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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[Ju...
9: ...ly having turned more conservative after the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1...
13: ...nomically underdeveloped areas. Third, Catherine relaxed the censorship law and encouraged education f...
16: [[Image:Buberel Coronation coach Catherine the Great.jpg|thumb|25...
17: ... apparent that his plan could not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in [[1781]] was dismissed. - Banksia (1867 bytes)
15: ...nks]], of the [[James Cook|Cook]] expedition in [[1768]]. They are native to [[Australia]], growing in ... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...ce]]. According to legend, he signed his name largely and clearly to be sure King [[George III of the ...
8: ...[1764]], Hancock lived in England while building relationships with customers and suppliers of his unc...
13: ...ton, Massachusetts|Boston]] [[Board of Selectmen|selectman]] and [[Massachusetts House of Representati...
15: ...ggling|smuggle]] glass, lead, paper and tea. In [[1768]], upon arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Li...
17: ... contributions led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Adams|Sam Adams]] writes the letters [to newspape... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events a...
28: ...of popular leadership of his second cousin, [[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through h...
31: ...ism and corporate authority; in December 1765 he delivered a speech before the governor and council in...
33: ...ular side in this case resulted in his subsequent election to the [[Massachusetts House of Representat...
44: ... first draft along with [[James Bowdoin]] and Samuel Adams. - Nepal (22444 bytes)
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60: ...nasty that ruled until the [[18th century]]. In [[1768]], the Gorkha king, [[Prithvi Narayan Shah]], cap... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
13: *[[Elihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
45: ...es, Dornford]], ([[1885]] - [[1960]]), British novelist
47: *[[Joseph C. Yates|Yates, Joseph C.]], (1768-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of New York (1823-18...
48: ... W.]], ([[1747]]-[[1826]]), Continental Congress delegate from [[New York]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...r]] ([[1754]]–[[1763]]), and ended with the election of [[George Washington]] as the first [[Pre...
10: .... Most white colonists in America considered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the ...
16: [[The Enlightenment]] elevated [[natural philosophy]] and began to replace...
18: ===Religious trends===
19: ...science and experience as the source of value in religious experience. It started or increased the pre... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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53: ...gument of the perihelion|Argument of the<br> perihelion]] - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ...s fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadershi...
7: [[Image:california_poppies.jpg|thumb|325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]...
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Vall...
13: ...[wampum]]), which were produced from [[mussel]] shells using stone tools, while those in the northern ...
19: About [[1530]], [[Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán]] (President of [[New Spain]]) wa... - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
3: ...]]. Artist: [[Daniel Chodowiecki]]. Engraver: Daniel Berger.]]
5: ... One of the protesters was [[John Hancock]]. In [[1768]], his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was seized by custom...
7: ...a Act]], which allowed the East India Company to sell tea to the [[13 colonies|colonies]] without the ...
9: ...nder the protection afforded by British armed vessels.
11: ...There, three ships—the ''Dartmouth'', the ''Eleanor'' and the ''Beaver''—were loaded with ... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ... and a [[staging area]] for the [[Crusade]]s, as well as a very important center of commerce (especial...
6: ...t theoretically. As the community continued to develop and as Byzantine power waned, however, an incre...
8: ...om Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
10: ...tewardship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as [[...
12: ...ght back to Venice, including the [[Mark the Evangelist|Winged Lion of St. Mark]], symbol of Venice. O... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...x|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwi...
3: ...s to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|m...
8: ...Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
14: ...evements can be attributed to a combination of excellent [[seamanship]], his superior surveying and ca...
16: ==First voyage ([[1768]]-[[1771]])== - March 21 (10586 bytes)
18: ...]], the first [[rock and roll]] concert, in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
23: ...finally successful [[Civil Rights]] March from [[Selma]] to [[Montgomery]] [[Alabama]].
26: ...the fifteenth [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for [[Ireland]] singing "All Kinds of Everything".
29: ...ansen]] begins his [[circumnavigation]] in a [[wheelchair]] in the name of [[spinal cord]] injury medi...
33: ...ing of ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' reporter [[Daniel Pearl]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ica...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
19: *[[Selman Akbulut]] (Turkey) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
3: ...egational]] ministers, leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem.
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48: ...t they consider the needs and rights of women as well as of men in forming the new country.
52: ...il became a good friend to [[Martha Washington]] helped in official entertaining, drawing on her exper... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[198...
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] &ndash...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]])
37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] – [[1875]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
1: ...mage:GreatBarrierReef-EO.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Satellite image of a part of the Great Barrier Reef. Ph...
5: ...rier Reef was [[Captain James Cook]] during his [[1768]] voyage. Cook discovered the reef by running agr...
18: ...a]]e and turn colourless, revealing their white skeletons, and if the water does not cool within about...
22: ...of corals. They have a life cycle with many eggs released annually, that enables this species to boom-...
26: ...81]]. The government applies both regulations as well as education and incentives (such as eco-tourism... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: '''Samuel Hearne''' ([[1745]] – November [[1792]]), [...
3: ...k service with the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]. In [[1768]] he examined portions of the [[Hudson Bay]] coas...
5: ... [[1771]], [[Chipewyan]] chief [[Matonabbee]] travelling as his guide on his arctic overland journey, ...
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