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- Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
3: ...[[1740]]) reigned as Duchess of [[Courland]] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to...
7: ...Duchess of Courland (now western [[Latvia]]) from 1711 to 1730, with the Russian resident, [[Bestuzhev-R...
17: ...t move the capital back to [[Moscow]], she spent most of her time at that city in the company of her f...
19: ...ughly identified themselves with Russia, [[Andrey Osterman]] and [[Burkhardt Munnich]].
24: ...mperor|Charles VI]], ([[Holy Roman Emperor]] from 1711 to 1740), and committed Russia during the [[War o... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ... in British history, largely as a result of her close friendship with [[Anne I of the United Kingdom|Q...
4: ...en and her old friend deteriorated greatly. In [[1711]], both Sarah and her husband fell out of royal f...
6: Close links with the Royal Family remained. In a move... - Narcissi (1567 bytes)
15: ...age|Persian]] word of this plant, نرگس (''Nargis''). - Iraq (19222 bytes)
32: | '''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' (PPP)<br> - Total ([[2...
49: ...nging the political face of Iraq, which had been mostly dominated by its [[Sunni]] minority since its ...
64: ...en appointed the new [[Prime Minister of Iraq]]. Most power will be invested in him. The new Governmen...
70: ...'', Kurdish: پاریزگه ''Pⲩzgah''). Particularly in Iraqi gove...
97: ...as a small coastline with the [[Persian Gulf]]. Close to the coast and along the [[Shatt al-Arab]] the... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
59: ...]. Hungary was partially demolished with a great loss of life in [[1241]]–[[1242]] by [[Mongol]]...
65: ...nobleman, [[Ferenc II Rczi]], between 1704 and 1711. The revolution and war of 1848–1849 elimin...
69: ...Miklorthy]] ruled with autocratic powers for most of the interwar period. Hungarian politics and c...
71: ...collaborator [[Ferenc Szᬡsi]] and his [[Arrow Cross Party]] in order to avert Hungary's defection to...
73: ...the Soviet Union in [[1991]], Hungary developed closer ties with Western Europe, joined [[NATO]] in [[... - Flag of Connecticut (1242 bytes)
5: ...ticut|Hartford]]) and rearranged the wording and position of the motto. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
65: * [[3rd century BC|200s BC]]: [[Crossbow]] in [[History of China|China]]
70: ...[[Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
132: * [[1711]]: [[Tuning fork]]: [[John Shore]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
36: ...udjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], w...
51: ...[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
54: ... Cros]], (1842-1888) — [[phonograph]]... almost - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: ...ošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]], [[1711]] - [[1787]])
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
179: *[[Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham]] (UK, [[1842]] - [[1928]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[198...
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]]...
54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[191...
85: ...73;er Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]], [[1711]] – [[1787]]) - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
9: ...bina, and Radošinare These findings are the most ancient evidence of commercial exchanges carried...
11: ...archeological digs and burial places scattered across Slovakia, and even more surprisingly, in the nor...
13: ...ers. This cave is one of the biggest Neolithic deposits in Europe, and was continuously inhabited for ...
15: ...nd weapons. As a result, it became an important crossroads of European trade routes.
19: ...0th century BCE|2000]]-[[800s BCE|800 BCE]]. The most well-known culture of that era was the funeral c... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ... [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...g established in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his lif...
10: ...ather appears to have been strict, but neither inhospitable nor tyrannical. Marguerite Arouet, of whom...
12: ...rave;ge Louis-le-Grand, and remained there till [[1711]]. Though he deprecated the education he had rece...
14: ...left him money so he could buy books. In August [[1711]], at the age of seventeen, he came home and the ... - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
8: ...to synthesize hundreds of organic compounds. The most important among them are [[mauve]], [[magenta]],...
12: ...Dalton]] and those who did not, such as [[Wilhelm Ostwald]] and [[Ernst Mach]]. Although such propone...
20: ...]]'s development of the [[periodic table]], and, most impressively, Mendeleev's use of it to predict t...
23: ...aterials for clothing, medicine, and everyday disposable resources, by the twentieth century.
27: ...the internal structure of atoms, [[Henry Moseley|Moseley]]'s attendant systematic explanation of the p... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...rossing the Delaware.png|thumb|250px|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776...
6: ...ilosophy and science increased in prominence. Philosophers were dreaming about a better age without th...
8: ...nquest of large parts of India. However, Britain lost the USA after the American revolution. The [[ind...
16: ...ds (geologic event)|Bridge of the Gods]] forms across the [[Columbia River]].
18: ...anish Succession]] was a conflict which involved most of [[Louis XIV#The Spanish Succession|Europe]].<... - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
8: * [[1711]]: [[Tuning fork]]: [[John Shore]]
18: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]] - Lava (9992 bytes)
9: ...00C to 1200C (1300F to 2200F). However, the [[viscosity]] of lava is 100,000 times that of water. Neve...
19: ...is characterized by a rough or rubbly surface composed of broken lava blocks called [[clinker]].
21: ... flows. ‘A‘a is usually of higher viscosity than pāhoehoe (usually spelled just pahoe...
32: ||[[Image:Pahoehoe toe.jpg|thumb|none|250px|Closeup of advancing molten "toe" of Pahoehoe]]
33: ...umb|none|150px|Toes of a pāhoehoe advance across a road in [[Kalapana, Hawaii|Kalapana]] on the e... - Watt steam engine (4120 bytes)
1: ...me|right|Diagram of the Watt Steam Engine in its most basic form showing the improvement of the separa...
2: ... engines and then went on to be used in place of most natural power sources such as wind and water. Wa...
4: ... both powerful and useful; the first example from 1711 was able to replace a team of 500 horses that had...
8: ...and, but later, it is said, a boy named Potter, whose job it was to turn these valves, connected the v...
10: ...e. This proved frustrating and Watt repeatedly almost gave up on the project, only to be convinced to ...
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