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- 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 - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
7: ...harles d'Abancourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
15: ...ank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
46: ...tte Ackermann|Ackermann, Sophie Charlotte]] (1714-1792) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
92: *[[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen]], (1792-1849), Queen-Consort of King [[William IV of the ... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
20: ...), married HRH Infanta Mar�Lu� of Spain (1745-1792); had issue. [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]]: 1765 (abd...
48: ...fter1=[[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]]|after6=[[Philip of Parma|Philip]]}} - 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...
13: ...ualistic endeavors. Her reforms went even further after a failed peasant revolt in 1773 led by [[Yemel...
15: == Foreign affairs ==
21: ...]] during Catherine's reign. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], which legi... - 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 ... - Rose (15436 bytes)
23: ...(3-) 5-9 (-13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets have a serrated margin, and often a few small...
44: ...[[Rosa glauca]]'' (syn. ''R. rubrifolia'') - Redleaf Rose
77: ...mn. Four china roses ('Slater's Crimson China', [[1792]]; 'Parsons' Pink China', [[1793]]; 'Hume's Blush...
78: **'''Portland''' - These are named after the [[Duke of Portland|Duchess of Portland]] w...
116: ===Roses named after famous people=== - Carpet (15753 bytes)
3: ...and rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the latter a floor covering t...
5: [[Image:Carpet.png|350px|thumb|Contemporary Afghan Rug]]
12: ...s type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]].
21: ...the mid-20th century, chenille carpeting declined after the invention of [[Spool Axminster]] (1878) an...
30: ...tal carpet production are: [[Turkey]], [[Northern Africa]], the [[Caucasus]], [[Iran]], [[Nepal]], [[T... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
4: ...ns. The Tainos subsequently died in great numbers after exposure to the European diseases the sailors ...
11: ...ons seized after the English attacked San Juan in 1792.]]
18: ...d Ponce de León was injured by a poisoned arrow. After this attack, he and colonists sailed to [[Hava... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...od at Ferry Farm in [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford County]], near [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fre...
28: ==French and Indian War and afterwards==
31: ...ead.) The "[[Battle of Jumonville Glen|Jumonville affair]]" became an international incident, and help...
51: ... Arnold]] won the [[Battle of Saratoga]] in 1777. After Monmouth, the British concentrated their offen...
58: ...like [[Julius Caesar]] before him or [[Napoleon]] after him—he probably would have been able to ... - 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.
57: In [[1796]], after Washington refused to seek another term, Adams... - 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." - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: '''George Mifflin Dallas''' ([[July 10]], [[1792]] – [[December 31]], [[1864]]) was a [[Unit...
5: ...ction. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs.
14: ...[Mayor of Philadelphia]]|before=[[Joseph Watson]]|after=[[Benjamin W. Richards]]|years=1828-1829}}
15: ...r the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]|before=?|after=?|years=1829-1831}}
16: ...r from Pennsylvania]]|before=[[Isaac D. Barnard]]|after=[[Samuel McKean]]|years=1831-1833}} - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
6: ...duated from [[Yale University|Yale]] College in [[1792]], where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. On...
14: ...rians believe that this invention allowed for the African [[slavery]] system in the Southern United St...
26: ..., accuracy, and finish to the work which is there affected by a skill." Whitney's concepts were later... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
46: ...hree counties became "The Delaware State," and in 1792 that entity adopted its first constitution, decla...
48: ...n 1813 as the "[[Spencer Churches|Union Church of Africans]]," which is now the [[A.U.M.P. Church]]. ...
50: ...fied the amendment on February 12, 1901--40 years after [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]'s [[Emancipation P...
69: ... In addition to its other responsibilities, Dover AFB serves as the entry point and [[morgue]] for Ame...
74: ...oundary of the state and is the watershed for the affluents of the [[Delaware River|Delaware]] in the ... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 1]], [[1792]] |
41: ...e final convention in April 1792. On [[June 1]], 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state in the union...
45: ...y derived from the Cherokee word for "meadowland" after the bluegrass pastures that lured early pionee...
81: *7.3% [[African American|Black]]
87: ...nd|Irish]] (10.5%), [[England|English]] (9.7%), [[African American]] (7.3%). - Washington (20186 bytes)
40: Washington is the only state named after a [[President of the United States|president]]...
49: ...then by British Captain [[George Vancouver]] in [[1792]].
51: ...mouth of the [[Columbia river]] and, beginning in 1792, he established trade in [[Sea Otter]] pelts. In ...
71: ...e [[Dino Rossi]] as governor-elect almost a month after the polls had closed, beating out the [[Democr...
117: *3.2% [[African American|Black]] - Virginia (23198 bytes)
38: ...as admitted to the Union as a separate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia durin...
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 ...
72: *Governor's Chief of Staff
81: *Secretary of Public Safety - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
65: ... second state on December 12, [[1787]] (five days after Delaware became the first).
69: ...the vast majority of U.S. kerosene for years thereafter, and saw the rise and fall of oil boom towns.
80: ...ue, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Community Affairs, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of E...
118: ...a recreational mountain lake for sportsmen, burst after a heavy rain and destroyed the downstream fact...
129: ...ese are produced by [[Amish]] and [[Mennonite]] craftsmen.
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