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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
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85: | [[1772]] — [[1779]]
87: | [[Massachusetts]]
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...tat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been ...
11: ...ine issued a charter that: allowed the gentry to petition the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles...
13: ...y. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the modernization of agric...
16: ...the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]]
17: ...[ruble]]s to the creation of a "Northern Accord" between Russia, Prussia, Poland, Sweden, and perhaps ... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
5: ...He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown'', upon whi...
7: ...om he was constant for the rest of her life. His letters to her are among the most graphic of all the ...
10: ...ed a volume of bawdy stories, the ''Bijoux indiscrets'' (1748); in later years he repented of this wor...
14: ...any subject that he approached, that in this theoretic essay he suggests the possibility of teaching t...
16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy for the autho... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...shed power even though some others wanted him to retain that power for life (as [[monarch]]s and [[dic...
33: ...and showed coolness under fire in organizing the retreat. In Virginia, Washington was acclaimed as a h...
40: ...uel Leutze]], 1851, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art|Metropolitan Museum]]]]
41: ...l Army]] on [[June 15]], [[1775]]. The [[Massachusetts]] delegate [[John Adams]] suggested his appoint...
43: ...of Long Island]] on [[August 22]] but managed to retreat, saving most of his forces. However, several ... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...grated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boy...
24: ... [[James Otis]] in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the legality of [[Writs of Assistance]]. ...
26: ...ngregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[17... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
23: ...& Mary]] — where he was a member of the secret [[Flat Hat Club]] — before founding his own...
25: ...]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare th...
27: ...nitive book on the original buildings, or [http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/grizzard Academical Vil...
29: ...ght|250px|Letter to Col. Skipwith, concerning millet seed]]
30: ...mon practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. Instead, he cut a wedge out of th... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...Geology''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] γη- (''ge-'', "the earth") and λο&g...
3: ...e]]s, such as [[oil]] and [[coal]], as well as [[metals]] such as [[iron]], [[copper]], and [[uranium]...
5: ...oon]]), ''areology'' (of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]), etc., are also in use.
7: ...y [[Richard de Bury]]. He used it to distinguish between earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurispru...
12: ...an, summarized the knowledge of [[mining]] and [[metallurgy]] [[1556]]. - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...define. This article describes the modern dating methods used to arrive at the age of the Earth and ou...
4: ...cientific revolution]], the age of the Earth was determined by religious [[Creation myth|creation tale...
6: ...ought the Earth and [[universe]] had existed from eternity.
11: ...monosov's ideas were mostly speculative, but in [[1779]] the [[France|French]] naturalist the [[Georges-...
19: ...oposed that the features of the Earth were in perpetual change, eroding and reforming continuously, an... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
10: ...| ([[Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|In Detail]])
14: ...op;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Pax et justitia<br>([[Latin]]: Peace and justice)''</sma...
25: | [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]
50: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
59: ...e [[Treaty of Versailles]] in [[1783]]. Conflict between the British and the black Caribs continued un... - Flag of New Jersey (1068 bytes)
2: ...Washington]], who had ordered on [[October 2]], [[1779]], that the uniform coats of the [[Continental Ar... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
46: ...lement in the New World which was at [[Jamestown Settlement|Jamestown]] in the [[Virginia Colony]] in ...
48: ...eded by Virginia [[History of Washington, DC|was retroceded to Virginia]] effective [[1847]], and is ...
59: ...he Burgesses met to make laws for the colony and set the direction for its future growth; the Council ...
61: ...enant Governor''', '''Attorney General''', '''Secretary of the Commonwealth''', '''State Treasurer''',...
67: ...llowing Presidential elections (1997, 2001, 2005, etc). - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
10: ... 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]? - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
12: [[Memorial Day]], [[Veterans Day]], [[Flag Day]]</td></tr></table>
23: ...mbers of the Congress, but even that was kept secret to protect the members from British reprisal.
29: ...ess, as opposed to rumors in the street about secret votes.
35: * In [[1779]], the Fourth falls on a Sunday. Starting a long ...
36: * In [[1781]], [[Massachusetts]] was the first [[legislature]] to recognize In... - African Buffalo (2744 bytes)
13: ... author = [[Anders Sparrman|Sparrman]] | date = [[1779]]}}
15: ...he [[Bovidae]]. It is up to 1.7 meters high, 3.4 meters long, and can reach a weight of 900 [[kilogram...
21: ...e capable of defending themselves against (and sometimes killing) Lions, who will attack only old, sic... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
14: *[[Neil Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemis...
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
17: *[[J?Jakob Berzelius]], (1779-1848), Swedish ''chemist''
37: *[[Henrik Carl Peter Dam]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemi...
39: *[[Peter Debye]], (1884-1966) - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
7: ...dent of the [[College of New Jersey]], now [[Princeton University]]; his mother Esther Edwards was the...
13: ...Burr under his wing, and by his vigilance in the retreat from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire bri...
14: ...estored order. He resigned from the army in March 1779 on account of ill health, renewing his study of l...
26: ...Hamilton felt Burr?s victory to be tantamount to betrayal, although some have argued that Burr did not...
30: ...an Hamilton, largely because of the [[Tammany Society]], later to become the infamous [[Tammany Hall]]... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
6: ...bruary 22]], [[1767]]. They had three sons; Margaret died [[June 19]],[[1775]].
9: ... They appointed him a [[colonel]] in the Massachusetts's [[militia]] to undertake the first entirely o...
10: ...did not care that Arnold had orders from Massachusetts. Arnold could not talk Allen out of relinquishi...
12: ...red the letter announcing the victory to Massachusetts, doing his best to diminish Arnold's participat...
19: ... he did so without orders, and again had trouble getting along with other officers. While he was rall... - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...on''' was an armed uprising in [[Western Massachusetts]] that lasted from [[1786]] to [[1787]]. Many ...
3: ...small farmers were forced to sell their land to meet their debts, often less than 1/3 real price.
5: ...tution in [[1779]], the towns of Western Massachusetts and modern-day [[Maine]] were unable to contrib...
7: ... governor, many of the people in Western Massachusetts became restless.
9: ...r, Massachusetts|Worcester]], [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]], and elsewhere. After the passage of ...
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