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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...ba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: ...iarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
6: *[[Bernard Accama|Accama, Bernard]] (1697-1756), Dutch painter
14: ...illas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
39: ...Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Christian Gottlieb]] (1756-1801) - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
9: *[[Olof Ũlstr?hlstr?Olof]] ([[1756]]-[[1835]]), composer - 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... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...abeth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (170...
3: ...jects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarsko...
9: ...r earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and vivacity.
11: ...elf at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress.
13: ...s sensual temperament and, being free from all control, abandoned herself to her appetites without res... - 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... - 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. - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...onflict]], while a force from the [[neutrality|neutral]] [[Netherlands]] was attacked in [[India]].
3: ...nly to the [[Europe]]an portions of the conflict (1756–1763), not the nine-year North American con...
5: ...c War]] while the fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the [[Silesian Wars|3rd Silesian War]...
8: ... Theresa of Austria]] had only signed the peace [[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle]] in order to rebuild her ...
10: ...h was given since the ruling dynasty saw its ancestral [[Hanover (state)|Hanoverian]] possession as be... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - 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) - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...ton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
13: ...urr under his wing, and by his vigilance in the retreat from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brig...
14: ...s from both armies. Burr established a thorough patrol system, rigorously enforced [[martial law]], an...
26: ... nomination. Nevertheless, Hamilton masked his hatred of Burr for a decade, remaining outwardly frien...
28: ...p. Washington also passed Burr over for the ministry to [[France]], and turned down his application f... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
9: *[[1756]] - [[St. Patrick's Day]] is celebrated in [[New York City]] for...
22: ...[[France]], and the [[United Kingdom]] sign the [[Treaty of Brussels]], a precursor to the [[NATO]] Ag...
25: ...o]], the 14th [[Dalai Lama]], flees [[Tibet]] and travels to [[India]].
33: ...t in Kosovo]]. Over 22 killed, 200 wounded, 35 destroyed [[Serb Orthodox]] shrines in Kosovo and two m...
39: *[[1804]] - [[Jim Bridger]], American trapper and explorer (d. [[1881]]) - 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}} - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: In [[1756]] he entered the navy, and was some time with [[S...
5: ...17]] [[1771]], [[Chipewyan]] chief [[Matonabbee]] travelling as his guide on his arctic overland journ... - 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... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
1: ...er aged 49 (oil painting by [[Emanuel Handmann]], 1756)]]
12: ...]. Euler was the first to publish a systematic introduction to [[mechanics]] in [[1736]]: ''Mechanica...
18: ..., despite a complete loss of vision, due to his extraordinary powers of memory and mental calculation....
33: He made important contributions to the theory of [[differential equations...
49: ... is [[Euler's formula]], which establishes the central role of the - 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...
24: * [[1721]]: [[Treaty of Nystad]] signed, ending the [[Great Northe... - 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]].
29: ...o form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies.
38: ...Empire]] government in [[Kolhapur]] against [[Chattrapati Shahu]]. - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ...instruments— most notably the [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]. Although highly unappreciated du...
7: ...city)|Salzburg]], which is now in modern-day [[Austria]] but at the time was the capital of a small in...
9: ===The years of travel===
11: ...ve musical training from his father, including instruction in both the [[piano]] and [[violin]]. Music...
13: ...ing. Constant travel and cold weather may have contributed to his subsequent illness later in life.
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