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- Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
1: ...|H.I.M. Ekaterina I, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias]]
3: ...s also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his death in the next year.
5: ...ork in the laundry of the regiment which captured her.
7: ...]] and changed her name to Ekaterina Alexeevna. She married Peter in [[February]] of [[1712]] and bor...
9: *Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna ([[1708]]-[[1728]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...ude [[papyrus]], bark papers, [[plastic]]s, [[leather]], [[fabric]], wood, and [[canvas]].
6: ...e [[Fabriano]], Italy, opened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opened in [[1492]].
10: ...ster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] and complet...
12: The earliest known use of European watercolor paintin...
14: ...]]) painted watercolors in the [[15th century]]. The first school of watercolor painting in Europe was... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: ...n]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
24: ...hn Bardeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
29: *[[Henry Bessemer]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [...
31: *[[Bi Sheng]] — primitive movable [[printing]] types - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...th discovered calculus nearly contemporaneously, their work was not a collaboration.
4: ...d by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
6: ...he speed of sound in air, and voiced a theory of the origin of [[star]]s.
12: :''The following is a brief biography of Newton's early ...
14: ...sband, leaving her son in the care of his grandmother. - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ... (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [[Renaissance]].
6: ...d [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power...
8: ...1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 11...
10: ...] rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
12: ... Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. - Concord, New Hampshire (5290 bytes)
25: ...]] census, it has a population of 40,687. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Merrimack County, New Hampsh...
27: ...], the only [[law school]] in New Hampshire, and the prep school [[St. Paul's School (Concord, NH)|St....
30: ...apitol in which the legislative branches meet in their original chambers.
32: ...torically by the names '''Rumford''' (as part of the [[colony]] of [[Massachusetts]]) and '''Penacook...
37: ...and 8.4 km² (3.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 4.78% water. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...d in population, following [[China]], [[India]], the [[United States]], [[Indonesia]], [[Brazil]], [[P...
4: ...991]]. In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic]] (...
6: ...luence is notable, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ...s the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]].
15: ... centuries]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due t... - July 24 (8660 bytes)
1: ...5th day (206th in [[leap year]]s) of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 160 days remaining.
5: ...|Mary Queen of Scots]] is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son [[King James I|King James VI]].
8: ...neville]] leads the first [[wagon train]] across the [[Rocky Mountains]] by using [[Wyoming]]'s [[Sout...
9: ...n]] pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of [[Salt Lake City]].
10: ...rook]] in an effort to keep Yankees out of the [[Shenandoah Valley]]. - Native American (42651 bytes)
3: ... still enduring as political communities. A comprehensive tribal list can be found under "[[Classifica...
5: ...monality with other arctic peoples not native to the American continent, such as those from arctic [[R...
7: ...ion with various treaty rights, some long established and many more currently under negotiation.
9: ...[M鴩s people (Canada)|M鴩s]] of [[Canada]] and the [[Mestizo]]s and [[Zambo]]s of [[Latin America]]....
11: ... known as Kanaka Māoli and Kanaka 'Oiwi) in the [[US]] state of [[Hawaii]], natives of [[American... - Abraham Clark (2137 bytes)
1: ...resentative of [[New Jersey]] and later attended the [[Continental Congress ]].
3: ...d to the Provincial Congress. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety.
5: ...ylvania|Philadelphia]] on [[June 28]] and signed the Declaration of Independence in early July.
7: ... from [[1786]] to [[1788]]. Clark retired before the state's [[Constitutional Convention]] in [[1794]]...
10: ...raham, 1726-1794." ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. <small>[http://biogui... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
1: {{dablink|For the singer and songwriter of the same name, see [[Voltaire (band)]].}}
4: ...riter]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...oughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
10: ...other was very fond, married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] an...
12: ...], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage. - Fin Whales (8533 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Eutheria]]}}
17: ...hale was hunted more than any other whale during the twentieth century.
20: ...nineteenth century. The specific name comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''physa'', meaning bello...
22: ...ies are quite common - for every 1000 Fin Whales there is a hybrid Blue-Fin Whale.
24: ...s'' (Northern Fin Whale) and ''B. p. quoyi'' (Southern Fin Whale). - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: ...n the [[Gregorian calendar]], in accordance with the [[Anno Domini]]/[[Common Era]] numbering system.
4: ...ember 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconic event of the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]...
6: ... the French revolution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ... human society and the geology of the surface of the earth.
12: ...:Poltava battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in the [[Battle of Poltava]]]] - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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33: ...g|thumb|300px|The [[Neva]] river has been called the main street of St Petersburg]]
36: ...va at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Sea]].
38: ...rgest city, a major European cultural center and the most important Russian Baltic Sea port.
40: ...080;ца). <!-- translator paraphrasing here from de: --> - Lawyer (33471 bytes)
2: ...te specific classes or ranks of [[jurist]]s. In the United States, lawyers are formally called "Attor...
4: ...d knowledge to solve real problems or to advance the interests (usually financial and economic) of per...
6: ...of [[Quebec]]) and [[Australia]] is a LL.B. or bachelor/baccalaureate of laws. In [[Quebec]], lawyers...
8: ...l are) performed by other professionals, such as the [[civil law notary]] or even by non-professionals...
10: ... at law", authorized to plead cases on behalf of their [[client]]s.
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