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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
31: ... Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
26: ...[[Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
34: ...ms, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
37: ...drew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...an monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[Wa...
8: ...ce|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him, with 6 daughters (all of whom were named "Marie _____...
12: ...beth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Aust...
14: ...line (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Aust...
15: ... then HSH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (1739-1767); no surviving issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 176... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...ortrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
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5: ... as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown'', upon which many an artic...
7: ... had affairs with the writer Madame Puisieux and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the r...
10: ... ''Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Merit'' (1745), with some original notes of his own. He composed a vo... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
18: ... Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
24: ... out, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...etts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]]. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
9: | date of birth=[[July 11]], [[1767]]
18: ... Adams]] and First Lady [[Abigail Adams|Abigail Smith]].
22: ...o [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston,...
24: ...merchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having a foreign-born wife, Adams wed L... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
9: | date of birth= March 15, 1767
13: | place of death= [[The Hermitage]], [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
15: | party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
18: ... or the "'''Jacksonian Era'''" — an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the [... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
12: * [[1767]]: Surveyor of Forth and Clyde canal.
14: ...s in [[Soho, Birmingham|Soho]], near Birmingham, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved ...
22: ...ghout the working cycle of the engine, so showing its efficiency.
26: ...her engineers until his patents expired in 1800. With his partner Matthew Boulton he battled against r...
28: ...wer output of steam engines, his version of the unit is equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second (abou... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] |
21: DensityRank = 7<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 154.87 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 1<sup>st</sup> | - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...ntion into a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded versio...
5: ===[[Paleolithic|Paleolithic Era]]===
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
62: ...century BC|400s BC]]: [[Catapult]] in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]
99: ...eglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]] - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
2: ...duced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a single worker able to work eight or more spool...
4: ...l education and was never taught how to read or write. He moved to Stanhill looking for work and raise...
6: ...nning wheels. The device kept working as normal, with the spindle now pointed upright. Hargreaves real...
8: ...ould roll it back and forth over the yarn to draw it out to the proper thickness. A clamp-like device ...
10: ...for the warp. Later developments improved the quality of the yarn and increased the number of spindles... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ... Note that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of that time.]]
2: ...Lexington and Concord]] and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorkt...
4: ...pretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ... summarize the political, social, economic, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trends whic...
10: ...th the same rights and obligations as people in Britain. - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760...
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
15: *[[1767]] - [[Townshend Acts]]
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]] - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: ...key [[national myth]]s of the founding of the [[United States]] and a key point in the [[American revo...
3: ...r am 18. December 1773.jpg|thumb|Engraving shows citizens of Boston, disguised as Indians, boarding sh...
5: ...s seized by customs officials and he was charged with [[smuggling]]. He was defended by [[John Adams]]...
7: ...pany to sell tea to the [[13 colonies|colonies]] without the usual colonial tax, thereby allowing them...
9: ...y land the tea under the protection afforded by British armed vessels. - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...s a colloquial synonym for [[traitor]] in the [[United States]], much like [[Vidkun Quisling|Quisling]...
6: ... married Margaret Mansfield on [[February 22]], [[1767]]. They had three sons; Margaret died [[June 19]]...
9: ...ilitary expedition by the colonists against the British.
10: ...ga was taken from the 22 British troops that held it and who were not aware that a war was in progress...
12: ...of the Green Mountain Boys and the Connecticut militia. Upon discovering this, Arnold challenged Easto... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...ety]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
9: ...mas Franklin, a blacksmith and farmer, and Jane White. His mother, Abiah Folger, was born in [[Nantuck...
23: ...with a great deal of savvy about cultivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young...
25: ...ssue the famous ''[[Poor Richard's Almanack]]'' (with content both original and borrowed) on which a l...
27: ...raged the opening of libraries in other American cities, and Franklin felt that this [[enlightenment (... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
1: {{Template:US City infobox|
2: city = Annapolis |
4: nickname = "America's Sailing Capital" |
10: mayor = [[Ellen O. Moyer]] ([[United_States_Democratic_Party|Dem]]) |
15: city pop = 35,838| - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ..., and is seen as the second [[First Lady of the United States]], though that term was not coined until...
3: ...ional]] ministers, leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem.
11: '''Abigail Smith Adams'''
33: <td>[[First Lady of the United States]]</td>
48: ...he [[United States Constitutional Convention|Constitutional Convention]]. She is perhaps best known fo... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
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