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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ''This page is about Maria Theresa of Austria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ru...
3: ..., Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
4: ...owerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...ued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...ng to adulthood. She made him co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the p... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...ber]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis ...
4: ... Hofburg Palace in [[Vienna]] on [[2 November]] [[1755]]. She was christened Maria-Antonia-Josepha-Johan...
7: ...ther, the Empress Maria-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's b...
15: ...that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabri...
19: ... a Thanksgiving Mass was held in her honour. The streets of the city where covered in flowers, which M... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ry were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
3: ...ps. In the real estate and home improvement industries a distinction is made between carpet (or carpe...
10: ...th]], and [[ingrain]] (aka double cloth, two-ply, triple cloth, or three-ply).
12: ...g''' is a simple type of rug handmade by pulling strips of cloth such as wool or cotton through the me...
14: ...supplementary weft cut-loop pile''' carpet), the structural weft threads alternate with a supplementar... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...alled '''[[Father of the Nation|Father of his Country]]'''<sup>[[#Notes|1]]</sup>, was an [[United Sta...
26: ...[[Chotank]] in King George County. As a youth, he trained as a [[surveyor]] (obtaining his certificate...
29: ... 1772.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Ch...
31: ...irginia Regiment, led a mission into the Ohio Country. He ambushed a [[French Canadian]] scouting part...
33: ...nd showed coolness under fire in organizing the retreat. In Virginia, Washington was acclaimed as a he... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...Old Style]], [[Julian Calendar]]), 1735 in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]]. His father, a farmer, also na...
24: ...length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
31: ... to the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authorit...
33: ...our colonists during the [[Boston Massacre]]. The trial resulted in an [[acquittal]] of the officer wh... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...uthwestern [[Europe]], and is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is bordered by [...
5: ...l, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other c...
7: ...ctatorial regime in [[1974]] and the subsequent entry in the [[EEC]] (today's [[European Union]]) in [...
15:
17: ... decades, the Romans increased their sphere of control. But in [[194 BC]] a rebellion began in the nor... - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
9: ...e of a man and the body of a [[lion]]. It is 57 metres (260 feet) long, 6 m (20 ft) wide, and has a he...
13: ...e weighing upwards of 200 tonnes were used to construct the adjoining Sphinx Temple.
15: ...Its [[Arabic language|Arabic]] name, ''Abu al-H?, translates as "Father of Terror". The Western name "...
18: ...hinx is an international symbol of mystery and controversy. It is the world's largest statue and one o...
22: ...is name, [[Chephren]]), which would place its construction in the Fourth Dynasty ([[28th century BC|27... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...nch and Indian War]]. For many years, rightful control of the area was disputed by the surrounding [[1...
46: ...their relatively low altitude allows for little [[tree-line|timberline]], form a north-south spine run...
50: ...ng Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: ...ch to the presence of a particular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and cl...
58: ...the [[Iroquois]] drove many of the smaller native tribes out of Vermont, later using the area as a [[h... - 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: ...wer Canada]]. Near the beginning of the war, in [[1755]], the British had expelled French speaking popul...
17: ...ar]] crops and the ease with which it could be controlled. - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: A '''comet''' is a small [[astronomical object]] similar to an [[asteroid]] but c...
9: ...d the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...appearance of Halley's Comet on the [[Bayeux Tapestry]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[En...
15: ...t tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surface...
17: ...electrons leading to emission of X-rays and far ultraviolet photons [http://www.kvi.nl/~bodewits]. - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...ns, histories, or [[etymology|etymologies]], illustrations, usage guidance, and examples in sentences....
5: ...mponents, number of [[stroke (Chinese character)|strokes]], overall shape, or pronunciation of each ch...
14: ...ge using a non-[[Roman alphabet|Roman]] script, entry words in the non-English language may either be ...
17: ...ionary]]) or even a specific sub-field such as contract law (a [[sub-field dictionary]]). Specialized ...
20: ...h information about [[stroke (Chinese character)|stroke]] count and order, readings (pronunciations), ... - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]...
37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]] - Dodo (9332 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
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'''}} - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...nterior of the lithospheric plates are called [[intraplate earthquake]]s.
5: Large earthquakes can cause [[serious destruction]] and massive loss of life through a variet...
11: ...s, respectively. The power of an earthquake is distributed over a significant area, but in the case of...
13: ...ult of submarine landslips or "slides" indirectly triggered by it.
18: ...to be caused by very slow slippage. They are of extremely low intensity but can last for days or weeks... - Brine shrimp (4112 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Arthropoda]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Crustacea]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Anostraca]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Artemiidae]]}} - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wave.jpg|thumb|250px|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]...
4: ...very long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnotic...
10: ...ch is too small to create a tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of gener...
14: ...s sediment and rocks slide downslope and are redistributed across the sea floor. Similarly, a violent ...
18: ...er, as energy from falling debris or expansion is transferred to the water into which the debris falls... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...y described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the structure of the power in that age was the one of a r...
5: ... Roman Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is traditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] depo...
17: ...t the Republican institutions at Rome had been destroyed over the preceding [[century]] and Rome had b...
26: *Development of [[Roman commerce|trade links]] with regions as far as India and China...
27: ...rvice]] outside of the [[Roman Senate|Senatorial structure]], leading to a continuous weakening of Sen... - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
1: ...dian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the Wilderness 1755]].''
17: |strength1=101,895 soldiers
18: |strength2=61,025 soldiers
24: ...ia County, Virginia | Spotsylvania County]] in central [[Virginia]]. A number of battles were fought i...
26: ...Wilderness Tavern, which ironically was the concentration point for the Confederates one year to the d... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...t.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime...
5: ==Introduction==
8: ...et but declined the command of his own collier in 1755 on the eve of the [[Seven Years War]] to start ag...
12: ...phy and was responsible for mapping much of the entrance to the [[Saint Lawrence River]] during the si...
14: ...xtent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]].
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