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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... - 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]] ... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: ...|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
11: *[[Yakubu Gowon]] (born 1934), military leader of [[Nigeria]]
13: ...ihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
20: ... Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: *[[Tomoyuki Yamashita|Yamashita, Tomoyuki]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant gen... - 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 popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...tenure of [[Pope Siricius]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a sourc...
6: ... [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servor...
7: ...been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Sep...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Oct... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...y of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ...usseau]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both [[Church]] and [[State]].
8: ...hilosophical ideas, and their application to [[political economy]], [[government]] and sciences such a...
10: ...Renaissance]] and [[Reformation]] preceded it (if it is thought of as a long period). Furthermore, [[R...
12: ...wo eras are [[lumpers/splitters|split]]; however, it is equally acceptable to think of them conjoined ... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
8: ...mes the site of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ($245,000 taken).
11: *[[1914]] - [[Giuseppe Mercalli]], Italian volcanologist (b. [[1850]])
13: ...off in pursuit of [[Pancho Villa]], the first [[United States]] air-combat mission in history.
14: *[[1918]] - The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] establishes [[time zone]...
15: *[[1920]] - The [[United States Senate]] rejects the [[Treaty of Versail... - Estonia (13391 bytes)
2: ...with [[Russia]] to the east, and maritime border with [[Finland]] to the north.
22: | '''[[Capital]]'''
34: ...003|2003]])<br/> - [[Population density|Density]]
64: ...ermans who had stayed then were either forced by Hitler or later Stalin to leave during or after the e...
66: ...nment was replaced with a more centralized, authoritarian system by President [[Konstantin P䴳]]. - Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
2: ...stic]] [[philosopher]]. The story of his affair with his student, [[Heloise (student of Abelard)|Hél...
7: ...isted chiefly of the logic of [[Aristotle]] transmitted through [[Latin]] channels and which was the g...
11: ...his own at [[Melun]], then, for more direct competition, he moved to [[Corbeil]], nearer Paris.
13: ...s complete; the pupil was able to give lectures, without previous training or special study, which wer...
15: ... by the offerings of his pupils, and entertained with universal admiration, he came, as he says, to th... - 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]... - 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...
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... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
15: ...ivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
17: ...n]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_type:city(4,661,219)}}
23: | [[Population density]]: || 7691 persons/km�
25: | [[Altitude]]: || 3 m
33: ! align="center" colspan="2" |[[Image:neva_spit.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Neva]] river has been calle...
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