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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...es' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...hood. She made him co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to her...
21: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1748)
29: ...t, leaving her to learn the job on her own. Additionally, the army was weak and the treasury depleted...
31: The [[War of the Austrian Succession]] began with [[Frederick II of Prussia]] invadin... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
5: ...''Jacques le fataliste'', which challenged conventions regarding [[novel]]s and their structure and co...
7: ... [[Paris]]. In 1743 he married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. He had affairs wit...
10: ...entary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
14: ...tion]]. It is worth noticing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot ...
16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...e also spent exorbitant sums of money on the grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, [[...
9: ...od, if not brilliant, but unfortunately her education was both imperfect and desultory. Her father had...
11: ...beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found herself at the age of eighte...
13: ...ower, she was treated with liberality and distinction by the government of her adolescent nephew [[Pet...
17: == Palace Revolution of 1741 == - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] con...
6: ...- [[Queen Anne's War]] (War of the Spanish Succession) begins
22: ...King George's War]] ([[War of the Austrian Succession]]) begins
23: *[[1748]] - King George's War ends with the [[Treaty of A...
45: ...[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History/United_States Historical Pictu... - 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... - Pompeii (10901 bytes)
3: ...[[volcano]] [[Mount Vesuvius]] in 79 CE. The eruption was described by [[Pliny the Younger]] (see belo...
9: ...as been supposed that during the Samnites' domination, Rome conquered Pompeii for a while, but these t...
13: ...Campania. In the time between 62 and 79 (the eruption), it was rebuilt, perhaps richer than before in ...
18: ...hen on [[August 24]] a catastrophic volcanic eruption of the volcano buried the city and obscured the ...
22: ...time of the eruption and were followed by a very violent shaking of the ground. He also noted that ash... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
31: ...ka-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiation physicist
37: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
42: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
47: ...mist, winner of the [[1908]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...tion]], he was well known also for his many quotations and his experiments with [[electricity]]. Frank...
4: Franklin's [[invention]]s include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [...
6: ==Biography==
23: ...y about cultivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young man earned him a great d...
25: ...nd borrowed) on which a lot of his popular reputation is based. Adages from this almanac such as "A pe... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
74: *[[Johann Bernoulli]] (Switzerland, [[1667]] - [[1748]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]])
128: *[[Eugenio Calabi]], (United States) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
116: *[[Dominique, comte de Cassini]] ([[France]], [[1748]] – [[1845]])
117: *[[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cas...
172: *[[Giovanni Battista Donati]], ([[Italy]], [[1826]] &nda... - 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)
139: *[[John Balguy]], (1686-1748) - Time (15299 bytes)
3: ...lt to provide an uncontroversial and clear definition of the nature of time. This article begins by lo...
5: ...dards for units of time - such as the apparent motion of the sun across the sky, the phases of the moo...
9: ...i-brochure.pdf See external pdf file: The International System of Units].)
11: ...tomic clocks around the world, known as [[International Atomic Time]] (TAI). This is the yardstick for...
15: ... life. Chronology, periodization, and interpretation of the past are together known as the study of [... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...ury, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... known as the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation". The [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was o...
7: ...given at the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continue...
10: ...ermania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germania Superior]]''
15: ... the [[Roman Empire]], giving way to the Romanisation of the left bank of the Rhine. Roman forts were ... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
11: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
18: |[[Chemical series]] || [[transition metal]]s
20: ...e block|Block]] || [[group 10 element|10 ]], [[period 6 element|6]], [[d-block|d]]
36: |[[Electron configuration]] || <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[xenon|Xe]]<nowiki>]</no...
40: |[[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) || 2, '''4''' (mildly [[Bas... - 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... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
3: ...ch.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Johann Sebastian Bach, [[1748]] portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann]]
5: ...Bach)|Mass in B Minor]] and the [[St. Matthew Passion]].
7: ... father, uncles and elder brother were all professional musicians, as well as numerous other more dist...
9: ==Biography==
11: ...ume J. S. Bach began copying music and playing various instruments at an early age. - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...xpression (mathematics)|expression]] involving various [[parameter|argument]]s; ie: ''y'' = F(''x''). ...
9: == Biography ==
12: ... vision in the right eye due to excessive observation of the [[Sun]].
14: ...nts of these children, however, were in high positions in Russia in the 19th century.
16: ...productive; however, he did not have an easy position due to a lack of the king's favor. Therefore he... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...ury, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... known as the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation". The [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was o...
7: ...given at the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continue...
10: ...ermania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germania Superior]]''
15: ... the [[Roman Empire]], giving way to the Romanisation of the left bank of the Rhine. Roman forts were ...
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