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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
64: *[[Clarke Abel|Abel, Clarke]], (1780-1826), English surgeon and naturalist
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a...
75: *[[John Abercrombie|Abercrombie, John]], (1780-1844), musician - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
25: ...kerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
38: ...[[Johann Adam Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Adam]] (1780-1853)
61: *[[Julio Acosta|Acosta Garc� Julio]] (1872-1954)
64: ...la]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champion - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ... ruler of the [[Habsburg Empire]] from [[1740]]-[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less kn...
4: ...of [[Hungary]] and [[Bohemia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elect...
6: ...es' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...hood. She made him co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to her...
15: ...[King of Bohemia]]: 1780 ([[Heir-Apparent]]: 1741-1780) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...s eccentricities and policies, including an obsession with neighboring and enemy country Prussia, alie...
9: ...is document the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned mo...
11: ...ed them serfs. She also encouraged the [[colonization]] of [[Alaska]] and of conquered areas.
13: ...e relaxed the censorship law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class.
16: ...reat.jpg|thumb|250px|Catherine the Great's coronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermitage Museum]], ... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...e not commonly used on the floor in European interiors until the 18th century. The hand-knotted pile ...
3: ... estate and home improvement industries a distinction is made between carpet (or carpeting) and rug. ...
16: ... 1812 in France and c. 1825 in England. The addition of steam power in the mid-19th century further i...
19: ...ompositions include highly illusionistic, 3-dimensional flowers. Patterns for tiled (composed of a se...
21: ...om the American [[Halcyon Skinner]]'s 1860s invention called the "nipper". - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
19: ... United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
21: ...gures in U.S. history. Unlike many other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he voluntarily relinquished power ...
24: ...irth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Be... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
3: ...Declaration of Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
5: ... first person to sign the [[United States Declaration of Independence]]. According to legend, he signe...
8: ...4]], Hancock lived in England while building relationships with customers and suppliers of his uncle's...
15: ...s for violation of revenue laws. This caused a [[riot]] among some infuriated Bostonians, depending as...
17: ...e to British authority and his financial contributions led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Adams|Sam... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
20: ==Biography==
22: ...r, a farmer, also named John, was a fourth-generation descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[...
24: ...s undertook to write out, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the...
26: ...4]]–[[1818]]), the daughter of a [[Congregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. The... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...of the United States]], serving in the administration of [[Martin Van Buren]].
7: ...9]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829.
9: ...U.S. Electoral College|electors]] due to his relationship with an African-American woman. He served as...
17: ...ited States)|counties]] in [[Johnson County, Iowa|Iowa]], [[Johnson County, Kentucky|Kentucky]], [[Joh...
20: ...Senate Historical Office: Richard Mentor Johnson Biography (pdf)] - Flag of New Jersey (1068 bytes)
2: ...als and their aides. Then, on [[February 28]], [[1780]], the Continental War Officers in Philadelphia d... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
8: Nickname = Old Dominion |
12: PostalAbbreviation = VA |
36: ...thern States|South]] or, alternately, as an extension of the [[Mid-Atlantic_States|Mid-Atlantic]]. It...
38: ...ited States, but the former was admitted to the Union as a separate state in [[1792]] while the latter...
46: ...to the whole area explored by the [[1584]] expedition of Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] along the coast of [[N... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ...], [[water vapor]], and the gradients and interactions of each variable, and how they change in time. ...
10: ...] around the moon, without bothering with explanations.
12: ...he most important meteorological instruments in [[1780]] with the hair [[hygrometer]], which measures [[...
14: ...ep accurate and detailed records of weather conditions on a daily basis, and was one of the first Amer...
16: ...ecting force was named after [[Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis]], who had published in 1835 on the energy yie... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...entions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
23: ...ird]], (1888-1946), [[Scotland]] — [[television]]
25: ...[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]]
56: ...ullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
63: ...ph Day]] --(1855-1946) Two Stroke Internal Combustion Engine - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
1: ... Ivan]] viewed from the [[International Space Station]], [[September 2004]]. [[NASA]] photo by [[Edwa...
6: ...] system, which moves heat from the equatorial region toward the higher latitudes.
9: ... cyclone is the release of the [[heat of condensation]] from water vapor condensing at high altitudes....
11: ...ist long enough, they can combine to produce the violent winds, incredible waves, torrential rains and...
13: ...ides the atmospheric moisture needed. The evaporation of this moisture is driven by the high winds and... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
21: *[[Henri Braconnot]] (1780-1855), French chemist and pharmacist
31: ...ka-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiation physicist
37: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
42: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
47: ...mist, winner of the [[1908]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
9: ... hold for the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], in which he served under [[Benedict Ar...
13: ...ry War, Burr accompanied Benedict Arnold's expedition into [[Canada]] in [[1775]], and on arriving bef...
14: ...to practice in [[New York City]] after its evacuation by the British in the following year.
18: ...in the [[West Indies]] during the American Revolutionary War. They had two daughters. While their youn...
20: ...une was dwindling from her husband's land speculation, they separated after only four months. During t... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...orces. Shortly thereafter, he was given a commission in the [[British Army]], and was eventually elev...
9: ...take the first entirely offensive military expedition by the colonists against the British.
10: ...old met up with [[Ethan Allen]], who had a commission from Connecticut to capture the same fort and wh...
12: ...ts, doing his best to diminish Arnold's participation and enhance the role of the Green Mountain Boys ...
13: ... expenses and protested vehemently when the suspicious legislators closely examined each item. In June... - Jean Lafitte (3700 bytes)
2: '''Jean Lafitte''' or '''Laffite''' (''ca''1780 - ''ca''1826?), was a [[pirate]] in the [[Gulf of...
4: ...]) recognizing the [[sovereignty]] of no other nation.
6: ...aniel]] and is on display at the [[Sam Houston Regional Library and Archives]] in [[Liberty, Texas]]. ...
17: ...almette, Louisiana|Chalmette]] Battlefield and National Cemetery, actual site of the 1815 battle and t... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...ngdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] and revolutionaries within the [[13 colonies|thirteen North Ame...
3: ...d aftermath of the war, see the [[American Revolution]].
5: ...ost famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
10: ... thirteen American colonies did not have a professional [[armed force|army]] (also known as a "regular...
15: ... concern at the time. [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]]—American colonists who sided ...
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