and national library.
6: ...h he appears as a towering legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
9: ... tutor; he gave Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest i...
11: ... from [[Heracles]] through [[Caranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
8: Nickname = Land of Lincoln, The [[Prairie]] State |
31: HighestElev = 376 |
37: ...n the area. The word ''Illiniwek'' means simply "the people".
39: ...s [[suburb]]s. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is '''IL'''.
41: The [[USS Illinois|USS ''Illinois'']] was named in ho... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...th Night]], a holiday when gifts were exchanged. There are 364 days remaining (365 in [[leap year]]s).
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
10: *[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...]. He was the first person to [[circumnavigate]] the world twice, and went on to complete a third circ...
4: ... manager on [[Jamaica]], but he soon returned to the sea,
7: ...nish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the Caribbean.
9: ...ised to [[Manila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]], the [[Spice Islands]], and [[New Holland (Australia)|...
11: ...ures Dampier returned to England in [[1691]] via the [[Cape of Good Hope]], penniless but in possessio... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
1: ...[[Gregorian Calendar]] (77th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 289 days remaining.
6: ...]] and [[Gnaeus Pompeius|Pompey the Younger]] in the [[Battle of Munda]].
7: ...y Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back to the New World for more gold
8: ...] begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
9: ...ated in [[New York City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern). - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: ...[[Gregorian calendar]] (78th in [[leap year]]s). There are 288 days remaining.
6: *[[37]] - The [[Roman Senate]] annuls [[Tiberius]]' will and pr...
7: ...]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade]].
10: ... Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
11: ...ct 1765|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies. - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...nglish]] [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)...
6: ...of [[René „escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...] [[John Wilkinson (scholar)|John Wilkinson]] and he had some influence on Hobbes.
12: ...as recommended by Wilkinson as tutor to William, the son of [[William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshir...
14: ...h]]. Hobbes believed that Thucydides' account of the [[Peloponnesian War]] showed that democratic gove... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
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