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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ... of Sweden]] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enli...
5: ...illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine's supporters.
9: ...e conservative after the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
11: ...bles and granted them serfs. She also encouraged the [[colonization]] of [[Alaska]] and of conquered a...
13: ... the censorship law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class. - Banksia (1867 bytes)
15: ...e smallest banksias are prostrate miniatures and the largest are fully-grown trees.
17: ... off the cones become dry and brown, clinging to the plant for several seasons. Any fertilised flowers...
19: ... [[Big Bad Banksia Men]] were the [[villain]]s of her tales.
21: ...e some subdivisions of banksias, including the [[health leaved banksia]] - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
3: ...ature DOI.jpg|right|frame|Hancock's signature on the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Unite...
5: ... become an [[eponym]] for "signature". However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his sign...
8: ...aking him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
10: ...ly and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor.
13: ... trade business naturally disposed him to resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to ... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ...[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
22: ...], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...ions of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...ional]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]].
28: ...usness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested at a lat... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
1: ...dom]]. It is in South Asia, sharing borders with the [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Tibet Autonomou...
14: ...the Motherland are Worth More than the Kingdom of Heaven)''</small>
37: | [[1768]]
45: | '''[[National anthem]]'''
58: ...as displaced by resurgent Hindu fiefdoms such as the Licchavi dynasty. - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
12: *[[Alexander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
21: ...nese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
25: ...9995;, 1883-1936), famous [[T'ai Chi Ch'uan]] teacher
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
39: *[[Kerri Yascheshyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] p... - 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]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ...d by [[Spain]]. Note that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of that time.]]
2: .... "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
4: ...urrent interpretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ...fore the revolution, and the trends which led to the coming revolution -->
10: ...selves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as people in Britain. - 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]] - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...istory of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of Califor...
3: ...s after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with Eur...
5: ...ty and wealth, first with the Gold Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigio...
11: ...he traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about...
13: ...m, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to make the flour edible. - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: ...ding of the [[United States]] and a key point in the [[American revolution]].
2: ...Boston tea party.jpg|thumb|Destruction of tea at the "Boston Tea party".]]
3: ...board on [[December 18]], [[1773]]. Created/published: [[1784]]. Artist: [[Daniel Chodowiecki]]. Engra...
5: ...] and eventually the charges were dropped, though he later faced several hundred more indictments.
7: ... thereby allowing them to undercut the prices of the colonial merchants and smugglers. - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ... (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [[Renaissance]].
6: ...d [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power...
8: ...1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 11...
10: ...] rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
12: ... Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...horelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map maker]].
7: ...dlesbrough|Marton]] in [[North Yorkshire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five ...
8: ...ears War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...undland]], which brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
14: ...tions and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]]. - March 21 (10586 bytes)
1: ... Calendar]] (81<sup>st</sup> in [[leap year]]s). There are 285 days remaining.
5: ...as Cranmer]] is [[Execution by burning|burned at the stake]].
6: ... buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves most of the town in ruins.
7: ...800]] - With the church leadership driven out of the [[Vatican]] during an armed conflict, [[Pope Pius...
8: ...gdom|British]] and [[France|French]] forces near the ruins of [[Nicopolis]] in [[Egypt]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ...es]], though that term was not coined until after her death.
3: ...regational]] ministers, leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem.
33: <td>[[First Lady of the United States]]</td>
39: mother of [[John Quincy Adams]]
48: ...and rights of women as well as of men in forming the new country. - 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}} - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
1: ...G|thumb|right|250px|Satellite image of a part of the Great Barrier Reef. Photo courtesy of NASA.]]
3: ...ueensland]] in north-east [[Australia]]. It stretches over 2000 kilometres in length and can be seen f...
5: ...ok]] during his [[1768]] voyage. Cook discovered the reef by running aground on it June 11 1770.
7: ...s along the Queensland coast offer boat trips to the reef on a daily basis. Several continental island...
9: ...single largest living [[animal|animal being]] in the world. In reality it is many colonies of [[coral]... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: '''Samuel Hearne''' ([[1745]] – November [[1792]]), [[En...
3: ...proving the cod fishery, and in [[1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western discovery, searchin...
5: ...f unsuspecting [[Inuit]]; this would be known as the [[Massacre at Bloody Falls]].
7: ...in 1782. He returned to England in [[1787]] where he died in [[1792]].
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