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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarch]]."
5: ...July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine's suppor...
9: ...rvative after the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
11: ...ageable for the government. In [[1785]] Catherine issued a charter that: allowed the gentry to petitio...
13: ...orms within the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encour... - Banksia (1867 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
11: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}...
15: ...nks]], of the [[James Cook|Cook]] expedition in [[1768]]. They are native to [[Australia]], growing in ...
17: ...ed flowers become knobbly brown seedpods during this time. - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...es show that Hancock always wrote his signature this way.
8: ...business. Shortly after his return from England, his uncle died and he inherited the fortune and busin...
10: ...mained, ethically and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity...
13: ...onial trade business naturally disposed him to resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempte...
15: ...ustoms officials for violation of revenue laws. This caused a [[riot]] among some infuriated Bostonian... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
18: ...sh;[[1801]]) [[President of the United States]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth Preside...
22: ...gland]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...t, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...[1818]]), the daughter of a [[Congregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, Joh... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
1: ...]], is the world's only [[Hindu]] [[kingdom]]. It is in South Asia, sharing borders with the [[People'...
14: ...;ि<br />(transliteration: Ja'nani Jan'mabhumis'hcha Swar'gadapi Gariya'si)<br />[[Sanskrit]]: Mo...
27: | '''[[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal|Prime Minister]]'''
31: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 94th]] <br /> [[1 E1...
34: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 40th]]<br /> 2... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
15: *[[Irvin Yalom|Yalom, Irvin]], psychologist
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
35: ...emenko|Yaremenko, Yury]], (died 1996), USSR economist
37: ...ian politician, former deputy prime minister and CIS executive secretary - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: ...[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
12: ...840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
13: ...([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ...ote that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of that time.]]
2: ...xington and Concord]] and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorktow...
4: ...cant changes that had a profound impact on world history. Most current interpretations fall somewhere ...
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10: ...a considered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as p... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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15: ...color="#c0ffff" colspan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]]) - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of California (20th century)]].}}
3: ...ean colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with European explora...
5: ... of interest primarily populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportu...
9: ==Prehistory==
11: ...y inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago. - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: ...Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] parliament. It is one of the key [[national myth]]s of the founding...
3: ...r 18]], [[1773]]. Created/published: [[1784]]. Artist: [[Daniel Chodowiecki]]. Engraver: Daniel Berger...
5: ...he protesters was [[John Hancock]]. In [[1768]], his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was seized by customs offic...
7: ...ere importing tea without paying duty. The [[British Government]] passed the [[Tea Act]], which allow...
9: ...land the tea under the protection afforded by British armed vessels. - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...lly the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [[Renaissance]].
4: ==History==
6: ...a Marinara'', the other three being [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at he...
10: ...ire, the Republic acquired control of most of the islands in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]], including [[Cy...
12: ...t back to Venice, including the [[Mark the Evangelist|Winged Lion of St. Mark]], symbol of Venice. Onl... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...mage:captainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance...
3: ...], [[1779]]) was a [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[explorers|explorer]] and [[navigator]]. He m...
7: ...laborer on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with his family to [[Great Ayton]].
8: ...r]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...allowing [[James_Wolfe | General Wolfe]] to make his famous stealth attack on the [[Plains of Abraham]... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
1: '''March 21''' is the [[80 (number)|80]]<sup>th</sup> day of the ye...
5: ..., [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] [[Thomas Cranmer]] is [[Execution by burning|burned at the stake]].
8: ...France|French]] forces near the ruins of [[Nicopolis]] in [[Egypt]].
11: ...enry Morton Stanley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone]].
12: *[[1919]] - [[The Chinese High School]] is established in Singapore by [[Tan Kah Kee]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ian]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
22: ...Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]])
40: *[[Aristotle]] (Greece, [[384 BC|384 B.C.]] - [[322 BC|32... - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ...he second [[President of the United States]], and is seen as the second [[First Lady of the United Sta...
3: ... and other forebearers were [[Congregational]] ministers, leaders in a society that held its clergy in...
48: ...ional Convention|Constitutional Convention]]. She is perhaps best known for her request that he and th...
50: ...ed the role of wife of the first United States Minister to the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]]. They retu...
56: ...r husband in [http://www.ufpc.org United First Parish Church] (also known as the <i>Church of the Pres... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – cir...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[169...
58: *[[Francis Baily]] ([[Britain]], [[1774]] – [[1844]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
3: ...' is the world's largest [[coral reef]]. The reef is located in the [[Coral Sea]] off the coast of [[Q...
5: ...in James Cook]] during his [[1768]] voyage. Cook discovered the reef by running aground on it June 11 ...
7: ...to the reef on a daily basis. Several continental islands have been turned into [[resort]]s.
9: ...animal|animal being]] in the world. In reality it is many colonies of [[coral]]s.
11: A large part of the reef is protected by the [[Great Barrier Reef Marine Park... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: ...[1745]] – November [[1792]]), [[England|English]] [[explorer]], was born in [[London]].
3: ...1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western discovery, searching especially for certain copper mi...
5: ...y, massacred a group of unsuspecting [[Inuit]]; this would be known as the [[Massacre at Bloody Falls]...
7: ...taken prisoner by the French under [[Jean-Fran�ois de La P�rouse|La P�rouse]] in 1782. He return...
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