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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...entricities and policies, including an obsession with neighboring and enemy country Prussia, alienated...
9: ... the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned more conserva...
11: ...es full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catherine gave land in [[Ukraine]] to favored...
13: ...ine the Great instituted several drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she established th...
16: ...reat's coronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].... - Banksia (1867 bytes)
15: ...nks]], of the [[James Cook|Cook]] expedition in [[1768]]. They are native to [[Australia]], growing in ...
17: ...face of the leaves is silvery white, contrasting with the deep green of the upper surface. When flowe...
19: ...rance of aged banksia cones inspired children's writer [[May Gibbs]] to create a character for her Aus... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
2: ...ancock [[:Image:JohnHancockLarge.jpeg|(full portrait)]]]]
3: ...the [[United States Declaration of Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
5: ...III of the United Kingdom|George III]] could read it, causing his name to become an [[eponym]] for "si...
8: ...s return from England, his uncle died and he inherited the fortune and business, making him the wealth...
10: ...his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor. - 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: In [[1764]] Adams married Miss [[Abigail Smith]] ([[1744]]–[[1818]]), the daughter of a [... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
1: ...[kingdom]]. It is in South Asia, sharing borders with the [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Tibet Auto...
14: ...mabhumis'hcha Swar'gadapi Gariya'si)<br />[[Sanskrit]]: Mother and the Motherland are Worth More than ...
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''
33: ...y [[2005]])<br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
37: | [[1768]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: ...|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
11: *[[Yakubu Gowon]] (born 1934), military leader of [[Nigeria]]
13: ...ihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
20: ... Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: *[[Tomoyuki Yamashita|Yamashita, Tomoyuki]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant gen... - 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]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - 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. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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15: !bgcolor="#c0ffff" colspan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] ...
18: ...[kilometre|km]]<br>19.191 263 93 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
20: !align="left"| Orbital [[circumference]] - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ... of the known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
10: ...e:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...sland]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin ...
13: ...ared, they found many [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes living in the p... - 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. - Venice (22017 bytes)
1: [[Image:Venice_italy_2.jpg|thumb]]
2: ...agoon]] along the [[Adriatic Sea]] in northeast [[Italy]]. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the sh...
6: ...oa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval an...
8: ...o silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
10: ...llied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich]]
3: ... three voyages to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[c...
7: ... day laborer on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with his family to [[Great Ayton]].
8: ...War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...ted in the siege of [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]] before the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]]... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
7: ... [[Papal Coronation|crowned Pope]] in [[Venice]] with a temporary [[Papal Tiara|papal tiara]] made of ...
8: ...lexandria]] was fought between [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[France|French]] forces near the ruins ...
15: ...al community to call [[Persian Empire|Persia]] by its native name, [[Iran]], which means 'Land of the ...
17: *[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops liberate [[Mandalay]], [[Burma]]
20: *[[1963]] - [[Alcatraz]], a federal [[penitentiary]] on an island in [[San Francisco Bay]], c... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...glish language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ...[[Ralph Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil) - 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]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}} - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
1: ...e:GreatBarrierReef-EO.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Satellite image of a part of the Great Barrier Reef. Photo...
3: ...st of [[Queensland]] in north-east [[Australia]]. It stretches over 2000 kilometres in length and can ...
5: ...e. Cook discovered the reef by running aground on it June 11 1770.
7: ...tination for [[scuba diving|scuba divers]]. Many cities along the Queensland coast offer boat trips to...
9: ... [[animal|animal being]] in the world. In reality it is many colonies of [[coral]]s. - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...e examined portions of the [[Hudson Bay]] coasts with a view to improving the cod fishery, and in [[17...
5: ...d journey, massacred a group of unsuspecting [[Inuit]]; this would be known as the [[Massacre at Blood...
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