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- Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
7: ...et Marfa, and shortly after he took her as his mistress. In [[1705]], she converted to [[Orthodoxy]] ...
9: *Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna ([[1708]]-[[1728]])
10: *[[Empress]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]]
11: *Grand Duchess Nataliya Petrovna ([[1713]]-[[1715]])
12: *Grand Duchess Margarita Petrovna ([[1714]]-[[1715]]) - 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...
22: ..., the Marlboroughs' home. Princess Anne was then stripped of her guard of honour, and the guards at th...
24: ...s government. Still, she did not win the complete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from maki... - 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]]) - Dodo (9332 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[dove|Columbiformes]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Raphidae'''}} - Uranus (15207 bytes)
15: ...span="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
18: ...870,972,220 [[kilometre|km]]<br>19.191 263 93 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
21: | 18.029 [[Tera|T]][[metre|m]]<br>120.515 AU
23: !align="left"| [[Eccentricity (orbit)|Eccentricity]]
71: ...5 km2|8.084×10<sup>9</sup>]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]]<br>(15.849 Earths) - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
11: ...ded up lucrative [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]].
13: ...he [[United States]] presented themselves as an attractive place for these new powers to establish col...
22: ...g only the mysterious word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree. Over a hundred men, women, and children had ap...
25: ...d|James I]] - very nearly became the next in the string of failed colonies. - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2:
7: ...tween the American revolutionaries and the French troops who had assisted them resulted in the spread ...
9: ...ement. The [[proletariat]] and the non-bourgeois strata of the middle class had either not yet evolved...
15: ...ebted, so deeply as to be effectively bankrupt. Extravagant expenditures by [[Louis XIV]] on luxuries ...
17: ...pital]] in France, as it was not nearly as much a trading nation as was Britain. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...he popular imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and ampli...
21: ...r-General of the Finances in [[1783]], pursued a strategy of conspicuous spending as a means of convin...
25: ...inced the short-term creditors on whom the French treasury depended to maintain its day to day operati...
33: ... meeting. Although it would appear that the magistrates were not specifically aware of the "forms of ...
53: ...f the military joined the mob; others remained neutral. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ... of [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland]] ([[Australia]]) and [[New Guinea]]. He was the first perso...
7: ...th [[buccaneer]]s on the [[Spanish Main]] of [[Central America]], twice visiting the [[Bay of Campeach...
9: ...and [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland]] ([[Australia]]).
11: ... small craft and sailed it to [[Acheen]] in [[Sumatra]]. After further adventures Dampier returned to ...
16: ...HMS ''Roebuck'']] with a commission to explore Australia and New Guinea. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]])
82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] – [[1993]]) - 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}} - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
8: ...shed in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltai...
10: ... married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relatio...
12: ...il;ois' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and the child showed a faculty for...
14: ...s father stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it.
16: ...t Voltaire lent himself to the duchess' frantic hatred of the regent, [[Philippe II of Orl�ans]], an... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[dove|Columbiformes]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Raphidae'''}} - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
2: ... rural communities sometimes awe audiences with extravagant productions.
4: ....S. when referring to stage productions, and "theatre" is often encountered when there might be some d...
11: ...fore that. A theatre was built in Williamsburg in 1715, and [[Thomas Kean]] played the part of [[Richard...
13: ...ever it is likely that these ordinances were not strictly enforced, for we have records of performance...
19: ...urs staged floating theaters on boats which would travel from town to town. Eventually, towns grew to ... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...s of [[industry|industrial]] capacity) were: [[Austria]], [[Britain]], [[France]], [[Prussia]], and [[...
9: ...ower of [[theology]]. The rise of nations like Austria, Russia, and Prussia began to shift the balance...
11: ...], where civil war enabled the British to take control of the entire sub-continent.
13: In a strictly aesthetic analysis, the 18th century is gene...
20: * [[1715]]: [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] dies - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...ear=2001 | isbn=0199246777 | oclc=174866045}}, "Introduction" by P. J. Marshall, page 1</ref> or even ...
8: ...the USA after the American revolution. The [[industrial revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its m...
15: ...the [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]].
21: * [[1702]]-[[1715]]: [[Camisard|Camisard Rebellion]] in [[France]].
29: ...o form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies.
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