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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...
22: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Johanna (1750-1762)
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... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
10: ...abeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]]
20: {{succession box|title=[[List of Russian rulers|Empress of Ru... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[November 6]], [[1796]]. A co...
5: ... coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to hav...
9: ...is document the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned mo...
11: ...ed them serfs. She also encouraged the [[colonization]] of [[Alaska]] and of conquered areas.
13: ...e relaxed the censorship law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class. - 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 == - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ... guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
13: ...er sister Johanna-Gabriella died of smallpox in [[1762]], Maria-Antonia became the next child to be invo...
22: ...lection of gems was valued at approximately 2 million [[livre]]s. Marie-Antoinette then received King ...
27: ...nt back to [[Austria]]. The young dauphine's position was not helped by the fact that she had earned t...
30: ...she was assisted out of bed and dressed by the various high-ranking noblewomen who were her ladies-in-... - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
16: PostalAbbreviation = LA |
45: ... a unique culture, owing to its [[French colonization of the Americas|French colonial]] heritage. Whil...
51: ...parish boundaries as rough approximations of locations.{{ref|sturdevent-67}}
52: ...n southwestern Louisiana in the parishes of Vermilion, Cameron, Lafayette, Acadia, Jefferson Davis, an...
53: ...upied the southeastern parishes of Iberia, Assumption, St Mary, Lower St. Martin, Terrebone, LaFourche... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]] - 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... - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...entions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
23: ...ird]], (1888-1946), [[Scotland]] — [[television]]
25: ...[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]]
56: ...ullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
63: ...ph Day]] --(1855-1946) Two Stroke Internal Combustion Engine - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ... a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
6: ...sort of cresting waves that are formed by wind action upon the ocean (with which people are more famil...
10: ...uch as an [[earthquake]], [[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. Howeve...
12: ...r continental plates in a process known as subduction.
14: ...oor. Similarly, a violent submarine volcanic eruption can uplift the water column and generate a tsuna... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...orces. Shortly thereafter, he was given a commission in the [[British Army]], and was eventually elev...
6: ...t hard times by the time he became an adult. In [[1762]] he moved to [[New Haven]], Connecticut and esta...
9: ...take the first entirely offensive military expedition by the colonists against the British.
10: ...old met up with [[Ethan Allen]], who had a commission from Connecticut to capture the same fort and wh...
12: ...ts, doing his best to diminish Arnold's participation and enhance the role of the Green Mountain Boys ... - 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 astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
92: ...[James Bradley]] ([[England]], [[1693]] – [[1762]])
117: *[[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cas...
172: *[[Giovanni Battista Donati]], ([[Italy]], [[1826]] &nda... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
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) - 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]]. - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
1: A list of 18th century inventions
16: * [[1762]]: [[Iron smelting process]]: [[Jared Eliot]]
26: * [[1785]]: [[Production line|Automatic flour mill]]: [[Oliver Evans]]
39: * [[1798]]: [[Vaccination]]: [[Edward Jenner]] - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ...], and [[operatic]] works as well as works for various solo instruments— most notably the [[Keyb...
11: ...ncluding instruction in both the [[piano]] and [[violin]]. Musically, he developed very rapidly and be...
13: ...Duo (music)|duos]], to play with her. On one occasion when Mozart became ill, Leopold expressed more c...
15: ...ghout [[Europe]], beginning with an exhibition in 1762 at the Court of the Elector of [[Bavaria]] in [[M...
19: ...st legendary tale, occurred when he heard [[Gregorio Allegri]]'s ''[[Miserere (Allegri)|Miserere]]'' o... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
15: | [[Subdivisions of Russia|Subdivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
17: ...ystem|Location]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_type:city(4,661,219)}}
21: | [[Population]]: || 4,661,219 <small>(2002 Census)</small>
23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
36: ...ation of Russian into English|English transliteration]]: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as i...
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