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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[November 6]], [[1796]]. A cousin to [[Gustav III of Sweden]] and [[C...
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 == - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
7: ...tte Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. He had affairs with the writer Madame Puisieux and with Sop...
10: ... the same date he published a free rendering of Shaftesbury's ''Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Merit'' ...
14: ...ered the case of a similar deprivation in the [[deaf and dumb]]. The ''Lettre sur les sourds et muets'...
31: ...government, had struck out from the proof sheets, after they had left Diderot's hands, all passages th...
42: ...of ''Le Neveu de Rameau'' to the European public. After executing it, he gave back the original French... - 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: ...ng second place in the presidential election of [[1796]].
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." - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
24: ...enator]]. As Minister to [[France]] in [[1794]]-[[1796]], he displayed strong sympathies for the French ...
36: ...ognize the young sister republics until [[1822]], after ascertaining that Congress would vote appropri...
38: ...olonization by any European Power." Some 20 years after Monroe died in 1831, this became known as the ...
42: ...tion of Independence]] was proclaimed and 5 years after the death of Presidents [[John Adams]] and [[T...
111: ...enator from Virginia]] | before=[[John Walker]] | after=[[Stevens T. Mason]] | years=[[1790]]–[[... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
24: ...hnson in 1797. The couple named one of their sons after George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the o...
26: ... a successor having been elected six months early after Adams broke with the Federalist Party.
30: ...], which warned European nations not to meddle in affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
77: ...r the 27th Congress) and the Committee on Foreign Affairs (also for the 27th Congress).
80: ... United States]] and successfully argued that the Africans, who had seized control of a Spanish ship w... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
22: ...[United States]]. He was the first President born after the signing of the [[United States Declaration...
27: ...e common schools and at Kinderhook Academy. In [[1796]] he began the study of [[law]], completing his p...
29: .... Livingston]] and Aaron Burr. Federalist control after [[1799]] depended upon coalition with one or o...
35: ...recognized procedure in national, state and local affairs. Van Buren did not originate the system, but...
43: After the election, he sought to bring the Crawford ... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ... the British and the black Caribs continued until 1796, when General Sir [[Ralph Abercromby]] crushed a ...
65: ...969, giving it complete control over its internal affairs. Following a referendum in 1979, St. Vincent...
96: Most Vincentians are the descendants of African slaves brought to the island to work on plan... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 1]], [[1796]] |
43: ...cal meeting)|constitutional convention]] met in [[1796]] to organize a new state out of the [[Southwest ...
50: ...the Union when it did so on [[June 8]], [[1861]]. After the [[American Civil War]], Tennessee adopted ...
52: ...m the Union that did not have a military governor after the [[American Civil War]], mostly due to the ...
60: Tennessee celebrated its bicentennial in [[1996]] after a yearlong statewide celebration entitled "Ten... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
8: *[[Moammar Al Qadhafi|Qadhafi, Moammar]], Libyan military leader
47: *[[Adolphe Quetelet|Quetelet, Adolphe]], (1796-1874), Belgian astronomer - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
35: *[[Gustaf Ullman|Ullman, Gustaf]], Swedish writer
112: *[[Johan Peter Uz|Uz, Johann Peter]] (1720-1796), German author - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
43: *[[Abraham Yates|Yates, Abraham]], (1724-1796), U.S. lawyer, Continental Congressman for New Yo...
174: *[[James Young|Young, Paraffin]], (1811?1883), Scottish chemist - List of painters (54090 bytes)
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Ita...
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
245: *[[George Catlin]] ([[1796]]-[[1872]])
285: *[[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]] ([[1796]]-[[1875]])
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-) - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
19: *[[1796]] - [[Tennessee]], formerly part of North Carolin...
20: *[[1796]] - [[Pinckney's Treaty]]
21: *[[1796]] - [[Treaty with Tripoli (1796)|Treaty with Tripoli]]
23: *[[1797]] - [[XYZ Affair]]
50: *[[1808]] - U.S. [[slave trade]] with [[Africa]] ends - Michigan (29427 bytes)
44: ...per]], which would become the state's most sought-after natural resources.
60: ... U.S. did not take control of the territory until 1796.
61: *[[1796]] Detroit and other posts in Michigan were turned...
86: ...et Riot|Race riots]] struck the city of Detroit. After 5 days of rioting, 43 people lay dead, 1189 in...
154: *14.2% [[African American|Black]] - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
28: ... about 576,000 and had little or no naval forces. After the United Kingdom, Austria was the most persi...
32: Another advance which affected warfare was the [[Semaphore (communication)...
45: ...ars)|Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian campaign]] in [[1796]] and 1797 successfully knocked Piedmont out of t...
57: After an ill-conceived campaign of Egypt by the Fren...
59: ...s were defeated and temporarily left the conflict after the [[Treaty of Lunéville]] (February 1801). - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
127: *[[Giuseppe Grisoni]] (1699 - 1796) - Photosynthesis (9830 bytes)
2: [[Image:Leaf1web.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Leaf. The primary site of photosynthesis in plants.]]
12: [[Image:Leaf.jpg|thumb|250px|Fallen leaf. Areas where green chlorophyll has been destroyed...
13: ...istant, [[wax]]y [[cuticle]], that protects the leaf from excessive absorption of light and evaporatio...
50: ...it was taken up by plants in photosynthesis. Soon afterwards, [[Theodore de Saussure]] showed that the...
54: ...n oxalate]], [[ferricyanide]] or [[benzoquinone]] after exposure to light. The Hill reaction is as fol... - 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...
32: ...ork City. Later, when Burr fled the United States after the Hamilton duel and treason trial, [[Talleyr...
44: ...eo, but most historians discount this as fiction. After a letter regarding the incident written by Dr....
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