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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ... the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]...
10: ...ious coercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensur...
12: ...ho led the English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...r close friend and one of her most influential advisors. Jennings later married John Churchill (the fu...
17: ...however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continued to send her Catholic books... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...ho became the sole ruler upon her death. Popular histories usually know the joint reign as that of "[[...
11: ...s bore eight children, only Mary and her younger sister [[Anne of Great Britain|Anne]] survived into a...
13: ... her father married again in [[1673]], taking as his second wife the Catholic [[Mary of Modena]], also...
15: ...marriage, falsely assuming that it would improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins...
17: ... Dutch people, but her husband neglected or even mistreated her. William long maintained an affair wit... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...liam III of Orange|William of Orange]] to the British throne and was rewarded with an earldom.
4: ...he Robes and Keeper of the Privy Purse. She exercised great personal and political influence. Howeve...
6: ... the prince and his family, however, even after this plan had failed.
8: {{succession box | title=[[Mistress of the Robes]] | before=— | after=[[El... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-NJ |
36: ...named after the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
38: == History==
39: ...den|Swedes]] in the mid-1600's as part of the Swedish colony of [[New Sweden]], which included parts o...
41: ... two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|Sir George Carter... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
2: ...humb|right|[[Bust]] of Alexander III in the [[British Museum]].]]
4: ... literature as '''Alexander the Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian capital and national libra...
6: ...ng his lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in which h...
9: ...aining in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, medicine, and philosophy.
11: ...cended from [[Heracles]] through [[Caranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neopto... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
2: Name = Illinois |
3: Fullname = State of Illinois |
4: Flag = Illinois state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Illinois]] |
6: Seal = Illinois state seal.png | - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|...
9: *[[1438]] - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] is crowned King of [[Hungary]].
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York...
14: *[[1707]] - [[John V of Portugal|John V]] is crowned King of [[Portugal]]
15: ...scovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]]. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...in, and scientific observer. He was the first Englishman to explore or map parts of [[New Holland (Aus...
4: ...fought at the [[Battle of Schooneveld]] in June [[1673]]. In [[1674]] he worked as a plantation manager ...
7: ...oast of that isthmus; the pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the ...
9: ...anila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]], the [[Spice Islands]], and [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland...
11: ...e of Good Hope]], penniless but in possession of his journals. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
1: '''March 17''' is the 76th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calen...
6: *[[45 BC]] - In his last victory, [[Julius Caesar]] defeats the [[Pom...
7: ...on of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back to the New World for more gold
8: ... their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
9: ...ork City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern). - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: '''March 18''' is the 77th day of the year in the [[Gregorian calen...
9: *[[1608]] - [[Sissinios of Ethiopia|Sissinios]] formally crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]]
10: ...erkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
11: ...|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
12: *[[1850]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[William Fargo]]. - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...losophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)|Leviathan]]'' ([[1651]]...
10: ...ree children to the care of an older brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport church from the ...
12: ...m Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire|William Cavendish]], Baron of Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devons...
14: ...nslation of that work into [[English language|English]]. Hobbes believed that Thucydides' account of t...
16: ...was a regular debater in philosophic groups in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}}
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