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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
14: ==== People named Adam ====
32: ===== People named Adams =====
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player
69: ...architect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened mon...
11: ...se of the peasant revolt. This process reached completion in [[1775]]. The reform created provinces an...
17: ...bsburg]] League. When it became apparent that his plan could not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and ...
19: In [[1764]] Catherine placed [[Stanislaus II of Poland|Stanislaw Poniatows...
21: ...n Empire's European holdings after the Polish example, but achieved far less success. She annexed [[Cr... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
15: ...lliam II, Prince of Orange | Prince William II of Nassau]]. At first, Charles II opposed the alliance with...
17: ... stillbirth. She became popular with the Dutch people, but her husband neglected or even mistreated he...
22: ...tch army landed on [[5 November]]. The English people's confidence in James stood so low that they did...
24: ...during his wife's lifetime, and restrictions were placed on his power. William, however, demanded that...
31: ...ine of succession would be any children of the couple, to be followed by Mary's sister Anne and her ch... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
3: ...country]], [[state]], [[nation state]] for some explanation of the difference between these.
68: ...a continent in the 5 continent systems, called simply Asia in one of them.
81: * [[China, People's Republic of]] - [[Beijing]]
86: ...ng]], [[Special Administrative Region|SAR]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]
99: ...au]], [[Special Administrative Region|SAR]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
36: <tr><td>[[Beijing]] <td>[[People's Republic of China]], see also [[Capital of Chi...
146: <tr><td>[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] <td>[[Bahamas]] - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...nd became a mere province of the Kingdom and was split into North and South Holland in [[1840]]. There...
68: ...te. Luxembourg turned to the German branch of the Nassau family, which are still the ruling family in Luxe...
72: ...]] (gypsies), gay and lesbian individuals, and people with mental retardation and other disabilites. A...
77: People from other parts of The Netherlands sometimes ob...
79: ...g the [[Eighty Years' War]] but only after the people had turned solidly [[Roman Catholic]] as a resul... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
59: ...er of 1783, the [[Continental Congress]] met in [[Nassau Hall]] at [[Princeton University]], making [[Prin...
78: ... but some go more one way than others. For an example, Bergen County, which is very Republican in the ...
82: ... members. Assembly members are elected by the people for a two year term in all odd-numbered years; S...
107: ...ny jokes about [[pollution]] and [[irony|ironic]] plays on the state's nickname, the "Garden State."
165: ..., Senses Fail, Saves The Day, Thursday, Hidden In Plain View, The Early November, Armor For Sleep, Out... - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
4: ...ypical areas of controversy include: criteria for placing a species on the endangered species list, an...
8: ...sing the conservation status of a species: not simply the number remaining, but the overall increase o...
14: ...resumed to have died beyond reasonable doubt. Examples: [[Thylacine]], [[Dodo]].
15: ... there is no free-living, natural population. Examples: [[Dromedary]], [[Przewalski's Horse]].
16: ...sk of [[extinction]] in the immediate future. Examples: [[Ivory-billed Woodpecker]], [[Arakan Forest T... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
6: ...St. Louis]] in the 1920s.<!--What does this mean? Please clarify.-->
10: ...ian.JPG|thumb|right|The Spirit of St. Louis on display at the Smithsonian.]]
11: ...]]-[[May 21]], [[1927]] in his single-engine [[airplane]] ''[[Spirit of St. Louis|The Spirit of St. Lo...
13: Lindbergh's accomplishment won him the ''[[Orteig Prize]]'' of $25,00...
22: ...9. He taught her how to fly and did much of the exploring and charting of air-routes together with her... - Blackbeard (5955 bytes)
4: ...ught with, or simply showed himself wearing, multiple [[sword]]s, [[knive]]s, and [[pistol]]s, and was...
14: ...ve him an official pardon. He was forced to leave Nassau by Royal Governor [[Woodes Rogers]] when the isla...
16: ...Virginia, [[Alexander Spottswood]]. Spottswood replied by sending troops to hunt him down. It is que...
20: ...apitated by [[Robert Maynard]]. His head was then placed as a trophy on the [[bowsprit]] of their ship...
22: ... search of hidden treasures; impostors found an ample basis in these current rumors for schemes of del... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
1: ...b|280px|right|New York State Capitol Building, completed in 1899 at a cost of $25 million was the most...
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33: ...609]]. In [[1614]] the company constructed [[Fort Nassau]], its first trading post near present-day Albany...
37: ...min Franklin of Pennsylvania presented the Albany Plan of Union, the first formal proposal to unite th...
51: ...census]]{{GR|2}} of [[2000]], there are 95,658 people, 40,709 households, and 18,400 families residing... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...inventing the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra.
4: ... to [[Teleology|ends]]—divine or natural—in explaining natural phenomena. In his theology, he insi...
13: ...618 he entered the service of Prince [[Maurice of Nassau]], leader of the United Provinces of the [[Nether...
14: ...eling, visiting courts and armies, mixing with people of diverse temperaments and ranks, gathering var...
18: ...ege of La Rochelle]] by Cardinal [[Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu|Richelieu]] in [[1627]].... - Chimpanzee (10645 bytes)
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26: ...latively weak [[alpha male|alpha]], and highly complex social relationships; Bonobos, on the other han...
30: ...cient Greek god of [[nature]]. Biologists would apply ''Pan'' as the genus name of the animal. Chimps ... - List of national anthems (17969 bytes)
25: |[[Algeria]]||[[Kassaman]] (We Pledge)
57: |[[Barbados]]||[[In Plenty and In Time of Need]]
117: |[[People's Republic of China|China, People's Republic of]]||[[The March of the Volunteers]]...
159: |[[Dominica]]||[[Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour]]
214: |[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]||[[Tavisupleba]] (Freedom), former anthem [[Dideba zetsit kur... - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
5: The Christmas tree is often explained as a [[Christianization]] of the ancient [[P...
11: ...courts as far as Russia. Princess [[Henrietta von Nassau-Weilburg]] introduced the Christmas tree to [[Vie...
19: ...orway|Bergen]], [[Norway]] in thanks for the part played by soldiers from Newcastle in liberating Berg...
44: ... from a [[Nursery (horticulture)|nursery]], to be planted later outdoors and enjoyed (and often decora...
47: ...ste, although even there electrical lights have replaced the candles in most households. - Bahamas (7935 bytes)
27: |[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]
78: ... subsequent ethnic cleansing of the [[Arawak]] peoples is believed to have been greatly facilitated by...
97: ...mestic Product|GDP]] and directly or indirectly employs almost half of the archipelago's labour force....
106: A heavily religious country, there are more places of worship per person in the Bahamas than any...
108: ...roughout the Bahamas, obeah is shunned by many people. [[Voodoo]] is practiced, but almost exclusively... - New Year's Day (5455 bytes)
8: ...g the past year. Often there are also articles on planned or expected changes in the coming year, such...
17: ...ck]]] at night or exchange New Years' gifts or supply superfluous drinks [another [[Yule]] custom]." T...
23: ...ary 1. It is sometimes referred to as "the big apple" like the city itself; the custom derives from t...
27: * [[Junkanoo]] [[parade]], in [[Nassau, Bahamas]]
32: ... in the United States. They have had groups of people enter the chilly surf since [[1903]]. - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[New York City]]
13: | place of death=[[Oyster Bay]], [[New York]]
20: ...any achievements and the larger-than-life role he played in the [[White House]], Roosevelt is usually ...
27: ...l]]s that he caught, studied, and prepared for display. At age nine he codified his observation work o...
29: ...t Wood's Gym and with equipment at his home. A couple of his peers beat him during this time and as a ... - New York (25691 bytes)
65: * ''See: [[List of census-designated places in New York]]''
77: ...was the first described and still is the best example.
79: ...ake George empties at its north end into Lake Champlain, whose northern end extends into Canada, where...
81: ...sland includes suburban [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]] and [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]] Counti...
84: ...reat Lakes|Great]] Lakes in the west and Lake Champlain, Lake George, and [[Oneida Lake]] in the north... - Anne Bonny (5802 bytes)
1: ...5, 1782) was an [[Irish American]] [[pirate]] who plied her trade in the [[Caribbean]].
5: ...na]] where he made a fortune and bought a large [[plantation]]. Diligent efforts to source all of thes...
10: ...18 she and James Bonny moved to [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], on [[New Providence Island]] in the [[Bahamas]...
15: ...ngside the men, and the accounts describing her exploits present her as competent, effective in combat...
23: ...d trial, Read and Bonny both [[Pleading the belly|pleaded their bellies]], announcing during the sente...
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