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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...tria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[Habsburg Empire]] from [[1740]]-[[178...
4: ...tedly one of the most powerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
12: ...). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [[King o...
14: ...). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [[King o...
15: ...ng issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1765; [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduke of Austria]], [[King of H... - 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: ...abeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]] - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[November 6]], [[1796]]. A co...
5: ...y 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine's supporter...
11: ...ion, granting the government greater control over rural areas because of the peasant revolt. This proc...
13: ...eat instituted several drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free E...
17: ... creation of a "Northern Accord" between Russia, Prussia, Poland, Sweden, and perhaps Great Britain, t... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...izaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
3: ...sburg]]. Generally, she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow Germans i...
7: ...ghter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine I of Russia|Martha Skavronskaya]], was born at [[Kolomens...
13: ...I]], who was rumoured to be her lover. The [[Dolgorukov]]s, who supplanted Menshikov and hated the mem...
15: ...nus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled herself with a handsome youn... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
7: ...toinette's mother, the Empress Maria-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before A...
13: ...er sister Johanna-Gabriella died of smallpox in [[1762]], Maria-Antonia became the next child to be invo...
22: ...'s personal wedding gift to her. It was a fan, encrusted with diamonds.
25: ...mpotent]], but this was not the case. Nor was it true that he suffered from [[phimosis]]. Rather, it s...
34: ...Comte Mercy d'Argenteau, who reported with great frustration that she was doing nothing to further [[A... - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
66: ...[Spain]] by the [[Treaty of Fountainebleau]] of [[1762]].
68: During the period of Spanish rule, several thousand French-speaking refugees from...
88: ...with a fellow Democrat or a Republican to be in a runoff with a fellow Republican. All other states us...
187: *[[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]
299: **[[Ruston]] Rage - SAFL - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
53: * [[Rubber]] in [[Mesoamerica]]
74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
76: * [[132]]: Rudimentary [[Seismometer]]: [[Zhang Heng]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]] - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...ate)|Hanover]] against [[France]], [[Austria]], [[Russia]], [[Sweden]], and [[Saxony]]. [[Spain]] and ...
5: ... [[2nd Carnatic War]] while the fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the [[Silesian Wars|3rd...
8: ...]]. During that conflict, King [[Frederick II of Prussia]] had gained the rich province of [[Silesia]]...
10: ... continental Europe and thus allowed Britannia to rule the seas, as well as exert some influence on ma...
12: ... army had undergone an overhaul according to the Prussian system. Maria Theresa, whose knowledge of mi... - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787) —...
67: *[[Rudolf Diesel]], (1858-1913), [[Germany]] — [[...
103: * [[William Gruber]] — [[View-master]]
114: *[[Rudolf Hell]], (1901-2002)
115: *[[John Philip Holland]], (1840-1914) — "true" submarine - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wave.jpg|thumb|250px|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]]...
2: ...ale. [[Earthquake]]s, [[landslide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorite impact]]s all have...
6: ...d they take on the characteristics of a violent onrushing [[tide]] rather than the sort of cresting wa...
10: ...], such as an [[earthquake]], [[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. Ho...
12: ...er. Such large vertical movements of the earth's crust can occur at [[plate boundaries]]. [[Subduction... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ... and winning battles, but he gradually became disgruntled beginning with his not receiving what he fel...
6: ... the Crown. He married Margaret Mansfield on [[February 22]], [[1767]]. They had three sons; Margaret ...
17: ...gadier general]] and in [[1776]] oversaw the construction of America's first gunships on [[Lake Champl...
25: ...ancial dealings in Philadelphia were even more corrupt than his detractors had suspected. <!-- source:...
27: ... in the [[French and Indian War]], Arnold was mistrustful of French Catholics, and felt that the Revol... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
13: ...5]]), Ann ([[January 5]], [[1687]]), Joseph ([[February 5]], [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[168...
17: ...), Mary ([[September 26]], [[1694]]), James ([[February 4]], [[1697]]), Sarah ([[July 9]], [[1699]]), ...
23: ...ibuted many essays. The Gazette gave Franklin a forum for agitating for a variety of local reforms. H...
27: ...]] partly contributed to the American colonies' struggle to maintain their privileges.
38: .... [[Georg Wilhelm Richmann]] of [[St. Petersburg, Russia]], were spectacularly electrocuted during the... - 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)
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
120: *[[Averroes]] (or ''Ibn Rushd''), (1126-1198){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
158: *[[Bruno Bauer]], (1809-1882){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
160: *[[Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten]], (1714-1762){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
231: *[[Rudjer Boscovich]], (1711-1787){{fn|C}} - 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]].
29: ...ire|Persia]] and founds the [[Afsharid dynasty]]. Rules until his death in [[1747]]. - 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...
22: ...unded by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russia]]n [[Capital (political)|capital]] until [[19...
27: * [[1707]]: [[Mount Fuji]] erupts in Japan. - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
16: * [[1762]]: [[Iron smelting process]]: [[Jared Eliot]] - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ...nstruments— most notably the [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]. Although highly unappreciated dur...
7: ...sm|baptized]] on the day after his birth at [[St. Rupert's Cathedral]] as ''Johannes Chrysostomus Wolf...
11: ...e musical training from his father, including instruction in both the [[piano]] and [[violin]]. Musica...
15: ...ghout [[Europe]], beginning with an exhibition in 1762 at the Court of the Elector of [[Bavaria]] in [[M... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
13: ...]]: || [[Northwestern Federal District|North West Russia]]
15: ...s of Russia|Subdivision]]: || [[Federal cities of Russia|federal city]]
17: ...m|Location]]: || {{coor dm|59|56|N|30|20|E|region:RU_type:city(4,661,219)}}
36: ...sh;[[1924]]), is a city located in [[Northwestern Russia]] on the delta of the river Neva at the east ...
38: ...r European cultural center and the most important Russian Baltic Sea port.
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