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- Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
5: ...ed to work in the laundry of the regiment which captured her.
7: ...im 11 children, all of whom died in childhood except for Anna and [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta]].
11: *Grand Duchess Nataliya Petrovna ([[1713]]-[[1715]])
12: *Grand Duchess Margarita Petrovna ([[1714]]-[[1715]])
13: *Grand Duke Pyotr Petrovich ([[1715]]-[[1719]]) - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: .... When the [[Scottish Parliament]] refused to accept the choice of the English Parliament, various coe...
17: ...tholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion.
19: ...erefore vacant. The Crown was offered to, and accepted by, William and Mary, who ruled as joint monarc...
33: ... army to Lord Marlborough, whom she appointed [[Captain-General]]. Marlborough also received numerous ...
38: ...unite with England. The Estates chose the latter option, and Commissioners were appointed to negotiate... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]])
285: *[[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]] ([[1796]]-[[1875]]) - Dodo (9332 bytes)
2: ... image = [[Image:ExtinctDodoBird.jpeg|200px]] | caption = }}
15: ...Dodo''' (''Raphus cucullatus'', called ''Didus ineptus'' by [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]]), more commo...
17: ==Description==
24: ... speak of the birds "greedy" appetite. Thus, in captivity with its ready availability of food, the bir...
35: ...th a 95% [[confidence interval]] of [[1688]] to [[1715]]. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
5: <small><font color="white">Click image for description</font></small>
149: ...ibuted. Uranus' [[cyan]] color is due to the absorption of [[red]] light by atmospheric [[methane]].
155: ...riptions are exactly equivalent as physical descriptions of the planet but result in different definit...
164: ...ion at relatively shallow depths within Uranus. Neptune has a similarly displaced magnetic field, sugg...
168: ...ed observed Uranus twice again, in [[1712]] and [[1715]]. [[Bradley]] observed it in [[1748]], [[1750]] ... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...an to colonize [[North America]]. The first attempts, notably the [[Colony of Roanoke]], resulted in ...
11: ...alth and power necessary to begin systematic attempts at exploration. Also, as the economy of Europe ...
16: ...At this time, however, there was no official attempt by the English government to create a colonial em...
37: ...ng - not the sort of audience that is usually receptive to the call of religion. It did not attract m...
56: ...t America would be a "redeemer nation" (see [[exceptionalism]]). Though they fled from religious repre... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
13: ...her privileges; however, because noble titles exempted the holder from future taxes, the purchasers of...
15: ...ly indebted, so deeply as to be effectively bankrupt. Extravagant expenditures by [[Louis XIV]] on lux...
19: ...blic estate; and it can have no public estate except in what it derives from a just and proportioned i...
22: ... and unequal collection of many of France's consumption taxes. Further royal and [[seigneurial system|...
26: ...the clergy from having to pay taxes (with the exception of a modest [[quit rent]]). The tax burden was... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
21: ...mes of [[Louis XV of France | Louis XV]] (ruled [[1715]]–[[1774]]) and Louis XVI several different...
25: ...s tactlessness), Brienne went on the attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and collect...
31: ''For a more detailed description of the events of [[August 8]], [[1788]] &ndash...
33: ... of the opposition that the government would attempt to gerrymander an assembly to its liking. In ord...
35: ...nd that the Third Estate itself was the nation, kept these resentments alive. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...1715]]) was a [[England|English]] explorer, sea captain, and scientific observer. He was the first Eng...
7:
9: ...ain Davis, took command. Dampier transferred to Captain Swan's ship, the ''Cygnet'', and on [[31 March...
32: ...rts'', and after a disagreement with Dampier, he opted to remain on the island. Selkirk's misgivings w...
37: ... profit. However, Dampier died in [[London]] in [[1715]] before he received his share. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
155: *[[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] ([[France]], [[1749]] &ndas...
240: *[[Benjamin Apthorp Gould]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1824]] &nda...
313: *[[Jacobus Kapteyn]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1851]] – [[1922]])
353: *[[Pierre Lemonnier]] ([[France]], [[1715]] – [[1799]])
472: *[[Ptolemy]] of Alexandria ([[Roman Egypt]], circa [[85]] – [[165]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
383: *[[ɴienne Bonnot de Condillac]], (1715-1780){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
409: *[[Christian August Crusius]], (1715-1775){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
468: *[[Humphry Ditton]], (1675-1715) - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
16: ...to send him to stay for nearly a year ([[1714]]-[[1715|15]]) with [[Louis de Caumartin]], marquis de [[S...
18: ...origin of the name has been much debated and attempts have been made to show that it existed in the Da...
26: ...sels]], where he met and quarrelled with [[Jean-Baptiste Rousseau]], went on to the Hague and then ret...
34: ...ent for the second time to the Bastille. He was kept in confinement a fortnight, and was then packed o...
42: ...d in England, was accepted for performance, but kept back for a time by the author; and he began the c... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
2: ...ox_image | image = [[Image:igdodo.jpg|200px]] | caption = }}
15: ...Dodo''' (''Raphus cucullatus'', called ''Didus ineptus'' by [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]]), more commo...
17: ==Description==
24: ... speak of the birds "greedy" appetite. Thus, in captivity with its ready availability of food, the bir...
35: ...th a 95% [[confidence interval]] of [[1688]] to [[1715]]. - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
11: ...s their first performance, shown initially on [[September 15]] [[1752]]. Persecuted by [[religious int...
21: ...a of this period is ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'', adapted by [[H. J. Conway]] from the novel by [[Harriet... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...times specifically refer to the 18th century as [[1715]]-[[1789]], denoting the period of time between t...
20: * [[1715]]: [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] dies - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ... Aileen| title=Dress in Eighteenth-Century Europe 1715-1789 (revised edition)|publisher=Yale University ...
21: * [[1702]]-[[1715]]: [[Camisard|Camisard Rebellion]] in [[France]].
27: * [[1707]]: [[Mount Fuji]] erupts in Japan.
40: ...: First [[Jacobite rising#The Rebellion/Rising of 1715 ('The Fifteen')|Jacobite rebellion]] breaks out
41: * [[1715]]: [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] dies, leavin...
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