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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...an monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[Wa...
8: ...ce|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him, with 6 daughters (all of whom were named "Marie _____...
12: ...beth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Aust...
14: ...line (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Aust...
21: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1748) - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
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5: ... as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown'', upon which many an artic...
7: ... had affairs with the writer Madame Puisieux and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the r...
10: ...lume of bawdy stories, the ''Bijoux indiscrets'' (1748); in later years he repented of this work. In 174... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
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...
13: ... all control, abandoned herself to her appetites without reserve. - 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]]-) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1700...
10: *[[1713]] - Queen Anne's War ends with the [[Treaty of Utrecht (1713)|Treaty of Utrecht...
17: ...reat Awakening]] ([[1730s]] to [[1760s]]) begins with the preaching of [[Jonathan Edwards (theology)|J...
19: *[[1739]] - [[George Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to...
23: *[[1748]] - King George's War ends with the [[Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle]] - 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... - Pompeii (10901 bytes)
3: ...the Elder]] died after travelling across the bay with a flotilla of naval vessels to save some of thos...
9: ...he town. It has been supposed that during the Samnites' domination, Rome conquered Pompeii for a while...
11: ... sea and had to be sent toward Rome or [[Southern Italy]] along the nearby [[Appian Way]].
13: ...ia. In the time between 62 and 79 (the eruption), it was rebuilt, perhaps richer than before in houses...
15: ==Vesuvius buries the city== - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
56: ... Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with :
66: ...ham (chemist)|Thomas Graham]] not to be confused with:
72: *[[Fritz Haber]], (1868-1934) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...ety]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
9: ...mas Franklin, a blacksmith and farmer, and Jane White. His mother, Abiah Folger, was born in [[Nantuck...
23: ...with a great deal of savvy about cultivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young...
25: ...ssue the famous ''[[Poor Richard's Almanack]]'' (with content both original and borrowed) on which a l...
27: ...raged the opening of libraries in other American cities, and Franklin felt that this [[enlightenment (... - 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]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
139: *[[John Balguy]], (1686-1748)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Time (15299 bytes)
3: ...cult to provide an uncontroversial and clear definition of the nature of time. This article begins by ...
5: ...od]]ic motion have long served as standards for units of time - such as the apparent motion of the sun...
9: ... external pdf file: The International System of Units].)
11: ...l to the functioning of our modern societies that it is coordinated at an international level. The bas...
15: ... periodizing the events that shaped the Earth and its life. Chronology, periodization, and interpreta... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ... exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[Adolf Hitler]] referred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–194...
7: ...e begins with the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]....
12: ...lius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work a...
13: ...Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the ... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
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18: |[[Chemical series]] || [[transition metal]]s
22: |[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] || 21450 [[k...
24: |[[color|Appearance]] || <center>grayish white<br />[[Image:Pt,78.jpg|125px|]]</center>
36: ...[[f-orbital|f]]<sup>14</sup>5d<sup>9</sup>6[[s-orbital|s]]¹ - 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: - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...gument]]s; ie: ''y'' = F(''x''). He is credited with being one of the first to apply [[calculus]] to ...
10: ... [[1720]] Euler began his studies at the [[University of Basel]]. There Euler met [[Daniel Bernoulli|...
12: ...ytice exposita'' ("Mechanics or motion explained with analytical science"—that is, calculus). I...
14: ...dants of these children, however, were in high positions in Russia in the 19th century.
16: ...y productive; however, he did not have an easy position due to a lack of the king's favor. Therefore ... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ... exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[Adolf Hitler]] referred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–194...
7: ...e begins with the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]....
12: ...lius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work a...
13: ...Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the ...
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