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1. List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
   5: ...ichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
   9: *[[ɴienne Aignan|Aignan, ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, ...
   14: *[[Arthur Aikin|Aikin, Arthur]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
   28: ...Aiuppa, Joseph]], (1907-1997), Chicago [[mafia]] boss
2. 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: ... the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
   13: ...ent even further after a failed peasant revolt in 1773 led by [[Yemelyan Pugachev]] threatened Eastern R...
   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...
3. Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
   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:
   12: ...desperate and unfathomable uncertainty of the philosophy which professes to be so high above both chur...
4. Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
   3: ...60 she was purchased by the Wheatley family of [[Boston]], and was in fact practically adopted by the ...
   5: ... was published in London because publishers in [[Boston]] had refused to publish the text. Phillis wit...
   9: ...ard work nor artistic ability were to bring her prosperity, and she died in poverty in 1784.
   14: ... Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and Slave'' (Boston: Published by Geo. W. Light, 1834), also by Ma...
   15: ...ous Subjects, Religious and Moral'' Published in 1773 in England
5. Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
   12: ...her to recapture [[Nubia]] and other territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. The Lybian...
   14: ...nemhat II]] ([[1875 BC]] - [[1840 BC]]) made the position of the nomarchs hereditary again (weakening ...
   20: ...il and his son [[Amenemhat IV]] ruled 10 years ([[1773 BC]] - [[1763 BC]]) before dying prematurely.
   24: ... are credited with preserving for us some of the most fabulous of [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[papyrus...
   27: * [[1800 BC]] - [[Moscow Papyrus|Moscow Mathematical Papyrus]]
6. 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).
7. List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
   27: ...Quantz|Quantz, Johann Joachim]], (1697-1773), composer
   65: ...V. O. Quine|Quine, Willard V.]], (1908-2000), philosopher
   85: ...n Quivers|Quivers, Robin]] (born 1952) talk show host
8. 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 Ne...
   69: *[[A. B. Yehoshua|Yehoshua, A. B.]], author of ''Mr. Mani''
9. 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 ...
10. 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...
    18: *[[1770]] - [[Boston Massacre]]
    21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]]
    22: *[[1773]] - [[Boston Tea Party]]
    26: ** [[Boston Port Act]] ([[March 31]])
11. January 17 (12233 bytes)
    8: ...in [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
    15: * [[1899]] - The [[United States]] takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]...
    20: ...] - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [...
    21: ...ration camp]] as [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces close in.
    25: ...al more than $2 million from an armored car in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
12. 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: ...ing chests of tea overboard on [[December 18]], [[1773]]. Created/published: [[1784]]. Artist: [[Daniel ...
    7: ...s, huge stocks of tea in its warehouses, and no prospect of selling it because smugglers such as Hanco...
    9: ...g as most American ports turned the tea away; at Boston however, the East India Company had the assist...
13. List of chemists (10401 bytes)
    8: *[[Arthur Aikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
    18: *[[Joseph Black]], (1728-1799), chemist
    19: *[[Carl Bosch]], (1872-1940), German chemist
    57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
    82: *[[Jaroslav Heyrovsk?1890-1967), Czech chemist
14. 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 ...
    18: ...] to observe and record a [[transit of Venus]] across the [[Sun]]. Leaving in [[1768]], he arrived on...
    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...
    30: By this point in the voyage, Cook had lost no men to [[scurvy]], a remarkable and unheard-o...
15. Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
    3: ...r)|Alexander Mackenzie]], the first European to cross North America by land north of Mexico, in [[1793...
    7: ...d guided them westward. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did ...
    9: ...otted [[Mt. Hood]], a mountain known to be very close to the ocean.
    10: ... from the ocean, hunting elk and other wildlife. Mostly they just endured the persistent rain.
    16: ...much too soon, and there would have been total chaos.
16. 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)
17. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    1: ...d defence of [[pilgrim|pilgrims]]. Following the loss of Christian territory in the [[Holy Land]], the...
    5: ...t]] to rebuild the hospice in [[Jerusalem]]. The hospice, which was built on the site of the monastery...
    7: ...n Jerusalem. Initially the group just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem but the order ...
    9: ...s, at the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and 140 other est...
    11: [[Image:knights_hospitaller.JPG|framed|right]]
18. Tea Act (1279 bytes)
    1: ...es of tea from East India Company ships into the Boston Harbor. This act, and the retaliatory measure...
    3: * [http://ahp.gatech.edu/tea_act_bp_1773.html The full text of the Tea Act]
19. Oxygen (9039 bytes)
    37: ...plant|plants]], which release oxygen during [[photosynthesis]].
    42: ... ''geinomai'' (engender). The name "oxygen" was chosen because, at the time it was discovered in the l...
    55: ...; Sędziw󪝝, Polish [[alchemist]] and [[philosopher]] in late 16th century. Sędziw󪠡ssume...
    57: ...shed until after the independent discovery by [[Joseph Priestley]] on [[August 1]] [[1774]]. Priestle...
    60: ...second largest single component of the Earth's atmosphere (20.947% by volume).
20. Platinum (10600 bytes)
    76: ...olspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0" | '''Most stable isotopes'''
    92: |[[osmium|¹⁸⁶Os]]
    159: ...l]] and [[copper]] ores along with some native deposits. Platinum is used in [[jewelry]], laboratory e...
    162: ...re, and malleable and ductile. The metal is [[corrosion]]-resistant. The [[catalyst|catalytic]] proper...
    171: ... Dari鮠([[Panama]]) and Mexico ("up until now impossible to melt by any of the Spanish arts").

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