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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...plorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] ...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portugue...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
30: ...er]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
19: *[[Melchior Adam|Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer...
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
38: *[[Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
46: *[[Evangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player - 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: ...lyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
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. - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...humb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
5: ...lso examining [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the au...
7: ...as educated by the [[Jesuits]], and became a bookseller in [[Paris]]. In 1743 he married Anne Toinette...
10: ...plementary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
14: ... of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any subject that he approached, th... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...al described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
11: ...ied off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlan...
13: ...eak German. However, when her sister Johanna-Gabriella died of smallpox in [[1762]], Maria-Antonia bec...
15: ...ia|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should ...
17: ...ple that they can say that I have sent them an angel." - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
7: ...ernment in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[...
14: ...ates Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Madeleine Albright]], born in [[Czechoslovakia]]; and [...
18: ==Presidential elections==
19: ...es (provided that such a number was a majority of electors) became President, while the individual who...
21: ...ffice on [[January 20]] of the year following the election, an event called [[Inauguration Day]]. Alt... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: ...e of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
21: ... other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he voluntarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him...
24: ...nial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Beach]] in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]].
26: ...te from the [[College of William and Mary]]) and helped survey the [[Shenandoah Valley]] in Virginia. ...
29: ... Peale]], and shows Washington in uniform as colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment.]] - 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...
17: ... contributions led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Adams|Sam Adams]] writes the letters [to newspape...
19: ...the British. In the same year, he was unanimously elected president of the Provisional Congress of Mas... - 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...
35: ...s a member of the [[Continental Congress]] from [[1774]] to [[1778]]. In June [[1775]], with a view to p... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia]]
14: | wife=[[Elizabeth Kortright Monroe]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Daniel D. Tompkins]]
22: ...]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were well-to-do farmers.
24: ... direction of President [[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped negotiate the [[Louisiana Purchase]]. - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
12: ... = ''Ry Tanindraza nay malala ô'' (Oh, Our Beloved Fatherland) |
53: ... trading posts along the east coast. From about [[1774]] to [[1824]], it was a favorite haunt for [[pira...
59: ... [[Syria]] during [[World War II]]. After France fell to the [[Germany|Germans]], the [[Vichy]] govern...
66: ...continued, and Tsiranana's successor, Gen. [[Gabriel Ramanantsoa]], resigned on [[February 5]], [[1975...
68: ... system and a high level of illiteracy. National elections in [[1982]] and [[1989]] returned Ratsirak... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
7: == Timeline ==
14: * [[1774]]: Started a business in [[Soho, Birmingham|Soho]...
22: ...ing wind and watermills.) He invented the [[parallel motion]] [[Linkage (mechanical engineering)|linka...
24: ...y in heating the [[piston]] and chamber. Watt developed a separate [[condenser]] chamber which signif...
26: ... of his 'catch-all' patents. Boulton proved an excellent businessman, and both men eventually made for... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]] |
30: HighestElev = 1,339 |
31: MeanElev = 305 |
32: LowestElev = 29 |
38: .... The state capital is [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Ver... - 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... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events fro...
8: *[[1763]] - [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] begins
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Corresponde...
23: *[[1774]] - First [[Continental Congress]]
24: *[[1774]] - [[Dunmore's War]] - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
12: ...r = [[Constantine John Phipps|Phipps]] | date = [[1774]]}}
20: ... when viewed with [[infrared camera]] they are barely visible. Only the pads of their feet emit detect...
22: ...eating liver of polar bears. Contrary to popular belief, polar bears do not eat [[penguin]]s: this is ...
24: Polar bears are believed to be threatened, not mainly by [[hunting]],...
26: ...his is why the polar bear's pelt often appears [[yellow]]. More colorful polar bears have occasionally... - 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... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...d of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. The title itself has been used officially by the head of the Roma...
6: ...Church]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[Archbishop]] and ...
74: | '''[[Pope Telesphorus]]'''<br><small>Saint Telesphorus</small>
75: | '''Telesphorus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
109: | '''[[Pope Eleuterus]]'''<br><small>Saint Eleutherus</small> - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
1: ...:Michel-eyquem-de-montaigne 1.jpg|thumb|right|Michel de Montaigne]]
2: ...sonal flavor, he takes mankind and especially himself as the object of study. He was a [[Skepticism|sk...
6: ...as six, and while he lived there he spoke exclusively in [[Latin]], the language of the educated class...
14: [[Image:Michel_de_Montaigne 1.jpg|left|thumb|Michel de Montaigne]]
16: ...he [[Wars of Religion]] in France, Montaigne, himself a [[Roman Catholic]], acted as a moderating forc...
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