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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...fled to a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely sup...
11: ...charter that: allowed the gentry to petition the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles from state s...
13: ...sant revolt in 1773 led by [[Yemelyan Pugachev]] threatened Eastern Russia. As a result, Catherine the...
17: ...luence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd statesman, Panin dedicated much effort and mil...
19: ...]]. Russia gained the largest part of [[Poland]] through repeated [[Partitions of Poland|partitions]] ... - Banksia (1867 bytes)
15: ...ative to [[Australia]], growing in the form of [[shrub]]s and [[tree]]s (they are also known as ''Aust... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
15: ...ggling|smuggle]] glass, lead, paper and tea. In [[1768]], upon arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Li... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
28: ...[[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through his work as a constitutional lawyer. Impetuou...
31: ... Gazette]] (republished separately in London in [[1768]] as ''A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law...
33: In [[1768]] Adams moved to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]...
48: Throughout the negotiations Adams was especially dete...
111: * [[Bushrod Washington]] - [[1799]] - Nepal (22444 bytes)
37: | [[1768]]
60: ...nasty that ruled until the [[18th century]]. In [[1768]], the Gorkha king, [[Prithvi Narayan Shah]], cap...
62: ...ing [[Birendra of Nepal|Birendra]] inherited the throne in [[1972]] and continued the panchayat policy...
64: ...ntary]] system with a [[socialist]] [[republic]] through a Maoist revolutionary strategy known as [[Pe...
66: ...Nepalese tradition) in his hospital bed. He died three days later. ''See [[Dipendra of Nepal]].'' - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
47: *[[Joseph C. Yates|Yates, Joseph C.]], (1768-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of New York (1823-18...
120: *[[Jean-Christophe Yoccoz|Yoccoz, Jean-Christophe]], mathematician - List of painters (54090 bytes)
34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
83: *[[Leonard Bahr]] ([[1905]]-[[1990]])
167: *[[Aaron Bohrod]] ([[1907]]-[[1992]])
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
230: *[[Canaletto]] ([[1697]]-[[1768]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
19: ...colonies. It was also the first event that swept through all the British colonies, from New England to...
23: ...l resentment of these new policies grew steadily throughout the decade, and had a significant impact o...
28: ...sion of these laws had long been tolerated. Now, through the use of open-ended search warrants ([[Writ...
38: ...[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] on [[June 10]], [[1768]]. Angry protests on the street led customs offic...
40: ...sh troops began to arrive in Boston in October of 1768. Tensions continued to mount, culminating in the ... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
168: ...]] observed it four times in [[1750]], twice in [[1768]], six times in [[1769]], and one last time in [[...
172: ...e]], as editor of the ''Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch'', opted for ''Uranus'', after the [[Greek my... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...nk|This article covers the History of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyo...
28: ...tories, Cortés sent Francisco de Ulloa out with three small vessels. He made it to the mouth of the C...
30: ...ries of romances that were very popular in Spain throughout the 15th, 16th and 17th century.
31: ...of Spain, Esplandian, the son of Amadis, travels through an island called "California" or "Califerne".
71: ...olonization of these lands. It was not until the threat of invasion by [[Imperial Russia|Tsarist Russi... - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
3: ... as Indians, boarding ships in Boston Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard on [[December 18]], ...
5: ... One of the protesters was [[John Hancock]]. In [[1768]], his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was seized by custom...
11: ...hed 342 crates of tea in all three ships and had thrown them into Boston Harbor. They took off their s... - Venice (22017 bytes)
6: ...ssocracy]] or ''Repubblica Marinara'', the other three being [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its...
10: ... the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
14: ...ment’s consent. Venice remained a republic throughout its independent period and politics and th...
20: ...ng into conflict with the [[Papacy]]. Venice was threatened with the [[interdict]] on a number of occa...
29: ...owing the galleys. Rowing skills were encouraged through races and [[regatta]]s. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...[explorers|explorer]] and [[navigator]]. He made three voyages to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its ...
16: ==First voyage ([[1768]]-[[1771]])==
18: ...nsit of Venus]] across the [[Sun]]. Leaving in [[1768]], he arrived on [[April 13]], [[1769]] in [[Tahi...
28: He then sailed through [[Torres Strait]] between Australia and [[New...
51: ...sable, although he made several attempts to sail through it. Cook became increasingly frustrated on t... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
28: ...ot by an unseen assailant, leading to the [[catchphrase]] "Who Shot JR?"
33: ...kistan]], [[Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh]] along with three other suspects are charged with [[murder]] for ...
40: *[[1768]] - [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier]], [[France|Fr...
55: *[[1923]] - [[Shri Mataji Nirmala Shrivastava]], the founder of [[Sahaja Yoga]]
90: *[[1934]] - [[Franz Schreker]], composer (b. [[1878]]) - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
10: *[[Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar]] ([[1930]] - )
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]])
93: *[[Harald Bohr]] ([[Denmark]], [[1887]] - [[1951]])
157: *[[Elwin Bruno Christoffel]] [[Germany]] ([[1829]]-[[1900]])
227: *[[Charles Ehresmann]] (France, [[1905]] - [[1979]]) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
48: ...ohn Quincy Adams]] (1767-1848), Susanna Boylston (1768-70), Charles (1770-1800), Thomas Boylston (1772-1... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[1...
79: *[[Alfred Bohrmann]] ([[Germany]], [[1904]] – [[2000]])
114: *[[Richard Christopher Carrington]] ([[Britain]], [[1826]] &ndas...
129: *[[James Christy]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1938]] – )
202: *[[Charles Fehrenbach (astronomer)|Charles Fehrenbach]] ([[France]], [[1914]] – ) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
50: *[[Alexander of Aphrodisias]], (2nd century){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
145: *[[Christoph Gottfried Bardili]], (1761-1808)
218: *[[Niels Bohr]], (1885-1962){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
347: *[[Christine de Pizan]], (c. 1365-c. 1430){{fn|R}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]] - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
5: ...rier Reef was [[Captain James Cook]] during his [[1768]] voyage. Cook discovered the reef by running agr...
13: == Environmental threats ==
18: The most significant threat to the future of the Great Barrier Reef and of...
20: ...ng has triggered the collapse of reef ecosystems throughout the tropics. Increased global temperatures... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...k service with the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]. In [[1768]] he examined portions of the [[Hudson Bay]] coas...
5: ...ians; his second (from [[23 February]] [[1770]]) through the breaking of his quadrant; but in his thir...
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