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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...tria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[Habsburg Empire]] from [[1740]]-[[178...
4: ...tedly one of the most powerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...1713]] Charles issued the [[Pragmatic Sanction of 1713|Pragmatic Sanction]] which guaranteed his daughte...
12: ...). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [[King o...
14: ...). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [[King o... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
1: ...I.M. Ekaterina I, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias]]
3: ...25]] until her death. With Peter, she was also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his death in the next year...
5: ...s a servant to minister Gluck of [[Marienburg]]. Russian forces captured the city, she was captured a...
7: ...d in childhood except for Anna and [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta]].
10: *[[Empress]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]] - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known a...
5: ...nged conventions regarding [[novel]]s and their structure and content, while also examining [[philosop...
27: ...rs were to Diderot years not merely of incessant drudgery, but of harassing persecution, and of injury...
29: ...that the dangerous ideas they held were now made truly formidable by their open publication. In 1759 t...
31: ... fearing the displeasure of the government, had struck out from the proof sheets, after they had left ... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: '''Anne''' ([[6 February]] [[1665]]–[[1 August]][[1714]]) became ...
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...
47: ... majority was unassailable, but the same was not true in the [[House of Lords]]. To block the peace pl... - Canada (35540 bytes)
6: ...the world and the second largest in area (after [[Russia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], its terr...
18: ...uage of [[Quebec]] and is widely spoken in [[New Brunswick]].
46: ...align=left|[[New Brunswick]]||[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]]
90: ...sular [[Nova Scotia]] in the [[Treaty of Utrecht (1713)]] and the remainder of [[New France]] including ...
92: ...e Loyalists, Britain created the colony of [[New Brunswick]] in [[1784]] and divided Quebec into [[Low... - 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]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
10: ...een Anne's War ends with the [[Treaty of Utrecht (1713)|Treaty of Utrecht]] - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
14: ...xioms, reached its height with [[Baruch Spinoza|Baruch (Benedictus de) Spinoza]]'s Ethics, which expou...
18: ...y, where belief is that human beings apprehend a truth that is more provisional, but in that era it wa...
22: ...uman terms. The quest for the expression of this truth would lead to a series of philosophical works w...
24: The focus on law, involving the separation of rules from the particulars of behavior or experience...
39: ...For [[Voltaire]] « ''Écrasez l'infâme!'' » ("Crush Infamy!") would be a battle cry for the ideal o... - 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... - Blackbeard (5955 bytes)
2: ...el, [[Queen Anne's Revenge]], is believed to have run ashore near what is now Beaufort's Inlet, North ...
6: ...the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] ([[1701]]-[[1713]]), and later served aboard a Jamaican ship comma...
10: ...]] and the Atlantic coast of [[North America]]. A running duel with the British 30-gunned man-of-war [...
18: ...tain of the [[HMS Pearl|HMS ''Pearl'']], with instructions to hunt down and destroy Blackbeard. [[Mayn...
22: ...; impostors found an ample basis in these current rumors for schemes of delusion. His ship is believ... - 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]],... - 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}} - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswi...
15: ...ublius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle...
35: ...Kingdom (Empire) of the Germans ("Regnum Teutonicorum") was applied to the Frankish kingdom.
41: ...Cluniac]] reform of the Church - the [[Peace and Truce of God|Peace of God]], the prohibition of simon...
46: ...tween 1096 and 1291 was the age of the [[Crusade|crusades]]. Knightly religious orders were establishe... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
42: |[[Crystal structure]] || Cubic face centered
175: ...ilip V]] to join a geographical expedition in [[Peru]] that lasted from 1735 to 1745. Among other thin... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswi...
15: ...ublius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle...
35: ...Kingdom (Empire) of the Germans ("Regnum Teutonicorum") was applied to the Frankish kingdom.
41: ...Cluniac]] reform of the Church - the [[Peace and Truce of God|Peace of God]], the prohibition of simon...
46: ...tween 1096 and 1291 was the age of the [[Crusade|crusades]]. Knightly religious orders were establishe... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...historical movements, the "long" 18th century may run from the [[Glorious Revolution]] of [[1688]] to ...
15: ...he [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]].
17: * [[1700]]-[[1721|21]]: [[Russia]] supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Balt...
22: ...unded by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russia]]n [[Capital (political)|capital]] until [[19...
27: * [[1707]]: [[Mount Fuji]] erupts in Japan. - September 23 (7397 bytes)
5: ...ong-distance race (run by [[Phidippides (Marathon runner)|Phidippides]])
16: ...Revolt) occurs in [[Puerto Rico]] against Spanish rule.
20: *[[1922]] - [[Gdynia]] Seaport Construction Act passed by the [[Poland|Polish]] parliam...
41: *[[1713]] - King [[Ferdinand VI of Spain]]
70: *[[1949]] - [[Bruce Springsteen]], singer, songwriter
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