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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
66: *[[Christopher Columbus]], (1451-1506), reached [[the Am...
77: ...ns|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed through [[Bering Strait]]
101: *[[Matthew Flinders]], (1774-1814), first to circumnavigate [[Australia]] and ...
166: *[[Meriwether Lewis]], (1774-1809), leader of the first American expedition to...
230: *[[John Rae]], (1813-1893), travelled widely through the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
112: ... of Cambridge|Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge]], (1774-1850)
120: *[[Adrian of Nicomedia]], (died 303 or 304), Christian saint - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...fled to a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely sup...
9: ...lyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
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... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
14: ...ts the possibility of teaching the blind to read through the sense of touch.
16: ...he prison of [[Vincennes]]. Here he remained for three months; then he was released, to enter upon the...
23: ...e publication of a translation into French of [[Ephraim Chambers]]'s ''[[Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dic...
27:
46: ... her librarian, with a yearly salary. In 1773 and 1774 Diderot spent some months at the empress's court ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...n [[Vienna]] on [[2 November]] [[1755]]. She was christened Maria-Antonia-Josepha-Johanna. ''Maria'' w...
11: ...were soon married off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of t...
36: ...denly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 10th May [[1774]] when King [[Louis XV]] died of [[smallpox]]. Th...
39: ..."Qu'ils mangent de la brioche."'') However, this phrase was never uttered by Marie-Antoinette ? althou...
53: ...her twenty-first birthday, she participated in a three-day long gambling party, in which huge amounts ... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by America...
16: ...s completing his predecessor's term. Since then, three presidents have served two full terms: [[Dwight...
19: ...y four years. Presidents are elected indirectly, through the [[U.S. Electoral College|Electoral Colleg...
25: ...cess is concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertisin...
56: ...n Johnson]], was born on [[August 27]] [[1908]]. Three other Presidents who followed Johnson in office... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
33: ...ro, and he commanded the First Virginia Regiment throughout the rest of war. In [[1758]], he was a par...
37: By [[1774]], Washington had become one of the colonies' wea...
45: ...ersey]], who did not anticipate an attack near [[Christmas]]. Washington followed up the assault with ...
51: ...t tremendous odds, Washington sustained his army throughout the Revolution, keeping British forces tie...
75: ... a [[strep throat|streptococcal infection of the throat]] or, since he was bled as part of the treatme... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
19: ... public critic of British rule. On [[March 5]], [[1774]], the fourth anniversary of the [[Boston Massacr... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
28: ...[[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through his work as a constitutional lawyer. Impetuou...
35: ...s a member of the [[Continental Congress]] from [[1774]] to [[1778]]. In June [[1775]], with a view to p...
48: Throughout the negotiations Adams was especially dete...
111: * [[Bushrod Washington]] - [[1799]] - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: ...rginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were w... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
53: ... trading posts along the east coast. From about [[1774]] to [[1824]], it was a favorite haunt for [[pira...
76: ...onal Forum]] organized by the [[FFKM]] (Malagasy Christian Council of Churches) drafted a new Constitu...
105: ...the law passed by the national assembly in 1994, three such entity levels were defined: region ([[fari...
169: ...orests]], thorn forests, and [[deserts and xeric shrublands]].
174: ... During the period of solid growth from [[1997]] through [[2001]], [[poverty]] levels remained stubbor... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', co...
14: * [[1774]]: Started a business in [[Soho, Birmingham|Soho]...
22: ...or to measure steam pressure in the [[cylinder]] throughout the working cycle of the engine, so showin...
24: ...-acting engine, a counter, an indicator, and a [[throttle]] valve) made the steam engine his life's wo...
57: ..., ''James Watt, Vol 1, His time in Scotland, 1736-1774'' (2002), 480pp, many illus., Landmark Publishing... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...es granted by the [[Province of New Hampshire]], through their [[Green Mountain Boys]] militia, eventu...
44: ...ic center is [[Washington, Vermont|Washington]], three miles east of [[Roxbury, Vermont|Roxbury]].
54: ...west recorded temperature was –50 degrees Fahrenheit (–46 degrees Celsius), at [[Bloomfiel...
72: ...nies|British colonies]] easier than ever before. Three colonies laid claim to the area. The Province o...
82: ...]], who came to Vermont from [[Connecticut]] in [[1774]], acted as President of Vermont from [[1778]] to... - 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]])
263: *[[Anthony Christian]] ([[1945]]-) - 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...
45: ...ng the area. Furthermore, the [[Quebec Act]] of [[1774]] extended [[Quebec]]'s boundaries to the [[Ohio ...
52: *"[[Intolerable Acts]]" of [[1774]]. - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
23: *[[1774]] - First [[Continental Congress]]
24: *[[1774]] - [[Dunmore's War]]
25: *[[1774]] - British pass [[Intolerable Acts]], including: - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
12: ...r = [[Constantine John Phipps|Phipps]] | date = [[1774]]}}
24: ...Hudson Bay]] in [[Northern Canada]] in winter is shrinking, limiting their access to [[Seal (mammal)|s...
26: ...ected color. A similar algae grew in the hair of three polar bears at [[San Diego Zoo]] in the summer ... - 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: ...necessary in Upper ("Alta") California. Between [[1774]] and [[1791]], the Crown sent forth a number of ... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...[[Bishop]] of [[Rome]], [[Vicar]] of [[Jesus]] [[Christ]], Successor of [[St. Peter]], [[Prince]] of t...
179: | <small>Died a martyr, through extreme hardship; feast day [[16 September]]<...
696: ...rt of the Vatican's official list of popes. Died three days after his election, prior to his consecrat...
1872: ... <small>[[19 May]] [[1769]] to [[22 September]] [[1774]]</small>
2004: [[Image:Popebenedictxvi_firsttimeonthrone.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[His Holiness]] '''Pope... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
18: ...al differences. It was published much later, in [[1774]], under the title ''Travel Journal''.
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