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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
189: | [[1785]] — [[1790]], [[1904]] — [[1906]] (wi... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: ...rst to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
47: ...1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [...
57: *[[Thomas Cavendish]], (died 1592), English sailor and explorer.
83: *[[David Douglas]], Scottish explorer, botanist
179: *[[Douglas Mawson]] - [[Australia]]n explorer of [[Antarct... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
11: ...ich were more manageable for the government. In [[1785]] Catherine issued a charter that: allowed the ge... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
43: ...uite clear to the queen that he cannot serve in England or in any other Embassy." It was obvious that ...
61: ...tcy. [[Louis XIV]]'s wars with [[William III of England|William of Orange]] had left [[France]] with t...
71: ...]] in [[1781]], [[Louis XVII|Louis-Charles]] in [[1785]] and Sophie-Bé¡´rix in [[1786]].
75: After she turned thirty in [[1785]], Marie-Antoinette also began to dress with more...
91: ...amond Necklace. The Comtesse later escaped to [[England]], where she continued to insult the queen and... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...[[1817]]) was a prominent [[English literature|English novelist]] whose work is considered part of th...
5: ...relative in [[Oxford]] then [[Southampton]]. In [[1785]]-[[1786]], she was educated at the Reading Ladie...
7: ...he predicament of young, unmarried, upper-class English women in the early [[1800s]].
12: ..., and she is now considered one of the greatest English novelists. Her strength lies in the delineati...
34: *The History of England - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ...uncle's business. Shortly after his return from England, his uncle died and he inherited the fortune a...
15: ... paper and tea. In [[1768]], upon arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was impounded by Br...
17: His regular merchant trade as well as his smuggling practices financed much of his region's resist...
19: ...of the [[Boston Massacre]], he gave a speech strongly condemning the British. In the same year, he was...
27: From [[1780]]–[[1785]], he was [[governor of Massachusetts]]. Hancock'... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
22: ...of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his...
31: ...the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authority; i...
50: In [[1785]] John Adams was appointed the first American min... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
123: ...tiveness of his exterior. In later years he was negligent in dress and loose in bearing.
125: ...ing charm. Beneath a quiet surface he was fairly aglow with intense convictions and a very emotional t...
139: ...nch of the [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[Church of England]], Jefferson was a [[vestryman]] in his local ...
161: ..." (''Notes on the State of Virginia'', [[1781]]-[[1785]] Query 18). Though not religious himself, he vie...
167: ... ideas of the Polish Brethren were continued in English-speaking countries by [[Unitarianism|Unitarian... - Geology (12007 bytes)
20: ...often viewed as the first modern geologist. In [[1785]] he presented a paper entitled ''Theory of the E...
24: ...ist)|William Smith]]'s stratigraphic studies on England and Scotland.
26: ... is the theory that Earth's features formed in single, catastrophic events and remained unchanged ther...
28: ...] and [[continental drift]] illustrated on relief globe of the [[Field Museum]] ]]
40: ...ults are younger than the rocks they cut; accordingly, if a fault is found that penetrates some format... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Virginia]] |
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
46: ...606]]. It swiftly financed the first permanent English settlement in the New World which was at [[Jam...
48: ...n for remaining loyal to the crown during the [[English Civil War]]. [[Patrick Henry]] served as the f...
54: On [[January 13]], [[1990]], [[Douglas Wilder]] became the first African American to s... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
34: ...s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
52: * [[Glass]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
69: * [[1st century BC]]: [[Glassblowing]] in [[Syria]]
99: * [[1280s]]: [[Glasses|Eyeglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Ita...
107: * [[1451]]: [[Concave lens]] for [[eyeglasses]]: [[Nicholas of Cusa]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
68: *[[John James Audubon]] ([[1785]]-[[1851]])
98: *[[Barr Glenn]] ([[1968]]-)
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
361: *[[Aaron Douglas]] ([[1898]]-[[1979]])
385: *[[Ron English]] ([[1948]]-) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
29: *[[Henry Bessemer]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [[Bessemer process]]
32: ...e Blodgett]], (1898-1979) — nonreflective [[glass]]
41: *[[Edwin Beard Budding]], (1795-1846) England — [[lawnmower]] and [[adjustable spanner...
51: *[[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]] - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
19: ...wept through all the British colonies, from New England to the Carolinas, as a common experience.
38: ...l merchant [[John Hancock]], was suspected of smuggling and seized by customs officials in [[Boston, M...
45: ... conflicts between [[Native American]]s and the English settlers by restricting settlement west of the...
77: *[[Northwest Indian War]] ([[1785]]-[[1795]])
80: ...h and the [[Congregationalist]] Church in [[New England]]; a discourse of liberty and equality which w... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
47: *[[1785]] - [[Treaty of Hopewell]] - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
24: ...he [[New_York_State_Assembly]] from [[1784]] to [[1785]], but Burr became seriously involved in politics...
55: Another member of the Burr conspiracy was the Anglo-Irish aristocrat [[Harman Blennerhassett]]. Aft...
68: ...t with numerous rebuffs. He was ordered out of England and [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] refused to receive ... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
22: ...g a crossing of the English Channel on January 7, 1785, by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries. Bal... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
17: ..., having learned of Watt's engine on a visit to England, made his own engine and in [[1763]] attempted...
21: ...lliam Henry, had made a model paddle steamer in [[1785]], and subsequently developed propulsion by float...
23: ...0 miles) along the [[Forth and Clyde Canal]] to [[Glasgow]]. This vessel, the first tow boat, has been...
27: ...teamboat service on the [[River Clyde]] between [[Glasgow]] and [[Greenock]]. This was the first comme...
40: ... Kingdom|Britain]], and has sailed across the [[English Channel]] for a visit to commemorate the sinki... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
27: *Jan 11, 1785- Nov. 4, 1785 [[New York, New York]]
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786 - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
4: ...htning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
9: ... was born at [[Ecton]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thom...
13: ...g the second half of 1683, the Franklins left [[England]] for [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Mass...
21: ...rother James, a printer who published the ''New England Courant''.
27: ...partly contributed to the American colonies' struggle to maintain their privileges.
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