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- Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...er 21]], [[1694]] – [[May 30]], [[1778]]), better known by the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was ...
8: ...n. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] backgro...
10: ...ither inhospitable nor tyrannical. Marguerite Arouet, of whom her younger brother was very fond, marri...
12: ...edil;ois' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and the child showed a faculty f...
14: ...opped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it. - Anne Bonny (5802 bytes)
5: ...y letters dealing with her life are scarce. Most details about her life prior to her arrival in the Ba...
8: ...mach with a table knife, although it is unclear whether this is fact or purely legend. She married a s...
10: ...rrival of Governor Woodes Rogers in the summer of 1718, James Bonny became an informant for the governor...
12: ...ng, but later Anne and Rackham escaped to live together as pirates.
15: ...he continent's only newspaper, the ''Boston News-Letter''. - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...s [[1715]]-[[1789]], denoting the period of time between the death of [[Louis XIV of France]] and the ...
9: ...ce of power away from the west and create new competition in Europe other than France, England, and Sp...
13: In a strictly aesthetic analysis, the 18th century is generally conside...
17: ...aint Petersburg]] founded by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russia|Russian]] [[capital]] unt...
21: * [[1718]]: City of [[New Orleans]] founded by the [[Franc... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...s [[1715]]-[[1789]], denoting the period of time between the death of [[Louis XIV of France]] and the ...
6: ...n prominence. Philosophers were dreaming about a better age without the christian fundamentalism of ea...
8: ...18th century, it would radically change human society and the geology of the surface of the earth.
12: [[File:Poltava battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in the [[Battle of Poltava]]]]
22: ...aint Petersburg]] founded by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russia]]n [[Capital (political)|... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
8: | align="center" | [[Image:Petersburg coat of arms 1730 to 1856.gif|130px]] <br ...
19: | [[Area]]: || 606 [[Square kilometre|km�]]
33: ...va]] river has been called the main street of St Petersburg]]
36: ...2;́д, [[1924]]–[[1991]]) and '''Petrograd''' (Петро
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38: Founded by [[Tsar]] [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] in [[1703]] as a "window to Europe"...
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