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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.
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...
15: ...ng issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1765; [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduke of Austria]], [[King of H... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
5: ...nged conventions regarding [[novel]]s and their structure and content, while also examining [[philosop...
7: ...suits]], and became a bookseller in [[Paris]]. In 1743 he married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Rom...
10: ...a translation of Stanyan's ''History of Greece'' (1743); with two colleagues he produced a translation o...
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... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...izaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
3: ...sburg]]. Generally, she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow Germans i...
7: ...ghter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine I of Russia|Martha Skavronskaya]], was born at [[Kolomens...
13: ...I]], who was rumoured to be her lover. The [[Dolgorukov]]s, who supplanted Menshikov and hated the mem...
15: ...nus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled herself with a handsome youn... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...7th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
3: ...inction is made between carpet (or carpeting) and rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixe...
5: ...[Image:Carpet.png|350px|thumb|Contemporary Afghan Rug]]
12: ...s of a sturdy fabric such as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]].
14: ...upplementary weft cut-loop pile''' carpet), the structural weft threads alternate with a supplementary... - 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... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[April 13]], [[1743]]
18: '''Thomas Jefferson''' ([[April 13]], [[1743]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the third ([[...
23: ...;[[August 17]], [[1757]]) and Jane Randolph ([[February 20]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), ...
39: ...dential election, 1800]]. It was resolved on [[February 17]], [[1801]] when Jefferson was elected Pres...
123: ...erect and sinewy. He had angular features, a very ruddy complexion, sandy hair and hazel-flecked, grey... - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ... land frontiers with [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and [[Russia]] and a maritime border with [[Estonia]]. The...
33: | style="vertical-align: top;" | From [[Russia]]<br/>[[6 December]] [[1917]]<br/>[[22 Decemb...
51: ...by founds of [[flint]] from South Scandinavia and Russia, [[chisel]]s from [[Lake Onega]], and spearhe...
53: ...tensive contacts with [[Scandinavia]], Northern [[Russia]] and the Baltic region. There is not much wr...
57: ...ea — both in domestic Swedish debate and in Russian propaganda promising "liberation from Swedis... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Mount Rushmore State |
50: ...U.S. state trees|State tree]]:''' Black Hills [[Spruce]]
51: ....S. state nicknames|State nicknames]]:''' [[Mount Rushmore]] State
82: ...itory tripled. The last major incident in this struggle occurred on December 29, 1890 at [[Wounded Kn...
87: *[[Mount Rushmore]] - 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]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
13: *[[1700]] - [[Russia]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
27: ...dinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the [[Panama Canal]].
31: *[[1899]] - [[Spain|Spanish]] rule ends in [[Cuba]]. - 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... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
61: *[[Alexander Naumovich Frumkin]], (1895-1976), electrochemist
104: *[[Antoine Lavoisier]], (1743-1794), French pioneer chemist
138: *[[Rudolph Pariser]], (born 1923), [[theoretical chemis...
161: *[[Leopold Ruzicka]], (1887-1976), [[1939]] [[Nobel Prize in Ch...
196: ...iley]], (1844-1930), US [[chemist]], Pure food & drug advocate - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
13: ...5]]), Ann ([[January 5]], [[1687]]), Joseph ([[February 5]], [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[168...
17: ...), Mary ([[September 26]], [[1694]]), James ([[February 4]], [[1697]]), Sarah ([[July 9]], [[1699]]), ...
23: ...ibuted many essays. The Gazette gave Franklin a forum for agitating for a variety of local reforms. H...
27: ...]] partly contributed to the American colonies' struggle to maintain their privileges.
34: ...n to concern himself more with public affairs. In 1743, he set forth a scheme for an Academy, which open... - 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}} - Celsius (3635 bytes)
18: ... Elvius from Sweden (1710), a Christian of Lyons (1743), and the botanist [[Carolus Linnaeus]] (1740); a... - Holmium (7766 bytes)
52: | [[Crystal structure]]
61: | 1743 [[Kelvin|K]] (2678 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
147: ...um]]. Its estimated abundance in the [[Earth]]'s crust is 1.3 milligrams per kilogram. - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
12: ...uneuf]], a friend of François' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and ...
18: ...d to 'v' and 'j' to 'i' according to the ordinary rules of the game.
20: ...w between parties assisting its success. It had a run of forty-five nights and brought the author not ...
22: ...his second play, ''Artemire'', was produced in February [[1720]]. It was a failure, and though it was...
26: ...tists were still in full session, journeyed to [[Brussels]], where he met and quarrelled with [[Jean-B...
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