Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...es plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]
2: ...Classical order|three '''orders''' or '''organizational systems''']] of [[classical architecture]], th...
4: ... its brief lifetime. A longer-lasting 6th century Ionic temple was the [[Temple of Artemis]] at Ephesu...
5: ...Image:Ionic base of a column.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ionic base at the [[Erechtheum]], Athens, [[421 BC]]...
6: ...ch became so much the standard, that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the late... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
7: *[[Charles d'Abancourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a...
91: ...aharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
2: ...age = [[Image:Aud-zoo-raccoon-1.jpg|240px]] | caption = }}
12: ...author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
14: ... Raccoons are intelligent omnivores with a reputation for slyness and mischief.
16: ...xture of gray, brown, and black fur. On rare occasions, raccoons may be albino. The characteristic eye...
24: ...are well known for wearing coonskin hats. Populations suffered greatly but have recovered. Raccoons ... - 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 == - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
19: ... United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
21: ...gures in U.S. history. Unlike many other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he voluntarily relinquished power ...
24: ...irth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Be... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
20: ==Biography==
22: ...r, a farmer, also named John, was a fourth-generation descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[...
24: ...s undertook to write out, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the...
26: ...4]]–[[1818]]), the daughter of a [[Congregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. The... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
9: | date of birth=[[April 28]], [[1758]]
18: '''James Monroe''' ([[April 28]], [[1758]] – [[July 4]], [[1831]]) was the fifth ([[...
22: ...ollege of William and Mary]], fought with distinction in the [[Continental Army]], and practiced law i...
24: ...with [[Robert R. Livingston]] and under the direction of President [[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped neg... - Wolverine (3928 bytes)
3: ...age | image = [[Image:wolverine.jpg|200px]] | caption = }}
13: ...author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
17: ...ce might be considered to be in danger in some regions. It is generally not aggressive towards humans,...
19: ... it appears that the animal has a very low population density throughout its range, possibly as a resu...
21: Wolverines mate in the summer, but implantation in the [[uterus]] is delayed until early winter,... - Hippopotamus (6778 bytes)
2: ...0px|Pod of hippos, Luangwa Valley, Zambia]] | caption = Hippo}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Artiodactyla]]}}
12: ...author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: ... four) recently extinct species in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Hippopotamidae]].
17: ...ht, consuming as much as 50 kg (110 lb) of vegetation a day. Hippos are territorial; a male hippo ofte... - Giraffe (8140 bytes)
2: ...image = [[Image:Giraffee.jpg|center|250px]] | caption = Giraffe in Namibia}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Artiodactyla]]}}
12: ...uthor=[[Linnaeus (taxonomy) | Linnaeus]] | date=[[1758]]}}
18: ...cies]], differentiated by color and pattern variations and range:
20: ...lso cover the legs. Range: northeastern Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia. - Vermont (39851 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = VT |
36: ...nks 45th in land area (24,923km?), and its population (608,827) ranks as the second smallest of the fi...
38: ...and after the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] prod...
42: Vermont is located in the New England region in the [[eastern United States]] and comprises 9...
44: ...ont from New York and Canada in the northwest portion of the state. The state's greatest length, from ... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...d Canada while Spain gained Louisiana in compensation for its loss of Florida to the British.
5: ...British and became part of the North American portion of the [[British Empire]].
9: ...nd [[King George's War]] ([[1744]]-[[48]]). The prior three wars, fought more as secondary theatres to...
13: ... Ticonderoga]], and against the [[Braddock Expedition]] and British victories at [[Fortress Louisbourg...
15: ...o Louisiana – creating the [[Cajun]] population – but this would not be possible in Canada... - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
3: ...hich lasted 15 years (including [[Pontiac's Rebellion]]).
8: ... continuation of the [[War of the Austrian Succession]]. During that conflict, King [[Frederick II of ...
10: ...s ancestral [[Hanover (state)|Hanoverian]] possession as being threatened by France. Great Britain's a...
18: ...nce. Learning about the intentions of the [[coalition]] opposing him, Frederick determined to strike f...
28: ...leon called "a masterpiece in maneuver and resolution", Frederick both thoroughly crushed the French a... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggregates mixed in.
5: ...onsisting of debris left over from the [[condensation]] of the [[solar nebula]]; the outer edges of su...
9: ...an the Sun, and the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...o be visible with the naked eye. Before the invention of the telescope, comets seemed to appear out of...
15: ... objects known to exist in the solar system. The Giotto probe found that [[Comet Halley]]'s nucleus re... - 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]]) - Human (48024 bytes)
2: ...an,<br> sent to space with the [[Pioneer 11]] mission}}
14: ...author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Subspecies}}
20: <!-- this paragraph is a general introduction-->
21: ...ological]], [[social]], and [[spiritual]] terms. Biologically, humans are classified as the [[species]... - 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
27: *[[1758]] - [[Treaty of Easton]]
45: ...[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History/United_States Historical Pictu... - Dodo (9332 bytes)
2: ...mage = [[Image:ExtinctDodoBird.jpeg|200px]] | caption = }}
12: ...| author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
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... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...ch]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[Archbishop]] and [[me...
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[2...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Septe...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Octob...
85: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[11 Janua...
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).