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- Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
1: ...M. Anna Ivanovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias, Duchess of Courland]]
3: ...[Courland]] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
7: ...w western [[Latvia]]) from 1711 to 1730, with the Russian resident, [[Bestuzhev-Ryumin|Peter Bestuzhev...
10: ...and soon she established herself as an autocratic ruler, using her popularity with the imperial guards...
17: ...her maids, dressed as clowns, in a specially constructed house of ice, where the bride caught a cold a... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...III of England|William III]], who became the sole ruler upon her death. Popular histories usually know...
15: ...rst, Charles II opposed the alliance with a Dutch ruler — he preferred that Mary marry the heir ...
24: ...gh some individuals proposed to make her the sole ruler, Mary, remaining loyal to her husband, refused...
26: On [[13 February]] 1689, Parliament passed the [[Declaration of...
31: ...g debates, require excessive [[bail]] or inflict cruel or unusual punishments. The Bill of Rights also... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
10: | date of birth=[[February 22]], [[1732]]
19: '''George Washington''', ([[February 22]], [[1732]] – [[December 14]], [[1799...
24: ... - as this paragraph says--> ([[old style]])/[[February 22]], [[1732]] ([[new style]]). His birthday i...
26: ...eemasonry|Freemason]] in Fredericksburg on [[4 February]] [[1752]]. On Lawrence's death in July [[1752...
49: ...itions and drilled during the spring under the [[Prussia|German]] [[Baron Friedrich von Steuben]], ste... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
148: ...venia can be considered one of the economic front-runners of the countries that joined the European Un...
157: ...otal population lives in urban areas, the rest in rural.
164: ... protestant reformer [[Primoz Trubar|Primož Trubar]] ([[1508]]-[[1586]]). It was actually two boo...
166: ... [[baron]] [[Janez Vajkard Valvasor]] ([[1641]]-[[1693]]).
184: ...ests ([[oak]] and [[beech]], in the mountains [[spruce]], [[fir]] and [[pine]]). The [[tree-line]] is ... - Salem witch trials (12402 bytes)
17: ...from being confiscated by the state, this is not true; the possessions of convicted witches were often...
22: The witch trials ended in January [[1693]], although people already jailed for witchcraft ...
154: *[[Arthur Miller|Miller, Arthur]], ''[[The Crucible]]'' — a play which implicitly compares...
161: * [[The Crucible]]
164: ...xplore/salemwitch.htm Salem Witch Trials and The Crucible] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
210: *[[Rush Brown]] ([[1948]]-)
211: *[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] ([[1568]]-[[1625]])
212: *[[Jan Brueghel the Younger]] ([[1601]]-[[1678]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787) —...
67: *[[Rudolf Diesel]], (1858-1913), [[Germany]] — [[...
103: * [[William Gruber]] — [[View-master]]
112: *[[John Harrison]], (1693-1776) — marine chronometer
114: *[[Rudolf Hell]], (1901-2002) - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
4: ...ity]]). He was the first to realise that the spectrum of [[color|colour]]s observed when [[white]] [[l...
27: ...finite Series''), and later in ''De methodis serierum et fluxionum'' (''On the Methods of Series and F...
36: ...lescope]]s, he was able to produce a superior instrument to the refracting telescope, due primarily to...
40: He once said, in a letter to Hooke dated [[5 February]] [[1676]]:
46: ... reason of it being then unknown; which makes me trust the more to his experiment, though I have not t... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
12: ...e advice of several physicians and was likely instrumental in persuading Shaftesbury to undergo an ope...
24: ...lieved, the national church could serve as an instrument for social harmony.
31: ... diversity. Locke also distinguishes between the truly existing ''primary qualities'' of bodies, like ...
37: ...its trust when the laws are violated or when the trust of prerogative is abused.
57: * (1693) ''Some Thoughts Concerning Education'' - Dodo (9332 bytes)
15: ...tius]]. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
22: The breast structure was insufficient to have ever supported flig...
24: ...asons, the dodo probably fattened itself on ripe fruits at the end of the wet season to live through t...
35: ...rkers, gives a new estimated extinction date of [[1693]], with a 95% [[confidence interval]] of [[1688]]...
47: ...hese birds were much closer taxonomically to the true [[Dove|pigeons]] than previously thought, and we... - List of extinct animals (3267 bytes)
38: * [[Dodo]] (1693)
63: ...awaiian honeycreeper|Akialoa]],''Hemignathus obscurus'' - Sicily (18450 bytes)
43: ... the Stretto di Messina, S.p.A. insists that construction is scheduled to commence in 2005 on the worl...
51: ...ilipp Hackert 006.jpg|thumb|Landscape with temple ruins on Sicily, [[Jacob Philipp Hackert]], 1778.]]
70: ...ny of the Sicilian cities to revolt against Roman rule. Rome sent troops to put down the rebellions (i...
72: ...ovince of the Roman Empire. It was something of a rural backwater, important chiefly for its grainfiel...
74: ...brief period ([[662]] - [[668]]) during Byzantine rule Syracuse was the imperial capital, until [[Cons... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
23: ...Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557]...
69: *[[Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky]] ([[Russia]], [[1883]] – [[1953]])
75: *[[Biruni]] ([[Persia]] [[973]] - [[1048]])
85: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]],... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
15: ...tius]]. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
22: The breast structure was insufficient to have ever supported flig...
24: ...asons, the dodo probably fattened itself on ripe fruits at the end of the wet season to live through t...
35: ...rkers, gives a new estimated extinction date of [[1693]], with a 95% [[confidence interval]] of [[1688]]...
48: ...hese birds were much closer taxonomically to the true [[Dove|pigeons]] than previously thought, and we...
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