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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...ctics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland ...
12: ...he English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...aunt, [[Henrietta Anne Stuart|Henrietta Anne, Duchesse d'Orl顮s]]. Anne returned from France in [[167...
17: ...James II continued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conv...
19: ...illiam and Mary. They were to be followed by any descendants of William by a future marriage. - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...ame the sole ruler upon her death. Popular histories usually know the joint reign as that of "[[Willia...
11: ... Clarendon]], served for a lengthy period as Charles's chief advisor. Although her parents bore eight ...
13: ...[[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary Beatrice d'Este.
15: ... that it would improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William married ...
17: ...ir with [[Elizabeth Villiers]], one of Mary's ladies-in-waiting. - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...umping the liquid sugar onto a cold surface. The resulting solid is amorphous, not crystaline like the...
3: ...rded by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] historians as ''glaesum.'' Anglo-Saxons used the word ''glaer'' for amb...
5: ...fic type of glass—the [[silica]]-based glasses in common use as a building, container or decorat...
9: ...e and will break into sharp shards. These properties can be modified, or even changed entirely, with t...
16: ==Properties and Uses== - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
10: ...ters of Fiji|Prime Minister]] of [[Fiji]] (2000-present)
23: ...uant|Quant, Mary]], (born 1934), British fashion designer
26: ...ntrill, William]], [[United States]] [[United States Civil War|Civil War]]
29: *[[Francis Quarles|Quarles, Francis]], (1592-1644), poet
35: ... Quayle, (1947-), US politician and former Vice President - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''...
8: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Jamestown, Virginia]]
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
12: ...enry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [[Hudso... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...s perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
6: ...ilosophers, such as [[Rene Descartes]], more interesting than the classical material taught at the Uni...
8: ... infection. Cooper was impressed with Locke and pressed him to become part of his retinue.
10: ...t that resonated deeply in Locke's writing of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
12: ...life-threatening itself) to remove the cyst. Shaftesbury survived and prospered, crediting Locke with ... - Dodo (9332 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[dove|Columbiformes]]}}
9: ...r/>{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''R. cucullatus'''''}}
15: ...e Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The G...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
7: ...st known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
11: *[[1651]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
15: ...y [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]]. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...ate actors, authorized by their national authorities, until this form of [[commerce raiding]] was outl...
4: ...challenges global governance |date=2009-04-09 |accessdate=2009-04-09 |publisher=[[Open Democracy]]}}</...
10: ...ref> By the 1st century BC, there were pirate states along the [[Anatolia]]n coast, threatening the co...
12: ...sar raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and had them put to death.
14: ...e threat. (See [[Pompey#Campaign against the pirates]]). - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
2: ...r Henry Morgan''' (c. [[1635]] - [[August 25]], [[1688]]) was a [[privateer]] of Welsh birth, who made a...
4: The eldest son of Robert Morgan, a squire of [[Llanrhymny]]...
6: ...maica endeavoured to cover the whole under the necessity of allowing the English a free hand to attack...
8: ...is cannon, eluded the enemy's guns altogether and escaped in safety. On his return to Jamaica he was a...
10: ...garrison. Then with 1400 men he ascended the Chagres river, and appearing before the city of Panama on... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
7: ...n the [[Pacific]] coast of that isthmus; the pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] befor...
9: ...g Swan and 36 others behind, the rest of the pirates cruised to [[Manila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]...
11: ...a the [[Cape of Good Hope]], penniless but in possession of his journals.
16: ...Voyage Round the World'' in [[1697]] created interest at the British [[Admiralty]] and in [[1699]] Dam...
18: ...n]], discovering the [[Dampier Strait]] between these islands (now the [[Bismarck Islands]]) and New G... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
8: ===Ancestry===
13: ...January 5]], [[1687]]), Joseph ([[February 5]], [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first...
17: ... [[1692]]), Mary ([[September 26]], [[1694]]), James ([[February 4]], [[1697]]), Sarah ([[July 9]], [[...
21: ...n [[apprenticeship|apprentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New England Couran... - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
22: ...ulation growth, and commercial development. As a result, Atlanta is a common case study for college st...
24: ...lroad hub. It was largely destroyed by Union forces during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], but ...
26: ...of the city's nicknames, "The Phoenix City", relates to its rise after the Civil War. The [[phoenix]]...
28: ...rounding suburbs. This has given rise to calling residents inside the "Perimeter" (local parlance for ...
31: ...ive American|Indian]] territory. After these tribes were deported along the [[Trail of Tears]] to [[O... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...e late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoni...
7: ...ons. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this page.
10: ...rmanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germani...
12: ...s Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Rom... - Lanthanum (10184 bytes)
17: <td>[[Chemical series]] </td><td>[[Lanthan...
21: <td>[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td><td>6146 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg...
25: ...lign="center" bgcolor="#ffbfff">'''Atomic properties'''</th></tr>
43: ...gn="center" bgcolor="#ffbfff">'''Physical properties'''</th></tr>
46: ... </td><td>1193 [[Kelvin|K]] (1688 [[Fahrenheit|?F]])</td></tr> - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...e late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoni...
7: ...ons. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this page.
10: ...rmanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germani...
12: ...s Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Rom... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[dove|Columbiformes]]}}
9: ...r/>{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''R. cucullatus'''''}}
15: ...e Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground. - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...tory 1688-1832 (The Arnold History of Britain Series) |publisher=A Hodder Arnold Publication| year=199...
6: ...spierre in the early 1790s. At first, the monarchies of Europe embraced enlightenment ideals, but with...
8: ...l revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radical...
13: ...Europe on the eve of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1700)]]
15: ...de 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]]...
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