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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of St...
29: ...dging to devote her life to the service of the people of the Commonwealth and Empire.
33: ...s claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten bef...
55: ...ronation of the British monarch|coronation]] took place in [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[2 June]] [[1953]...
64: ... in some cases, such as [[South Africa]], she has played an important role in retaining or restoring g... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
9: *Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna ([[1708]]-[[1728]]) - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...Parliament, various coercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) wer...
19: ...Catholics was not well-received by the English people. Public alarm increased when James's second wife...
24: ...lliam's government. Still, she did not win the complete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained fro...
26: ...otally extinguished, then it would have become simple for the deposed King James to reclaim the Throne...
38: ...ed by an overwhelming majority of the Scottish People) on [[16 January]] [[1707]]. Under the Act, Engl... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westm...
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
21: ...[republic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: ...n his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colo...
26: ... eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]] in [[Fairfax County, Virg... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
20: Many people consider Jefferson to be among the most brillian...
23: ...n's parents were Peter Jefferson ([[March 29]], [[1708]]–[[August 17]], [[1757]]) and Jane Randolp...
30: ...84]], Jefferson avoided the common practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. In... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
54: ...[[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. Usually known simply as the '''United Kingdom''' or the '''UK''', it ...
64: ...) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles.
69: ...land was on the brink of economic ruin and was deeply unpopular with the broader Scottish population.
71: ...nd]]. This was also an unpopular decision, taking place just after the unsuccessful United Irishmen Re...
74: ...he 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed ... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
41: [[George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore]] applied to [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] for a ne...
43: ...ion Act]] (1649) was one of the first laws that explicitly tolerated varieties of religion (as long as...
47: ...and was the seat of the colonial government until 1708. After [[Virginia]] made the practice of Anglica...
51: In 1708 the seat of government was moved to Providence, r...
81: ...mate of hot summers and mild winters. Beyond the plain rise the foothills of the [[Appalachian Mounta... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
84: *[[Ludolf Bakhuysen]] ([[1631]]-[[1708]])
115: *[[Pompeo Girolamo Batoni]] ([[1708]]-[[1787]])
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]]) - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
1: ...ht|250px|William Dampier, pirate, navigator and explorer]]
2: ...rcumnavigate]] the world twice, and went on to complete a third circumnavigation.
4: ...ld]] in June [[1673]]. In [[1674]] he worked as a plantation manager on [[Jamaica]], but he soon retur...
16: ... Roebuck|HMS ''Roebuck'']] with a commission to explore Australia and New Guinea.
24: ... in [[Brazil]]. Fisher returned to England and complained about his treatment to the Admirality. Dampi... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...blic servant]], [[scientist]], [[librarian]], [[diplomat]], and [[inventor]]. One of the leaders of th...
11: ...ld at Ecton; and over the next few years, this couple had three children, all of whom being half-sibli...
17: ...([[January 6]], [[1706]]), Lydia ([[August 8]], [[1708]]), and Jane ([[March 27]], [[1712]]).
25: ...y earned" are now commonly quoted every day by people all over the world.
27: ...o included works on history, geography, poetry, exploration and science. The success of this library e... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
8: *[[1708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the ...
10: ...with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.
11: ... Purchase]] and reaching the [[Pacific Ocean]], explorers [[Lewis and Clark]] and their "Corps of Disc...
18: ...eir invention of one of the first successful [[airplane]]s after much hard work.
44: *[[1749]] - [[Pierre Simon de Laplace]], French mathematician and astronomer (d. [[1... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
70: *[[Eric Temple Bell]] (Scotland, USA, [[1883]] - [[1960]])
386: *[[Johannes Kepler]] (Germany, [[1571]] - [[1630]])
420: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] (France, [[1749]] - [[1827]])
572: *[[Michel Plancherel]] (Switzerland, [[1885]] - [[1967]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
391: *[[Frederick Copleston]], (1907-1994)
896: *[[David Kaplan (philosopher)|David Kaplan]], (born 1933){{fn|O}}
897: *[[Mordecai Kaplan]], (1881-1983){{fn|R}}
907: *[[Johannes Kepler]], (1571-1630){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
973: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]], (1749-1827){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}} - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...word ''Sikh'', which means a strong and able disciple. The core beliefs of Sikhism are belief in one ...
4: ... certain ritualistic practices that distracted people from focusing on [[God]]. He wanted to go beyond...
6: ...h and last Guru, Guru Gobind (AD [[1666]]–[[1708]]) initiated the Sikh ceremony in AD [[1699]] ; a...
10: ...e True Name, although manifest in many ways, many places and known by many names, is eternally One, th...
14: ...d the cycle of [[reincarnation]] by living a disciplined life – that is, by moderating egoism an... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
11: ... we can assume J. S. Bach began copying music and playing various instruments at an early age.
13: ... until Johann Christoph heard the young Sebastian playing some of the distinctive tunes from his priva...
17: ... a unique counterpoint to his unequalled skill in playing it; Bach was equally at home talking with or...
19: ...d Latin school when he was 18, an impressive accomplishment in his day, especially considering that he...
22: ... masterful use of [[counterpoint]] but also for exploring, for the first time, the full glory of keys ... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...tency with the [[Charles Darwin|Darwinian]] principle of [[common descent]]. [[Molecular systematics]]...
11: ... first microscopists is due to the research of people like [[Marcello Malpighi]] (1628–1694), [[...
13: ...ed, either/or type system, and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences tha...
21: ...sy to identify unambiguously any given species of plant or animal. He proceeded further to introduce i...
23: ...a set of groups from the layer directly below. Simply knowing the two-part scientific name makes it po... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as [[17...
17: * [[1700]]-[[1721|21]]: [[Russia]] supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Ba...
26: ... long decline and the [[Maratha Empire]] slowly replaces it.
29: * [[1708]]: [[Honourable East India Company|The Company of...
30: * [[1708]]-[[1709]]: [[Famine]] kills one-third of [[East ... - Temperature (22519 bytes)
1: ...erage [[kinetic energy]] of the particles in a sample of matter.
12: ==Applications==
13: Temperature plays an important role in almost all fields of scie...
15: ...thermal radiation]] emitted from a surface. One application of this effect is the [[incandescent light...
21: ...ibrated, so that one can read the temperature, simply by observing the level of the fluid in the therm...
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