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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
4: ...the most powerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...f [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]] whose sole male heir - his son Leopold Johann - died a...
8: ...of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
15: ...el of Spain (1741-1763), then HSH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (1739-1767); no surviving issue. [...
23: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Josephe (1751-1767) - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of...
4: ...onour of her elder brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the E...
6: ... year younger.) Her other brothers ? [[Joseph II|Josef]], [[Leopold II|Leopold]], and Ferdinand-Karl ?...
7: ...ntoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
13: ... education. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she prefer... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
3: ...that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
16: ...anels (usually 27" or 36"). Larger works are composed of several stripes sewn together. Moquette car...
19: ..., 3-dimensional flowers. Patterns for tiled (composed of a series of squares) carpets, called [[Berli...
39: ...rigin of this carpet is debated. It has been proposed to be a product of either the Iranian [[Scythia...
48: ...h century. Until the mid-18th century they were mostly used on walls and tables. Except in royal or ... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...Washington is generally recognized as one of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many o...
26: ...enandoah Valley]] in Virginia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]...
31: ...ting party, killing ten, including its leader, [[Joseph Coulon de Jumonville|Ensign Jumonville]]. Wash...
33: ... to return to the Ohio Country for one year. In [[1755]], Washington returned, accompanying the [[Braddo...
37: ... colonies' wealthiest men. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...ung Adams graduated from [[Harvard]] College in [[1755]], and for a time taught school in [[Worcester, M...
31: ...and Feudal Law''), in which he argued that the opposition of the colonies to the Stamp Act was a part ...
33: ...of the officer who commanded the detachment, and most of the soldiers; but two soldiers were found gui...
35: ...my]]. His influence in Congress was great, and almost from the beginning he was impatient for a separa...
39: ...n its adoption. Before this question had been disposed of, Adams was placed at the head of the Board o... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...]] in southwestern [[Europe]], and is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is borde...
5: ...ral power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial powe...
23: ...ibes|Germanic]] [[Barbarians|barbarian]] tribes, most notably the [[Suevi]] and the [[Visigoth]]s, inv...
31: ...], finally defeated the Castilians in Portugal's most historic battle of Portugal, the [[Battle of Alj...
40: ...opments in navigation, made Portugal's expansion possible and led to great advances in geographic know... - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
11: ...e front paws out. To commemorate this effort, Tutmosis IV had a granite stela known as the [[Dream Ste...
13: ...y of the Sphinx was carved out of solid bedrock whose removed stones some weighing upwards of 200 tonn...
28: ===Missing nose===
29: ...used as levers, were inserted at the base of the nose to remove it between the [[10th century|10th]] a...
31: In addition to the lost nose, a ceremonial pharaonic beard is thought to have... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = VT |
38: ...t was claimed by [[France]] but became a British possession after France's defeat in the [[French and ...
46: ...lain Valley]]. In the south of the valley is [[Bomoseen Lake]].
50: ...on, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: In the autumn, Vermont's hills experience an explosion of red, orange and gold foliage caused by the ... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...e Spain gained Louisiana in compensation for its loss of Florida to the British.
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...
29: *[[Battle of Fort Beaus骯ur]] ([[June 16]], [[1755]]) - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...en described as "dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane...
5: ...ifferent process, but very old comets which have lost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to res...
9: ...d the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than the Sun, and the ta...
11: ...and the gases glowing due to [[ion|ionization]]. Most comets are too faint to be visible without the a...
17: ...highly charged [[ions]] fly through a cometary atmosphere, they collide with cometary atoms and molecu... - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...nce, and examples in sentences. Dictionaries are most commonly found in the form of a book.
8: ...tionary]] (e.g. a dictionary containing the 2000 most frequently used words in the English language).
10: ==Special-purpose dictionaries==
22: ===Glossaries===
23: ...th these, the rest of English, and even the 4000 most common English [[idiom]]s and [[metaphor]]s, can... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787...
51: ...[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
54: ... Cros]], (1842-1888) — [[phonograph]]... almost - Dodo (9332 bytes)
18: ...[[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Museum]], were burned in 1755.
20: ...ft of curly [[feather]]s high on its rear end. Dodos were very large birds, weighing about 23 kg (50 p...
29: ...ly ever eaten by the Portuguese, who found the dodos hard to eat and very messy. Dutch records concur....
37: ... its analysis has confirmed that the dodo was a close relative of [[pigeon]] species that are to be fo...
45: ...ly one - that reached Europe and were kept as curiosities. - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...uent events that occur in the interior of the lithospheric plates are called [[intraplate earthquake]]...
4: ... majority of them are minor and cause no damage(those less than 5 on ritcher scale).
5: ...t of the earthquakes shaking is the dominant and most widespread cause of damage.
11: ...point at which the fault slip was initiated. The position of the focus is known as the "[[hypocenter]]...
13: Earthquakes, especially those that occur beneath oceans or seas, can give rise... - Brine shrimp (4112 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Anostraca]]}}
25: ...rtemia salina'', has been sold as novelty gifts, most commonly under the marketing name [[Sea-Monkey]]...
27: ...rst discovered in [[Lymington]], [[England]] in [[1755]]. There are mixed views on whether all brine shr...
29: ...ditions. Once placed in water, the cyst-like embryos hatch within a few hours, and will grow to a leng...
43: ...direct=Animals Classroom Clipart Pictures and Photos of Animals] - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
10: ...andslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. However, the most common cause is an undersea earthquake. An earth...
14: ...nd rocks slide downslope and are redistributed across the sea floor. Similarly, a violent submarine vo...
16: ...avity]] to regain its equilibrium and radiates across the ocean like ripples on a pond.
18: ...ieved possible could be caused by landslides, explosive volcanic action and [[impact event]]s that rap...
22: ...ng buildings to their foundations and scouring exposed ground to the bedrock. Large objects such as sh... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
5: ...raditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed the last Emperor and sent the Imperial insignia...
29: ...was made both a Roman god and "the Thirteenth [[Apostle]]" upon his death.
33: ...e East, in Africa, in Hispania and Gaul, beyond those areas that were directly controlled.
42: ...Dio Cassius]], [[Plutarch]] and [[Suetonius]]. [[Josephus]]'s ''[[Jewish Antiquities]]'' is the import...
46: ...[[Julius|Julia]] (the Julian family), one of the most ancient [[patrician]] clans of [[ancient Rome|Ro... - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
1: ...dian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the Wilderness 1755]].''
26: ...nion right flank at Chancellorsville. But Grant chose to set up his camps to the west of the old battl...
28: ...ue of artillery was limited, and Lee's artillery possessed fewer guns of lower quality than Grant's.
30: ...James Longstreet]]'s First Corps, which had been posted 25 miles (40 km) to the west to guard the cruc...
32: ...|300px|''Sketch of the battle of the Wilderness. Position of 2d Corps. A.N. Va., Thursday May 5th 1864... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ...et but declined the command of his own collier in 1755 on the eve of the [[Seven Years War]] to start ag...
18: ...] to observe and record a [[transit of Venus]] across the [[Sun]]. Leaving in [[1768]], he arrived on...
24: ... found there. The later name ''Botany Bay'' was chosen to reflect the diverse range of flora found the...
26: ...the mouth of the Endeavour River. While there, [[Joseph Banks]] and [[Daniel Solander]] made their fir...
30: By this point in the voyage, Cook had lost no men to [[scurvy]], a remarkable and unheard-o...
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