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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...k the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[...
13: ... law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class.
17: ...ita Ivanovich Panin|Nikita Panin]], exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. ...
21: ...o-Turkish War]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]] ([[1768]]-[[1774]]). She attempted to partition the Ottom...
27: ...[[War in Defense of the Constitution]], Russia divided all of the Commonwealth territory with Prussia ... - Banksia (1867 bytes)
6: ...x_classis_entry | taxon = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
15: ...nks]], of the [[James Cook|Cook]] expedition in [[1768]]. They are native to [[Australia]], growing in ... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...ll>[[Gregorian calendar|(N.S.)]]</small>) was President of the [[Continental Congress]], and the first...
15: ...ng some infuriated Bostonians, depending as they did on the supplies on board.
19: ...he Provisional Congress of Massachusetts, and presided over its Committee of Safety. Under Hancock, Ma...
23: ...the [[Continental Congress]], succeeding [[Henry Middleton]]. He would serve until [[October 30]], [[1...
25: In the first month of his presidency, on [[June 19]], [[1775]], Hancock commission... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
4: | order=2nd President
16: | vicepresident=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
18: ...His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]])...
28: ...iod—as, for example, during his term as president. - Nepal (22444 bytes)
2: ... 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
7: | align=center width=140 | [[Image:Nepal flag large.png|125px|Flag o...
8: | align=center width=140 | [[Image:Nepal_COA.gif|120px|Coat of arms ...
10: | align=center width=150 | ([[Flag of Nepal|In Detail]])
11: | align=center width=140 | ([[Media:Nepal_COA.gif|Full size]]) - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
42: ...Mitsuda]], (born [[1972]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video game]] music composer
47: *[[Joseph C. Yates|Yates, Joseph C.]], (1768-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of New York (1823-18...
71: ...[[Boris Yeltsin|Yeltsin, Boris]] (b. 1931) [[President of Russia]]
122: ...imomura]], (born [[1970]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video game]] music composer
135: *[[David Yost|Yost, David]] US actor - List of painters (54090 bytes)
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-)
144: *[[George Biddle]] ([[1885]]-[[1973]])
162: *[[David G. Blythe]] ([[1815]]-[[1865]])
170: *[[David Bomberg]] ([[1890]]-[[1957]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...can Revolution''' refers to the series of events, ideas, and changes that resulted in the political se...
4: ...Revolution was not revolutionary at all, that it did not radically transform colonial society, but sim...
10: ...ern frontier. Most white colonists in America considered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crow...
16: ...this European Enlightenment and were a source for ideas regarding [[separation of church and state]] a...
19: ...ished church. The revival placed emphasis on individual conscience and experience as the source of val... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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142: | [[Carbon monoxide]]<br>[[Hydrogen sulfide]]
149: ... [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]] minus the massive liquid [[metallic hydrogen]] envelope. It appears that U...
153: ...y whilst the other pole faces away. At the other side of Uranus' orbit the orientation of the poles to...
158: ...perhaps during the formation of the planet it collided with an enormous protoplanet, resulting in the ... - History of California (38344 bytes)
13: ...[[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to make the flour edible.
19: ...bout [[1530]], [[Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán]] (President of [[New Spain]]) was told by an Indian slave ...
23: ...n as the peninsula of [[Baja California]]), and laid out and founded the city that was to become LaPaz...
50: ...e's, which they reinforced, and which remained valid when the colonies became states. These territori...
67: * [[1683]]: [[Ysidro Otondo]] - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: ...political protest by [[Boston, Massachusetts]] residents against the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britis...
5: ... One of the protesters was [[John Hancock]]. In [[1768]], his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was seized by custom...
11: ...n destroying the cargo. By 9 PM, with only one incident, they had smashed 342 crates of tea in all thr...
13: ...nklin]] stated that the destroyed tea must be repaid and offered to repay with his own resources. The ...
19: ...pol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail21.html Broadside against the British East India Company (PD)] -- ... - Venice (22017 bytes)
6: ...ern Italy by the [[Lombards]] in [[568]]. In the mid-[[8th century]], the Venetians resisted the empir...
8: ...ry the essentials for the power of Venice were laid: the [[Venetian Arsenal]] was under construction ...
12: ...[1204]] and established the [[Latin Empire]]. Considerable plunder was brought back to Venice, includi...
22: ... the politics and rumours of European courts, providing fascinating information to modern historians.
26: ...doned and falling into disrepair, although the [[Lido]] became a popular beach resort in the late 19th... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
7: ...ton]] in [[North Yorkshire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born ...
16: ==First voyage ([[1768]]-[[1771]])==
18: ...nsit of Venus]] across the [[Sun]]. Leaving in [[1768]], he arrived on [[April 13]], [[1769]] in [[Tahi...
20: ...tensive knowledge of Pacific [[geography]], Cook did reach [[New Zealand]], becoming only the second [...
26: ...into the English language from the local Guugu-Yimidhirr name for a Grey Kangaroo, which was ''gangaro... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
11: ...his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone]].
19: *[[1960]] - [[Apartheid]]: [[Sharpeville Massacre|Massacre in Sharpeville...
25: ...of defeat guy" in the opening credits of [[ABC's Wide World of Sports]].
27: *[[1980]] - [[President of the United States|President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] announces a [[United States...
33: ... charged with [[murder]] for their part in the [[kidnapping]] and killing of ''[[Wall Street Journal]]... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]])
66: *[[David Bates (physicist)|David Bates]]
124: *[[William Burnside]] (UK, [[1852]]-[[1927]])
187: *[[David van Dantzig]] (Netherlands, [[1900]] - [[1959]]) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ... was the wife of [[John Adams]], the second [[President of the United States]], and is seen as the sec...
3: ...Abigail lacked formal education. On her mother's side she was descended from the Quincys, a family of ...
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48: ...l Congress "remember the ladies" -- that they consider the needs and rights of women as well as of men...
52: As wife of the first [[Vice President of the United States]], Abigail became a good ... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892...
59: *[[John Bainbridge]] ([[Britain]], [[1582]] – [[1643]])
102: *[[Margaret Burbidge]] ([[Britain]], [[1919]] – )
194: *[[Eudoxus of Cnidus|Eudoxus]] ([[Cnidus]], circa [[408 BC]] – circa [[347 BC]])
198: *[[David Fabricius]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1564]] – [[... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
95: *[[Aristides (Apologist)|Aristides]], (fl. 2nd century)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{f...
154: *[[Basilides]], (c. 117-138){{fn|C}}
159: *[[David Baumgardt]], (1890-1963){{fn|R}} - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
5: ...rier Reef was [[Captain James Cook]] during his [[1768]] voyage. Cook discovered the reef by running agr...
16: ... grazing in the dry tropics regions. Both are considered significant factors affecting water quality. - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...k service with the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]. In [[1768]] he examined portions of the [[Hudson Bay]] coas...
5: ...pewyan]] chief [[Matonabbee]] travelling as his guide on his arctic overland journey, massacred a grou...
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