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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - 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 - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...entricities and policies, including an obsession with neighboring and enemy country Prussia, alienated...
9: ...lyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
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]].... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3:
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... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
6: ...nand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: .... She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
11: ...the Prince of [[Parma]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferd...
13: ... the next child to be involved in her mother's political games.
15: ...eresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to ... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ....jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...overnment]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: Because of the superpower status of the United States, the American President is considered by...
7: ...is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ... [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
26: ...h in July [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount V...
29: ...72.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charl...
31: ...ecame an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually ... - 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 [... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
13: | place of death=[[New York City]]
15: | party=[[United States Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-R...
18: ...te]], [[John Quincy Adams]], who actually devised it.
22: ...rginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were w... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...ng those are the [[lemur]]s. Madagascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries not to use a [[decim...
4: ...- WikiProject Countries Infobox; scroll down to edit content-->
14: capital = [[Antananarivo]] |
17: leader_titles = [[List of Presidents of Madagasca...
19: largest_city = [[Antananarivo]] | - James Watt (5070 bytes)
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...
33: ...t, humans might have continued to provide power.) It was also essential in later [[transport]]ation ad... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]] |
21: DensityRank = 30<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 25.41 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 14<sup>th</sup> | - 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. - 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]]
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]]
23: *[[1774]] - First [[Continental Congress]] - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''U. maritimus'''''}}
12: ...r = [[Constantine John Phipps|Phipps]] | date = [[1774]]}}
15: ...opulation estimates range from 16,000 to 35,000, with about 60% in [[Canada]].
18: ...nted and hollow, like white hair in [[human]]s. Neither does the hair have [[Optical fiber|fibre-optic...
20: ...are barely visible. Only the pads of their feet emit detectable heat. - 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... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...tenure of [[Pope Siricius]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a sourc...
6: ... [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servor...
7: ...been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Sep...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Oct... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...n his main work, the ''Essays'', unprecedented in its candidness and personal flavor, he takes mankind...
6: ...otestant. Montaigne was sent to a small cottage with a peasant family and a tutor until he was six, a...
8: ... he became very close friends with the humanist writer [[Étienne de la Boétie]] whose de...
10: ...dhood. In 1568 his father died and Montaigne inherited the Château de Montaigne, to which he mov...
12: ...]]'s ''Theologia naturalis'', then a posthumous edition of Boétie's works. In 1571 he retired t...
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