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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...
22: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Johanna (1750-1762)
37: ...ted from her people. Her focus changed from attempting to regain Silesia, to maintaining the peace. ... - 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]].
10: ...abeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]] - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[November 6]], [[1796]]. A co...
5: ... coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to hav...
9: ...gislative commission representing all classes except the [[serf]]s was created to make this document t...
21: ... [[Ottoman Empire]] ([[1768]]-[[1774]]). She attempted to partition the Ottoman Empire's European hold... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...th''', was an Empress of [[Russia]] ([[1741]] - [[1762]]) who took the country into the [[War of Austria...
25: ...most often, a wise suspense of judgment under exceptionally difficult circumstances; and to this may b...
31: ...Russia's proper system. Hence the reiterated attempts of [[Frederick the Great]] and [[Louis XV]] to g...
39: ...began with a fainting-fit at [[Tsarskoe Selo]] (September 19, 1757), nor the fall of Bestuzhev (Februa...
49: ... was the death of the Russian empress (January 5, 1762). - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
13: ...er sister Johanna-Gabriella died of smallpox in [[1762]], Maria-Antonia became the next child to be invo...
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...
95: ...鰨, was terminally ill with [[tuberculosis|consumption]]. The child's condition deteriorated and Mari... - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
53: ..., Terrebone, LaFourche, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St.Bo St. Charles, Jefferson, Orleans, St. B...
66: ...[Spain]] by the [[Treaty of Fountainebleau]] of [[1762]].
70: ... [[Treaty of San Ildefonso]], although this was kept secret for some two years.
78: ...on on [[January 26]], [[1861]]. New Orleans was captured by Federal troops on [[April 25]], [[1862]]. ...
97: ...ot occur annually, and they may be said to be exceptional. With the maintenances of strong levees the... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
35: ... BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
40: * [[Cement]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
41: ... River [[boat]]s in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]] - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
32: ...eld. In the undecided [[Battle of Tornow]] on [[September 25]], a Swedish army repulsed six assaults b...
36: ...at the [[Battle of Marburg]], but the Austrians captured [[Glatz]] in Silesia. In the [[Battle of Lieg...
38: ...red more area in Pomerania, while the Austrians captured [[Schweidnitz]].
40: ...f fortune was already at hand. On [[5 January]] [[1762]] the [[Elizabeth of Russia|Tsarina]] died, and h...
42: ...[Battle of Freiberg]], fought on [[29 October]] [[1762]]. - 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)
157: *[[Samuel Morey]], (1762-1843) — internal combustion engine
211: ...provided an influential formalisation of the concept of [[algorithm]] and computation: the [[Turing ma...
242: ...–1995) was the inventor of the Bell [[helicopter]] - 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... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...t was thwarted, but Arnold successfully avoided capture by Continental forces. Shortly thereafter, he...
6: ...siness dealings drifted into smuggling - in contempt of the customs laws of the Crown. He married Marg...
9: ... (American Revolution)|Committee of Safety]] to capture [[Fort Ticonderoga]] on [[Lake Champlain]]. Th...
10: ...len]], who had a commission from Connecticut to capture the same fort and who did not care that Arnold...
15: ...sfully attacked Montreal (but Allen was himself captured), while Arnold led an [[Arnold Expedition|exp... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
9: ... Josiah Franklin, was born at [[Ecton]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]...
17: ...7]]), Sarah ([[July 9]], [[1699]]), Ebenezer ([[September 20]], [[1701]]), Thomas ([[December 7]], [[1...
23: ...o to [[London]] where, finding Keith's promises empty, he again worked as a compositor in a printer's ...
27: ...and Franklin felt that this [[enlightenment (concept)|enlightenment]] partly contributed to the Americ...
44: ... storms travel'', eventually leading to the ''synoptic charts'' of ''dynamic meteorology'', replacing ... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
92: ...[James Bradley]] ([[England]], [[1693]] – [[1762]])
155: *[[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] ([[France]], [[1749]] &ndas...
240: *[[Benjamin Apthorp Gould]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1824]] &nda...
313: *[[Jacobus Kapteyn]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1851]] – [[1922]])
340: ...uis de Lacaille]] ([[France]], [[1713]] – [[1762]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
160: *[[Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten]], (1714-1762){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
345: *[[Tasan Ch?Yagyong]], (1762-1836){{fn|R}} - 18th century (8231 bytes)
40: * [[1762]]-[[1796|96]]: Reign of [[Catherine II of Russia|... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
27: * [[1707]]: [[Mount Fuji]] erupts in Japan.
47: * [[1719]]: Spanish attempt to restart the [[Jacobite rising#The Rebellion/Ri...
88: * [[1740]]: British attempt to capture [[St. Augustine, Florida]] but lose to the Spa...
94: ...t the [[Jacobite Rising#1744 French invasion attempt|Jacobite rebellion]] fails
105: ...English and English allies. The North American chapter of the [[Seven Years' War]]. - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
16: * [[1762]]: [[Iron smelting process]]: [[Jared Eliot]]
24: * [[1779]]: [[Spinning mule]]: [[Samuel Crompton]]
37: * [[1793]]: [[Optical telegraph]]: [[Claude Chappe]] - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
7: ... [[Anna Maria Pertl Mozart]]. He was [[baptism|baptized]] on the day after his birth at [[St. Rupert'...
15: ...ghout [[Europe]], beginning with an exhibition in 1762 at the Court of the Elector of [[Bavaria]] in [[M...
19: ...artini|G.B. Martini]] in [[Bologna]], and was accepted as a member of the famous ''[[Accademia Filarmo...
21: In September of 1777, accompanied only by his mother, Moz...
43: ... Frieselfieber" ("severe miliary fever"), a description that does not suffice to identify the cause as... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
48: ...rought-iron fences, monumental and decorative sculptures. The Neva River itself, together with its ma...
58: ...aces is the baroque [[Winter Palace]] (1754–1762), a huge building with dazzlingly luxurious inter...
62: ...nd the [[Yelagin Palace]] (1818–1822), a sumptuous summer [[dacha]] of the imperial family, situ...
70: ...g [[onion dome|onion spires]], this church is exceptional in the city with its onion-shaped tower.
74: ...0.jpg Naval Cathedral] of St Nicholas (1753–1762), a lofty structure dedicated to the [[Russian Na...
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