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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
25: *[[Lynn Abbey|Abbey, Lynn]], (born 1948), US author
73: *[[James Abercrombie|Abercrombie, James]], (1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War
93: ...ilhelm Hermann von Abich|Abich, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von]], (1806-1886), German mineralogist, geologis...
116: *[[Dannie Abse|Abse, Dannie]], (born 1923), British poet - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
8: *[[Danny Aiello|Aiello, Danny]], (born 1933), US actor
9: *[[ɴienne Aignan|Aignan, ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, li...
15: *[[Lucy Aikin|Aikin, Lucy]], (1781-1864), English writer
19: *[[Danny Ainge|Ainge, Danny]], (born 1959), [[basketball]] player, coach, [[...
22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...ugustus]], Prince of [[Anhalt-Zerbst]], and [[Johanna Elisabeth von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | Eliza...
17: ...uld not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in [[1781]] was dismissed.
21: ...lish example, but achieved far less success. She annexed [[Crimea]] in [[1783]], a mere nine years aft...
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...
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...
83: ...ather, he gave the [[famous non-quotation]]: "I cannot tell a lie. It was I who chopped down the cherr... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
19: ...itish rule. On [[March 5]], [[1774]], the fourth anniversary of the [[Boston Massacre]], he gave a spe...
27: ...tle to feed the hungry army. On [[January 19]], [[1781]], General Washington warned Hancock:
30: ...n the Field." (United States Library of Congress, 1781.)
51: * Fradin, Dennis Brindell & McCurdy, Michael (2002). ''The Signe...
52: * United States Library of Congress (1781). ''George Washington Papers''. Online: [http://m... - 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: ...p forever" (''Notes on the State of Virginia'', [[1781]]-[[1785]] Query 18). Though not religious himsel... - United States (58223 bytes)
11: national_anthem = ''[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]'' |
58: ...as a [[confederation]] in [[1777]], ratified in [[1781]] as the [[Articles of Confederation]]. After lon...
66: ... world's leading economic and military power. Beginning in the [[1990s]], the United States became ver...
80: ...ebreaking vote. These two posts are elected, as running mates, by the people via the [[U.S. Electoral ...
97: ...es consists of 1.4 million [[active duty]] [[personnel]] along with several hundred thousand each in t... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
15: * [[1781]]: Converted reciprocal engine motion to rotary m...
40: ...h Ayrshire Campus) and Greenock (2 in Greenock, Finnart Campus and Waterfront Campus) and a campus in ... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
14: ... requiring diacriticals). The first numbered but unnamed minor planet was [[(3360) 1981 VA]]; the last...
16: ... at several million. The largest asteroid in our inner solar system is [[1 Ceres]], with a diameter of...
56: ...f the discovery, by Sir [[William Herschel]] in [[1781]], of the planet [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]] at th...
62: ...honse Louis Nicolas Borrelly|A. Borrelly]], [[Johann Palisa|J. Palisa]], [[Paul Henry and Prosper Henr...
64: ...methods: Wolf alone discovered 248 asteroids, beginning with [[323 Brucia]], whereas only slightly mor... - 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...
130: ...z Klatte]] — invented vinyl chloride, forerunner to [[polyvinyl chloride]] - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...er the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorktown]]. "The Revolution was effected before ...
54: ...on [[September 5]], [[1774]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], and endorsed the [[Suffolk Resolves]],...
80: ...ned (including the right of rebellion against tyranny); the delegation of power through written consti... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
43: *[[1781]] - [[Articles of Confederation]] ratified
44: *[[1781]] - British surrender at [[Yorktown]]
45: *[[1781]] - [[Bank of North America]] chartered
49: *[[1786]] - [[Annapolis Convention]] fails
52: *[[1787]] - [[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[New Jersey]] become states - 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: ...into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles of Confederation outlined the gove...
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... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
13: | [[March 13]], [[1781]]
168: ...1750]] and [[1753]]; [[Mayer]] in [[1756]]. [[Lemonnier]] observed it four times in [[1750]], twice in...
170: ...3]], [[1781]], but reported it on [[April 26]], [[1781]] as a "[[comet]]": ''Account of a Comet, By Mr. ...
172: ... it in the first [[ephemeris]], published in [[Vienna]]. Examination of earliest issues of ''Monthly N...
206: ...tory]]. The discovery was serendipitous; they planned to use the [[occultation]] of a star by Uranus ... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
7: * [[1746]] - [[Charles Edward Stuart]], "Bonnie Prince Charlie", defeats a [[House of Hanover|H...
9: * [[1781]] - Continental troops under Brigadier General [[...
33: * [[1985]] - [[British Telecom]] announces the retirement of [[Britain]]'s famous [[re...
52: *[[1820]] - [[Anne Bront띝, British author (d. [[1849]])
59: *[[1880]] - [[Mack Sennett]], director, producer (d. [[1960]]) - 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...
36: * In [[1781]], [[Massachusetts]] was the first [[legislature]... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
21: ...ultimately dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]], who became Controller-General of the Finance...
23: ...began to make up the difference and allow the beginning of repayment of the debt.
25: ...ing to a near-default, which forced Louis and Brienne to surrender.
27: ...] — for the first time since [[1614]]. Brienne resigned on [[August 25]], [[1788]], and Necker ...
44: ...nnis court, where they proceeded to swear the [[Tennis Court Oath]] ([[June 20]], 1789), under which t... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...n]], full of irrationality, superstition, and tyranny (which they believed began during a historical p...
33: The "long" Enlightenment is seen as beginning the [[Renaissance]] drive for [[humanism]] and...
41: ...e mid-century, what was regarded by many as the pinnacle of purely Enlightenment thinking was being re...
43: ...dible reports, viewed through the lens of reason annealed knowledge, empirical observation, and knowle...
45: ...cted in the sciences by, for example, [[Carolus Linnaeus]]' categorization of [[biology]]. - Federal government of the United States (13380 bytes)
1: ...he [[Articles of Confederation]] (in force from [[1781]] to [[1788]]). The Constitution is currently on ...
26: ...le, including 1 million active-duty military personnel. In addition, the president has important [[leg...
43: ...r of judges in the federal judiciary system. It cannot, however, abolish the Supreme Court.
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