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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: *[[John Cabot]] (Giovanni Caboto), (c. 1450 – 1499), [[Italy|Italian]] n...
100: *[[Edmund Fanning]], (1769-1841), "Pathfinder of the Pacific", d...
116: *[[Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye]], (1685-1749), explorer
119: *[[Thomas Gann]], explorer - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
7: ...harles d'Abancourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
25: *[[Lynn Abbey|Abbey, Lynn]], (born 1948), US author
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: Ac (3800 bytes)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957)
19: *[[Johann Heinrich Acker|Acker, Johann Heinrich]] (1647-1719)
30: *[[Anton Ackermann|Ackermann, Anton]] (1905-1973)
31: *[[Dorothea Ackermann|Ackermann, Dorothea]] (born 1752)
32: *[[Ernst Christian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
37: ...rew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
49: ...ams, Gerry]], (born 1948), Irish politician & [[Sinn F驮]] leader
69: ...hitect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner
85: *[[Cannonball Adderley|Adderley, Cannonball]], (1928-1975), saxophonist - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...s VI]] whose sole male heir - his son Leopold Johann - died as an infant in [[1716]]. In [[1713]] Char...
13: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Anna (1738-1739)
20: ...), married HRH Infanta Mar�Lu� of Spain (1745-1792); had issue. [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]]: 1765 (abd...
22: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Johanna (1750-1762)
35: ...invading [[Saxony]], another ally of Austria, beginning the [[Seven Years' War]]. The war ended in [[... - 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: ...]] during Catherine's reign. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], which legi...
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... - Rose (15436 bytes)
10: ...}<br />{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]| date = [[1753]] }}
23: ...leaf|leaves]] of most species are 5-15 cm long, pinnate, with (3-) 5-9 (-13) leaflets and basal stipul...
77: ...mn. Four china roses ('Slater's Crimson China', [[1792]]; 'Parsons' Pink China', [[1793]]; 'Hume's Blush...
91: ...City of Roses" among its nicknames, and holds an annual Rose Festival.
104: * '''White:''' innocence, secrecy (see also: [[White Rose]] German r... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...a]] or [[Turkestan]] between the 4th and 2nd millennium BC. Carpet-making was introduced to Spain in ...
16: ...s駧'). These textiles have a low pile and are thinner than hand knotted pile carpets. This form of ca...
21: ...pes were developed from the American [[Halcyon Skinner]]'s 1860s invention called the "nipper".
28: ...s), '''asymmetrical''' (also called: Persian or Senna), and '''single warp''' (also called: Spanish).
37: ...a]] or [[Turkestan]] between the 4th and 2nd millennium BC. - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
11: ...ons seized after the English attacked San Juan in 1792.]] - 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 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...
50: ...[[1787]]), in which he repudiated the views of [[Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune|Turgot]] a... - 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... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ... a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]] and the eleventh [[Vice President of th...
5: ...district attorney for the eastern district of [[Pennsylvania]] from 1829 to [[1831]]. He was elected...
7: ...he practice of law. He was attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1833 to [[1835]]. He was appointed ...
15: ...orney|U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]|before=?|after=?|years=1829-1831}}
16: ...es Senators from Pennsylvania|U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania]]|before=[[Isaac D. Barnard]]|after=[[Sam... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
6: ...duated from [[Yale University|Yale]] College in [[1792]], where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. On...
8: ==Invention and innovation==
16: While his ideas were innovative and useful, they were so easy to understan...
20: ===Other innovations===
22: ...etween [[New Haven, Connecticut]] and [[Hamden, Connecticut]], on a road which is now named [[Whitney ... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Ruth Ann Minner]] |
42: ... of England]]), and was part of the colony of [[Pennsylvania]]. In 1704 the "three lower counties" ga...
44: ...ers remain. The remanider of the border between Pennsylvania and Delaware is formed by an [[arc]] know...
46: ...hree counties became "The Delaware State," and in 1792 that entity adopted its first constitution, decla...
56: The present governor of Delaware is [[Ruth Ann Minner]] (Democrat). The lieutenant governor is [[Joh... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 1]], [[1792]] |
41: ...e final convention in April 1792. On [[June 1]], 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state in the union...
48: ... are [[Jim Bunning]] (Republican) and [[Mitch McConnell]] (Republican). The Kentucky Constitution prov...
55: .... It touches [[West Virginia]], [[Virginia]], [[Tennessee]], [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], ...
57: ...er. Other major rivers in Kentucky include the Tennessee River, the Cumberland River, the Green River... - Washington (20186 bytes)
49: ...then by British Captain [[George Vancouver]] in [[1792]].
51: ...mouth of the [[Columbia river]] and, beginning in 1792, he established trade in [[Sea Otter]] pelts. In ...
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... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
38: ...as admitted to the Union as a separate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia durin...
96: ...cean]] to the east, by [[North Carolina]] and [[Tennessee]] to the south, and by [[Kentucky]] and [[We...
133: ... tollways, bridges, tunnels, and three [[bridge-tunnel]] complexes.
235: *[[Tappahannock, Virginia|Tappahannock]]
237: *[[Vienna, Virginia|Vienna]] - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
2: Name = Pennsylvania |
3: Fullname = Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4: Flag = Pennsylvania state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Pennsylvania]] |
6: Seal = Pennsylvania state seal.png |
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