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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
67: ...Karl Friedrich Abel|Abel, Karl Friedrich]], (1723-1787), German composer
100: *[[Abraham of Alexandria]], (died 978), [[Coptic Christianity|Coptic]] Pope - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
32: ...nst Christian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
33: ...rg Christian Benedict Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833)
34: ...Friedrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Friedrich]] (1787-1843)
39: ...n Christian Gottlieb Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Christian Gottlieb]] (1756-1801) - 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]] ... - 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...
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 ...
66: ...reds of courtiers. The queen actually passed out through a combination of embarrassment and pain. It w... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...[1797|97]]). He also served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States Constitution|Con...
33: ...ro, and he commanded the First Virginia Regiment throughout the rest of war. In [[1758]], he was a par...
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...
62: ...stitutional Convention]] in [[Philadelphia]] in [[1787]]. For the most part he did not participate in th... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
38: Resuming the governorship of Massachusetts in [[1787]], he led his state toward ratification of the fe...
59: ...=[[James Bowdoin]]| after=[[Samuel Adams]]| years=1787 – 1793}} - John Adams (18716 bytes)
28: ...[[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through his work as a constitutional lawyer. Impetuou...
48: Throughout the negotiations Adams was especially dete...
50: ...stitution of Government of the United States'' ([[1787]]), in which he repudiated the views of [[Anne Ro...
111: * [[Bushrod Washington]] - [[1799]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
32: ...ce]] ([[1784]]-[[1789]]) he took extensive trips through [[France|French]] and other [[Europe]]an wine...
131: ...ellectual. He was singularly sweet-tempered, and shrank from the impassioned political bitterness that...
137: ...[[religion]], but to be understood, if possible, through [[reason]] and [[science]].
141: ...first submitted in [[1779]], and was one of only three accomplishments he put in his own epitaph. Virg...
143: ...rines to the standard of reason, justice & philanthropy, and to inculcate the belief of a future state... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
23: ...nd his overall influence at [[Philadelphia]] in [[1787]] has led some historians to call him the "Father...
40: ... England]] [[Federalists]] [[Hartford Convention|threatened secession]] if the war was not ended. In [...
113: ...g/resources/will.htm] Madison was a slaveholder throughout his entire life.
115: ...ssued between [[1861]] and [[1946]], and all but three had James Madison. Madison also appears on the ...
124: ...ple." -- Constitutional Convention [[June 29]], [[1787]] - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
22: ...]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in [[1787]], and was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He stud...
77: ...n of the Committee on Manufactures (for the 22nd through 26th, 28th and 29th Congresses, respectively)... - United States (58223 bytes)
37: [[September 17]], [[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[March 4]], [[1789]...
62: ... and U.S. settlers acquired those emptied lands. Through coercion, military prowess, and diplomatic le...
70: ...le of a [[representative democracy]]. There are three levels of government in the United States&mdash...
74: ...tes|Supreme Court]] (the judicial branch). These three branches are said to supply [[checks and balanc...
102: ...ble concern about the image of the United States throughout the world. Reactions towards the United St... - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
54: ...e land as a source for [[slave|slaves]], but in [[1787]] [[Freetown]] was established as a city for form...
56: ...[Crown Colony]], which it remained until halfway through the [[20th century]], when the process of de-...
74: Sierra Leone is divided into three provinces and one district:
98: ..., the remainder practice indigenous beliefs or [[Christianity]]. - Flag of Delaware (1314 bytes)
2: ...nd. Below the diamond, the date [[December 7]], [[1787]], declares the day on which Delaware became the ... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 7]], [[1787]] |
36: ...ion]]. Ratification occurred on [[December 7]], [[1787]].
40: ...Swedes]] (led by [[Peter Minuit]]) around [[Fort Christina]] (now [[Wilmington, Delaware | Wilmington]...
42: ...of the colony of [[Pennsylvania]]. In 1704 the "three lower counties" gained a separate legislature, ...
46: ...tion]]. After the Revolution began in 1776, the three counties became "The Delaware State," and in 17... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 12]] [[1787]] |
38: ...e [[Liberty Bell]], [[Independence Hall]], and a thriving metropolitan area, and [[Pittsburgh]], a bus...
55: ... for [[Quaker]]s, and named it for the [[Latin]] phrase meaning "Penn's woods".
63: In [[1704]] the "three lower counties" of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex...
65: ...ylvania became the second state on December 12, [[1787]] (five days after Delaware became the first). - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 18]], [[1787]] |
41: ...me New Jersey) to two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|...
88: New Jersey is broadly divided into three geographic regions: they are [[North Jersey]], ...
107: ... their existence and visibility to those passing through the state along some of its major highways do...
135: *Other Christian – 4% - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
124: * [[1657]]: [[Pendulum clock]]: [[Christiaan Huygens]]
128: ... [[Seed drill]]: [[Jethro Tull (agriculturist)|Jethro Tull]]
133: ...14]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
154: * [[1784]]: [[Shrapnel shell]]: [[Henry Shrapnel]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
19: ...io the Younger|Quaglio, Domenico, the Younger]], (1787-1837), painter - List of painters (54090 bytes)
34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
83: *[[Leonard Bahr]] ([[1905]]-[[1990]])
115: *[[Pompeo Girolamo Batoni]] ([[1708]]-[[1787]])
167: *[[Aaron Bohrod]] ([[1907]]-[[1992]])
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
36: ... Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water ...
51: ...ur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
52: *[[Christopher Cockerell]], (1910-1999;) (1886-1972) &md...
112: *[[John Harrison]], (1693-1776) — marine chronometer
164: ...7) — reflecting telescope (which reduces [[chromatic aberration]])
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