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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
9: ... of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] on [[6 February]] [[1952]]. She is the longest serving current...
15: Elizabeth was born at 21 Bruton Street in [[Mayfair]], [[London]] on [[21 Apri...
20: ...]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury...
46: ...]] (Andrew Albert Christian Edward) (born [[19 February]] [[1960]]), married ([[23 July]] [[1986]]) an...
55: ...ord arrived of the death of her father, on [[6 February]] [[1952]]. At the exact moment of [[successio... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...Ireland]] on [[8 March]] [[1702]]. On [[1 May]] [[1707]], when England and Scotland combined into a sing...
10: ...hat Scotland would co-operate. The [[Act of Union 1707]] (which united England and Scotland into Great B...
17: ...on to Roman Catholicism became public. On the instructions of Charles II, however, Anne and her sister...
19: ...ffered to, and accepted by, William and Mary, who ruled as joint monarchs. The [[Bill of Rights 1689]]...
24: ... government. Still, she did not win the complete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from makin... - Apple (20408 bytes)
16: ...], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of the species ''M. domestic...
27: ...egree than other tree fruit, except possibly [[citrus]], apples store for months while still retaining...
32: ...allow [[pesticide]]s to penetrate the top of the fruit), and popular flavor.
34: ... to discover; apple conservation campaigns have sprung up around the world to preserve such local heir...
48: *'[[Duchess of Oldenburg]]': [[Russia]] (1700) - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
62: ...formed by the [[Act of Union 1707|Act of Union of 1707]], it was customary to refer officially to Scotla...
69: ...a time when Scotland was on the brink of economic ruin and was deeply unpopular with the broader Scott...
111: ...the UK debated giving Ireland [[home rule]]. Home rule was given to [[Northern Ireland]] in 1920: it w...
113: ...ently suspended. Unlike federalism, however, home rule parliaments have no constitutional status or ri...
155: ... may all be taken as precedent - indeed the last true war in which the British military fought alone w... - Spain (36498 bytes)
62: ...C the [[Carthaginians]] arrived in Iberia while struggling with the Greeks for control of the Western ...
73: ... to the 15th centuries, the Iberian peninsula was ruled by Muslims who had crossed over from North Afr...
85: ...nd the first Borbon king [[Philip V of Spain]] in 1707 cancelled the Aragon court and changed the title ...
95: ... forces in [[1939]], General [[Francisco Franco]] ruled a nation exhausted politically and economicall...
118: ...constitution that was signed in October 2004. The rules states that if any country rejects the constit... - 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]]) - 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...
18: ...e see the [[Act of Union 1707|Act of Union]] of [[1707]], though the office of King of England and King ...
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. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
13: *[[1700]] - [[Russia]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
14: *[[1707]] - [[John V of Portugal|John V]] is crowned King...
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
27: ...dinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the [[Panama Canal]]. - Prague (7962 bytes)
52: ...ng many theaters including: National Theatre, The Rudolfinum (home to the [[Czech Philharmonic Orchest...
63: ...h Technical University]] (ČVUT) founded in [[1707]]
67: Public transport infrastructure consists of [[Prague Metro|three metro lines...
69: ...rague is served by [[Ruzyne International Airport|Ruzyně International Airport]], which is the hu... - History of India (31279 bytes)
11: ... century BC]], of the [[Chola]] dynasty that then ruled in the South. They were followed in the next t...
14: ...nning of the second millennium, much of India was ruled by the [[Delhi Sultanate]], and later, by the ...
20: ...ence]], resulted in India coming under the direct rule of the British crown.
23: ... followed. India gained independence from British rule on [[August 15]] [[1947]], later becoming a [[r...
40: ...el society is evident, complete with hierarchical rule and large scale public works (irrigation, etc.)... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
15: ...was developing steam engines. In [[1707]] he constructed a paddle-powered boat, but whether it was ful...
21: From [[1784]] [[James Rumsey]] built a pump-driven boat (water-jet) that s...
37: ...in operation on the inland [[Loch Lomond]], a forerunner of the lake steamers that still grace the [[S...
40: ...] in the world. This ship sails a full season of cruises every year from places around [[United Kingdo...
49: ...east coast of the [[United States]] began on [[February 28]], [[1849]] with the arrival of the [[SS C... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
7: ...he pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the Caribbean.
9: ...an and 36 others behind, the rest of the pirates cruised to [[Manila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]], t...
20: ...'' foundered near [[Ascension Island]] on [[21 February]] [[1701]] and the crew were marooned there fo...
24: ... his return Dampier was [[court-martial]]led for cruelty. On the outward voyage Dampier had crewman Ge...
34: Dampier returned to England in [[1707]] and in [[1709]] his ''A Continuation of a Voyag... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
12: ...braham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
22: *[[Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
62: ...igory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - ) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
120: *[[Averroes]] (or ''Ibn Rushd''), (1126-1198){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
158: *[[Bruno Bauer]], (1809-1882){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
231: *[[Rudjer Boscovich]], (1711-1787){{fn|C}}
257: *[[Constantin Brunner]], (1862-1937)
258: *[[Emil Brunner]], (1889-1966){{fn|R}} - Praseodymium (9138 bytes)
53: | [[Crystal structure]]
62: | 1204 [[Kelvin|K]] (1707.8 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]]) - Centrifuge (2358 bytes)
7: English military engineer [[Benjamin Robins]] (1707-1751) invented a whirling arm apparatus to determ... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
11: ... Bach began copying music and playing various instruments at an early age.
13: ...n Christoph Bach]], who was the organist of [[Ohrdruf]]. While in his brother's house, Bach continued ...
17: ... practical experience with the innards of the instrument would provide a unique counterpoint to his un...
19: ...He was also influenced by the work of [[Nicholas Bruhns]]. Shortly after graduation (Bach completed La...
22: ...h; available to keyboard musicians when their instruments are tuned according to [[Andreas Werckmeiste... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...'Leonhard Euler''' [oi'lər] ([[April 15]], [[1707]] - [[September 18]], [[1783]]) was a [[Ancien R...
10: Leonhard Euler was born on [[April 15]], [[1707]] as the son of a [[Lutheran]] minister in [[Base...
12: ...t Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] by [[Catherine I of Russia]] and became professor of [[physics]] in [[17...
14: ...hese children, however, were in high positions in Russia in the 19th century.
16: ...refore he returned to St. Petersburg in 1766, now ruled by [[Catherine II]], where he would remain for... - Carolus Linnaeus (8550 bytes)
2: ...]]ized name '''Carolus Linnaeus''' ([[May 23]], [[1707]] – [[January 10]], [[1778]]), was a [[Swed...
11: ... ''[[Physalis angulata]]''. Higher taxa were constructed and arranged in a simple and orderly manner. ...
13: Linnaeus named taxa in ways that personally struck him as common-sensical; for example, human bein...
27: ...ed with establishing the idea of a hierarchical structure of classification based upon observable char...
34: *Linnaeus was instrumental in the development of the [[Celsius]] (then...
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