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  1. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    7: ...aint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[United Kingdom|United...
    9: ...e of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but her title, Lord of Mann,...
    60: ...however, that like many of her predecessors she dislikes the Palace as a residence and considers [[Win...
    66: ... a strong sense of religious duty and takes seriously her Coronation Oath. This is one reason why it i...
    68: ...ret Thatcher]], whom she has said to "cordially dislike". She was thought to have very good relations ...
  2. Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
    9: *Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna ([[1708]]-[[1728]])
  3. Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
    10: ...United Kingdom|Parliament of England]] passed legislation allowing the Crown to pass to the House of [...
    40: ...was compelled to accept Harley's resignation in [[1708]]. A group of five Whigs&mdash;Lord Sunderland, [...
    42: ...usband, Prince George of Denmark, died in October 1708. His leadership of the [[Admiralty]] was unpopula...
    57: ... and a decrease in the influence of the Crown. In 1708, Anne became the last British Sovereign to withho...
    64: ...he arms of England and Scotland, which had previously been in different quarters, were "impaled," or p...
  4. George Washington (29551 bytes)
    26: ...1693]] - [[April 12]], [[1743]]) and Mary Ball ([[1708]] - [[August 25]], [[1789]]) were of [[England|En...
    43: ...sive there. Washington lost the [[Battle of Long Island]] on [[August 22]] but managed to retreat, sav...
    47: ...r 11]] and succeeded in his task. An attempt to dislodge the British, the [[Battle of Germantown]], fa...
    51: ...them there, Washington's forces moved to [[Rhode Island]], where he commanded military operations unti...
    62: ...rt convinced many, including the [[Virginia]] legislature, to support the [[U.S. Constitution|Constitu...
  5. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
    18: ...itect]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], [[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[Univer...
    23: ...n's parents were Peter Jefferson ([[March 29]], [[1708]]&ndash;[[August 17]], [[1757]]) and Jane Randolp...
    25: ...t R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the ...
    68: *Abolition of the external [[slave trade]] in [[1808]]
    123: ...-one-half inches (189 cm) in height, large-boned, slim, erect and sinewy. He had angular features, a v...
  6. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    54: ...is [[Northern Ireland]], which is located on the island of [[Ireland|Ireland]].
    58: ...Six counties in the north-eastern portion of the island, meanwhile, remained a part of the United King...
    62: ...] (often also including its smaller neighbouring islands, though never Ireland). Politically, the term...
    64: ...the Irish case since 1922. An alternative, the ''Islands of the North Atlantic'' (IONA) has been propo...
    74: ...f of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witn...
  7. Maryland (22654 bytes)
    47: ...and was the seat of the colonial government until 1708. After [[Virginia]] made the practice of Anglica...
    51: In 1708 the seat of government was moved to Providence, r...
    55: ...le 24 of that document outlawed the practice of [[slavery]]. The right to vote was not, however, exten...
    63: ...tive branch|executive]], [[legislative branch|legislative]], and [[judicial branch|judicial]]. Unlike...
    77: ... features of Delmarva is Maryland's [[Assateague Island]], on the Atlantic, with its herd of wild poni...
  8. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    84: *[[Ludolf Bakhuysen]] ([[1631]]-[[1708]])
    115: *[[Pompeo Girolamo Batoni]] ([[1708]]-[[1787]])
    125: *[[Zdzislaw Beksinski]] ([[1929]]-)
    131: *[[George Wesley Bellows]] ([[1882]]-[[1925]])
    302: *[[Boleslaw Cybis]] ([[1895]]-[[1957]])
  9. William Dampier (7308 bytes)
    9: ...nila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]], the [[Spice Islands]], and [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland]...
    11: ... shipmates were marooned on one of the [[Nicobar Islands]]. They built a small craft and sailed it to ...
    18: ...rait]] between these islands (now the [[Bismarck Islands]]) and New Guinea.
    20: ... England, ''Roebuck'' foundered near [[Ascension Island]] on [[21 February]] [[1701]] and the crew wer...
    32: ...greement with Dampier, he opted to remain on the island. Selkirk's misgivings were fully justified: ''...
  10. Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
    17: ...([[January 6]], [[1706]]), Lydia ([[August 8]], [[1708]]), and Jane ([[March 27]], [[1712]]).
    38: ...cribed (as it would have been [http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/kite.html dramatic but fatal]). Instead he u...
    48: ... obtained a charter from the [[Pennsylvania]] legislature to establish a hospital. [[Pennsylvania Hos...
    73: ...his return from France in [[1785]], he became a [[slavery]] [[abolitionist]] who eventually became pre...
    89: ...a result, $100 bills are sometimes referred to in slang as "Benjamins" or "Franklins". From [[1948]] t...
  11. March 23 (10340 bytes)
    8: *[[1708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the ...
    24: ...he Annual General Convention of the [[All India Muslim League]].
    25: ...an]], [[Japan]]ese forces capture the [[Anadaman Islands]].
    26: *[[1956]] - [[Pakistan]] becomes the first [[Islamic republic]] in the world.
    45: *[[1754]] - Baron [[Jurij Vega]], [[Slovenes|Slovene]] [[mathematician]], [[physicist]] and [[art...
  12. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    1: ...English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
    44: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]]-[[1087]])
    105: *[[Ladislaus Bortkiewicz]] (Poland/Russia/Germany [[1868]] ...
    260: *[[Franc Forstneric]] (Slovenia, [[1958-]])
    317: *[[John Hammersley]]
  13. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    162: *[[Monroe Beardsley]], (1915-1985)
    490: *[[Miroslaw Dzielski]], (1941-1989)
    652: *[[Wawrzyniec Grzymala Goslicki]] (1530-1607)
    705: *[[Eduard Hanslick]], (1825-1904){{fn|R}}
    774: *[[Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld]], (1879-1918){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
  14. Sikhism (31029 bytes)
    2: ...] ideal, and [[bhajan]]s) as well as [[Sufi|Sufi Islam]].
    4: ...uru Nanak]] is, "There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim." [[Guru Gobind Singh]] reinforced these words...
    6: ...h and last Guru, Guru Gobind (AD [[1666]]&#8211;[[1708]]) initiated the Sikh ceremony in AD [[1699]] ; a...
    18: Political pressure from surrounding Muslim nations forced the Sikhs to defend themselves a...
    22: ...h;[[1518]]), a saint revered by both Hindus and Muslims. He made four distinct major journeys, which ...
  15. Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
    13: ...'s curiosity, late one night, when the house was asleep, he retrieved a manuscript (which may have bee...
    22: ...nd the means of expression made possible by their slight differences from each other &mdash; available...
    53: ... used chromatic descent in many other works, famously the ''Fugue in G minor'' from ''Sonata No. 1 for...
    72: ...nd others for organ. His most productive period (1708-1714) saw not only the composition of several pai...
    134: ...Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke'' (1802), a translation of which is included in ''The Bach Reader'' ...
  16. Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
    7: ... His original commentary is now lost, but its translation into Latin by [[Michael Scot]] survives.
    11: ...578&ndash;1657), and [[Edward Tyson]] (1649&ndash;1708). Advances in classification due to the work of [...
    21: ...nnaeus' system made it easy to identify unambiguously any given species of plant or animal. He proceed...
    268: [[sl:Sistematika]]
  17. 18th century new (49640 bytes)
    26: ... enters a long decline and the [[Maratha Empire]] slowly replaces it.
    29: * [[1708]]: [[Honourable East India Company|The Company of...
    30: * [[1708]]-[[1709]]: [[Famine]] kills one-third of [[East ...
    45: ...h Carolina inlet on the inner side of [[Ocracoke Island]]
    62: ...ld [[Slavery in medieval Europe#Slavery in Russia|slaves]] into house [[serfs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=ht...
  18. Temperature (22519 bytes)
    42:
    72: ! [[Delisle_scale|Delisle]]
    179: ...c ideal gas the temperature is related to the translational motion or average speed of the atoms. The ...
    181: ...om relative to a [[hydrogen]] molecule) will move slower than a lighter counterpart, but will have the...
    196: ...n the nuclear spins and other modes is relatively slow. Since the energy flow is predominantly within ...

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