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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
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) - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
1: ...|H.I.M. Ekaterina I, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias]]
3: ...s also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his death in the next year.
5: ...ork in the laundry of the regiment which captured her.
7: ...lexeevna. She married Peter in [[February]] of [[1712]] and bore him 11 children, all of whom died in c...
9: *Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna ([[1708]]-[[1728]]) - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ...], [[Italy]], [[Austria]] and [[Liechtenstein]]. The country has a strong tradition of [[neutral count...
3: ...ids choosing one of the four official languages. The abbreviation is similarly used; for example, it i...
12: national_anthem = [[Swiss Psalm]] |
18: ...ll><br>[[Micheline Calmy-Rey]]<br>[[Christoph Blocher]]<br>[[Hans-Rudolf Merz]]|
28: established_events =- Declared<br> - Recognised<br>Federal ... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
8: Nickname = [[Tar Heel]] State |
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37: ...ia]] on the north, and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on the east.
39: The [[USS North Carolina|USS ''North Carolina'']] was...
42: ...st Colony" of [[Roanoke Island]], remains one of the great mysteries of American history. - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
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37: ... King [[Charles I of England]]. As of [[2004]], the state's population is 4,198,068.
39: Several ships in the [[United States Navy]] have been named [[USS Sout...
42: ...ify the first constitution of the United States, the [[Articles of Confederation]].
44: ...gh Edmund Ruffin is usually credited with firing the first shot. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
1: ... edit the text of this article, scroll down past the table -->{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacin...
4: ...="2" bgcolor="#000000"| [[Image:Uranus.jpg|250px|The planet Uranus]]<br>
10: | [[William Herschel]]
26: !align="left"| [[Perihelion]]
29: !align="left"| [[Aphelion]] - St. Valentine's Day (9989 bytes)
1: ...ved after the High [[Middle Ages]], during which the concept of romantic love was formulated.
4: ...ending holiday of the year behind [[Christmas]]. The association also estimates that women purchase ap...
10: ...ated to the sacred [[marriage]] of [[Zeus]] and [[Hera]].
12: ...in the belief that being so touched would render them fruitful and bring easy [[childbirth]].
14: ..., are mentioned in the early martyrologies under the date of [[February 14]]: - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...]. He was the first person to [[circumnavigate]] the world twice, and went on to complete a third circ...
4: ... manager on [[Jamaica]], but he soon returned to the sea,
7: ...nish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the Caribbean.
9: ...ised to [[Manila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]], the [[Spice Islands]], and [[New Holland (Australia)|...
11: ...ures Dampier returned to England in [[1691]] via the [[Cape of Good Hope]], penniless but in possessio... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...[[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
9: ...[[1667]], to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
11: ...f whom being half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samu...
13: ..., [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth). - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
1: ...''For biblical characters named Elam, see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]].''
4: ... [[Susa]], in what is now southwestern [[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2...
5: ...and may thus be considered the starting point of the [[history of Iran]].
8: ...ring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]] (see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]]).
10: ...ame [[Khuzestan|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', which means "El... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: ...n the [[Gregorian calendar]], in accordance with the [[Anno Domini]]/[[Common Era]] numbering system.
4: ...ember 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconic event of the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]...
6: ... the French revolution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ... human society and the geology of the surface of the earth.
12: ...:Poltava battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in the [[Battle of Poltava]]]] - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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33: ...g|thumb|300px|The [[Neva]] river has been called the main street of St Petersburg]]
36: ...va at the east end of the [[Gulf of Finland]] on the [[Baltic Sea]].
38: ...rgest city, a major European cultural center and the most important Russian Baltic Sea port.
40: ...080;ца). <!-- translator paraphrasing here from de: --> - Steam engine (17867 bytes)
1: ...were essential to the [[Industrial Revolution]]. They are still used for electrical [[power]] generati...
3: ... turbine, whose motion does the work to turn the wheels.
6: ...ine-2.jpg|thumb|375px|right|industrial machine sutherland steam fire engine. Image provided by [http:/...
7: ...Heron of Alexandria]], a [[Hellenism|Greek]], in the [[1st century]] AD, but used only as a toy.
9: ...[[Robert Fulton]] used the steam engine to power the first commercially successful [[steamship]]. - Bureaucracy (8428 bytes)
4: ...ng results which end up in enlarging the size of the bureaucracy. It is thus generally used as a [[pej...
15: ... a hereditary class of scribes that administered the civil-service bureaucracy.
17: ...dministrative hierarchy, and in the 20th century the term "Byzantine" came to refer to any complex bur...
19: ...years before the Qing dynasty collapsed, marking the end of China's traditional bureaucratic system.
23: ...c, hierarchically organized [[civil service]] of the [[continental]] type is—if basically mistak...
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