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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...6]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
63: | [[Iowa]]
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
143: | [[Ohio]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - 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]], ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ... guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
13: ...red as child, Maria-Antonia had little real education. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothi...
22: ...lection of gems was valued at approximately 2 million [[livre]]s. Marie-Antoinette then received King ...
27: ...nt back to [[Austria]]. The young dauphine's position was not helped by the fact that she had earned t...
30: ...she was assisted out of bed and dressed by the various high-ranking noblewomen who were her ladies-in-... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...othing to reduce the stature and drama of her fiction.
5: ...novelist, she continued to live in relative seclusion, and began to suffer ill-health. It is now thoug...
7: ...ly ''[[Emma]]'', are often cited for their perfection of form, while modern critics continue to uneart...
12: ...ary types, are drawn with such firmness and precision, and with such significant detail as to retain t...
14: ...er novels is different from that of their publication. They are: - 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... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...ical philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|agriculturalist]], [[Horticu...
20: ...siana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
22: ==Biographical information==
23: ...h; before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]]. - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...science]] and study of the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and th...
3: ...ch as [[iron]], [[copper]], and [[uranium]]. Additional economic interests include minerals such as [[...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic principles to other bodies of the so...
10: ...[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...ot overturned until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translated into [[Latin]] and the othe... - 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... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]] - 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 - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ... the [[French and Indian War]], and the orange region was claimed by [[Spain]]. Note that this map doe...
2: ...War commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
4: ...etations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ...on, and the trends which led to the coming revolution -->
10: ...he British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as people in Britain. - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot Paul Revere.]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] con...
8: *[[1763]] - [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] begins
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
27: ** [[Administration of Justice Act]] ([[May 20]]), - 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... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
9: ...[[June 5]], [[1783]], as a first public demonstration, they sent up at Annonay a 900 m³ linen bag...
11: ...efore [[Louis XVI of France]], to gain his permission for a trial human flight. A tear occured on the ...
18: The ascensions made a sensation. Numerous engravings commemorated the events. Ch...
22: ...g a crossing of the English Channel on January 7, 1785, by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries. Bal... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
8: ...e prefix "'''PS'''". The term ''steamer'' is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] motor...
15: ...wered or not is unclear. River boatmen took exception to the threat to their trade, and smashed it up.
21: ...nd in [[1790]] a third boat ran a series of excursions on the [[Delaware River]], but then patent disp...
23: ...rth and Clyde canal were thwarted by fears of erosion of the banks, development was taken up both in [...
30: ... surviving Mississippi sternwheelers from this period, ''[[Julius C. Wilkie]]'', is preserved as a [[m... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
1: ...volutionary War]] and the [[Articles of Confederation]]. There were two Continental Congresses.
4: ...unication with one another as their common opposition to Britain grew. It lasted only from [[Septembe...
6: ...ess was the drafting of the [[Articles of Association]] on [[October 20]]. The Articles formed a comp...
8: ... [[July 4]], [[1776]], they adopted the [[Declaration of Independence]]. This Congress nobly tried to...
10: ==Dates and places of sessions== - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...tion]], he was well known also for his many quotations and his experiments with [[electricity]]. Frank...
4: Franklin's [[invention]]s include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [...
6: ==Biography==
23: ...y about cultivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young man earned him a great d...
25: ...nd borrowed) on which a lot of his popular reputation is based. Adages from this almanac such as "A pe...
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