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- Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
1: ...I.M. Ekaterina I, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias]]
3: ...25]] until her death. With Peter, she was also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his death in the next year...
5: ...s a servant to minister Gluck of [[Marienburg]]. Russian forces captured the city, she was captured a...
7: ...d in childhood except for Anna and [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta]].
10: *[[Empress]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]] - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: '''Anne''' ([[6 February]] [[1665]]–[[1 August]][[1714]]) became ...
17: ...on to Roman Catholicism became public. On the instructions of Charles II, however, Anne and her sister...
19: ...ffered to, and accepted by, William and Mary, who ruled as joint monarchs. The [[Bill of Rights 1689]]...
24: ... government. Still, she did not win the complete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from makin...
47: ... majority was unassailable, but the same was not true in the [[House of Lords]]. To block the peace pl... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
210: *[[Rush Brown]] ([[1948]]-)
211: *[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] ([[1568]]-[[1625]])
212: *[[Jan Brueghel the Younger]] ([[1601]]-[[1678]]) - Dodo (9332 bytes)
15: ...tius]]. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
22: The breast structure was insufficient to have ever supported flig...
24: ...asons, the dodo probably fattened itself on ripe fruits at the end of the wet season to live through t...
35: ...th a 95% [[confidence interval]] of [[1688]] to [[1715]].
47: ...hese birds were much closer taxonomically to the true [[Dove|pigeons]] than previously thought, and we... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
168: ...ed observed Uranus twice again, in [[1712]] and [[1715]]. [[Bradley]] observed it in [[1748]], [[1750]] ...
186: ...|| August 27th, 2004 || November 12th, 2004 || February 22nd, 2004
188: ... September 1st, 2005 || November 16th, 2005 || February 25th, 2005 - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...olitics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
25: The first truly successful English colony was established in [[...
29: ...icated that the entire region was, at the time, struck by the most severe [[drought]] in centuries. [[...
35: ... contrast with the highly developed social infrastructure of colonial New England.
58: ...ropean power of the day. Thus, in the political structure of Puritan society could be seen both the de... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
15: ...eply indebted, so deeply as to be effectively bankrupt. Extravagant expenditures by [[Louis XIV]] on l...
17: ...cts, but Britain had a far more advanced fiscal structure to deal with it. There was no counterpart t...
30:
34: ...uation, France had reached a state of virtual bankruptcy: no one would lend the king funds sufficient ...
38: - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...tholic Church]] was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While [[France]] would oscillate between ...
21: ...mes of [[Louis XV of France | Louis XV]] (ruled [[1715]]–[[1774]]) and Louis XVI several different...
25: ...d to endorse his measures, insisting that only a truly representative body — preferably the [[Es...
53: ...e reformist minister Necker and completely reconstructed the ministry. Much of Paris, presuming this t...
57: ...ecame the city's mayor under a new governmental structure known as the ''commune''. The king visited P... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: '''William Dampier''' ([[1652]] – March, [[1715]]) was a [[England|English]] explorer, sea captai...
7: ...he pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the Caribbean.
9: ...an and 36 others behind, the rest of the pirates cruised to [[Manila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]], t...
20: ...'' foundered near [[Ascension Island]] on [[21 February]] [[1701]] and the crew were marooned there fo...
24: ... his return Dampier was [[court-martial]]led for cruelty. On the outward voyage Dampier had crewman Ge... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
23: ...Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557]...
69: *[[Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky]] ([[Russia]], [[1883]] – [[1953]])
75: *[[Biruni]] ([[Persia]] [[973]] - [[1048]])
85: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]],... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
120: *[[Averroes]] (or ''Ibn Rushd''), (1126-1198){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
158: *[[Bruno Bauer]], (1809-1882){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
231: *[[Rudjer Boscovich]], (1711-1787){{fn|C}}
257: *[[Constantin Brunner]], (1862-1937)
258: *[[Emil Brunner]], (1889-1966){{fn|R}} - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
12: ...uneuf]], a friend of François' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and ...
16: ...to send him to stay for nearly a year ([[1714]]-[[1715|15]]) with [[Louis de Caumartin]], marquis de [[S...
18: ...d to 'v' and 'j' to 'i' according to the ordinary rules of the game.
20: ...w between parties assisting its success. It had a run of forty-five nights and brought the author not ...
22: ...his second play, ''Artemire'', was produced in February [[1720]]. It was a failure, and though it was... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
15: ...tius]]. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
22: The breast structure was insufficient to have ever supported flig...
24: ...asons, the dodo probably fattened itself on ripe fruits at the end of the wet season to live through t...
35: ...th a 95% [[confidence interval]] of [[1688]] to [[1715]].
48: ...hese birds were much closer taxonomically to the true [[Dove|pigeons]] than previously thought, and we... - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
2: ... City]] that produce their own seasons. Even tiny rural communities sometimes awe audiences with extra...
11: ...from London, including ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[The Recruiting Officer]]'', and ''Richard III''. ''[[The Me...
19: ...wns grew to the size that they could afford "long runs" of a production, and in 1841, a single play wa...
30: ...ere thousands of cities and towns with at least a rudimentary theater for live productions. This trend...
38: ...udeville community, but went on to enjoy a career running until the [[1990s]]. - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...ia]], [[Britain]], [[France]], [[Prussia]], and [[Russia]].
9: ...]. The rise of nations like Austria, Russia, and Prussia began to shift the balance of power away from...
11: ...luences from Europe were beginning to shake the structures of old empires, especially [[India]], where...
17: ...y [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russia|Russian]] [[capital]] until [[1918]].
20: * [[1715]]: [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] dies - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...historical movements, the "long" 18th century may run from the [[Glorious Revolution]] of [[1688]] to ...
15: ...he [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]].
17: * [[1700]]-[[1721|21]]: [[Russia]] supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Balt...
21: * [[1702]]-[[1715]]: [[Camisard|Camisard Rebellion]] in [[France]].
22: ...unded by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russia]]n [[Capital (political)|capital]] until [[19...
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