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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...er]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[...
4: ...-Antoinette was the fifteenth child (the youngest daughter; she had a brother one year younger) of the...
9: ... he would like the hand of the Empress's youngest daughter in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the...
15: ...ria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...rteen. The Empress's parting words to her sobbing daughter was, "Farewell, my dearest child. Do so muc... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
2: ...use in Chawton).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
3: '''Jane Austen''' ([[December 16]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[Englis...
5: ...ster, Hampshire|Winchester]] to seek medical attendance, but so rapid was the progress of her malady t...
12: ... view of life seems largely genial, with a strong dash of gentle but keen satire: she appeals rarely a...
39: Reference: David Cecil, ''A portrait of Jane Austen'' (1978) - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
4: ...welfth Dynasty]] came to an end around [[1780s BC|1786 BC]], and was succeeded by the much weaker [[Thir...
6: ...l of the town of [[Avaris]] (the modern [[Tell ed-Dab'a]]/Khata'na), a few miles from Qantir. The outl... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
6: | date1=[[April 30]], [[1789]]
7: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
9: | succeeded=[[John Adams]]
10: | date of birth=[[February 22]], [[1732]]
13: | date of death=[[December 14]], [[1799]] - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...; [[October 8]], [[1793]] <small>[[Gregorian calendar|(N.S.)]]</small>) was President of the [[Contine...
8: ...aduation, he worked for his uncle. From [[1760]]–[[1764]], Hancock lived in England while buildi...
17: ... led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Adams|Sam Adams]] writes the letters [to newspapers] and John H...
19: ...ed they could be ready to fight in sixty seconds—and his boycott of [[tea]] imported by the [[Br...
27: From [[1780]]–[[1785]], he was [[governor of Massachusetts]].... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1801]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1809]]
7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
9: | date of birth=[[April 13]], [[1743]]
12: | date of death=[[July 4]], [[1826]] - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
34: | [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]]
42: | '''[[Independence]]'''<br> - Date
76: ...clude [[Langkasuka]] and [[Lembah Bujang]] in [[Kedah]], as well as [[Beruas]] and [[Gangga Negara]] i...
82: ...s a commercial outpost granted by the Sultan of Kedah. Malacca came into British hands after the Anglo...
86: ...urts. The four northern states of [[Perlis]], [[Kedah]], [[Kelantan]], and [[Terengganu]] were previou... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
16: LandArea = 12,559 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 9]], [[1788]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
43: ...tion, the "[[Fundamental Orders of Connecticut|Fundamental Orders]]", was adopted on [[January 14]], [...
52: ...n Hartford and New Haven, which stems back to the days when the two cities shared the state's capital,... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
16: LandArea = 102,642 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 25]], [[1788]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
48: ...e [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] dated [[July 9]], [[1846]], the area south of the P...
59: ... oldest legislature in the Western Hemisphere. Today, the '''General Assembly''' is made up of the ''... - Comet (30542 bytes)
9: ... tail, pointed in slightly different directions — dust being left behind in the comet's orbit (s...
15: ...like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surfaces allows them to absorb ...
29: ...0," the "Great September Comet of 1882," and the "Daylight Comet of 1910." After [[Edmund Halley]] de...
31: ...0 comets and is conducting a contest to guess the date of its 1000th comet discovery.{{hnote|SOHO (200...
45: ... things being very limited.{{hnote|Sagan, pp. 23–24}} However, the Aristotelean viewpoint proved... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...effected before the War commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts ...
4: ... time of the [[French and Indian War]] ([[1754]]–[[1763]]), and ended with the election of [[Geo...
10: ...rmer Indian allies—[[Pontiac's Rebellion]]—had, if not conquered, at least pacified the we...
16: ...became the analysis of men like [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]]. The [[Deism...
28: ...s]] of the colonists. He lost the case, but John Adams later wrote, "American independence was then an... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]...
48: *[[1786]] - [[Shays' Rebellion]]
49: *[[1786]] - [[Annapolis Convention]] fails - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
14: ... presidential election, 1824|election of 1824]]; Adams immediately appoints Clay his new [[Secretary o...
16: *[[1825]] - [[John Quincy Adams]] becomes President
18: *[[1826]] - [[John Adams]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]] die on [[July 4]]
37: ... re-elected amid struggle with [[Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844)|Nicholas Biddle]] over the fate of the [[Se...
52: ...harles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge]] reverses [[Dartmouth College v. Woodward]]; [[property right]]s... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
25: ...ical journalist, [[Jacobin]], friend of [[Georges Danton]]. Went directly from civilian life to being ...
29: ...ery of the terrible state of French finances in [[1786]] precipitated the Revolution crisis
42: *[[Charlotte Corday]] - assassin of [[Marat]]
47: *[[Georges Danton]] - writer, [[Jacobin]] but neither a [[Giron...
48: *[[Pierre Claude François Daunou]] - historian, loosely associated with the [[... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...gan during a historical period they called the "[[Dark Ages]]"). This movement also provided a framewo...
12: The boundaries of the Enlightenment cover much of the 17th c...
14: ...sh axiomatic philosophy and absolutism as the foundations for knowledge and stability. Epistemology, i...
18: ...view may seem overreaching to some in the present-day, where belief is that human beings apprehend a t...
20: ... "laws" which governed its behavior were understandable. The notion of a "clockwork god" or "god the w... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
36: *[[John Dalton]], (1766-1844), physicist
37: ...[[Henrik Carl Peter Dam]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel ...
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
43: *[[Davorin Dolar]], (born 1921), chemist - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...urdens. The rebellion started on [[August 29]], [[1786]].
5: ...]], the towns of Western Massachusetts and modern-day [[Maine]] were unable to contribute to the final...
9: ...om [[debtor's prison]]s. In the late summer of [[1786]] the conflict escalated when armed Regulators sh...
11: ...e [[Revolutionary Army]]. Another leader, [[Luke Day]], was the son of a wealthy family in [[West Spr...
13: ...r more weapons. A column of rebels led by [[Luke Day]] was delayed by heavy snows, but were repulsed ... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
21: ...sion by floats on a chain, obtained a patent in [[1786]], then built a steamboat which underwent a succe...
23: ...ndas]] and in March [[1802]] the ''[[Charlotte Dundas]]'' towed two 70 ton barges 30 km (almost 20 mil...
25: ... and was aware of the success of the Charlotte Dundas. Before returning to the [[United States of Amer...
27: In [[Scotland]] the ideas of the ''Charlotte Dundas'' were taken up by [[Henry Bell]], and in [[1812...
30: ...amboats, very few of which survive to the present day, most destroyed by boiler explosions or fires. ... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
8: ...s, with the help of the Continental Congress?s guidance throughout the war, the colonists prevailed.
10: ==Dates and places of sessions==
21: *Sept. 27, 1777 (one day only) [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786
29: *Nov. 6, 1786- Oct. 30, 1787
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