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- Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
11: *Grand Duchess Nataliya Petrovna ([[1713]]-[[1715]])
12: *Grand Duchess Margarita Petrovna ([[1714]]-[[1715]])
13: *Grand Duke Pyotr Petrovich ([[1715]]-[[1719]])
20: {{succession box|title=[[List of Russian rulers|Empress of Ru... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...reat Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
12: ...English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...e into adulthood. Anne suffered from an eye infection; for treatment, she was sent to [[France]]. She ...
17: ...s, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion.
19: ... her descendants were to be in the line of succession after William and Mary. They were to be followed... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Dodo (9332 bytes)
2: ...mage = [[Image:ExtinctDodoBird.jpeg|200px]] | caption = }}
12: {{Taxobox_section_binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name =...
17: ==Description==
20: Nevertheless, from artists' renditions we know that the dodo had blue-grey [[plumage]]...
24: ...he [[Royal Museum of Scotland]] (reported in ''National Geographic News'', February 2002), who believe... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
5: ...small><font color="white">Click image for description</font></small>
26: !align="left"| [[Perihelion]]
29: !align="left"| [[Aphelion]]
32: !align="left"| [[Orbital period]]
35: !align="left"| [[Synodic period]] - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...s with very different [[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|econ...
4: ...rnment on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ... interest in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the ...
11: ...[Portugal]] quickly mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divid... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
1: {{French_Revolution}}
2: ...the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarch...
7: ...ad assisted them resulted in the spread of revolutionary ideals to the French. Many in France attacked...
9: ... yet constitute independent classes or class divisions. Therefore, where they opposed the bourgeoisie,...
15: ...f the French government. On the eve of the revolution, France was deeply indebted, so deeply as to be ... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
1: {{French Revolution}}
2: ... in the popular imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and ...
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarch...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the following: - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...ice, and went on to complete a third circumnavigation.
4: ... June [[1673]]. In [[1674]] he worked as a plantation manager on [[Jamaica]], but he soon returned to ...
6: ==First circumnavigation==
7: ...f Campeachy]]. This led to his first circumnavigation: in [[1679]] he accompanied a raid across the [[...
9: ...[Galapagos Islands]], and [[Mexico]]. This expedition collected buccaneers and ships as it went along,... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
117: *[[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cas...
172: *[[Giovanni Battista Donati]], ([[Italy]], [[1826]] &nda...
206: *[[Camille Flammarion]] ([[France]], [[1842]] – [[1925]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937)
170: *[[Vissarion Belinsky]], (1811-1848){{fn|R}} - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
6: ==Biography==
8: ... Both parents were of [[Poitou|Poitevin]] extraction, but the Arouets were long established in Paris,...
10: ...trong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...owledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...e Temple, of which the [[knights of Malta|grand prior]] Vendôme was the head, and the poets [[Gu... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
2: ..._image | image = [[Image:igdodo.jpg|200px]] | caption = }}
12: {{Taxobox_section_binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name =...
17: ==Description==
20: Nevertheless, from artists' renditions we know that the dodo had blue-grey [[plumage]]...
24: ...he [[Royal Museum of Scotland]] (reported in ''National Geographic News'', February 2002), who believe... - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
2: ...s sometimes awe audiences with extravagant productions.
4: ...llings in the U.S. when referring to stage productions, and "theatre" is often encountered when there ...
11: ...heater in New York and presented the first professionally-mounted American play, ''[[The Prince of Par...
13: ...anned in most states during the [[American Revolutionary War]] at the urging of the [[Continental Cong...
17: ...milarly became well known throughout the young nation. - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: .... In [[Europe]], the principal nations of this period (in terms of [[industry|industrial]] capacity) w...
9: ...f power away from the west and create new competition in Europe other than France, England, and Spain.
11: ...ing away from their parents. In [[Asia]], exploration and influences from Europe were beginning to sha...
16: ...[[1701]]-[[1714|14]]: [[War of the Spanish Succession]]
18: * [[1707]]: [[Act of Union 1707|Act of Union]] passed merging the [[Scotland|Scottish]] and t... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ... the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]]]]
6: ...ution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ... the American revolution. The [[industrial revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginni...
13: ...ope on the eve of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1700)]]
17: ... supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Baltic]] power after the [[Great Northern War]].
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