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- Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
1: [[Image:Annaioannovnarussia1693-2.jpg|thumb|H.I.M. Anna Ivanovna, Empress and Aut...
3: ...] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
5: ==Ascension to the throne==
7: ...nemies to indulge in a love affair with [[Count Biron]] for many years.
10: ... articles that limited her power. However, these proved a minor inconvenience to her, and soon she est... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ... however, govern the realm when her husband was abroad fighting wars.
13: ...69]], but Mary and Anne had a [[Protestantism | Protestant]] upbringing, pursuant to the command of C...
15: ...ing that it would improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William marri...
20: ...the boy was "suppositions," having been secretly brought in as a substitute for the Queen's stillborn ...
22: ...is wife's position as the heiress to the English Crown, and feared that she would become more powerful... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...blic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
26: ...nia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack ...
31: ...eventually became the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[Europe]].
33: ...tion]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]].
37: ...n. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[Continental Congress]] a... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
37: established_dates = From [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugos...
40: time_zone= [[Central European Time|CET]] |
42: time_zone_DST= [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |
52: ...e west, the [[Adriatic Sea]] to the southwest, [[Croatia]] to the south and east, [[Hungary]] to the n...
54: ...2004]]. It is also a member of the [[Council of Europe]], [[NATO]], and has observer status in [[La Fr... - Salem witch trials (12402 bytes)
1: ...g|right|thumb|400px|1876 illustration of the courtroom]]
2: ...of scores more. [[Witch trial]]s were held in [[Europe]] several hundred years before those in Salem. ...
6: ... Massachusetts|Ipswich]], [[Rowley, Massachusetts|Rowley]], [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]], ...
9: ...e floor. Not a single doctor the Rev. Mr. Parris brought forth could tell what ailed the girls, and at...
11: ... a bedridden elderly woman who had gotten on the wrong side of the Putnams when she cheated her first ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: ...rge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
29: ...r]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [[Bessemer process]]
36: ...63;]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
40: ..., [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...wton's laws of motion|laws of motion]], laid the groundwork for [[classical mechanics]]. Newton also s...
4: ...n the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
19: .... As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss Storey married someone else....
25: ...ater life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events.
29: ...thod" were superior, and were generally adopted throughout the English-speaking world. (Curiously, in ... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
2: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...lightenment]] period. Locke has been placed in a group called the [[British Empiricists]], which inclu...
6: ...n in [[Wrington]], [[Somerset]], about ten miles from [[Bristol]], [[England]], in [[1632]]. His fath...
8: ...irtuosi as [[Robert Boyle]], [[Thomas Willis]], [[Robert Hooke]] and [[Richard Lower]]. In [[1666]], ...
12: ...lf) to remove the cyst. Shaftesbury survived and prospered, crediting Locke with saving his life. - Dodo (9332 bytes)
12: ... | binomial_name = Raphus cucullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: ...is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
20: Nevertheless, from artists' renditions we know that the dodo had bl...
22: ...e ever supported flight and it is believed these ground-bound birds evolved to take advantage of an is...
24: ...ipe fruits at the end of the wet season to live through the dry season where food was scarce; contempo... - List of extinct animals (3267 bytes)
2: ...ical orders are extinct, e.g. [[dinosaur]]s, [[pterosaur]]s and [[ammonite]]s. Many of these orders we...
10: ===[[Europe]], incomplete list===
12: * [[Zebro]] or Encebra (XV Century, Spain)
13: * [[Aurochs]] (1627, Poland)
38: * [[Dodo]] (1693) - Sicily (18450 bytes)
6: governor = Salvatore Cuffaro <br/>(''[[House of Freedoms]]'') |
8: ...]]<br />[[Province of Syracuse|Syracuse]]<br />[[Province of Trapani|Trapani]] |
24: ...s include [[Cefal?[[Taormina]], [[Bronte, Sicily|Bronte]], [[Marsala]], [[Corleone]], [[Castellammare ...
30: ...,900 ft) high, making it the tallest volcano in Europe. It is also one of the world's most active vol...
34: ...altanissetta]] district became a leading sulphur-producing area in the [[1800s|19th century]], but hav... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[...
18: *[[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] ([[Germany]], [[1912]] – [[1954]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &n...
23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]]) - Dodos (9122 bytes)
12: ... | binomial_name = Raphus cucullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
15: ...is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
20: Nevertheless, from artists' renditions we know that the dodo had bl...
22: ...e ever supported flight and it is believed these ground-bound birds evolved to take advantage of an is...
24: ...ipe fruits at the end of the wet season to live through the dry season where food was scarce; contempo...
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