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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...and machine manufacture. It began in [[England]] with the introduction of [[steam engine|steam power]]...
3: ...hnological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered [[ship]]s, and ...
5: ...hen mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
10: ...tion of [[Capital (economics)|capital]] are also cited as factors, as is the [[scientific revolution]]...
12: ...ther nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often imposed tolls an... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...up to 5.1 percent [[carbon]]; ironically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[c...
5: ...steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled,...
8: ...ke copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting results in an alloy co...
11: ...pearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]].
13: ...cal composition. As such, it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form. - 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: ...end of [[Peter the Great]]. In [[1703]], while visiting Menshikov at his home, Peter met Marfa, and sh...
10: ...]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]]
12: *Grand Duchess Margarita Petrovna ([[1714]]-[[1715]]) - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...etrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
3: ...e grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[P...
7: ...t that time, her illegitimacy would be used by political opponents to challenge her right to the thron...
9: ...ed every one by her extraordinary beauty and vivacity.
11: ...ersonal dislike of the princess for the various suitors proposed to her, so that on the death of her m... - 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... - Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
1: ...[[combustion]] material and [[ore]] are supplied with [[air]] from the bottom of the chamber such that...
4: ...eloped there, or whether the technology was transmitted to [[Europe]] by the [[Mongol Empire|Mongols]]...
6: In [[1709]], [[Abraham Darby]] developed a blast furnace th...
9: ...a liquid that sank to the bottom of the furnace, with the lighter materials on top. A valve was opene...
15: ...to produce [[carbon monoxide]], which then mixes with the [[iron oxide]], reacting chemically to produ... - 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]] - 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]]-) - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ... famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...ht]], has a reputation as the greatest of all [[writer]]s in the [[English language]], as well as one ...
4: ...th of human emotions. A colossal figure in world literature, Shakespeare's legacy and influence contin...
8: ...f titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases|titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases]], and...
14: ...commonly considered to be [[England]]'s greatest, it is also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
4: ...t]] and went to sea at the age of 16. He served with [[Edward Sprague]] in the [[Third Anglo-Dutch Wa...
7: ...[[Spanish Main]] of [[Central America]], twice visiting the [[Bay of Campeachy]]. This led to his firs...
9: ...This expedition collected buccaneers and ships as it went along, at one time having a fleet of ten ves...
11: ...ar Islands]]. They built a small craft and sailed it to [[Acheen]] in [[Sumatra]]. After further adven...
13: ==The ''Roebuck'' expedition== - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]]) - 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}} - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: ...0]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], in accordance with the [[Anno Domini]]/[[Common Era]] numbering sys...
4: ...Social History 1688-1832 (The Arnold History of Britain Series) |publisher=A Hodder Arnold Publication...
6: ...ies of Europe embraced enlightenment ideals, but with the French revolution, they were on the side of ...
8: ...espite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radically change human society and the geol...
11: ===[[1700–1709]]=== - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
6: * [[1709]]: [[Piano]]: [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]]
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]]
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