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- 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 [[...
21: ...o-Turkish War]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]] ([[1768]]-[[1774]]). She attempted to partition the Ottom...
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... - Banksia (1867 bytes)
15: ...Honeysuckle Trees''). The smallest banksias are prostrate miniatures and the largest are fully-grown t...
17: ...spikes containing hundreds of flowers. In the photos you can clearly see the spiky nature of both the ... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ...hant in [[New England]]. After graduating from [[Boston Latin School]], he attended [[Harvard College]...
10: ...ethically and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and hon...
13: ...ourt]], his colonial trade business naturally disposed him to resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]],...
15: ...ws. This caused a [[riot]] among some infuriated Bostonians, depending as they did on the supplies on ...
17: ...etters [to newspapers] and John Hancock pays the postage" (Fradin & McCurdy, 2002). - John Adams (18716 bytes)
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...
41: ...John Adams, as depicted on a two-cent American [[postage stamp]].]] - Nepal (22444 bytes)
37: | [[1768]]
60: ...uashing the Indian [[Sepoy Mutiny]] in [[1857]], most of the Terai territories were returned to Nepal.
62: ...ty and the Communist Party of Nepal received the most votes. No party has held power for more than two...
66: ...g (in accordance with Nepalese tradition) in his hospital bed. He died three days later. ''See [[Dipen...
76: ...iri]], [[Gandaki]], [[Janakpur]], [[Karnali]], [[Koshi]], [[Lumbini]], [[Mahakali]], [[Mechi]], [[Nara... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
19: ...amaoka|Yamaoka, Akira]] (born 1968), Japanese composer
26: *[[Bosa Yankovich|Yankovich, Bosa]]
42: ...2]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video game]] music composer
47: *[[Joseph C. Yates|Yates, Joseph C.]], (1768-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of New York (1823-18...
69: *[[A. B. Yehoshua|Yehoshua, A. B.]], author of ''Mr. Mani'' - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - 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 ... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
119: ...ff" colspan="2"| [[celestial body's atmosphere|Atmospheric]] characteristics
121: !align="left"| [[Atmospheric pressure]]
145: ...nus B.png|10px|Astronomical symbol for Uranus]] (mostly astronomical).
148: ===Composition===
149: ...r is due to the absorption of [[red]] light by atmospheric [[methane]]. - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...habitants after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins ...
5: ...e, the area has gone from a [[Spain|Spanish]] outpost of interest primarily populated by [[missionary|...
10: ...Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early in...
13: ...from [[mussel]] shells using stone tools, while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsid... - 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: ... One of the protesters was [[John Hancock]]. In [[1768]], his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was seized by custom...
7: ...s, huge stocks of tea in its warehouses, and no prospect of selling it because smugglers such as Hanco... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...ensus estimate 2004-01-01). The city stretches across numerous small islands in a marshy [[lagoon]] al...
6: ...iatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invulnerable.
10: ...mercial empire, the Republic acquired control of most of the islands in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]], inc...
20: ...n a number of occasions and twice suffered its imposition. The second, more famous, occasion was on [[...
24: ... the "Settecento" that Venice became perhaps the most elegant and refined city in [[Europe]], greatly ... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ...ould need one day to command his own ship. Cook rose in the ranks of the merchant fleet but declined ...
16: ==First voyage ([[1768]]-[[1771]])==
18: ...nsit of Venus]] across the [[Sun]]. Leaving in [[1768]], he arrived on [[April 13]], [[1769]] in [[Tahi...
24: ... found there. The later name ''Botany Bay'' was chosen to reflect the diverse range of flora found the...
26: ...the mouth of the Endeavour River. While there, [[Joseph Banks]] and [[Daniel Solander]] made their fir... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: ...roys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves most of the town in ruins.
20: ...ntiary]] on an island in [[San Francisco Bay]], closes.
24: ...lamation was issued by [[San Francisco]] Mayor [[Joseph Alioto]].
27: ...[[boycott]] of the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] to [[protest]] the [[Soviet Invasion of Afgh...
30: ... allegations that tie [[baseball]] player [[Pete Rose]] to [[baseball]] [[gambling]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]])
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - ) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
48: ...ohn Quincy Adams]] (1767-1848), Susanna Boylston (1768-70), Charles (1770-1800), Thomas Boylston (1772-1...
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... - 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) - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
5: ...rier Reef was [[Captain James Cook]] during his [[1768]] voyage. Cook discovered the reef by running agr...
14: ...tem of about 3000 reefs and 900 islands that are mostly offshore. The coastline of north eastern Austr...
16: ...ediment and chemical runoff from farming, and to loss of coastal wetlands which are a natural filter. ...
18: ...ain too warm for too long, corals expel their photosynthesizing [[zooxanthella]]e and turn colourless,...
20: ...obal warming has triggered the collapse of reef ecosystems throughout the tropics. Increased global te... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...k service with the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]. In [[1768]] he examined portions of the [[Hudson Bay]] coas...
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