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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: *[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
10: ...rd|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
44: *[[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952)
46: ...harlotte Ackermann|Ackermann, Sophie Charlotte]] (1714-1792)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600) - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
12: *Grand Duchess Margarita Petrovna ([[1714]]-[[1715]]) - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...e''' ([[6 February]] [[1665]]–[[1 August]][[1714]]) became Queen of [[England]], [[Scotland]] and ...
10: ...es II of England|James II]], had been forcibly deposed in [[1688]]; her sister and brother-in-law then...
12: ...e [[Whig]]s. Her closest friend, and perhaps her most influential advisor, was [[Sarah Churchill, Duch...
15: ...rlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most important generals.
26: ...shed, then it would have become simple for the deposed King James to reclaim the Throne. To preclude a... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
14: ...oming King George IV. Though she occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taug...
20: ...was not clear what his surname was, because like most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, h...
25: ...m which had shared a monarch with Britain since [[1714]]. Hanover went not to Victoria, but to her uncle...
29: ...hat he could not govern under the restrictions imposed by the Queen, and consequently resigned his com...
33: ... on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stamp.]] - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ... in British history, largely as a result of her close friendship with [[Anne I of the United Kingdom|Q...
4: ...sband fell out of royal favor. Anne's death in [[1714]] restored their fortunes, but the Duke died in [...
6: Close links with the Royal Family remained. In a move... - Contrabassoon (3761 bytes)
3: ...5 mm in total length as compared to 53-58 mm for most bassoon reeds.
5: ...y a strap around the player's neck. A wider hand position is also required, as the primary finger keys...
7: ...y to expel condensation, and a tuning slide for gross pitch adjustments.
11: ...ment can have a distinct 'buzz', which becomes almost a clatter in the extreme low range, this is noth...
14: ...man, P?, Adler, and Amati (and possibly others). Most orchestras use one contrabassoonist, either as a... - Finland (29511 bytes)
51: ...anguage arrived in Finland during the Stone Age, possibly even among the first [[Mesolithic]] settlers...
53: ...13th century AD, if we discount the obcscure and possibly fictious stories of Finnish kings in Scandin...
57: ... occupied by [[Russian Empire|Russian]] forces ([[1714]]–[[1721]] and [[1742]]–[[1743]]), by...
63: ...al Germany]], and "the reds". The reds consisted mostly of propertyless rural and industrial workers w...
65: ...countries. Into the [[19th century]] there was a most obvious language barrier; then during the 19th c... - Spain (36498 bytes)
20: ...uan Carlos I]]<br>[[Jos頌uis Rodr�ez Zapatero|Jos頌uis Rguez. Zapatero]] |
58: ...re of this period is that of the city of [[Tartessos]]. Beginning in the [[9th century BC]], [[Celtic]...
62: ... for control of the Western Mediterranean. Their most important colony was [[Carthago Nova]] (Latin na...
68: ...ajan]], [[Hadrian]] and [[Theodosius I]], the philosopher [[Seneca]] and the poets [[Martial]] and [[L...
70: Most of Spain's present languages, religion, and laws... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
65: * [[3rd century BC|200s BC]]: [[Crossbow]] in [[History of China|China]]
70: ...[[Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
133: * [[1714]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahr... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...e Spain gained Louisiana in compensation for its loss of Florida to the British.
9: ...[1689]]-[[97]]), [[Queen Anne's War]] ([[1702]]-[[1714]]), and [[King George's War]] ([[1744]]-[[48]]). ...
13: ...olfe]] defeated a French garrison led by [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's c...
15: ...Cajun]] population – but this would not be possible in Canada.
19: ... as well as limitation on colonial settlements imposed by the [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]] i... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
53: *[[Agostino Carlini]] (1718 - 1790)
60: *[[Cosimo Cenni]]
66: *[[Rossella Cosentino]]
72: *[[Cameron Cross]] (1963- )
83: *[[Alceo Dossena]] (1878 - 1937) - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: ...roys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves most of the town in ruins.
20: ...ntiary]] on an island in [[San Francisco Bay]], closes.
24: ...lamation was issued by [[San Francisco]] Mayor [[Joseph Alioto]].
27: ...[[boycott]] of the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] to [[protest]] the [[Soviet Invasion of Afgh...
30: ... allegations that tie [[baseball]] player [[Pete Rose]] to [[baseball]] [[gambling]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
39: *[[Yoriyuki Arima]] (Japan, [[1714]]-[[1783]])
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - ) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[198...
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]]...
54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[191...
85: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]], [[1711]] &n... - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
9: ...bina, and Radošinare These findings are the most ancient evidence of commercial exchanges carried...
11: ...archeological digs and burial places scattered across Slovakia, and even more surprisingly, in the nor...
13: ...ers. This cave is one of the biggest Neolithic deposits in Europe, and was continuously inhabited for ...
15: ...nd weapons. As a result, it became an important crossroads of European trade routes.
19: ...0th century BCE|2000]]-[[800s BCE|800 BCE]]. The most well-known culture of that era was the funeral c... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ... [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...g established in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his lif...
10: ...ather appears to have been strict, but neither inhospitable nor tyrannical. Marguerite Arouet, of whom...
14: ...he famous author [[Ninon de lEnclos|Ninon de Lenclos]]. When she died, tragically, in [[1705]], she le...
16: ...was suspected of having been concerned in the composition of two violent libels. Inveigled by a spy na... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...ost famous works include the [[Brandenburg Concertos]], [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]], the [[Mass in B...
7: ...ristian Bach]] became important musicians and composers in their own right. (See [[Bach family]].)
11: ...urch organists and court chamber musicians to composers, although Bach would later surpass them all in...
13: ...to one popular legend of the young composer's curiosity, late one night, when the house was asleep, he...
17: ...nifold stops, and complicated mechanism, was the most complex machine in any European town. This pract... - Anne Bonny (5802 bytes)
1: '''Anne Bonny''' (March 8, 1700 – possibly April 25, 1782) was an [[Irish American]] [[...
5: ...porary letters dealing with her life are scarce. Most details about her life prior to her arrival in t...
8: ...y. According to legend, James Bonny hoped to win possession of his wife's family estate, but she was d...
10: ...etaliation, but it is known that sometime between 1714 and 1718 she and James Bonny moved to [[Nassau, B...
15: ...blished in the continent's only newspaper, the ''Boston News-Letter''. - 18th century (8231 bytes)
11: ...tenment, and impression to the rest of Europe. Across the globe, European colonies were both being est...
13: ...c, the era of [[Baroque music]] reached its apotheosis in the music of [[J.S. Bach]], and the [[Classi...
16: * [[1701]]-[[1714|14]]: [[War of the Spanish Succession]]
50: ...between British and [[Boer]] settlers and the [[Xhosa]]s in [[South Africa]]
69: * [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (composer)
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