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- Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
3: ...[[1740]]) reigned as Duchess of [[Courland]] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to...
7: ...puted by her enemies to indulge in a love affair with [[Count Biron]] for many years.
10: ...pularity with the imperial guards and lesser nobility.
17: ...e of ice, where the bride caught a cold and died within several days.
19: ...foreigners, who thoroughly identified themselves with Russia, [[Andrey Osterman]] and [[Burkhardt Munn... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ... Orange]] to the British throne and was rewarded with an earldom.
4: ... work, and she was often in conflict with the architect, [[John Vanbrugh|Sir John Vanbrugh]].
6: ...rince of Wales]]. The Duchess remained friendly with the prince and his family, however, even after t...
8: {{succession box | title=[[Mistress of the Robes]] | before=— | af... - Narcissi (1567 bytes)
15: ...age|Persian]] word of this plant, نرگس (''Nargis'').
19: ...nly to the rush-leaved [[Jonquilla Narcissi]] and its cultivars. - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...ed by the United Nations Secretary General and politicians in both the USA and the UK (as reported by ...
19: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Baghdad]]
27: ... (July 2004) <br> - [[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|Ranked 44...
30: ...[3 October]] [[1932]] from the [[United Kingdom|British]]
44: | '''[[State religion]]'''<br>''(Citizens have [[Freedom of religion|religious freedom... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ...ania]], [[Serbia]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]. It is known locally as the ''Country of the [[Magyar...
15: capital = [[Budapest]] |
17: largest_city = [[Budapest]] |
19: leader_titles = [[President of Hungary|President]]<br><br>[[...
22: area_magnitude = 1_E10 | - Flag of Connecticut (1242 bytes)
3: ...e. The banner below the shield reads "Qui Transtulit Sustinet," ("He who transplanted sustains us") th...
5: ...cut|Hartford]]) and rearranged the wording and position of the motto. - 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]]-) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
22: ... - (1938-) U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
28: ...Emile Berliner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[gramophone]]
31: *[[Bi Sheng]] — primitive movable [[printing]] types
36: ...udjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], w... - 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 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]]) - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
5: ...ue]], and are a potent reminder of the ancient habitation of Slovakia.
7: ...es. Artifacts were discovered dating to the Paleolithic Stage, including the famous Cranium Mold of a ...
9: ...commercial exchanges carried out between the [[Mediterranean]] and [[Central Europe]].
11: ...s, give evidence of human habitation in the [[Neolithic]] period. The [[pottery]] of Zeliezovce, that ...
13: ...hic deposits in Europe, and was continuously inhabited for more than 800 years by the same tribes who ... - 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}}
231: *[[Rudjer Boscovich]], (1711-1787){{fn|C}} - 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]... - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
2: ... '''history of chemistry''' may be said to begin with the distinction of [[chemistry]] from [[alchemy]...
6: ==The vitalism debate and organic chemistry==
8: ...[oxygen]]) was settled, another dispute, about [[vitalism]] and the essential distinction between orga...
14: ...n to investigate the internal structure of atoms with his theory of [[ion|ionization]]. This was carr...
20: ... the same properties that Mendeleev predicted for it. - 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...
15: * [[1700]]: The [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]] (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific North... - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
8: * [[1711]]: [[Tuning fork]]: [[John Shore]]
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]] - Lava (9992 bytes)
9: ...C to 1200C (1300F to 2200F). However, the [[viscosity]] of lava is 100,000 times that of water. Nevert...
11: ...xtruded magma was apparently in a short account written by [[Francesco Serao]] of the eruption of [[Ve...
19: ...ian]]: ''‘a‘ā'' meaning "stoney with rough lava", but also to "burn" or "blaze") is o...
21: .... Pāhoehoe can turn into ‘a‘a if it becomes turbulent due to meeting impediments or s...
41: ...er, and most volcanoes are situated near or under it, pillow lava is actually very common. - Watt steam engine (4120 bytes)
1: ...g|frame|right|Diagram of the Watt Steam Engine in its most basic form showing the improvement of the s...
2: ... wind and water. Watt's design became synonymous with steam engines, due in no small part to his partn...
4: ... both powerful and useful; the first example from 1711 was able to replace a team of 500 horses that had...
6: ...when the next charge of the stream was introduced it spent some time simply warming the cylinder back ...
8: ... later, it is said, a boy named Potter, whose job it was to turn these valves, connected the valve han...
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