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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
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
62: ...Abeille|Abeille, Louis]], (1765-1832), German composer - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
5: ...ichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
15: *[[Lucy Aikin|Aikin, Lucy]], (1781-1864), English writer
28: ...Aiuppa, Joseph]], (1907-1997), Chicago [[mafia]] boss - 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 [[...
17: ...uld not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in [[1781]] was dismissed.
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... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...onour of her elder brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the E...
6: ... year younger.) Her other brothers ? [[Joseph II|Josef]], [[Leopold II|Leopold]], and Ferdinand-Karl ?...
7: ...ntoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
13: ... education. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she prefer...
15: ...r was his grandson, Louis-Auguste, and it was proposed that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa of ... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...Washington is generally recognized as one of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many o...
26: ...enandoah Valley]] in Virginia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]...
31: ...ting party, killing ten, including its leader, [[Joseph Coulon de Jumonville|Ensign Jumonville]]. Wash...
37: ... colonies' wealthiest men. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[...
40: ...he Delaware.png|thumb|left|350px|''[[Washington Crossing the Delaware]],'' by [[Emanuel Leutze]], 1851... - 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). - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
18: ... [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|agricult...
20: ... ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alo...
37: ...s]] from [[1797]] until [[1801]], achieving that position after getting second place in the presidenti...
102: ...d States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Joseph Habersham]]'''||align="left"|1801
123: ...r. In later years he was negligent in dress and loose in bearing. - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...lso has a collection of overseas territories and possessions around the world. Each of the 50 states h...
58: ...[1754]], in which a union was first seriously proposed.
60: ...on of slavery. The northern states had become opposed to slavery, while the southern states saw it as...
62: ...Cuba]] to the [[Philippines]], though it gave up most of these over time. ''See also [[United States t...
66: ...]]s and [[peacekeeping]], including actions in [[Kosovo]], [[Haiti]], [[Somalia]] and [[Liberia]], and... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...d|Scottish]] [[mathematician]] and [[engineer]] whose improvements to the [[steam engine]] were a key ...
15: * [[1781]]: Converted reciprocal engine motion to rotary m...
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... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...rd the opposite end. Features as small as 35 m across can be seen.]]
4: ...Greek]] ''asteroeides'', ''aster'' "star" + ''-eidos'' "form, shape"), was coined in [[1802]] by Sir [...
6: ...toid") carries no strong suggestion about the composition of the object or its general location in the...
8: ... meteoroids generally break up high in Earth's atmosphere.
14: ...numbered and named minor planet was [[99905 Jeffgrossman]] [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Numbe... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787...
51: ...[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
54: ... Cros]], (1842-1888) — [[phonograph]]... almost - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...er the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorktown]]. "The Revolution was effected before ...
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. ... - 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]]
22: *[[1773]] - [[Boston Tea Party]]
26: ** [[Boston Port Act]] ([[March 31]])
43: *[[1781]] - [[Articles of Confederation]] ratified - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...|Concord]], and were turned back. Retreating to Boston, the British soldiers were subjected to contin...
7: ...o head a Continental Army, and dispatched him to Boston, where local militia were besieging a British ...
13: ...into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles of Confederation outlined the gove...
15: ...les. That Convention, meeting in Philadelphia, chose, instead, to write a Constitution, which was rat...
25: ...e militia besieging the British Army occupying [[Boston]]. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
13: | [[March 13]], [[1781]]
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=== - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: ...in [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
9: * [[1781]] - Continental troops under Brigadier General [[...
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. - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
23: Though the Fourth of July is almost iconic to Americans, some claim the date itself ...
27: :The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am...
29: ...independence from the Continental Congress, as opposed to rumors in the street about secret votes.
34: ...um]] for his soldiers and an artillery salute. Across the sea, [[Ambassador (diplomacy)|ambassador]]s ...
36: * In [[1781]], [[Massachusetts]] was the first [[legislature]... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
15: ...both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
21: ...l of Finance 1777–1781), unsuccessfully proposed to revise the French tax system to a more unifo...
23: ..., determined that it was not sustainable, and proposed a uniform land tax as a means of setting France...
25: ...[Grenoble]]. Even more importantly, the chaos across France convinced the short-term creditors on who... - 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 == - Federal government of the United States (13380 bytes)
1: ...he [[Articles of Confederation]] (in force from [[1781]] to [[1788]]). The Constitution is currently on ...
2: ...egal system is based on [[statutory law]], while most state and territorial law is based on English [[...
4: ...ited States]], frequently is referred to as "the most powerful man in the world."
7: ...House and Senate are elected by [[first-past-the-post]] voting in every state except [[Louisiana]], wh...
26: ... of president of the United States is one of the most powerful offices of its kind in the world. The p...
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