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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...ttish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
9: ...nd]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose ...
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, ...
14: ...re questionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...se had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father. - 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... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
5: ...ve_name = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
6: common_name = the United Kingdom |
11: national_anthem = [[God Save the Queen]]<sup>3</sup> |
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English...
17: ...[British monarchy|Queen]]<br>[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] | - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...actical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ... of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
19: ... 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...th discovered calculus nearly contemporaneously, their work was not a collaboration.
4: ...d by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
6: ...he speed of sound in air, and voiced a theory of the origin of [[star]]s.
12: :''The following is a brief biography of Newton's early ...
14: ...sband, leaving her son in the care of his grandmother. - Michigan (29427 bytes)
30: HighestElev = 603 |
36: ... more recreational boats than any other state in the union.
40: ... The population grew slowly until the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbe...
42: ...er Peninsula]] as a concession, formally entered the Union on [[January 26]], [[1837]].
44: ...]], [[iron]], and [[copper]], which would become the state's most sought-after natural resources. - Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
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16: ...found in all but the [[Arctic Ocean|Arctic]] and the [[Antarctic Ocean]]s.
19: ... [[blowhole (bio)|blowhole]] on top of the head. Their face shows a characteristic "smile".
21: ... [[Moray Firth]] in [[Scotland]], the world's northernmost resident population, recorded an average ad... - Blackbeard (5955 bytes)
2: ...]] [[pirate]] who had a short reign of terror in the [[Caribbean Sea]] between [[1716]] and [[1718]]. ...
4: ...he cultivated, has made him the premier image of the seafaring pirate.
6: ...he west coast of [[Africa]], taking English, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] and [[Portugal|Portuguese]] ships. ...
8: Hornigold then retired, taking advantage of an amnesty extended...
10: ... coast of [[North America]]. A running duel with the British 30-gunned man-of-war [[HMS Scarborough|HM... - 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... - William Kidd (4938 bytes)
2: ...yage which established his reputation as a pirate he lived as a respectable merchant.
4: ...n]] paid for the rest. Kidd had to sell his ship the ''Antigua'' to raise funds.
6: ...gly more like those of a pirate than an agent of the English King.
8: ...ore discontent and mutinous. They wanted to take the Dutch ship but Captain Kidd refused, according to...
10: ...de his crew to return the ship to its owners but they refused. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...[[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
9: ...[[1667]], to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
11: ...f whom being half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samu...
13: ..., [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth). - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - July 24 (8660 bytes)
1: ...5th day (206th in [[leap year]]s) of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 160 days remaining.
5: ...|Mary Queen of Scots]] is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son [[King James I|King James VI]].
6: *[[1701]] - [[Detroit, Michigan]] founded.
8: ...neville]] leads the first [[wagon train]] across the [[Rocky Mountains]] by using [[Wyoming]]'s [[Sout...
9: ...n]] pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of [[Salt Lake City]]. - Celsius (3635 bytes)
8: |Celsius ||Fahrenheit ||°F = °C × 1.8 + 32
10: |[[Fahrenheit]] ||Celsius ||°C = (°F – 32) / 1....
18: ...s Linnaeus]] (1740); also independently invented the same measurement.
20: ...ition ensures that one degree Celsius represents the same temperature difference as one [[kelvin]].
22: ...Daniel Ekstr?, the manufacturer of most of the [[thermometer]]s used by Celsius. - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]] - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]] - 18th century (8231 bytes)
3: ...]] that lasted from [[1701]] through [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]].
5: ...art of the [[French Revolution]]. In [[Europe]], the principal nations of this period (in terms of [[i...
9: ...m the west and create new competition in Europe other than France, England, and Spain.
11: ...civil war enabled the British to take control of the entire sub-continent.
13: ... replaced the [[Baroque]], then was succeeded by the [[Neoclassical]] movement. - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: ...n the [[Gregorian calendar]], in accordance with the [[Anno Domini]]/[[Common Era]] numbering system.
4: ...ember 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconic event of the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]...
6: ... the French revolution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ... human society and the geology of the surface of the earth.
12: ...:Poltava battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in the [[Battle of Poltava]]]]
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