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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
24: ...d I of the Two Sicilies|HM King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily]] (1751-1825); had issue
26: ...of France]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Antonie (1755-1793); married [[Louis XVI of France|HM King Loui...
29: ...dditionally, the army was weak and the treasury depleted due to two wars near the end of her father's ...
37: ... years later and became more closeted from her people. Her focus changed from attempting to regain Si... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of...
4: ...ficial described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
11: ...arolina, was married to King Ferdinand of the [[Naples]].
17: ...y dearest child. Do so much good to the French people that they can say that I have sent them an angel...
24: ...en the king told him to eat less, Louis-Auguste replied "Why? I always sleep better when I have a full... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
10: ...aka double cloth, two-ply, triple cloth, or three-ply).
12: A '''hooked rug''' is a simple type of rug handmade by pulling strips of cloth ...
14: ...e of the weave at a perpendicular angle. This supplementary weft is attached to the warp by one of th...
16: ...all coverings. Production was improved with the application of the Jacquard mechanism (see [[Jacquard ...
19: ...lve scrolling vines and regional flowers (for example, the [[Bradford carpet]]). They often incorpora... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westm...
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
21: ...[republic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: ...n his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colo...
26: ... eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]] in [[Fairfax County, Virg... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
24: ...ung Adams graduated from [[Harvard]] College in [[1755]], and for a time taught school in [[Worcester, M...
28: ...ly manifested at a later period—as, for example, during his term as president.
39: ...ore this question had been disposed of, Adams was placed at the head of the Board of War and Ordinance... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ...s]], forming the [[Celt-Iberian]]s. Early Greek explorers named the region "[[Ophiussa]]" (Greek for "...
21: ...radle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (courtesy IPPAR)]]
25: An [[Islam]]ic invasion took place in [[711]]. Many of the ousted nobles took ref...
29: ...as formally recognized. Afonso, aided by the [[Templar Knights]], continued to conquer southern lands ...
31: ...torious John was then acclaimed as king by the people. - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
3: ...gyptians]] about 4,500 years ago, on the [[Giza]] Plateau on the west bank of the [[Nile River]], it i...
5: The Great Sphinx faces due east, with a small temple between its paws.
11: ...inx was finally dug out in [[1925]], to the great pleasure of its numerous visitors.
13: ...es were used to construct the adjoining Sphinx Temple.
22: ...was [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], south of the Giza plataeu. When approching from Memphis the Sphinx is... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ...he [[Green Mountains]] in the west and [[Lake Champlain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts...
38: ...amous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been known for its [[L...
44: ...iver itself is part of New Hampshire). [[Lake Champlain]], the major lake in Vermont, is the sixth-lar...
46: ...northwest off Lake Champlain is the fertile [[Champlain Valley]]. In the south of the valley is [[Bomo...
48: ... state is covered by forest, the rest in meadow, uplands, lakes, ponds and swampy wetlands. - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
13: ...– most significantly of all– at the [[Plains of Abraham]] outside of [[Quebec City]], in w...
15: ...wer Canada]]. Near the beginning of the war, in [[1755]], the British had expelled French speaking popul...
29: *[[Battle of Fort Beaus骯ur]] ([[June 16]], [[1755]])
30: ...hela aka Battle of the Wilderness) ([[July 9]], [[1755]])
31: *[[Battle of Lake George]] (1755) - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ... be many times more distant than [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s orbit. Often described as "dirty snowballs...
15: ...the light that falls on it. It is thought that complex [[organic compound]]s are the dark surface mate...
21: ... star [[Nemesis (star)|Nemesis]]; or an unknown [[Planet X]].
23: ...being more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined.
25: ...it it turns out to be an old "lost" comet. An example is Comet [[11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR]], which was ... - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...ologies]], illustrations, usage guidance, and examples in sentences. Dictionaries are most commonly fo...
14: ...ranslations of words in another language. For example, in a Japanese-English dictionary, the entry ''t...
23: ...est concepts. From these, other concepts can be explained and defined, in particular for those who are...
29: Dictionary makers apply two basic philosophies to the defining of words:...
31: ... is made of these differing views, they usually apply to a very small number of controversial words, w... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
542: *[[Prince Hoare]] ([[1755]]-[[1834]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
20: ...3) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
49: *[[George Washington Carver]], (1860-1943), plant scientist
76: *[[Oliver Evans]] (1755-1819) - [[amphibious vehicle]], amongst others
77: ...Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple arch dam - Dodo (9332 bytes)
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18: ...[[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Museum]], were burned in 1755.
20: ... renditions we know that the dodo had blue-grey [[plumage]], a 23-centimetre (9-inch) blackish hooked ...
27: ...language|Portuguese]] word ''doudo'', meaning "simpleton", ''doido'' in modern Portuguese meaning fool... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...rior of the lithospheric plates are called [[intraplate earthquake]]s.
11: ... large earthquakes, it can spread over the entire planet. Ground motions caused by very distant earthq...
20: ...countries, and by earthquake specialists. For example, the Japanese [[Japan Meteorological Agency seis...
29: ...are located along compressional and translational plate boundaries. [[Deep focus earthquake]]s are po...
30: ...sense) can also result from the detonation of [[explosive]]s. Thus scientists have been able to monit... - Brine shrimp (4112 bytes)
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25: ...ustacean]]. They are more closely related to [[zooplankton]] than to true [[shrimp]] and are found wor...
27: ...rst discovered in [[Lymington]], [[England]] in [[1755]]. There are mixed views on whether all brine shr... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...ted when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. [[Earthquake]]s, [[landsl...
4: ... deep [[ocean]]; it simply has a much smaller [[amplitude]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [...
6: ...rmed by wind action upon the ocean (with which people are more familiar). However, since they are not ...
10: ...by any disturbance that rapidly [[displacement|displaces]] a large mass of [[water]], such as an [[ear...
12: ...here denser oceanic plates slip under continental plates in a process known as subduction. - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
5: ...or and sent the Imperial insignia to [[Constantinople]]. After another millennium, in [[1453]], the Ea...
9: ...ne thousand years after they were created, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the earli...
19: ... ambitions seemed to threaten the republic - now placidly accepted one man rule.
42: ...ustan Age include [[Tacitus]], [[Dio Cassius]], [[Plutarch]] and [[Suetonius]]. [[Josephus]]'s ''[[Jew...
52: ...]; the Emperor's paranoia, which he had so ably exploited for his own gain, was turned against him. Se... - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
1: ...dian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the Wilderness 1755]].''
11: |place=[[Spotsylvania County]]
38: ...However, Longstreet did not have enough men to complete his victory, and the fighting soon petered out...
45: ...nlike Grant, Lee had very little opportunity to replenish his losses. Understanding this disparity, pa... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...aptainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1...
3: ...[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[explorers|explorer]] and [[navigator]]. He made three voyages to...
8: ...et but declined the command of his own collier in 1755 on the eve of the [[Seven Years War]] to start ag...
12: ...olfe]] to make his famous stealth attack on the [[Plains of Abraham]]. Cook's [[surveying]] skills we...
14: ...dness both with the regard to the extent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given b...
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