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- Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: '''Christina''' ([[1626]] – [[1689]]) or '''Kristina''', later known as '''Maria Chr...
5: ...enter>[[Image:Swedish queen Drottning Kristina portrait by S颡stien Bourdon stor.jpg|center|185px|Chr...
6: <tr valign=top><td>'''Reign'''<td>[[November 6]], [[1...
8: <tr valign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]]...
9: <tr valign=top><td>'''Royal motto''' - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ... as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland would co-op...
15: ...ulthood. Anne suffered from an eye infection; for treatment, she was sent to [[France]]. She lived wit...
17: ...ccessor, suggested to Princess Anne that he would try to make her his heir if she converted to Catholi...
19: ...who ruled as joint monarchs. The [[Bill of Rights 1689]] settled succession to the Throne; Princess Anne...
22: ..., the Marlboroughs' home. Princess Anne was then stripped of her guard of honour, and the guards at th... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...h, and as Queen of [[Scotland]] from [[11 April]] 1689 until her death. Mary, a [[Protestantism|Protesta...
13: ...atholic [[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary Beatrice d'Este.
15: At the age of fifteen, Princess Mary became betrothed to the Protestant [[Stadtholder]] and [[Prin...
17: ...utch people, but her husband neglected or even mistreated her. William long maintained an affair with ...
20: ...reland, and as James VII in Scotland. He had a controversial religious policy; his attempts to grant f... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ... believe you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wai...
3: ...is already too long and should serve only as an introduction for Canada. To keep this overview article...
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the northern-most in the w...
21: ...heavily on the abundance of natural resources and trade, particularly with the [[United States|U.S.]],...
37: ..., Saskatchewan|Regina]]||-7 (Mountain),<br>-6 (Central) - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
4: {{Infobox Country|
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42: time_zone_DST= [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |
52: ... and east, [[Hungary]] to the northeast, and [[Austria]] to the north.
61: ...d [[Gradisca]], and parts of the provinces of [[Istria]] and [[Styria]]. - Salem witch trials (12402 bytes)
1: ...pg|right|thumb|400px|1876 illustration of the courtroom]]
2: ...ople and the imprisonment of scores more. [[Witch trial]]s were held in [[Europe]] several hundred yea...
6: ...1684 revocation of the Bay Colony charter and the 1689 revolt against Governor Andros, believed the accu...
11: ...n historical and fictional interpretations of the trials, there is no evidence that she was anything b...
13: ...ll; there were perhaps 80 people in jail awaiting trial. - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...ritain]] and [[France]], which was one of the theatres of the [[Seven Years' War]]. The war resulted i...
9: ...he prior three wars, fought more as secondary theatres to European conflicts, resulted in little terri...
13: ...addock Expedition]] and British victories at [[Fortress Louisbourg|Louisburg]], [[Fort Niagara]], [[Fo...
15: ... One result of the war was that Britain gained control of a large French-speaking, [[Roman Catholic]] ...
17: ...ar]] crops and the ease with which it could be controlled. - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...scientific method]]. The '''history of science''' traces these [[phenomenon|phenomena]] and their pre-...
6: ...which differs from the search for [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science in that...
11: ..." scientific knowledge. Since the 1960s, a common trend in the study of the sociology and history of s...
13: A major subject of concern and controversy in the [[philosophy of science]] has been t...
15: ...nce." Often, but not always, a conflict over the "truth" of science has split along the lines of those... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]]) - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...r writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 - 1668) to have invent...
12: ...micrographs. He coins the word ''cell'' for the structures he discovers in [[cork (material)|cork]] b...
14: ...[[1931]] - [[Ernst Ruska]] builds the first [[electron microscope]].
15: ...]] in Physics for his invention of the [[phase contrast optical microscope]]. - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...)|English]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[astronomer]], [[philosopher]], and [[alchemist]] who w...
4: ...lity]]). He was the first to realise that the spectrum of [[color|colour]]s observed when [[white]] [[...
21: ...b|left|Engraving after [[Enoch Seeman]]'s 1726 portrait of Newton]]
23: ...rantham Grammar School]]. In [[1661]] he joined [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where his uncle Willia...
25: ...ry was invented by him in his later life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: ...mb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch Trials]]
17: *[[1612]]-[[Tobacco]] cultivation introduced to [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] by [[J...
28: *[[1630]]-[[Winthrop Fleet]] travels to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]
45: *[[1655]]-English take control of [[New Sweden]]
56: ...ed to [[England]] under [[Treaty of Breda]] and [[Treaty of Westminster (1674)]] - John Locke (14749 bytes)
2: [[Image:Locke-John-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|400px|thumb|John Locke Im...
3: ...George Berkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
8: ... of Shaftesbury]], who had come to Oxford seeking treatment for a liver infection. Cooper was impresse...
12: ...he advice of several physicians and was likely instrumental in persuading Shaftesbury to undergo an op...
16: ...e fled to the [[Netherlands]] in [[1683]], under strong suspicion of involvement in the [[Rye House Pl... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: [[Image:treimann.summi_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jp...
6: ...aly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus ...
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small>
28: | '''Petrus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...is many quotations and his experiments with [[electricity]]. Franklin was a member of the [[Freemasons...
8: ===Ancestry===
13: ...bruary 5]], [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth...
15: ...He then remarried, to Abiah, on [[November 25]] [[1689]] in the [[Old South Church]] of Boston by the Re...
21: Benjamin Franklin was born on Milk Street in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. His fathe... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ... is the [[List of countries by area|largest]] country in the world, covering almost twice the territor...
4: ... Republics]] (USSR), Russia is an independent country, and an influential member of the [[Commonwealth...
6: Most of the area, population, and industrial production of the [[Soviet Union]], then one o...
13: ...e Scandinavians as well as native [[Finno-Ugric]] tribes, such as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and...
15: ...rope and was quite prosperous, due to diversified trade with both Europe and Asia. - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ... a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London)]]
12: ...ave followed his own curriculum; he was "little attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not comp...
14: ...s [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first translation of that work into [[English language|Eng...
20: ... with Man. Finally he considered, in his crowning treatise, how Men were moved to enter into society, ...
22: ...nts of Law''. This means his initial political doctrine was not shaped by the [[English Civil War]]. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}} - Physics (25628 bytes)
4: ...uantum mechanics]], [[thermodynamics]], and [[electromagnetism]].
6: ...hysics]], devoted to developing the mathematical structure of physical theories.
13: ...e successful theorists in [[biology]] and [[chemistry]] have also been experimentalists.
15: ...nd experiment are developed separately, they are strongly dependent on each other. Progress in physics...
17: === Central theories === - Monarchy (11801 bytes)
4: ...succession]], usually within one [[royal family]] tracing its origin back to a historical [[dynasty]] ...
6: ...cracy can lead to division over the apparently contradictory principles.
9: ...t]], with echoes in the [[leadership]] of [[tribe|tribal chiefs]]. Many monarchies began with the mona...
11: ...ions until after the [[Glorious Revolution]] in [[1689]]. Among the few states that have [[absolute mona...
14: ...mic structure of such monarchies is that of concentrated wealth, with the majority of the population l...
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