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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... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...stria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis XVII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the ...
4: ...nd ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a s...
6: ...nia was brought up in the company of her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother,...
9: ... asked him what he would like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like th...
11: ...rince of [[Parma]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: ... Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
2: ...Chawton).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
3: ...English literature|English novelist]] whose work is considered part of the [[Western canon]]. She sta...
5: ...w thought she may have suffered from [[Addison's disease]], the cause of which was then unknown. She t...
7: ... predicament of young, unmarried, upper-class English women in the early [[1800s]]. - 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 ... - 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: [[Image:Washington 1772.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
8: ...d>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr>
17: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
22: ...[[first language]] was not [[English language|English]].
25: ...1817]]), a farmer and popular [[tavern]]-keeper. His mother was Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]&...
27: ...the acquaintance of Burr, but did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was admitted to the bar... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...nada, [[Russia]] and [[The Bahamas]]. It is otherwise bounded by the [[Pacific Ocean]], the [[Bering S...
12: ...ne at federal level]];<br> [[English language|English]] [[de facto]] |
16: leader_names = [[Joe Biden]]<br>[[Kamala Harris]] |
35: established_events = - Declared<br> - Recognize...
36: ...]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[[September 3]], [[1783]]<br><br><br> - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
1: ...ependent from the [[British Empire]]. [[Banjul]] is its capital.
19: | [[English language|English]], [[Mandinka language|Mandinka]], [[Wolof langu...
27: | '''[[List of Presidents of The Gambia|President]]'''
31: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 158th]]<br>10,380 [[...
34: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 145th]]<br> 1,... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
1: '''Saint Vincent and the Grenadines''' is an independent sovereign state of the [[Caribbean...
19: | [[English language|English]]
30: | '''[[Prime Minister]]'''
34: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 182nd]] <br> [[1 E8 ...
37: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 176th]]<br> 11... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-NJ |
36: ...named after the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
38: == History==
39: ...den|Swedes]] in the mid-1600's as part of the Swedish colony of [[New Sweden]], which included parts o...
41: ... two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|Sir George Carter... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...igin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
11: ...0 KYA: [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]] and [[arrow]] in [[Tunisia]]
19: * 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
4: ... the [[American Revolutionary War]] and the establishment of the [[United States|United States of Amer...
6: ...e Edward Island]]—remained loyal to the British Crown and much later were united as [[Canada]]. ...
10: ...ision into three regions is a later construct of historians):
15: ...vidence Plantations]], later [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]]
29: ... until it became the 14th state in 1791. Today it is considered part of [[New England]]. - History of science (41710 bytes)
1: {{histOfScience}}
2: ...rs back in [[time]], all the way into human [[prehistory]].
4: ...ral philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of science.
6: ...bly [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an external [[tool]...
8: ==Theories and sociology of the history of science== - 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 - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...ut of feathers and wax for himself and his son. His son Icarus flew too close to the sun and the wax ...
5: ...omputer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, such as the [[F-117]].
13: ...ct. See [[List of early flying machines]] for a list of these. Note that there are many claims and c...
15: ...rdo also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ...mind an arm or leg." Swedenborg was prescient in his observation that powering the aircraft through th... - 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... - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
1: ...350px|Census Bureau map depicting territorial acquisitions and dates of statehood.]]
3: ...ndence]]. The treaty with the United Kingdom in [[1783]] defined the original borders of the [[United St...
5: *The '''[[Louisiana Purchase]]''', completed [[1803]], was negoti...
9: ..., made in [[1819]] from [[Spain]], under the administration of [[John Quincy Adams]]
11: ...der [[Antonio L de Santa Anna]] warned that this would be "equivalent to a declaration of war agai... - 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]]
21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
1: {{Ushistory}}
5: ...litical conflict between the colonies and the British Parliament, marked the beginning of the American...
7: ... Boston, where local militia were besieging a British Army.
9: ...us changes were made, including the exclusion of his charges against George III regarding slavery.
11: ...ss empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, and including the southern Great Lake... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
25: ...><small>(Some Upper Peninsula counties bordering Wisconsin are Central time.)</small> |
33: ISOCode = US-MI |
36: ... is derived from [[Lake Michigan]], which in turn is believed to come from the [[Chippewa]] Indian wor...
38: == History ==
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