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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...i Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-...
7: ...|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
18: ...Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title ...
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consor...
3: ... Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
4: ...emia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Roman Empire...
6: ...arles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...ne]] with whom she had sixteen children. Her youngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be p... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...A cousin to [[Gustav III of Sweden]] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enl...
4: == Life before becoming empress ==
5: ...er, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine...
7: == Internal policies ==
9: ...s. A legislative commission representing all classes except the [[serf]]s was created to make this doc... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ficant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
3: ...at is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
7: == Carpet types ==
8: ...[Image:Swatches of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...k]], [[plain weave]], and [[tapestry weave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, D... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
5: | order=1st President
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
17: | vicepresident=[[John Adams]] - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
3: ...ted States Declaration of Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
5: ... [[eponym]] for "signature". However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his signature this...
8: ...d the fortune and business, making him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
10: Despite his wealth, Hancock remained, ethically and v...
13: ...[[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
4: | order=2nd President
15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
18: ...dams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]). - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ... and the ninth [[Vice President of the United States]], serving in the administration of [[Martin Van ...
5: ...ommittee on Claims and the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War.
7: ...1819]] to [[March 3]], [[1829]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829.
9: ...th an African-American woman. He served as vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
11: ...n was a member of the state House of Representatives in 1850, but he died in [[Frankfort, Kentucky]] s... - Flag of New Jersey (1068 bytes)
2: ...als and their aides. Then, on [[February 28]], [[1780]], the Continental War Officers in Philadelphia d...
5: *[http://www.nj.gov/njfacts/flag.htm Minutes of the New Jersey General Assembly for March 11, ... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Be...
30: HighestElev = 1,746 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
36: ...ommonwealth of Virginia'''; it is one of four states which use the name [[commonwealth]].
38: ...nia at the time of the founding of the United States, but the former was admitted to the Union as a se... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ...rth]]'s atmosphere. They are [[temperature]], [[pressure]], [[water vapor]], and the gradients and int...
5: ...]] are sub-disciplines of the [[atmospheric sciences]].
10: ...icting the weather by interpreting established celestial phenomena, such as a [[Halo (optical phenomen...
12: ...[1780]] with the hair [[hygrometer]], which measures [[humidity]].
14: ...gation of the dependence of gas [[volume]] on [[pressure]] which lead to [[thermodynamics]] and [[Benj... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
14: ...of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Ana...
22: ...U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
28: ...liner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[gramophone]] - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
4: == Hurricanes ==
6: ...om the equatorial region toward the higher latitudes.
9: ...tion]] from water vapor condensing at high altitudes. Because of this, a tropical cyclone can be thoug...
11: ...mbine to produce the violent winds, incredible waves, torrential rains and [[floods]] associated with ...
13: ...g cycle. As a result, when a tropical cyclone passes over land, its strength will diminish. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
21: *[[Henri Braconnot]] (1780-1855), French chemist and pharmacist
40: * Sir [[James Dewar]]
59: *[[Carl Remigius Fresenius]]
60: *[[Wilhelm Fresenius]], son of Carl, German chemist, (1913-2004) - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
1: [[Image:AaronBurr-flipped.jpg|thumb|Vice President Aaron Burr]]
3: ...er Hamilton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
7: ...ersey]], now [[Princeton University]]; his mother Esther Edwards was the daughter of [[Jonathan Edward...
9: ...Reeve]], at [[Litchfield, Connecticut]]. His studies were put on hold for the [[American Revolutionary...
13: ...[[Montreal]] through [[Great Britain|British]] lines to notify General [[Richard Montgomery]] of Arnol... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...quial synonym for [[traitor]] in the [[United States]], much like [[Vidkun Quisling|Quisling]] in [[No...
6: ...n ships, as his father had done. Some of his business dealings drifted into smuggling - in contempt of...
9: ...ff to [[Massachusetts]] eager for action, and requested permission from the Massachusetts [[Committee ...
10: ... it and who were not aware that a war was in progress.
12: ...nouncing the victory to Massachusetts, doing his best to diminish Arnold's participation and enhance t... - Jean Lafitte (3700 bytes)
2: ...ulf of Mexico]] in the early [[19th century]]. He established his own "kingdom" of [[Barataria, Louisi...
6: ...y at the [[Sam Houston Regional Library and Archives]] in [[Liberty, Texas]].
8: ...itte claimed never to have plundered an American vessel, and though he engaged in the contraband slave...
10: :He left a corsair's name to other times,
11: :Linked one virtue to a thousand crimes. - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...e establishment of the [[United States|United States of America]].
5: ...ted or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
10: ...). Each colony instead provided for its own defenses through the use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen ...
12: ...arms for the colonies in any given year. The greatest number of men that Washington personally command...
15: ...rn estimates, total British strength in the colonies did not exceed 20,000 men at any one time.
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