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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[...
23: ...acific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
77: ...n Dezhnev]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed through [[Bering Strait]]
78: *[[Bartolomeu Dias]], (1450-1500), [[Portuguese]] explorer who ...
80: ..., [[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer, first European to reach [[Cape Verde]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
7: ...harles d'Abancourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
113: *[[Luis Abreu|Abreu, Luis]], actor - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
46: ...tte Ackermann|Ackermann, Sophie Charlotte]] (1714-1792) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Gui...
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
83: *[[Fleur Adcock|Adcock, Fleur]], (born 1934), poet
92: *[[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen]], (1792-1849), Queen-Consort of King [[William IV of the ... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
4: ...ul women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...nherit his united lands on his death. While many European monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction w...
20: ...), married HRH Infanta Mar�Lu� of Spain (1745-1792); had issue. [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]]: 1765 (abd... - 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]].]]
21: ...]] during Catherine's reign. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], which legi...
23: ...n [[1780]] she set up a group designed to defend neutral shipping against [[Great Britain]] during the... - 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... - Rose (15436 bytes)
10: ...r />{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]| date = [[1753]] }}
73: ...once in the summer. Examples: 'Cardinal de Richelieu', 'Charles de Mills', 'Rosa Mundi' (''R. gallica ...
74: ...redit for bringing them from [[Iran|Persia]] to [[Europe]] sometime between [[1254]] and [[1276]]. Sum...
77: ...w Tea Scented China', [[1824]]) were brought to [[Europe]] in the late [[18th Century|eighteenth]] and...
93: ...panish, Portugese, Danish, Swedish, Brazilian and European socialist parties. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
10: ...[plain weave]], and [[tapestry weave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, ...
24: ...izontal looms have been used in the production of European and Oriental carpets.
41: ...stylized, angular calligraphy called [[Kufic]], pseudo-Kufic, or Kufesque.
47: ===Oriental Carpets in Europe=== - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ... the Spanish Crown. He is regarded as the first [[Europe]]an known to have visited what is now the [[U...
4: ...ently died in great numbers after exposure to the European diseases the sailors brought with them and ...
11: ...ons seized after the English attacked San Juan in 1792.]] - 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...
73: In [[1798]], Washington was appointed [[Lieutenant General]] in the [[United States Army]] by ...
77: ...arry Lee]], a Revolutionary War comrade, famously eulogized Washington as "a citizen, first in war, fi... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
31: ...in [[1768]] as ''A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law''), in which he argued that the opposition...
46: ... of commerce with Great Britain and again sent to Europe in September [[1779]]. The [[France|French]] ...
50: ...Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune|Turgot]] and other European writers as to the viciousness of the framew...
59: ...ef. At the time, the United States was drawn into European military affairs such as the [[XYZ Affair]]...
137: * [[U.S. presidential election, 1792]] - 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...
189: ... his religious opinions. Valuable introduction by Eugene Sheridan.
202: *[[U.S. presidential election, 1792]] - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: '''George Mifflin Dallas''' ([[July 10]], [[1792]] – [[December 31]], [[1864]]) was a [[Unit... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
6: ...duated from [[Yale University|Yale]] College in [[1792]], where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. On...
26: In Whitney's words, "A substitute for European skill must be sought in such an application... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
40: Europeans first settled in a [[Netherlands | Dutch]]...
46: ...hree counties became "The Delaware State," and in 1792 that entity adopted its first constitution, decla...
56: ...rnia being another) that elect the governor and lieutenant governor separately. Delaware's U.S. Senat...
150: ... USA / Bank One, JPMorgan Chase, AIG, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank), manufacturing (General Motors, Chrysl... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 1]], [[1792]] |
41: ...e final convention in April 1792. On [[June 1]], 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state in the union...
43: ...[American Civil War]], Kentucky proclaimed its [[neutrality]] in the conflict but was forced to take t...
66: *[[Cumberland Gap]], the first trade-route for European hunters entering Kentucky from [[Virginia]]... - Washington (20186 bytes)
45: Prior to the arrival of explorers from [[Europe]], this region of the Pacific Coast had many ...
47: The first [[European]] record of a landing on the Washington coa...
49: ...then by British Captain [[George Vancouver]] in [[1792]].
51: ...mouth of the [[Columbia river]] and, beginning in 1792, he established trade in [[Sea Otter]] pelts. In ...
115: The racial makeup of the state is: - Virginia (23198 bytes)
38: ...as admitted to the Union as a separate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia durin...
61: ... executive officers were the '''Governor''', '''Lieutenant Governor''', '''Attorney General''', '''Sec...
67: ...' comprises the [[Governor of Virginia]], the [[Lieutenant Governor of Virginia]], and the state [[Att...
69: ... Governor from serving consecutive terms. The [[Lieutenant Governor]] serves as President of the [[Sen...
113: The racial makeup of the state is: - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
38: ...ede]]s and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] were the first [[Europe]]an settlers, the [[Quaker]] [[William Penn]]...
44: ...utch origin; the German adjective for "German", "Deutsch", was misheard as "Dutch" and the name stuck....
71: ... received very large numbers of immigrants from [[Europe]] seeking work; dramatic, sometimes violent c...
80: ...fficials composing the executive branch are the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Auditor General...
112: ...t fossils, as well as [[natural gas]] and [[petroleum]]. In [[1859]] near Titusville [[Edwin L. Drake]...
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