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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: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: *[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
10: ...rd|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
34: ...Friedrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Friedrich]] (1787-1843)
44: *[[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600) - 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: ...rkish War]] during Catherine's reign. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], w...
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)
19: ...[1797|97]]). He also served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States Constitution|Con...
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 [[... - 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]].]] - 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. - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...ve their northwestern territories (consisting of most of modern-day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tenne...
23: ...ith a [[bicameral legislature]]. When the issue arose of how states would be represented in the new Co...
27: ... essays that comprise the Federalist Papers. His most famous passage comes in Federalist No. 51:
31: ...s home state of [[Virginia]]. He successfully proposed the first ten [[amendment]]s to the Constitutio...
40: ... party, who were considered traitors when they opposed the war. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
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]].
30: .... He is sometimes called the "Lone Wolf" for his positions during this time, because he often did not ...
32: ...emained the only American president unanimously chosen by the [[U.S. Electoral College|electoral colle... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...lso has a collection of overseas territories and possessions around the world. Each of the 50 states h...
37: [[September 17]], [[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[March 4]], [[1789]...
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... - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
14: ...n: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[List of state mottos|National motto]]: Unity - Freedom - Justice''</sm...
54: ...e land as a source for [[slave|slaves]], but in [[1787]] [[Freetown]] was established as a city for form...
69: ... the president, who is elected every five years (most recently in May 2002). He appoints and heads a c...
84: ...Freetown is located. The rest of Sierra Leone is mostly plateau (about 300 m above sea level) covered ...
96: ...on. The most important tribes are the [[Temne]] (mostly in the north) and [[Mende]] (central and south... - Flag of Delaware (1314 bytes)
2: ...nd. Below the diamond, the date [[December 7]], [[1787]], declares the day on which Delaware became the ... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = DE |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 7]], [[1787]] |
36: ...ion]]. Ratification occurred on [[December 7]], [[1787]].
40: ...rst settled in a [[Netherlands | Dutch]] trading post at "Zwaanendael" (or "Swaanendael," present-day ...
44: ...ands in the southern portion of Pennsylvania and most of Delaware. Thus raged over 100 years of litig... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = PA |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 12]] [[1787]] |
38: ...tional and technological advance. The [[The Poconos|Pocono Mountains]] and the [[Delaware Water Gap]]...
40: Pennsylvania is one of the U.S.'s most historic states. Philadelphia is often called th...
65: ...ylvania became the second state on December 12, [[1787]] (five days after Delaware became the first). - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = NJ |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 18]], [[1787]] |
36: ...he [[United States of America]] and has the U.S. postal abbreviation of '''NJ'''. It is also the fift...
41: ...] and [[Maryland]] as a proprietary colony (as opposed to a royal colony). James then granted the lan...
51: ...r for Independence, British and American armies crossed New Jersey several times. - 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]]
142: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
19: ...io the Younger|Quaglio, Domenico, the Younger]], (1787-1837), painter
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 - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
115: *[[Pompeo Girolamo Batoni]] ([[1708]]-[[1787]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
36: ... Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water ...
51: ...[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
54: ... Cros]], (1842-1888) — [[phonograph]]... almost
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