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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...ugustus]], Prince of [[Anhalt-Zerbst]], and [[Johanna Elisabeth von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | Eliza...
17: ...]], exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd statesman, Panin...
21: ...lish example, but achieved far less success. She annexed [[Crimea]] in [[1783]], a mere nine years aft...
23: ...ator in the [[War of the Bavarian Succession]] ([[1778]]-[[1779]]) between Prussia and Austria. In [[178...
35: ...f the peasants held as serfs, Catherine had him banned to [[Siberia]]. - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...r brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A cour...
13: ...red to speak German. However, when her sister Johanna-Gabriella died of smallpox in [[1762]], Maria-An...
15: ... of Austria|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antoni...
17: ...osses for all shoulders." Maria-Antonia left [[Vienna]] in [[April]] [[1770]], when she was fourteen. ...
19: Two and half weeks after leaving [[Vienna]], Maria-Antonia was handed over to messengers f... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: For the role he played in winning and securing American independence, George Was...
24: ...e that the English year began on [[March 25]] ([[Annunciation]] Day, or [[Lady Day]]) at the time of h...
49: ...k at the [[Battle of Monmouth]] on [[June 28]], [[1778]].
53: ...ewburgh conspiracy|conspiracy]] that was being planned by some of his officers who were upset about ba...
58: ...hen meeting at the [[Maryland State House]] in [[Annapolis]]. This action was of great significance fo... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
22: ...achusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
35: ...ce in Congress was great, and almost from the beginning he was impatient for a separation of the colon...
44: ... [[Massachusetts constitution]] of [[1780]]. He penned the first draft along with [[James Bowdoin]] an...
46: ...Comte de Vergennes|Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes?]] insistence, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jeffer...
48: ... States and foreign powers after that of February 1778 with France. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ...[[John F. Kennedy]] welcomed 49 [[Nobel Prize]] winners to the [[White House]] in [[1962]], saying, "I...
125: There was grace, nevertheless, in his manners; and his frank and earnest address, his quick ...
141: ...n — [[Rhode Island]], [[Delaware]], and [[Pennsylvania]] never having had established religion.
145: ...First Amendment]] (see Letter to the [[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury]] [[Baptist]] Association, [[1802]...
161: ...en I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever" (''Notes on the State of Virgini... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
13: <tr><td>'''Wife:'''</td><td>[[Hannah Van Buren|Hannah Hoes Van Buren]]</td></tr>
27: ...re he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron ...
35: ...l elector. It is at this point that Van Buren's connection began with so-called "machine politics". H...
47: ...elected [[governor of New York]] for the term beginning on the [[January 1|1st of January]] [[1829]], ...
63: He announced his intention "to follow in the footsteps o... - Geology (12007 bytes)
7: ...gy" was first used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict...
12: ...of [[Aristotle]], remained authoritative for millennia. However, its interpretation of fossils was not...
16: By the [[1700s]] [[Jean-Etienne Guettard]] and [[Nicolas Desmarest]] hiked centr...
36: ...y to provide the relative ages of strata or the manner in which they were formed.
48: ...han the one above it. Logically a younger layer cannot slip beneath a layer previously deposited. This... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
78: ...4 attempt to topple Obiang organized by [[Simon Mann]].
91: ...atch.html this Anti-Money Laundering Report from Inner City Press].
96: *[[Annobrovince]] (provincial capital: [[Pal靝)
107: ...lies about 40 kilometers (25 mi.) from Cameroon. Annobsland lies about 595 kilometers (370 mi.) so...
112: ...nd succeeded former neolithic populations. The [[Annobon]] population, native to Angola, was introduce... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
56: ...ce on earth; it averages 11.7 m (460 in) of rain annually.
66: ...awaii was visited by foreigners well before the [[1778]] arrival of [[United Kingdom|British]] [[explora...
76: ...ion was passed on [[July 7]], [[1898]], formally annexing Hawaii as a United States territory. In [[1...
95: ...e standards as part of the regular curricula, beginning with preschool. With the help of the [[Office...
152: ...dvertiser]]'' is owned by [[Gannett Corporation|Gannett Pacific Corporation]] while the ''[[Honolulu S... - Washington (20186 bytes)
49: In [[1778]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] explorer ...
51: ...ered the mouth of the [[Columbia river]] and, beginning in 1792, he established trade in [[Sea Otter]]...
59: ... developed in the state include fishing, salmon canning and mining.
71: ...inal hand count of the votes. Gregoire ended up winning this count by 129 votes and was inauguarated o...
81: ...ake Washington]], and the [[Hood Canal Bridge]] connecting the [[Olympic Peninsula|Olympic]] and [[Kit... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
44: The west bank of the [[Connecticut River]] marks the eastern border of the st...
46: ...ree-line|timberline]], form a north-south spine running the most of the length of the state, slightly ...
50: ...(F) colder than the southern areas of the state. Annual [[snow]]fall averages between 60 to 100 inches...
62: ...art of [[New France]], and erected [[Fort Sainte Anne]] on [[Isle La Motte, Vermont|Isle La Motte]] in...
68: ...1761]] founding of [[Bennington (town), Vermont|Bennington]] in the southwest. - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
42: ...overnment on March 15, 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina became the first state to ratify...
93: ... (U.S. state)|Georgia]], located across the [[Savannah River]], and to the east by the [[Atlantic Ocea...
99: ...<br />Mature cotton almost ready to pick<br />[[Manning, South Carolina]]]]
114: * Carter, Luther F. and David Mann, eds. '''Government in the Palmetto State: Toward... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
43: ...n the first place. The state has pioneered some innovative solutions to the nation's environmental pr...
49: ...z Perce]]. [[James Cook]] explored the coast in [[1778]] in search of the [[Northwest Passage]]. The [[L...
59: ... in earnest following the construction of the [[Bonneville Dam]] in [[1943]] on the Columbia River. Th...
74: In [[1778]], [[Jonathan Carver]] used '''Oregon''' to label...
117: ...[[Union]]" and "[[Confederate]]" States, Oregon banned Negroes from moving into the State in the vote ... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
1: ...ing jenny.jpg|300px|thumb|Model of the spinning jenny in a museum in Wuppertal, Germany]]
2: The '''spinning jenny''' is a multi-spool [[spinning wheel]]. It was invented circa 1764 by [[James...
4: ...r work and raised a family there, working as a spinner and carpenter.
6: ...daughter, Jenny, knocked over one of their own spinning wheels. The device kept working as normal, wit...
10: ...nny could supply that demand by increasing the spinner's productivity even more. The machines were oft... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
41: ...England — [[lawnmower]] and [[adjustable spanner]]
66: *[[W.K. Dickson|William Kennedy Laurie Dickson]], motion picture camera
105: *[[Johann Gutenberg]], (circa 1390s-1468), [[Germany]] &mda...
111: *[[James Hargreaves]], (1720-1778) - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]]
49: *[[1786]] - [[Annapolis Convention]] fails
52: *[[1787]] - [[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[New Jersey]] become states
53: *[[1788]] - [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Maryland]], [[Sout... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...lonies and the British Parliament, marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
7: ...North America]], began meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Congress immediately began to organ...
13: ... Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles...
27: ... to the outskirts of Boston. The appearance of cannon on Dorchester heights, above the city, led the ...
31: ...land from the rest. Failed communications and planning resulted in the army descending from Canada, c... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...tate of [[California]] has been occupied for millennia, the lack of a written record and the significa...
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Va...
13: ...rees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to make the flour edible.
40: ...l]], one of the [[Channel Islands (California)|Channel Islands]], Cabrillo suffered a fall and broke h...
99: ...many have congregations established since the beginning of the [[20th century]]. The highway and missi... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
9: ...olor="orange">Occasion</td><td bgcolor="#ffde80">Anniversary of the [[United States Declaration of Ind...
27: ...elebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as ...
33: ...American would find quite familiar: an official dinner for the Continental Congress, [[toast (honor)|t...
34: ...]]s John Adams and [[Benjamin Franklin]] held a dinner for their fellow Americans in [[Paris]], [[Fran...
45: One colorful annual Independence Day event is the [[Nathan's Hot D... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
21: *[[Henri Braconnot]] (1780-1855), French chemist and pharmacist
26: ...[Melvin Calvin]] (1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
37: ...]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or ...
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