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- Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...til her death. With Peter, she was also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his death in the next year.
5: ...rfa Skavronska and was the daughter of Samuil Skavronski, a [[Lithuania]]n peasant. She was married a...
7: ... shortly after he took her as his mistress. In [[1705]], she converted to [[Orthodoxy]] and changed her...
9: *Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna ([[1708]]-[[1728]])
10: *[[Empress]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]] - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...d England and Scotland into Great Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
12: ...s husband was [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], who led the English armies in the [[War of ...
15: ... married John Churchill (the future Duke of Marlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most im...
17: ...nded the Throne as James II. James, desirous of a Roman Catholic successor, suggested to Princess Anne...
19: ...Bill of Rights 1689]] settled succession to the Throne; Princess Anne and her descendants were to be i... - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
2: ...r 17]], [[1705]]) was a French [[author]], and patron of the arts.
4: ...r at an early age. In 1632 her father was exiled from France after a duel, and when her mother died te...
6: ...was really only an aspect of the clear idea that drove her actions: she was determined to remain unmar...
8: ... a nine-year old named [[Voltaire|Fran篩s Marie Arouet]] so he could buy books.
10: ...former queen of [[Sweden]]. Impressed, Christina wrote to [[Cardinal Mazarin]] on Ninon's behalf and a... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...ctical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where the...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
10: * 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]] - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] ...
5: ...r [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...s of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, i...
15: ... tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surfaces... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...wton's laws of motion|laws of motion]], laid the groundwork for [[classical mechanics]]. Newton also s...
4: ...n the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
19: .... As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss Storey married someone else....
25: ...ater life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events.
29: ...thod" were superior, and were generally adopted throughout the English-speaking world. (Curiously, in ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Viking (18085 bytes)
4: ...ieval Scandinavian population in general is more properly referred to as '''Norse'''.
12: ...Ledberg Runestone]] having illustrations of what probably are [[Varangians]] in the [[Byzantine Empire...
13: ...oast of [[England]]. For the next 200 years, [[European]] history is filled with tales of Vikings and...
15: ...ivers of [[France]] and [[Spain]], and gained control of areas in [[Russia]] and along the [[Baltic]] ...
33: ...ts. The following example is in [[fornyr𩳬ag]] from the [[H? Runestone]] in Sweden, raised by a man ... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: '''François-Marie Arouet''' ([[November 21]], [[1694]] – [[May 30...
8: ...etimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
10: ...married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relation...
12: ...the basis of his considerable [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...oor family, but his father stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never... - Olympia, Greece (5214 bytes)
3: ...|thumb|290px|View onto the training ground from a room of the [[palestra]].]]
5: ...:show; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:0,5em; background:#FFDEAD;"
19: | [[Provinces of Greece|Province]]: || [[Province of Olympia|Olympia]]
37: ... [[Municipal codes in Greece|Municipal code]]: || 1705
53: ...at least as far as [[776 BC]]. In [[394]] CE emperor [[Theodosius I]] abolished them. - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ... groupings have been revised since Linnaeus to improve consistency with the [[Charles Darwin|Darwinian...
5: ... known system of classifying forms of life comes from the Greek philosopher [[Aristotle]], who classif...
7: In 1172 Ibn Rushd ([[Averroes]]), who was a judge (Qaadi) in [[Seville]], tra...
9: ... scientific classification was made by the Swiss professor, [[Conrad von Gesner]] (1516–1565). G...
11: ...694), [[Jan Swammerdam]] (1637–1680), and [[Robert Hooke]] (1635–1702). - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
4: ...[[Seed drill]]: [[Jethro Tull (agriculturist)|Jethro Tull]]
5: * [[1705]]: [[Newcomen engine|Steam piston engine]]: [[Tho...
15: * [[1752]]: [[Lightning rod]]: [[Benjamin Franklin]]
16: * [[1762]]: [[Iron smelting process]]: [[Jared Eliot]]
24: * [[1779]]: [[Spinning mule]]: [[Samuel Crompton]] - Iceberg (3511 bytes)
1: ... is a large piece of [[ice]] that has broken off from a [[glacier]] or [[ice shelf]] and is floating i...
5: ...only a small manifestation of a more significant trouble.
9: ...d hazardous to shipping. The most famous sinking from an iceberg collision was the destruction of the ...
11: ... monitor the icebergs. The [[International Ice Patrol]] tracks the presence of icebergs in the norther...
17: ...; W to 180° ([[Amundsen Sea]], Eastern [[Ross Sea]])
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