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  1. Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
    8: ...ent of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
    12: ...hess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Arc...
    14: ...chess Marie Caroline (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Arc...
    26: ...of France]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Antonie (1755-1793); married [[Louis XVI of France|HM King Loui...
    37: ...ted from her people. Her focus changed from attempting to regain Silesia, to maintaining the peace. ...
  2. Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
    2: ...Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of...
    4: ... Hofburg Palace in [[Vienna]] on [[2 November]] [[1755]]. She was christened Maria-Antonia-Josepha-Johan...
    43: ...ortly after the coronation, Marie-Antoinette attempted to bring the [[duc de Choiseul]] back to court....
    61: ... entire country was standing on the edge of bankruptcy. [[Louis XIV]]'s wars with [[William III of Eng...
    71: ...nac]] was made the new princess' Governess. She kept this post even when Marie-Antoinette's three othe...
  3. Carpet (15753 bytes)
    48: ...y they were mostly used on walls and tables. Except in royal or ecclesiastical settings they were con...
    57: ...Thomas Moore]], 5 extant carpets), and Axminster (1755-1835, owned by [[Thomas Whitty]], numerous extant...
  4. George Washington (29551 bytes)
    33: ... to return to the Ohio Country for one year. In [[1755]], Washington returned, accompanying the [[Braddo...
    35: ... widow of [[Daniel Parker Custis]]. Washington adopted Custis's two children and never fathered any of...
    47: ...September 11]] and succeeded in his task. An attempt to dislodge the British, the [[Battle of Germanto...
    53: ...ender there was the effective end of British attempts to quell the Revolution. In [[March]] of [[1783]...
    62: ...heir labors. He adamantly enforced the secrecy adopted by the Convention during the summer. Many belie...
  5. John Adams (18716 bytes)
    24: ...early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events and impressions of men. The earlies...
    37: ...se resolutions before the Congress until their adoption on [[July 2]], [[1776]].
    39: ...cupied the foremost place in the debate on its adoption. Before this question had been disposed of, Ad...
    46: ... with Great Britain and again sent to Europe in September [[1779]]. The [[France|French]] government, ...
    64: ..., Jefferson had died a few hours earlier). His crypt lies at [[United First Parish Church]] (also know...
  6. Portugal (61755 bytes)
    31: ...nding loss of independence to Castile was not accepted by the majority of the Portuguese people, which...
    40: In [[1418]] two captains of Prince Henry the Navigator, were driven by...
    51: The [[1755 Lisbon earthquake]] and [[tsunami]], which killed...
    85: ...l Europe during Napoleon's era. The alliance is kept through [[NATO]], a military organisation in whic...
    93: ... mainland Portugal. Download an [http://www.igeoe.pt/downloads/500mil/500mil_24bits2.zip official map]...
  7. Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
    1: ...pg|right|140px|thumb|The Great Sphinx at Giza, Egypt. Image courtesy
    3: ... Egyptologists to have been built by [[ancient Egyptians]] about 4,500 years ago, on the [[Giza]] Plat...
    7: ==Description==
    9: ...eld]], so that when approching from [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], the Sphinx is seen in profile in front...
    11: ...dig, supervised by [[Giovanni Battista Caviglia|Captain Caviglia]], uncovered the Sphinx' chest comple...
  8. Vermont (39851 bytes)
    50: ...bed the "[[Northeast Kingdom]]") is known for exceptionally cold winters, often averaging more than te...
    64: ...settlers from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] under Captain Jacobus de Warm established the De Warm Stocka...
    66: ...ey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst|Jeffrey Amherst]] captured the fort. The French were driven out of the a...
    70: ...]]-Vermont border, a French fort constructed in [[1755]], was the site of two British offensives under L...
    78: ...ah West during a violent thunderstorm, and was adopted by the delegates after four days of debate. Thi...
  9. French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
    1: ... loss of all its possessions in North America except for some Caribbean islands and Saint Pierre and M...
    13: ...on led by [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's capital.
    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]])
  10. Comet (30542 bytes)
    3: ...ce. Comets typically move in highly [[ellipse|elliptical]] orbits, the [[aphelion|aphelia]] of which m...
    9: ...tational interactions, falling into extremely elliptical orbits that bring them very close to the [[Su...
    13: ...Cometorbit.png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]]
    17: ...d molecules. In these collisions, the ions will capture one or more electrons leading to emission of X...
    21: ... explain why comets get perturbed into highly elliptical orbits, including close approaches to other [...
  11. Dictionary (22415 bytes)
    8: ...ish Dictionary]]), whereas a dictionary that attempts to cover only a limited selection of words from ...
    14: ...language using a non-[[Roman alphabet|Roman]] script, entry words in the non-English language may eith...
    17: ...ey may be minimizing dictionaries, i.e. they attempt to cover only a limited number of the specialized...
    23: ... of the simplest concepts. From these, other concepts can be explained and defined, in particular for ...
    27: ===Prescription and description===
  12. 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]])
  13. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    76: *[[Oliver Evans]] (1755-1819) - [[amphibious vehicle]], amongst others
    211: ...provided an influential formalisation of the concept of [[algorithm]] and computation: the [[Turing ma...
    242: ...–1995) was the inventor of the Bell [[helicopter]]
  14. 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==
    18: ...[[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Museum]], were burned in 1755.
    24: ... speak of the birds "greedy" appetite. Thus, in captivity with its ready availability of food, the bir...
  15. Earthquake (13859 bytes)
    5: ... a variety of agents of damage, including fault rupture, vibratory ground motion (i.e., shaking), inun...
    26: ...bed in terms of [[intensity]], a scale which attempts to quantify the severity of shaking at a given l...
    29: ...trophically undergoes a [[phase transition]] at depths greater than 600 km.
    30: ...uch quakes can be an early warning of volcanic eruptions. A rare few earthquakes have been associated ...
    50: *[[1755_Lisbon_earthquake|Lisbon earthquake]] (1755).
  16. Brine shrimp (4112 bytes)
    2: ... | image = [[Image:Artemia_salina.jpg|175px]] | caption = ''Artemia salina''}}
    27: ...rst discovered in [[Lymington]], [[England]] in [[1755]]. There are mixed views on whether all brine shr...
    39: ...reported in the ''[[Federal Register]]'' on [[7 September]], [[1995]] that this brine shrimp did not w...
  17. Tsunami (29462 bytes)
    2: ...e. [[Earthquake]]s, [[landslide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorite impact]]s all have t...
    10: ... such as an [[earthquake]], [[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. Howe...
    12: ...namis can be generated when the [[sea floor]] abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the overlying ...
    14: ...floor. Similarly, a violent submarine volcanic eruption can uplift the water column and generate a tsu...
    21: ...g.png|thumb|right|300px|There is a common misconception that tsunamis behave like wind-driven waves or...
  18. Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
    11: ...emains inescapable. Roman titles of power were adopted by successor states and other entities with imp...
    19: ...emed to threaten the republic - now placidly accepted one man rule.
    25: ...h remained the limits of Empire, with minimal exceptions, for the next four hundred years.
    33: ... achievement in the areas of poetry, history, sculpture and architecture. At the same time, a tremendo...
    40: ...[aerial surveys]], [[Epigraphy|epigraphic]] inscriptions on buildings, and Augustan [[Roman currency|c...
  19. Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
    1: ...dian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the Wilderness 1755]].''
    8: |caption=''Battle of the Wilderness'' by Kurz and Allis...
    56: ! Captured/<br>Missing
    60: ! Captured/<br>Missing
    157: ...tles/va046.htm National Park Service battle description]
  20. James Cook (14770 bytes)
    1: [[Image:captainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explo...
    8: ...et but declined the command of his own collier in 1755 on the eve of the [[Seven Years War]] to start ag...
    22: ...[[British colony]] in Australia. However, when Captain [[Arthur Phillip]] arrived with the First Flee...
    32: ...oseph Banks]] was a bigger hero. Banks even attempted to take command of Cook's second voyage, but re...
    34: ...Image:Cookroutes.PNG|frame|center|The routes of Captain James Cook's voyages. The first voyage is show...

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