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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
6: ...nk Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - 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.
55: ...ge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer
57: ...ther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer
59: *[[John Quincy Adams|Adams, John Quincy]], (1767-1848), sixth President of the United States - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
4: ...the most powerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...f [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]] whose sole male heir - his son Leopold Johann - died a...
8: ...of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
15: ... then HSH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (1739-1767); no surviving issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 176...
23: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Josephe (1751-1767) - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...ortrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3: ...uly 31]], [[1784]]) was a [[France|French]] [[philosopher]] and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Cha...
5: ...nd content, while also examining [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is a...
7: ...ictures that we have of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
10: - John Adams (18716 bytes)
26: ...etts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]].
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... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[July 11]], [[1767]]
18: '''John Quincy Adams''' ([[July 11]], [[1767]] – [[February 23]], [[1848]]) was the sixt...
22: ... admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
24: ...n merchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having a foreign-born wife, Adams wed...
28: ...o [[1817]]. During this time, Adams and his wife lost to illness an infant daughter, born in [[1811]]. - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
9: | date of birth= March 15, 1767
18: ...ackson, nicknamed "Old Hickory," was neither of those. He was the first president who had lived on the...
22: ...ws area]] in the [[Carolinas]] on [[March 15]], [[1767]], he received a sporadic education. At age thirt...
24: ... career by his own merits, and soon he began to prosper in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier law....
32: ...presentatives|House of Representatives]], which chose [[John Quincy Adams]] instead. The election was... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...d|Scottish]] [[mathematician]] and [[engineer]] whose improvements to the [[steam engine]] were a key ...
12: * [[1767]]: Surveyor of Forth and Clyde canal.
22: ...pproximate straight-line motion (of which he was most proud) and the steam indicator to measure steam ...
26: Watt was opposed to the use of high-pressure steam and is held b...
33: ...ficiency]] and many applications. It was the foremost energy source in the emerging Industrial Revolut... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = DE |
40: ...rst settled in a [[Netherlands | Dutch]] trading post at "Zwaanendael" (or "Swaanendael," present-day ...
44: ...s Mason]] and [[Jeremiah Dixon]] between 1763 and 1767. Part of the Line now forms the east-west boundar...
56: ...ately. Delaware's U.S. Senators are [[Joe Biden|Joseph R. Biden]] (Democrat) and [[Thomas Carper]] (D...
74: ...hy; the Atlantic coast has many sand beaches, inclosing shallow lagoons. The largest of these are [[R... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
65: * [[3rd century BC|200s BC]]: [[Crossbow]] in [[History of China|China]]
70: ...[[Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
141: * [[1767]]: [[Spinning jenny]]: [[James Hargreaves]] - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
4: James Hargreaves was born in Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn, in 1720. He received ...
6: ...time considering how to improve the process. The most common story told about the invention of the dev...
12: ...is machines, forcing him to flee to Nottingham in 1767. There he set up shop producing jennies in secret... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...erpretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
10: ...nquered, at least pacified the western frontier. Most white colonists in America considered themselves...
15: ===Philosophy and radical thought===
16: ... arguments born of tradition and authority with those based on observation and independent reasoning. ...
23: ... sought to overhaul his expansive North American possessions. In order to make the Empire more stable ... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
1: [[Image:Boston Massacre.jpg|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot Paul Revere...
15: *[[1767]] - [[Townshend Acts]]
18: *[[1770]] - [[Boston Massacre]]
22: *[[1773]] - [[Boston Tea Party]]
26: ** [[Boston Port Act]] ([[March 31]]) - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: ...Boston Tea Party''' was a political protest by [[Boston, Massachusetts]] residents against the [[Kingd...
2: ...n tea party.jpg|thumb|Destruction of tea at the "Boston Tea party".]]
3: ... Boston, disguised as Indians, boarding ships in Boston Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard on...
5: ...e [[1765]] [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] and the [[1767]] [[Townshend acts]] incensed passions regarding ...
7: ...s, huge stocks of tea in its warehouses, and no prospect of selling it because smugglers such as Hanco... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
6: ... married Margaret Mansfield on [[February 22]], [[1767]]. They had three sons; Margaret died [[June 19]]...
13: ...sted vehemently when the suspicious legislators closely examined each item. In June he became a widowe...
15: ...n [[Arnold Expedition|expeditionary force]] from Boston on an easternly route to [[Quebec City, Quebec...
25: ...ral Washington, Arnold was an easier target for those who did not approve of the way Washington was co...
29: ...]], was created by the Continental Congress for those who had participated in his capture. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
9: Franklin's father, Josiah Franklin, was born at [[Ecton]], [[Northampton...
11: In around [[1677]], Josiah married a one Anne Child at Ecton; and over th...
13: ...), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth). - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
44: ...1}}, 28 miles east of Washington DC, and is the closest state capital to the national capital, [[Washi...
58: ...20.8% of those under the age of 18 and 10.4% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
65: ...apolis on the [[slave ship]] [[Lord Ligonier]] in 1767. - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
48: ...65-1813), future President [[John Quincy Adams]] (1767-1848), Susanna Boylston (1768-70), Charles (1770-...
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.
54: ...rmal pattern of entertaining, becoming the first hostess of the yet uncompleted [[White House]]. - 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...
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