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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
189: | [[1785]] — [[1790]], [[1904]] — [[1906]] (wi... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugue...
24: *[[William Baffin]], ([[1584]]-[[1622]])
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...luding [[Voltaire]] and [[Diderot]]. In [[1762]], after moving into the new [[Winter Palace]] in [[Sai...
9: ... effect, possibly having turned more conservative after the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of...
11: ...ich were more manageable for the government. In [[1785]] Catherine issued a charter that: allowed the ge...
13: ...ualistic endeavors. Her reforms went even further after a failed peasant revolt in 1773 led by [[Yemel...
15: == Foreign affairs == - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...l|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriage in [[1770]]]]
19: Two and half weeks after leaving [[Vienna]], Maria-Antonia was handed o...
32: ... absolutely devoted to Marie-Antoinette. Not long after meeting Th鲨se, Marie-Antoinette formed a dee...
36: ...nette's life changed suddenly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 10th May [[1774]] when King [[Louis XV]...
43: Shortly after the coronation, Marie-Antoinette attempted to ... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
5: ...th]], the scene of many episodes in her writings; after the death of her father in 1805, Jane, her sis... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ...rs and suppliers of his uncle's business. Shortly after his return from England, his uncle died and he...
19: ...assachusetts, and presided over its Committee of Safety. Under Hancock, Massachusetts raised bands of ...
27: From [[1780]]–[[1785]], he was [[governor of Massachusetts]]. Hancock'...
30: ... score of supplies, if any objects less than the safety of these Posts on this River, and indeed the e...
36: ... in Congress assembled]], from [[November 23]], [[1785]] to [[June 6]], [[1786]]. He was preceded in th... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
31: ... 1765|Stamp Act]] of [[1765]]. In that year, he drafted the instructions which were sent by the town o...
39: ...Robert R. Livingston]] and [[Roger Sherman]] to draft a [[United States Declaration of Independence|De...
44: ...constitution]] of [[1780]]. He penned the first draft along with [[James Bowdoin]] and Samuel Adams.
48: ...ties between the United States and foreign powers after that of February 1778 with France.
50: In [[1785]] John Adams was appointed the first American min... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
25: ... unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the Declaration alone.
37: ... [[1797]] until [[1801]], achieving that position after getting second place in the presidential elect...
143: ...which he approved. This compilation was published after his death and became known as the ''[[Jefferso...
147: ... part of every person's life, freedom of religion affects every individual. State churches that use go...
155: ...t the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities." - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...earth") and λογος (''logos'', "word", "reason")) is the [[science]...
12: ...nterpretation of fossils was not overturned until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translat...
20: ...often viewed as the first modern geologist. In [[1785]] he presented a paper entitled ''Theory of the E...
26: ..., catastrophic events and remained unchanged thereafter. Though Hutton believed in uniformitarianism, ...
28: ...age:Wegener.jpg|thumb|right|Plate tectonics - [[seafloor spreading]] and [[continental drift]] illustr... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
52: ...y rejoined the Union on [[January 26]], [[1870]], after a period of post-war military rule.
54: ...]], [[1990]], [[Douglas Wilder]] became the first African American to serve as Governor of a US state ...
57: ...stone was laid by Governor [[Patrick Henry]] in [[1785]].
72: *Governor's Chief of Staff
81: *Secretary of Public Safety - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
149: * [[1785]]: [[Power loom]]: [[Edmund Cartwright]]
150: * [[1785]]: [[Production line|Automatic flour mill]]: [[Ol...
155: * [[1785]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Jean Pierre Blanchard]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Ita...
68: *[[John James Audubon]] ([[1785]]-[[1851]])
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
487: *[[Anton Graff]] ([[1736]]-[[1813]])
502: *[[Olaf Gulbransson]] ([[1873]]-[[1958]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...[list of scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[invento...
52: ...rell]], (1910-1999;) (1886-1972) — [[Hovercraft]]
68: *[[Karl Drais]], (1785-1851), [[Germany]] — [[bicycle]] ([[Draisin...
158: ...an-American Inventor of the [[gas mask]], and [[traffic signal]].
168: ...is]] — passenger elevator and concommitant safety device - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ...n red, the pink area was claimed by Great Britain after the [[French and Indian War]], and the orange ...
2: ...and Concord|Lexington and Concord]] and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown ...
23: After the French and Indian War and Pontiac's Rebell...
40: ...used the event to stir up popular resistance, but after the trial of the soldiers, who were defended b...
49: *[[Gasp饠Affair|''Gasp饧' Affair]] - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
47: *[[1785]] - [[Treaty of Hopewell]] - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
13: ...rr's courage earned him a place on Washington's staff, but the general never quite trusted Major Burr....
14: ...782]], and began to practice in [[New York City]] after its evacuation by the British in the following...
20: ...om her husband's land speculation, they separated after only four months. During the month of their fi...
24: ...he [[New_York_State_Assembly]] from [[1784]] to [[1785]], but Burr became seriously involved in politics...
32: ...ork City. Later, when Burr fled the United States after the Hamilton duel and treason trial, [[Talleyr... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
11: ...the balloon, but the animals landed more or less safely. It flew for all of eight minutes.
22: ...[1960s]], when [[Raven Industries]] improved the safety of the classic Montgolfier design by using rip... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
21: ...lliam Henry, had made a model paddle steamer in [[1785]], and subsequently developed propulsion by float...
30: ...eum ship]] at [[Winona, Minnesota]]. For modern craft operated on rivers, see the [[riverboat]] articl...
42: People have had a particular affection for the [[Clyde puffer]]s, small steam fre...
49: ...a]], and arrived at [[San Francisco, California]] after the 4-month, 21-day journey.
51: ...]] where trade around the world became cheap and safe. - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
6: ...hment of the First Continental Congress was the drafting of the [[Articles of Association]] on [[Octob...
27: *Jan 11, 1785- Nov. 4, 1785 [[New York, New York]]
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786 - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
13: ...0]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth).
23: ...n a new city. He was not satisfied, however, and after a few months was induced by Pennsylvania Gover...
34: ...ranklin began to concern himself more with public affairs. In 1743, he set forth a scheme for an Acade...
40: ...[cgs]] unit of [[electric charge]] has been named after him: one ''franklin'' (Fr) is equal to one [[s...
52: ...klin was involved in the creation of not only the aforementioned first volunteer fire department and f...
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