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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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]]
18: ...d owner]], [[architect]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], [[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founde...
20: ...y include the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
23: ...[Flat Hat Club]] — before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Vir...
27: ... convenient devices invented by Jefferson. Nearby is the University of Virginia, the original architec... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[James Madison]]
18: ...f State]], [[John Quincy Adams]], who actually devised it.
22: ...d practiced law in [[Fredericksburg]], Virginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and...
24: ...[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped negotiate the [[Louisiana Purchase]].
28: ...to serve as president, was almost uncontested in his two elections. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
14: | wife=[[Louisa Catherine (Johnson) Adams]]
22: ... is now [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]), and acquired his early education in [[Europe]] at the [[University...
24: ... sons after George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. President to do so.)
26: ...ix months early after Adams broke with the Federalist Party.
28: ...[1815]] to [[1817]]. During this time, Adams and his wife lost to illness an infant daughter, born in ... - 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... - 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... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
11: ...ennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 1]], [[1796]] |
33: ISOCode = US-TN |
36: '''Tennessee''' is a [[U.S. Southern States|Southern]] [[U.S. state|... - 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 people by name: U (6532 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
5: *[[U Ba Maw]], Burmese prime minister during Japanese occupation
6: *[[U Nu]], 3-time Burmese prime minister
14: *[[Mo Udall|Udall, Morris King "Mo"]] (1922-1998)
17: ...erzo|Uderzo, Albert]], (born 1927), French cartoonist of ''[[Asterix]]'' fame - 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 - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1790]] to [[1819]...
6: *[[1790]] - [[Rhode Island]] becomes a state
13: *[[1793]] - ''[[Chisholm v. Georgia]]'' 2 US 419 1793 paves way for pa...
14: *[[1794]] - [[Whiskey Rebellion]]
19: *[[1796]] - [[Tennessee]], formerly part of North Carolin... - 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 == - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
1: {{History of France }}
3: ...ope; the fall was also rapid, beginning with the disastrous invasion of [[Russia]], and Napoleon's emp...
5: ...pril 20]], [[1792]], until [[November 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely these days) referred to ...
11: ... been since the times of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]].
13: ...state pre-revolutionary [[absolute monarch|absolutism]], and were forced to keep some of the reforms i... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
1: This is a partial list of [[sculptor (artist)|sculptor]]s.
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
25: *[[Antoine-Louis Barye]]
38: *[[Louise Bourgeois]] (1911 - )
55: *[[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]] (1827 - 1875) - Photosynthesis (9830 bytes)
1: <!-- Introduction section. It is meant to be very nontechnial and accessible. Deta...
2: ...ight|250px|Leaf. The primary site of photosynthesis in plants.]]
3: ...Organisms that produce energy through photosynthesis are called [[phototroph]]s.
5: == Photosynthesis in plants ==
6: ...er-all equation for the production of [[glucose]] is: - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...for his [[duel]] with [[Alexander Hamilton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
7: ...|Jonathan Edwards]], the famous [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] [[theology|theologian]].
9: ... [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and [[Israel Putnam]].
13: ..., and by his vigilance in the retreat from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture. ...
14: ...[[New York City]] after its evacuation by the British in the following year.
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