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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: ...aries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
8: ..., Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
9: ... Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
46: ...harlotte Ackermann|Ackermann, Sophie Charlotte]] (1714-1792) - 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...
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... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...and]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...cial, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [...
12: ...s youth. The eldest son, the [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] (the future King Geor...
14: ...he eventually learned to speak [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and ... - 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... - Contrabassoon (3761 bytes)
1: ... Its technique is similar to its smaller cousin, with a few notable differences:
5: ...a strap around the player's neck. A wider hand position is also required, as the primary finger keys a...
7: ...expel condensation, and a tuning slide for gross pitch adjustments.
8: ...e instrument comes in one piece (plus [[bocal]]); it does not disassemble.
11: ...ges. While prominent in solo and small ensemble situations, the sound can be completely obscured in t... - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ...r Finland is '''Suomi.''' In the Swedish language it is '''Finland'''.
18: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Helsinki]]
20: |'''Largest City''' || [[Helsinki]]
29: ...l ([[2003]]) <br> - [[Population density|Density]]
51: ...e Stone Age, possibly even among the first [[Mesolithic]] settlers. The arrival of the [[Battle-Axe]] ... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ..., and the tiny [[Parsley Island]] ([[Disputed territories|disputed]]). Due to the [[Spanish colonisati...
15: capital = [[Madrid]] |
17: largest_city = [[Madrid]] |
19: leader_titles = [[Kings of Spain|King]]<br>[[President of th...
23: area_magnitude = 1 E11 | - 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]] - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ... in compensation for its loss of Florida to the British.
5: ...ame part of the North American portion of the [[British Empire]].
9: ...res to European conflicts, resulted in little territorial change.
13: ...h de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's capital.
15: ...Near the beginning of the war, in [[1755]], the British had expelled French speaking populations in [[... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
34: *[[Karl Bitter]] (1867 - 1915)
110: *[[Vincenzo Gemito]] (1852 - 1929)
166: ...talie Krol]] [http://www.nataliekrol.com Gallery Site]
177: *[[Sol LeWitt]]
178: *[[Jacques Lipchitz]] (1891 - 1973) - March 21 (10586 bytes)
7: ... [[Papal Coronation|crowned Pope]] in [[Venice]] with a temporary [[Papal Tiara|papal tiara]] made of ...
8: ...lexandria]] was fought between [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[France|French]] forces near the ruins ...
15: ...al community to call [[Persian Empire|Persia]] by its native name, [[Iran]], which means 'Land of the ...
17: *[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops liberate [[Mandalay]], [[Burma]]
20: *[[1963]] - [[Alcatraz]], a federal [[penitentiary]] on an island in [[San Francisco Bay]], c... - 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)
160: *[[Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten]], (1714-1762){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - 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]... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
3: ...250px|right|Johann Sebastian Bach, [[1748]] portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann]]
5: ... to nearly every musician in the [[Europe]]an tradition, from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] to [[...
13: ...rom his brother's music cabinet and began to copy it by the moonlight. This went on nightly until Joha...
17: ... equally at home talking with organ builders and with performers.
19: - Anne Bonny (5802 bytes)
5: ...fficial records and contemporary letters dealing with her life are scarce. Most details about her life...
7: == Marriage and affair with a pirate ==
8: ... girl in the stomach with a table knife, although it is unclear whether this is fact or purely legend....
10: ...a pirate hub and base for many pirate operations. It is also true that after the arrival of Governor W...
12: ...rate [[Calico Jack|John "Calico Jack" Rackham]], with whom she had an affair. While Rackham and many o... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...try|industrial]] capacity) were: [[Austria]], [[Britain]], [[France]], [[Prussia]], and [[Russia]].
9: ... of power away from the west and create new competition in Europe other than France, England, and Spai...
11: ...pecially [[India]], where civil war enabled the British to take control of the entire sub-continent.
13: ...e. In music, the era of [[Baroque music]] reached its apotheosis in the music of [[J.S. Bach]], and th...
16: * [[1701]]-[[1714|14]]: [[War of the Spanish Succession]]
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