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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
52: | [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]
55: | [[Illinois]]
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
60: | [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] - 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... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...o.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3: '''Denis Diderot''' ([[October 5]], [[1713]] – [[Jul...
5: ...ilosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets o...
7: ...of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
10: ...losophiques'' (1746), and he presently added to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
1: [[image:Phillis_Wheatley.jpg|thumb|right|Phillis Wheatley]]
3: ...a very accomplished poet, with her first poem published when she was only 13.
5: ... [[Boston]] had refused to publish the text. Phillis with her master's son, Nathanial Wheatley went to...
7: ...h her to thank her for a poem she had written in his honor. Wheatley's acclaim was not, however, univ...
9: ...estic work as a servant. Neither hard work nor artistic ability were to bring her prosperity, and she ... - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
3: ...nets, it is usually pitched in B flat (meaning it is a [[transposing instrument]] where a written C so...
5: ...same diameter along the body of the instrument. This cylindrical bore gives it the clarinet's dark ton...
13: ...f the bass clarinet in the early 19th century. It is also used in school bands, and are a good option ...
16: ...ches of the [[celesta]]. Other pieces featuring this instrument include:
19: * ''[[Die Walk?' and ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'', by [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]], have solos... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
1: {{Egyptian Dynasty list}}
2: ...ry of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching from the establishment of the [[Eleventh dynasty of Egypt|Eleventh ...
5: ...sty of Egypt|Tenth dynasty]] in the 14th year of his reign to reunite Egypt, bringing an end to the [[...
8: ...Upper Egypt), under the reign of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a pala...
10: ...ed useful experienced by the time he would start his sole reign. The co-regencies lasted throughout th... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
5: ...0th century but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that tim...
7: ...ies as possibilities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies between dates shown here and in article...
9: ...is the “Conventional Chronology” that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''A Test of Time'' (1...
15: * Predynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Lat... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...). He also served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutio...
21: ...as [[monarch]]s and [[dictator]]s do). This established an important precedent of [[republic]]an [[dem...
24: ...s birth, hence the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of ...
26: ...smallpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemaso...
29: ...earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charles Willson Peale]], and shows Washing... - 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... - Missouri (16086 bytes)
1: ...ers are the two large rivers which flow through this state.
4: Name = Missouri |
5: Fullname = State of Missouri|
6: Flag = Missouri state flag.png |
7: Flaglink = [[Flag of Missouri]] | - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
10: ...nia]], [[List of Prime Ministers of Fiji|Prime Minister]] of [[Fiji]] (2000-present)
20: *[[Dennis Quaid|Quaid, Dennis]], actor
23: *[[Mary Quant|Quant, Mary]], (born 1934), British fashion designer
29: *[[Francis Quarles|Quarles, Francis]], (1592-1644), poet - 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 ...
7: <!-- I think this section should briefly summarize the political, s...
10: ...a considered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as p... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]...
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
11: *[[1764]] - [[Revenue Act of 1764|Revenue Act]] is passed to enforce the [[Sugar Act]]
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees o... - Crustacean (6274 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_authority | author = [[Br?]] | date = [[1772]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Classes}}
37: The scientific study of crustaceans is known as [[carcinology]].
41: Crustaceans have three distinct body parts: head, thorax, and abdomen (or ''...
45: ...emale. Terrestrial crabs (such as the [[Christmas Island red crab]]) mate seasonally and return to the... - 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]... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
1: The '''Lewis and Clark expedition''' ([[1804]]-[[1806]]) was t...
3: ... hunters and trappers who were already well established in the area. The expedition was not the first ...
5: ...lways referring to Clark as "Captain" ([http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/v02.appendix.a.html]).
7: ...e]] tribe came from further west. Not only did Lewis and Clark feel that she could aid them in transla...
9: ...n the December of 1805. At this point in time, Lewis spotted [[Mt. Hood]], a mountain known to be very... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
2: city = Annapolis |
5: flag = Annapolis.gif |
6: seal = Annapolis seal.jpg |
7: map = MDMap-doton-Annapolis.PNG |
22: web = www.ci.annapolis.md.us| - 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... - Sweden (27111 bytes)
1: ...metropolitan areas]], with most of the inland consisting of large peaceful forests and mountainous wil...
3: ... years ago, about as long as Sweden has been [[Christian]]. After the allegedly notorious [[Vikings]],...
5: ...tate]] in the early [[20th century]]. The country is today defined by liberal tendencies and a strong ...
18: official_languages = Swedish (''[[de facto]]'') <sup>2</sup> |
19: ...[Du gamla, Du fria]]''<br>([[Swedish language|Swedish]]: "Thou Ancient, Thou Free") |
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