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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
4: ...the most powerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...f [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]] whose sole male heir - his son Leopold Johann - died a...
8: ...of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
15: ...el of Spain (1741-1763), then HSH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (1739-1767); no surviving issue. [...
17: ...h of Austria|HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth]] (1743-1808) - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...uly 31]], [[1784]]) was a [[France|French]] [[philosopher]] and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Cha...
5: ...nd content, while also examining [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is a...
7: ...ictures that we have of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
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12: ...desperate and unfathomable uncertainty of the philosophy which professes to be so high above both chur... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ... also spent exorbitant sums of money on the grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, [[B...
7: ...ronskaya]], was born at [[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her pa...
11: ...slike of the princess for the various suitors proposed to her, so that on the death of her mother (May...
15: ...Anne]], consoled herself with a handsome young [[Cossack]], [[Aleksey Grigorievich Razumovsky|Alexis R...
19: ...nant at the Russian court. It is a mistake to suppose, however, that La Chetardie took a leading part ... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
3: ...that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
16: ...anels (usually 27" or 36"). Larger works are composed of several stripes sewn together. Moquette car...
19: ..., 3-dimensional flowers. Patterns for tiled (composed of a series of squares) carpets, called [[Berli...
39: ...rigin of this carpet is debated. It has been proposed to be a product of either the Iranian [[Scythia...
48: ...h century. Until the mid-18th century they were mostly used on walls and tables. Except in royal or ... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...Washington is generally recognized as one of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many o...
26: ...enandoah Valley]] in Virginia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]...
31: ...ting party, killing ten, including its leader, [[Joseph Coulon de Jumonville|Ensign Jumonville]]. Wash...
37: ... colonies' wealthiest men. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[...
40: ...he Delaware.png|thumb|left|350px|''[[Washington Crossing the Delaware]],'' by [[Emanuel Leutze]], 1851... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[April 13]], [[1743]]
18: ... [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|agricult...
20: ... ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alo...
37: ...s]] from [[1797]] until [[1801]], achieving that position after getting second place in the presidenti...
102: ...d States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Joseph Habersham]]'''||align="left"|1801 - Finland (29511 bytes)
51: ...anguage arrived in Finland during the Stone Age, possibly even among the first [[Mesolithic]] settlers...
53: ...13th century AD, if we discount the obcscure and possibly fictious stories of Finnish kings in Scandin...
57: ...ces ([[1714]]–[[1721]] and [[1742]]–[[1743]]), by the Finns known as the [[Greater Wrath]] a...
63: ...al Germany]], and "the reds". The reds consisted mostly of propertyless rural and industrial workers w...
65: ...countries. Into the [[19th century]] there was a most obvious language barrier; then during the 19th c... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = SD |
53: ... rocks, stones and gemstones|State mineral]]:''' Rose [[quartz]]
82: ... resigned to signing the [[1858 Treaty]], ceding most of present-day eastern South Dakota to the [[Uni...
115: A [[bill (proposed law)|bill]] for [[U.S. state|statehood]] for No...
138: The largest and most complete fossil of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' ever found was uncovered near the ci... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
12: ...egular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
35: *[[1902]] - The first [[Rose Bowl (game)|Rose Bowl]] game is played in [[Pasadena, California]...
79: **[[Velvet Divorce]]: [[Czechoslovakia]] is divided into the [[Slovakia|Slovak Re...
108: *[[1752]] - [[Betsy Ross]], American seamstress (d. [[1836]])
121: *[[1894]] - [[Satyendra Nath Bose]], Indian mathematician (d. [[1974]]) - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: ...o the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
4: ...ity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ... of the age. However, prominent Enlightenment philosophers such as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rou...
8: ... continued rise of [[empiricism | empirical]] philosophical ideas, and their application to [[politica...
11: == History of Enlightenment philosophy == - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
18: *[[Joseph Black]], (1728-1799), chemist
19: *[[Carl Bosch]], (1872-1940), German chemist
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
82: *[[Jaroslav Heyrovsk?1890-1967), Czech chemist
104: *[[Antoine Lavoisier]], (1743-1794), French pioneer chemist - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
9: Franklin's father, Josiah Franklin, was born at [[Ecton]], [[Northampton...
11: In around [[1677]], Josiah married a one Anne Child at Ecton; and over th...
13: ...), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth). - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
168: *[[Marquis de Condorcet]] (France, [[1743]] - [[1794]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Celsius (3635 bytes)
18: ... Elvius from Sweden (1710), a Christian of Lyons (1743), and the botanist [[Carolus Linnaeus]] (1740); a...
20: ...dard: it depends on the definition of standard atmospheric pressure which in turn depends on the defin...
22: ... or perhaps [[Daniel Ekstr?, the manufacturer of most of the [[thermometer]]s used by Celsius.
24: ...d throughout most of the world for day-to-day purposes. In broadcast media it was still frequently ref...
26: ...d temperature controllers (for example, room thermostats); however some of the British media still pro... - Holmium (7766 bytes)
5: | colspan="2" align="center" | [[Dysprosium]] – '''Holmium''' – [[Erbium]]
61: | 1743 [[Kelvin|K]] (2678 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
107: ...olspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffbfff" | '''Most stable isotopes'''
128: ... (10.6?B) of any naturally-occurring element and possesses other unusual magnetic properties. When com...
130: ...forming a yellowish oxide. In pure form, holmium possesses a metallic, bright silvery luster. - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ... [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...g established in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his lif...
10: ...ather appears to have been strict, but neither inhospitable nor tyrannical. Marguerite Arouet, of whom...
14: ...he famous author [[Ninon de lEnclos|Ninon de Lenclos]]. When she died, tragically, in [[1705]], she le...
16: ...was suspected of having been concerned in the composition of two violent libels. Inveigled by a spy na...
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