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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...
10: ...esbury's ''Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Merit'' (1745), with some original notes of his own. He compose...
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 ... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
20: *[[Minoru Yamasaki|Yamasaki, Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
37: *[[Yury Yarov|Yarov, Yury]], (born 1942), Russian politician, former deputy prime minister and...
40: *[[Lev Yashin|Yashin, Lev]], ([[1929]]-[[1990]]), Russian football goalkeeper
56: ...igory Yavlinsky|Yavlinsky, Grigory]] (born 1952), Russian economist and politician
68: ... Yegorov|Yegorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut - 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]]
114: *[[Rudolf Hell]], (1901-2002)
115: *[[John Philip Holland]], (1840-1914) — "true" submarine - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
72: ...ent]] else the oxide layer will break down and be ruptured, causing the capacitor to fail. In addition...
90: *Those that use a mechanical construction to change the distance between the plates, o...
95: * In process industry instruments,some types of pressure transmitter use a cap...
142: ...e|Ancient Greeks]] knew how to generate sparks by rubbing balls of [[amber]] on spindles. This is the...
144: ...nvented the first recorded capacitor in October [[1745]]. It was a glass jar coated inside and out with ... - Electricity (13894 bytes)
6: ... light objects such as [[hair]], and that if they rubbed the amber for long enough, they could even ge...
10: ...University]] by [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] in [[1745]]. [[William Watson (scientist)|William Watson]]...
31: ...d other [[electronic music|electronic musical instrument]]s, and the [[spark plug]]s in [[automobile]]... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
3: ...acques-Étienne Montgolfier''' ([[January 6]], [[1745]] – [[August 2]], [[1799]]), [[inventor|inve... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
7: ...himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade]].
14: ...Paris]], a [[Paris_Commune|socialist]] government rules the city.
19: ...e]] emigrates to France. Famine kills millions of Russians.
35: *[[1971]] - A landslide at [[Chungar]], [[Peru]] crashes into [[Lake Yanahuani]] killing 200.
37: *[[1980]] - On [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]] in [[Russia]] 50 persons were killed at an explosion of a... - 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 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]],... - 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... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: '''Samuel Hearne''' ([[1745]] – November [[1792]]), [[England|English]]...
5: ...esertion of his Indians; his second (from [[23 February]] [[1770]]) through the breaking of his quadra... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
42: |[[Crystal structure]] || Cubic face centered
175: ...l expedition in [[Peru]] that lasted from 1735 to 1745. Among other things, Ulloa observed the ''platina... - 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... - 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... - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
8: ...r synthetic [[dye]]s, as well as the widely used drug [[aspirin]]. The discovery also contributed grea...
14: ...therford]], who established the study of the substructure of the atom as a branch of [[physics]], but ...
20: ...l as, eventually, in understanding the internal structure of atoms as discussed above) was [[Dmitri Me...
27: ...[[1920s]], Rutherford's studies of the internal structure of atoms, [[Henry Moseley|Moseley]]'s attend...
29: ...l development of the new subatomic physics as did Rutherford's work. - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
5: Its culture played a crucial role in the [[Achaemenid]] [[Persian Empire]]...
19: ...ification with the culture of [[Sumer]] of the [[Uruk period]]. [[Proto-Elamite]] influence from the [...
21: ... this was done through a federated governmental structure.
34: ...racteristic of early Elamite history. These early rulers were succeeded by the Awan (Shustar) dynasty.
36: ... c. 1750 BCE) was not to be denied, and Elam was crushed in 1764 BCE. - 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. - Leyden jar (3953 bytes)
12: ... Greeks used balls of amber on spindles that they rubbed to generate sparks. This is the [[triboelectr...
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22: A Leyden jar is constructed out of a plastic cup nested between two snugl...
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