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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under...
14: ...arty|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecut...
22: * [[1924]] - [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman gove...
23: ...28]] - [[Arnold Rothstein]], [[New York City]]'s most notorious gambler, is shot dead over a [[poker]]...
24: ...esident [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States Customs Service... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...es Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
34: *[[Abigail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
55: ...ge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer
57: ...ther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...r with several powerful political groups which opposed her husband. Well read, Catherine kept up-to-da...
9: ... disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned more conservative after the [[...
25: ... had lost 50 to 60 ships and 9,500 men. Swedish losses were 6 ships and 6,000 to 7,000 killed. A tre...
33: ...the Enlightenment]] and considered herself a "philosopher on the throne." She became known as a patron...
35: ...published his ''[[Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow]]'' in 1790, warning of uprisings because of t... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ... in British history, largely as a result of her close friendship with [[Anne I of the United Kingdom|Q...
6: Close links with the Royal Family remained. In a move... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
26: ... [[1764]] Adams married Miss [[Abigail Smith]] ([[1744]]–[[1818]]), the daughter of a [[Congregati...
31: ...and Feudal Law''), in which he argued that the opposition of the colonies to the Stamp Act was a part ...
33: ...of the officer who commanded the detachment, and most of the soldiers; but two soldiers were found gui...
35: ...my]]. His influence in Congress was great, and almost from the beginning he was impatient for a separa...
39: ...n its adoption. Before this question had been disposed of, Adams was placed at the head of the Board o... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...e Spain gained Louisiana in compensation for its loss of Florida to the British.
9: ...([[1702]]-[[1714]]), and [[King George's War]] ([[1744]]-[[48]]). The prior three wars, fought more as s...
13: ...olfe]] defeated a French garrison led by [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's c...
15: ...Cajun]] population – but this would not be possible in Canada.
19: ... as well as limitation on colonial settlements imposed by the [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]] i... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
25: *[[Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard]] ([[1744]]-[[1809]])
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]]) - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: ...o the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
4: ...ity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ... of the age. However, prominent Enlightenment philosophers such as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rou...
8: ... continued rise of [[empiricism | empirical]] philosophical ideas, and their application to [[politica...
11: == History of Enlightenment philosophy == - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: '''Abigail Smith Adams''' ([[November 11]], [[1744]] – [[October 28]], [[1818]]) was the wife ...
17: <td>[[November 11]], [[1744]]</td>
48: ...setts|Braintree]] (later renamed Quincy) or in [[Boston]] as his practice expanded. In ten years she ...
50: In 1784, she joined John Adams at his diplomatic post in [[Paris]]. After 1785, she filled the role of...
52: ... poor health forced her to spend as much time as possible in Quincy. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[198...
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]]...
54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[191...
85: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]], [[1711]] &n... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Celsius (3635 bytes)
18: ...ressure#Standard atmospheric pressure|standard atmospheric pressure]]. Several other people; Elvius f...
20: ...dard: it depends on the definition of standard atmospheric pressure which in turn depends on the defin...
22: ... or perhaps [[Daniel Ekstr?, the manufacturer of most of the [[thermometer]]s used by Celsius.
24: ...d throughout most of the world for day-to-day purposes. In broadcast media it was still frequently ref...
26: ...d temperature controllers (for example, room thermostats); however some of the British media still pro... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...rossing the Delaware.png|thumb|250px|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776...
6: ...ilosophy and science increased in prominence. Philosophers were dreaming about a better age without th...
8: ...nquest of large parts of India. However, Britain lost the USA after the American revolution. The [[ind...
16: ...ds (geologic event)|Bridge of the Gods]] forms across the [[Columbia River]].
18: ...anish Succession]] was a conflict which involved most of [[Louis XIV#The Spanish Succession|Europe]].<... - February 22 (10772 bytes)
6: ...290s BC]] - The coronation of [[Ramses II]], on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in [[Abu Simb...
11: * [[1744]] - The [[Battle of Toulon, 1744|Battle of Toulon]] begins.
25: ... of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders General [[Douglas MacArthur]] out o...
26: * [[1943]] - Members of [[White Rose]] are executed in [[Nazi]] Germany.
35: * [[1997]] - In [[Roslin]], [[Scotland]], scientists announce that an a... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
27: | [[Postal code]]: || 190000-199406
38: ...t city, a major European cultural center and the most important Russian Baltic Sea port.
40: St. Petersburg is the northernmost city in the world with over one million people. ...
50: ...s the "[[white night]]s." The white nights are closely linked to another attraction — the nine ...
56: ...[[Summer Garden]] (1710–1714). Much more imposing are the [[baroque]] [[residence]]s of his asso... - Temperature (22519 bytes)
8: ...nds to a loss of heat from the system. On the microscopic scale this heat corresponds to the random mo...
13: Temperature plays an important role in almost all fields of science, including physics, chemis...
21: ...aterial that varies with temperature. One of the most common devices for measuring temperature is the ...
34: ...aw of black body radiation]]. For example, the [[cosmic microwave background]] temperature has been me...
46: In 1742, [[Anders Celsius]] (1701-1744) invented the ''centigrade'' or [[Celsius]] tempe...
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