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- Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...ess of [[Russia]] from [[1725]] until her death. With Peter, she was also co-ruler from [[1724]] until...
5: ... of [[Marienburg]]. Russian forces captured the city, she was captured and forced to work in the laun...
7: ... shortly after he took her as his mistress. In [[1705]], she converted to [[Orthodoxy]] and changed her...
12: *Grand Duchess Margarita Petrovna ([[1714]]-[[1715]])
17: ... title of Empress. The real power, however, was with her former lover, Menshikov, and the Supreme Pri... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
3: ...humb|150px|'''Anne''' <br><small>Queen of Great Britain and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...ceeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ...] (which united England and Scotland into Great Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
15: ...ta Maria|Queen Henrietta Maria]], and afterwards with her aunt, [[Henrietta Anne Stuart|Henrietta Anne...
22: ...hat is, one who believed that James II was the legitimate monarch), Mary II dismissed him from all his... - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
2: ...between [[1615]] and [[1623]] - [[October 17]], [[1705]]) was a French [[author]], and patron of the art...
6: ...he choice of a convent would seem surprising, but it was really only an aspect of the clear idea that ...
8: ...centre for the discussion and consumption of the literary arts. In her early thirties she was responsi...
10: ...[Louis XIV]]. Not long after, however, she was visited by [[Christina of Sweden|Christina]], former qu...
12: ...he Flirt Avenged"). She was also noted for her a wit; among her numerous sayings and quips are "Much m... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...ntion into a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded versio...
5: ===[[Paleolithic|Paleolithic Era]]===
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
62: ...century BC|400s BC]]: [[Catapult]] in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]
99: ...eglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]] - Comet (30542 bytes)
1: ....jpg|thumb|250px|[[Comet Hale-Bopp]], showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997)]]
3: ...en [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggregates mixe...
9: ...an extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...om ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, it is known that their appearance have been noticed ...
13: ....png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...classical mechanics]]. Newton also shares credit with [[Gottfried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] ...
4: ...ht]] passed through a prism was inherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Baco...
6: ... when exposed to air; the [[binomial theorem]] in its entirety; and the principles of conservation of ...
14: ...on was two years of age, his mother went to live with her new husband, leaving her son in the care of ...
19: ...ance cooled and Miss Storey married someone else. It is said he kept a warm memory of this love, but N... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...glish language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ...[[Ralph Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}} - Viking (18085 bytes)
4: ... The word was introduced to the English language with [[romanticism|romantic]] connotations in the [[1...
12: ...ergsstenen 20041231.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A composite image made from several sides of the [[Ledberg R...
13: ...e next 200 years, [[European]] history is filled with tales of Vikings and their plundering.
15: ...Baltic]] coast. Stories tell of raids in the [[Mediterranean]] and as far east as the [[Caspian Sea]].
19: :''Aurum ibi plurimum, quod raptu congeritur piratico. Ipsi enim piratae, 'quos illi Wiching... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
1: {{dablink|For the singer and songwriter of the same name, see [[Voltaire (band)]].}}
4: ...]] [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher...
8: ...art or D'Aumard. Both parents were of [[Poitou|Poitevin]] extraction, but the Arouets were long estab...
10: ...ansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...ough he deprecated the education he had received, it formed the basis of his considerable [[knowledge]... - Olympia, Greece (5214 bytes)
23: ...<br>-Rank||<br> km?<br><br><!--[[List of municipalities of Greece by area|Rank xxth]]-->
27: ...ation: ([[1991]])<br> - Total<br> - Density¹<br> - Rank||<br> -11,069<br>&nbs...
37: ... [[Municipal codes in Greece|Municipal code]]: || 1705
41: | Name of inhabitants: || Olympian ''sing.''<br>-s ''pl.''
45: | Website: || [http://www.olympia.gr www.olympia.gr]<br>(i... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...en revised since Linnaeus to improve consistency with the [[Charles Darwin|Darwinian]] principle of [[...
7: ... Arabic. His original commentary is now lost, but its translation into Latin by [[Michael Scot]] survi...
9: ...Gesner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life known at the time.
11: ...t to familiar kinds, was gradually extended until it formed a sufficient body of knowledge to serve as...
13: ...and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences that emerged from observation. - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
5: * [[1705]]: [[Newcomen engine|Steam piston engine]]: [[Tho...
9: ...[[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
27: * [[1783]]: [[Multitubular boiler engine]]: [[John Stevens (inventor)|...
34: * [[1791]]: [[Steamboat]]: [[John Fitch]]
36: * [[1793]]: [[Cotton gin]]: [[Eli Whitney]] - Iceberg (3511 bytes)
5: Since the density of pure water ice is ca. 920 kg/m<sup>3</sup>, a...
9: ...n was the destruction of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] on [[April 14]], [[1912]].
11: ...cientific bodies were established to study and monitor the icebergs. The [[International Ice Patrol]] ...
15: ...t one axis a name composed of a letter indicating its point of origin and a running number. The letter...
16: *'''A''' – [[longitude]] 0° to 90° W ([[Bellingshausen S...
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