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- 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. ... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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]... - 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... - 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... - 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]]) - 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 [... - 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=== - 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]]) - 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]] - 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... - 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). - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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] - 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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