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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
73: *[[James Abercrombie|Abercrombie, James]], (1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War
113: *[[Luis Abreu|Abreu, Luis]], actor - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
15: *[[Lucy Aikin|Aikin, Lucy]], (1781-1864), English writer - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...-date on current events in Russia and the rest of Europe. She corresponded with many of the great mind...
9: ...harles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine drew up a document to reform the cod...
16: ...ronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]]
17: ...uld not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in [[1781]] was dismissed.
21: .... She attempted to partition the Ottoman Empire's European holdings after the Polish example, but achi... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
7: ...ed one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
9: ...oinette met the young child genius [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. He performed a short musical concert f...
11: Maria-Antonia's sisters were soon married off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was m...
43: ...h success. Although King Louis did meet with Choiseul, he did not bring him back to court permanently....
61: ...ance]] with the highest national debt anywhere in Europe. French society was under-taxed and what litt... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
31: ...h eventually became the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[Europe]].
40: ...851, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art|Metropolitan Museum]]]]
49: ...er the [[Prussia|German]] [[Baron Friedrich von Steuben]], steadily improving its fighting capabilitie...
53: ...rces and a French fleet had [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|trapped General Cornwallis]] at [[Yorktown, Virg...
73: In [[1798]], Washington was appointed [[Lieutenant General]] in the [[United States Army]] by ... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
27: ...tle to feed the hungry army. On [[January 19]], [[1781]], General Washington warned Hancock:
30: ...n the Field." (United States Library of Congress, 1781.)
52: * United States Library of Congress (1781). ''George Washington Papers''. Online: [http://m... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
32: ...imself was never able to produce wine on par with Europe. However, it seems likely that he would be pl...
67: ...f 1807]], an attempt to force respect for U.S. [[neutrality]] by ending trade with the belligerents in...
161: ...p forever" (''Notes on the State of Virginia'', [[1781]]-[[1785]] Query 18). Though not religious himsel...
189: ... his religious opinions. Valuable introduction by Eugene Sheridan.
230: ...]] | after=[[William Fleming]] | years=[[1779]]-[[1781]]}} - United States (58223 bytes)
58: ...as a [[confederation]] in [[1777]], ratified in [[1781]] as the [[Articles of Confederation]]. After lon...
62: ... foreign diseases contracted through contact with European settlers, and U.S. settlers acquired those ...
121: ...emselves into [[nation states]] modeled after the European states of the time. Although considered as...
225: ... having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa); '''[[Blac...
232: ...igrant populations came from eastern and southern Europe and French Canada, though far more immigrants... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
15: * [[1781]]: Converted reciprocal engine motion to rotary m...
42: ...tthew Boulton's home, [[Soho House]], is now a museum, commemorating the work of both men. - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
56: ...f the discovery, by Sir [[William Herschel]] in [[1781]], of the planet [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]] at th...
126: ...at, the next asteroid encounters will involve the European [[Rosetta space probe|Rosetta probe]] (laun...
136: ...teor]]'' ([[1979]]) depicts an asteroid named Orpheus hurtling toward Earth after its orbit is deflect... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
62: ...nardo DaVinci]], (1452-1519), [[Italy]] — [[euclidean geometry]]
83: *[[Adolf Eugen Fick]], (1829-1901) — [[contact lens]]
153: *[[Antonio Meucci]], inventor of the telephone
184: *[[Norbert Rillieux|Norbert Rilleaux]], (1806-1894), [[United States...
192: *[[August Schrader]], [[Schrader valve]] for [[Pneumatic tire]] - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...er the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorktown]]. "The Revolution was effected before ...
16: ... the proper form of government have roots in this European Enlightenment and were a source for ideas r...
19: ...an extension to the earlier religious revivals in Europe. It called into question the wisdom of an est...
80: ...nd equality which would prove highly appealing in Europe; the idea that government should be by consen...
85: ...olution was the first lesson in politics for many European radicals who would later take on active rol... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
43: *[[1781]] - [[Articles of Confederation]] ratified
44: *[[1781]] - British surrender at [[Yorktown]]
45: *[[1781]] - [[Bank of North America]] chartered - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
13: ...into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles of Confederation outlined the gove...
21: .... After the conclusion of the world war, known in Europe as the [[Seven Years' War]] and in North Amer...
33: ... Revolution was also supposedly less intense. In 1781, a combined American and French Army, acting with...
35: ... vast unsettled region nearly as large as Western Europe. The settlement with Great Britain was terme...
60: ...ist nor an Antifederalist, but decided to remain neutral and accept either outcome. However, in letter... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
13: | [[March 13]], [[1781]]
170: ...3]], [[1781]], but reported it on [[April 26]], [[1781]] as a "[[comet]]": ''Account of a Comet, By Mr. ... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
9: ...l [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle...
39: ...[Czech Republic]] applies for membership of the [[European Union]].
50: ...[1763]] - [[John Jacob Astor]], American entrepreneur (d. [[1848]]) - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
36: * In [[1781]], [[Massachusetts]] was the first [[legislature]... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
13: * Resentment of the [[seigneurial system]] by peasants, wage-earners, and, to a...
21: ... Necker]] (Director-General of Finance 1777–1781), unsuccessfully proposed to revise the French ta...
53: ... of the military joined the mob; others remained neutral.
59: ... civil war within the kingdom and agitating for a European coalition against France.
63: ...eneral agrarian insurrection known as "la Grande Peur" (the Great Fear). - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: ...t''' refers to the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
14: Throughout the 1500s and half of the 1600s, Europe was ravaged by religious wars. When the poli...
16: ...79: 121–123). There was a wave of change across European thinking at this time, which is also exempl...
45: ...d in the sciences by, for example, [[Carolus Linnaeus]]' categorization of [[biology]].
68: ...on deeper connections, an idea now called [[hermeneutics]]. The original focus of his scholarship was ... - Federal government of the United States (13380 bytes)
1: ...he [[Articles of Confederation]] (in force from [[1781]] to [[1788]]). The Constitution is currently on ...
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