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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explore...
75: *[[Alexandra David-Néel]], (1868-1969), French explorer, visited [[...
83: *[[David Douglas]], Scottish explorer, botanist
101: *[[Matthew Flinders]], (1774-1814), first to circumnavigate [[Australia]] and ...
104: ...s Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for [[President of the United States]] - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
26: ...us|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
41: ...35-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
43: ... Charles Francis]] (born 1910), son of above, president of [[Raytheon]]
44: ..., (1952-2001), British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
54: ...John Adams|Adams, John]], (1735-1826), second President of the United States - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...k the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[...
9: ...lyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
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: ... War]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]] ([[1768]]-[[1774]]). She attempted to partition the Ottoman Empire... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...mage:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3: '''Denis Diderot''' ([[October 5]], [[1713]] – [[July 31...
5: ...while also examining [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as...
10: Diderot's earliest included a translation of Stanyan'...
14: ...stration of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any subject that he approa... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
7: ...teen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures i...
9: ...d him what he would like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the han...
15: ...daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to France to ...
25: ...n their wedding night. They had only a very vague idea of sex and this increased the awkwardness betwe...
36: ...r knees in prayer, with Louis saying "Dear God, guide and protect us. We are too young to reign." Mari... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...eal_us_presdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ... States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]], the President is also the [[head of government|chief executi...
5: ... public figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of th...
7: ...ulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
5: | order=1st President
17: | vicepresident=[[John Adams]]
19: ...[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States...
31: ...n|Jumonville affair]]" became an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian ... - 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. - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Monroe
4: | order=5th President
16: | vicepresident=[[Daniel D. Tompkins]]
18: ...sh;[[1825]]) [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He is the namesake...
22: ...rginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were w... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
17: ... = [[List of Presidents of Madagascar|President]] <br> [[List of Prime Ministers of Madagascar...
53: ... trading posts along the east coast. From about [[1774]] to [[1824]], it was a favorite haunt for [[pira...
66: ...ernment was formed in [[June]] [[1975]], under [[Didier Ratsiraka]].
68: ...as tolerated, with no direct criticism of the president permitted in the press.
72: ...rators marching on [[Iavoloha]], the suburban presidential palace, killing more than 30. - James Watt (5070 bytes)
11: ...asgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', comes upon the idea of a separate condensing chamber for the steam ...
14: * [[1774]]: Started a business in [[Soho, Birmingham|Soho]...
26: ...n Hornblower]] who tried to develop engines that did not fall foul of his 'catch-all' patents. Boulton...
33: .... (Without it, humans might have continued to provide power.) It was also essential in later [[transpo...
38: ...[[Lunar Society Moonstones|Moonstones]], two individual statues, and a [[Boulton, Watt and Murdoch|sta... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
28: Width = 130 |
44: ...h, from east to west, is 89 miles (the narrowest width is at 37 miles). The state's geographic center ...
72: ...s's claims in Vermont and New Hampshire were invalid and fixed Massachusetts's northern boundary at it...
78: ...nited States|slavery]], [[suffrage]] for men who did not own land, and public schools. The tavern has ...
80: ...d the anniversary of the battle became a legal holiday in Vermont, known as "Bennington Day." - 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... - 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:
55: *[[1789]] - [[George Washington]] becomes President
75: *[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History/United_States Hist... - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Ursidae]]}}
12: ...r = [[Constantine John Phipps|Phipps]] | date = [[1774]]}}
15: ...the order [[Carnivora]] (meat eater), family ''Ursidae'' ([[bear]]s). It is a [[circumpolar]] species ...
24: ...http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=143012005].
26: ...mid conditions. The bears were washed in a [[peroxide blonde]] solution to restore their expected colo... - 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]] - List of popes (77758 bytes)
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17: ! width="12%" | Place of Birth - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...in work, the ''Essays'', unprecedented in its candidness and personal flavor, he takes mankind and esp...
8: ...egal system. He was a counsilor of the Court des Aides of P鲩gueaux, and in 1557 he was appointed cou...
18: ...al differences. It was published much later, in [[1774]], under the title ''Travel Journal''.
37: Montaigne considered [[marriage]] necessary for the raising of chi...
40: Among the thinkers exploring similar ideas, one can mention [[Erasmus]], [[Thomas More]],...
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