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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...- his son Leopold Johann - died as an infant in [[1716]]. In [[1713]] Charles issued the [[Pragmatic San...
8: ...hildren. Her youngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be promised in marriage to Louis, he...
26: *[[Marie Antoinette|HM Queen Marie Antoinette of France]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Antonie...
35: ...red to attack Prussia in [[1756]]. Frederick II attacked first however, invading [[Saxony]], another ...
37: ...loseted from her people. Her focus changed from attempting to regain Silesia, to maintaining the peac... - Anacharsis (4399 bytes)
16: His famous ''Letter to [[Croesus]]'', the proverbially rich king of...
18: ...all be quite contented if I return to Scythia a better man than I left it. However I will come to Sard...
20: ...or his Greek ways and especially for the impious attempt to sacrifice to the Mother Goddess [[Cybele]]...
25: In [[1788]] [[Jean Jacques Barthelemy]] (1716-95), a highly esteemed classical scholar and Jesu...
28: *[http://classicpersuasion.org/pw/diogenes/dlanacharsis... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]])
183: *[[Sandro Botticelli]] ([[1445]]-[[1510]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...egend was designed to be a cautionary tale about attempting to reach heaven, similar to the [[Tower of...
13: There were many early attempts to fly, covering the full range of legend to...
17: ...perhaps in time to come some one might know how better to utilize our sketch and cause some addition t...
21: ...m engine mounted on a dirigible. Throughout the latter half of the 19th century and the first half of ...
27: ...t, and concluded that long, thin wings would be better than the bat-like ones suggested by many, becau... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
30: ...eater New York. The four initial boroughs, [[Manhattan]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Queens]], and [[The Bronx]],...
43: *[[1937]] - The first [[Cotton Bowl (game)|Cotton Bowl]] game is played in [[Dallas, Texas]].
58: *[[1971]] - [[Cigarette]] [[advertisement]]s are banned on [[United Stat...
59: ...reland]], and the [[Republic of Ireland]] are admitted into the [[European Community]].
64: **The [[Greece|Republic of Greece]] is admitted into the [[European Community]]. - Blackbeard (5955 bytes)
2: ...eign of terror in the [[Caribbean Sea]] between [[1716]] and [[1718]]. His final and best known vessel,...
4: ...ed matches into his enormous black beard during battle. This image, which he cultivated, has made him ...
6: ...rnigold]], whom he met at [[New Providence]] in [[1716]]. He was eventually made a captain while serving...
10: ...fter repeatedly preying on shipping and coastal settlements of the [[West Indies]] and the Atlantic co...
16: ...nt him down. It is questionable as to whether Spottswood had the jurisdiction to do so. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
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62: *[[Grigory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - )
63: *[[Charlotte Barnum]] (1860-1934)
82: *[[Bhargav Bharat Bhatt]] (India)
86: *[[Errett Bishop]] ([[1928]] - [[1983]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
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39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
57: *[[Archibald Alison (Scottish author)|Archibald Alison]], (1757-1839){{fn|R}... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...r 21]], [[1694]] – [[May 30]], [[1778]]), better known by the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was a...
12: ...dil;ois' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and the child showed a faculty fo...
14: ...is father stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it.
16: ... and helped compose [[lampoon]]s on him. In May [[1716]] he was exiled, first to [[Tulle]], then to [[Su...
18: ...The origin of the name has been much debated and attempts have been made to show that it existed in th... - Rowing (20818 bytes)
1: ...of Toby Garbett & Rick Dunn at [[Henley Royal Regatta]] 2004. -->
20: ...ays, rowing competitions are still called ''[[regatta]]s'' (with a second 't' added).
22: ...''[[Doggett's Coat and Badge]]'' first started in 1716 and is still held each summer. Subsequently, row...
26: ... four, coxless pair and the coxless four; Sir [[Matthew Pinsent]] (UK), who won golds in four successi...
30: ...le to tip. Being able to balance the boat while putting maximum effort into the oars is therefore an e... - Hernán Cortés (42809 bytes)
4: ...to Spain in 1541 where he died peacefully but embittered.
6: ..., as typified by the [[Black Legend]], also did little to expand understanding of Cortés as an indivi...
10: ...ando, and Fernando are all equally correct. The latter two were most commonly used during his lifetime...
36: ...h demanded that more Indians be assigned to the settlers.
47: ... horses. Then he proceeded to Tabasco and won a battle against the natives, who did not want to welcom... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...he [[Glorious Revolution]] of [[1688]] to the [[battle of Waterloo]] in [[1815]]<ref>{{cite book | aut...
6: ... prominence. Philosophers were dreaming about a better age without the christian fundamentalism of ear...
12: ...a battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in the [[Battle of Poltava]]]]
18: ... Spanish Succession|Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_spanishsucc...
20: * [[1702]]: [[Forty-seven Ronin]] attack [[Kira Yoshinaka]] and then commit [[seppuku]]... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
44: ==Landmarks and tourist attractions==
50: ... The white nights are closely linked to another attraction — the nine drawbridges spanning the ...
56: ...ed from designs by Domenico Trezini in 1710–1716. A residence adjacent to the Menshikov palace was...
74: ...i]], but never completed. It is followed by the [http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/22/468550.jpg Naval ...
108: ... its kind in the world and so nicely set that no attachment to the base is needed. A striking monument... - Madrid (20882 bytes)
14: ...were expelled and every mosque and synagogue was utterly obliterated.
20: ...ot be until [[Carlos III of Spain|Carlos III]] ([[1716]]-[[1788]]) that Madrid would become a modern cit...
22: ...the most affected cities and its streets became battlezones.
24: ...ated to [[ETA]], this incident is still today a matter of controversy; while some think that it create...
28: Befitting from the prosperity it gained in the 1980s, th...
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