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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
8: ...hildren. Her youngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be promised in marriage to Louis, he...
26: ...of France]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Antonie (1755-1793); married [[Louis XVI of France|HM King Loui...
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... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...MarieAntoinette1769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriag...
2: ...Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of...
4: ... Hofburg Palace in [[Vienna]] on [[2 November]] [[1755]]. She was christened Maria-Antonia-Josepha-Johan...
7: ...e Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most bril...
9: ...ss's youngest daughter in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the Empress's amusement.) - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...an interiors until the 18th century. The hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in [[Mongolia]]...
3: ...s a covering that is affixed to a floor and the latter a floor covering that is loose-laid, most often...
12: ...made by pulling strips of cloth such as wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric such as b...
14: ...perpendicular angle. This supplementary weft is attached to the warp by one of three knot types (see ...
16: ... composed of several stripes sewn together. Moquette carpets have been used on floors, tables, as fur... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...lf-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack of [[smallpox]], although his face was scarred...
31: ...rench, which Washington could not read.) The "[[Battle of Jumonville Glen|Jumonville affair]]" became ...
33: ...[[Braddock Expedition#Battle of the Monongahela|Battle of the Monongahela]]. Washington distinguished ...
41: ... Army]] on [[June 15]], [[1775]]. The [[Massachusetts]] delegate [[John Adams]] suggested his appointm...
43: ...ving most of his forces. However, several other battles in the area sent Washington scrambling across ... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...rated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boyl...
24: ...[[James Otis]] in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the legality of [[Writs of Assistance]]. O...
26: ...gregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[176... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ... The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settled in [[Alentejo]].
21: ...mbol, is known as the "Cradle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (court...
29: ...s a nation to [[June 24]], [[1128]], with the [[Battle of S㯠Mamede]] by [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afons...
31: ...tugal's most historic battle of Portugal, the [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]. The victorious John was then ...
42: ... exploration of Africa. Before this voyage very little information was known in Europe about what lay ... - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
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8: ...b|left|220px|The Great Sphinx.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
11: ... the first modern dig, supervised by [[Giovanni Battista Caviglia|Captain Caviglia]], uncovered the Sp...
24: ...at suggest the Great Sphinx is the work of a forgotten Pharaoh named [[Djedefre]], Khafre's half broth...
29: ...ose. An Arab historian from the [[15th century]] attributes the vandalism to a [[Muslim]] fanatic in [... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 14<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 4]], [[1791]] |
36: ...mplain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts]] to the south, [[New Hampshire]] to the east, [...
38: ...ed by the surrounding [[13 colonies|colonies]]. Settlers who held land titles granted by the [[Provinc...
46: ...ecause their relatively low altitude allows for little [[tree-line|timberline]], form a north-south sp... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
9: ...ary theatres to European conflicts, resulted in little territorial change.
13: ...s but primarily alongside the French. The major battles include French victories at [[Fort William Hen...
15: ...wer Canada]]. Near the beginning of the war, in [[1755]], the British had expelled French speaking popul...
19: ...y commitments as well as limitation on colonial settlements imposed by the [[British Royal Proclamatio...
23: ...stance of [[George Washington]] surrendering in battle. - Comet (30542 bytes)
5: ... a [[solid]] (rather than [[gas]]eous) [[phase (matter)|state]]. [[Asteroid]]s originate via a differ...
15: ...bjects known to exist in the solar system. The Giotto probe found that [[Comet Halley]]'s nucleus refl...
17: ... emission of X-rays and far ultraviolet photons [http://www.kvi.nl/~bodewits].
31: ...nts has rendered this system impractical, and no attempt is made to ensure that each comet has a uniqu...
33: ...ond comet to pass perihelion in 1970) {{hnote|Arnett (2000)}}. - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
8: ...English Dictionary]]), whereas a dictionary that attempts to cover only a limited selection of words f...
17: ...r they may be minimizing dictionaries, i.e. they attempt to cover only a limited number of the special...
29: ...ish Dictionary]]'' (OED) is ''descriptive'', and attempts to describe the actual use of words. [[Noah ...
31: ...would charge that prescriptivism is an unnatural attempt to dictate usage or curtail change, prescrip...
33: ...nitions, while additionally informing readers of attitudes which may influence their choices on words ... - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
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32: *[[Katherine Blodgett]], (1898-1979) — nonreflective [[glass]]
37: *[[Walter Houser Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transi...
60: *[[Gottlieb Daimler]], (1834-1900), [[Germany]] — [...
65: ... [[James Dewar]], (1842-1923) — [[Thermos bottle]] - Dodo (9332 bytes)
18: ...[[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Museum]], were burned in 1755.
24: ...s marked dry and wet seasons, the dodo probably fattened itself on ripe fruits at the end of the wet s...
27: ...[1505]], but the Dutch were the first permanent settlers on the island.)
29: ...Dutch records concur. The [[Netherlands|Dutch]] settlers called it the ''Walgvogel'' ("disgusting bird...
43: ... ''Pezophaps solitarius'' on [[Rodrigues]]. The latter became extinct during the 1760s. - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
26: ...scribed in terms of [[intensity]], a scale which attempts to quantify the severity of shaking at a giv...
31: ...ww.people.cornell.edu/pages/tg21/Earthq.html]; [[http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/tg21/eyewit.html]...
50: *[[1755_Lisbon_earthquake|Lisbon earthquake]] (1755).
100: *[http://www.eqnet.org/ EQNET: Earthquake Information N...
101: *[http://neic.usgs.gov/ The U.S. National Earthquake In... - Brine shrimp (4112 bytes)
27: ...rst discovered in [[Lymington]], [[England]] in [[1755]]. There are mixed views on whether all brine shr...
33: ...ey are high in [[lipid]]s and [[unsaturated]] [[fatty acid]]s. These nutritional benefits are likely t...
40: Control Board [http://endangered.fws.gov/federalregister/1995/n95090...
43: *[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.c...
46: *[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.c... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
21: ...shika Hokusai|Hokusai]]). In fact, a tsunami is better understood as a new and suddenly higher sea lev...
24: ...nd can travel great transoceanic distances with little overall energy loss. A tsunami can cause damage...
32: ...ls at about 200 m/s (720 km/h or 450 mi/h) with little energy loss, even over long distances. At a wat...
53: ...bathymetry]]) and coastal land ([[topography]]).[http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/tsunami_story.html]
55: ...ours before a tsunami strikes shore (Kenneally, [http://www.slate.com/id/2111608]''). - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...eorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as [[Caesar Augustus]]). Although Rome a...
5: ...known as the [[Byzantine Empire]], fell to the [[Ottoman Turks]].
17: ...h the constitutional settlement following the [[Battle of Actium]] in [[31 BC]]. In fact the Republica...
47: ...liseum_rome.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
48: ...ome_ancient.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
1: ...dian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the Wilderness 1755]].''
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7: |image=[[Image:Battle of the Wilderness.png|300px]]
8: |caption=''Battle of the Wilderness'' by Kurz and Allison. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ...et but declined the command of his own collier in 1755 on the eve of the [[Seven Years War]] to start ag...
12: ...st of [[Newfoundland]], which brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
14: Cook's huge achievements can be attributed to a combination of excellent [[seamanship...
28: ...ts name to the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']], as well the Endeavour River.
32: ... [[Joseph Banks]] was a bigger hero. Banks even attempted to take command of Cook's second voyage, bu...
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