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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: ...end of [[Peter the Great]]. In [[1703]], while visiting Menshikov at his home, Peter met Marfa, and sh...
11: *Grand Duchess Nataliya Petrovna ([[1713]]-[[1715]])
12: *Grand Duchess Margarita Petrovna ([[1714]]-[[1715]]) - 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... - 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]]-) - Dodo (9332 bytes)
9: ... | taxon = '''''Raphus'''''}}<br/>{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] ...
15: ...us]]. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
20: ...ow legs, and a tuft of curly [[feather]]s high on its rear end. Dodos were very large birds, weighing ...
22: ...olved to take advantage of an island [[ecology]] with no predators.
24: ...etite. Thus, in captivity with its ready availability of food, the birds would become overfed very eas... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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15: !bgcolor="#c0ffff" colspan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] ...
18: ...[kilometre|km]]<br>19.191 263 93 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
20: !align="left"| Orbital [[circumference]] - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...[[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ...re, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[r...
9: ...terest in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the Mid...
11: ... mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[S...
13: ...ly close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken little interest in them, so as far as the Europeans w... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2: ...tive bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of con...
5: ...ower and prerogatives of the [[Second Estate|nobility]] and the [[First Estate|clergy]], the remnants ...
7: ...n [[Paris]], where they were in frequent contact with the French intellectuals; furthermore, contact b...
9: ...terrorism was just a [[plebeian]] way of dealing with the enemies of the bourgeoisie: absolutism, feud...
13: ...hasers of titles were effectively buying an [[annuity]]. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...er of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
8: ...tive bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of con...
12: * Resentment of royal [[political absolutism|absolutism]].
15: ... by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
16: * [[Food]] scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: '''William Dampier''' ([[1652]] – March, [[1715]]) was a [[England|English]] explorer, sea captai...
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... - 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}} - 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]... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
9: ... | taxon = '''''Raphus'''''}}<br/>{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] ...
15: ...us]]. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
20: ...ow legs, and a tuft of curly [[feather]]s high on its rear end. Dodos were very large birds, weighing ...
22: ...olved to take advantage of an island [[ecology]] with no predators.
24: ...etite. Thus, in captivity with its ready availability of food, the birds would become overfed very eas... - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
2: ...n tiny rural communities sometimes awe audiences with extravagant productions.
11: ...f Venice]]'' was their first performance, shown initially on [[September 15]] [[1752]]. Persecuted by ...
13: ...ced, for we have records of performances in many cities during this time.
17: ...celebrity [[actor]]s from [[Europe]] toured the United States. There were even a few famous [[:Categor...
19: Most cities only had a single theater. Productions were mu... - 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...
17: ...Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russia|Russian]] [[capital]] until [[1918]]. - 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...
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