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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
101: *[[Matthew Flinders]], (1774-1814), first to circumnavigate [[Australia]] and ...
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl...
129: ...rlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]] - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
78: ...son|Adamson, Amandus]], (1855-1929), Estonian sculptor
112: ... of Cambridge|Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge]], (1774-1850) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...which opposed her husband. Well read, Catherine kept up-to-date on current events in Russia and the re...
9: ...lyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
21: ... [[Ottoman Empire]] ([[1768]]-[[1774]]). She attempted to partition the Ottoman Empire's European hold... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
12: In 1747 he wrote the ''Promenade du sceptique'', an [[allegory]] pointing first to the extr...
14: ...cation of the principle of relativism to the concept of [[God]]. What makes the ''Lettre sur les aveug...
23: ...at were then moving the cultivated class to its depths, but still were comparatively ineffectual by re...
31: ...in correcting proofs, and in bringing the manuscript of less competent contributors into decent shape....
34: ...t of Diderot.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait by [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]], 1766]] - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
36: ...denly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 10th May [[1774]] when King [[Louis XV]] died of [[smallpox]]. Th...
43: ...ortly after the coronation, Marie-Antoinette attempted to bring the [[duc de Choiseul]] back to court....
61: ... entire country was standing on the edge of bankruptcy. [[Louis XIV]]'s wars with [[William III of Eng...
71: ...nac]] was made the new princess' Governess. She kept this post even when Marie-Antoinette's three othe...
95: ...鰨, was terminally ill with [[tuberculosis|consumption]]. The child's condition deteriorated and Mari... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
12: ...d States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have been a ...
52: ...er 24]], [[1784]], before the Constitution was adopted).
264: ...ts or ex-presidents have died in every decade except four: the [[1800s]], [[1810s]], [[1950s]], and [[...
272: | [[September 24]], [[1789]] ||align=right| $25,000
284: ...hington, already a successful man, refused to accept his salary. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
35: ... widow of [[Daniel Parker Custis]]. Washington adopted Custis's two children and never fathered any of...
37: By [[1774]], Washington had become one of the colonies' wea...
47: ...September 11]] and succeeded in his task. An attempt to dislodge the British, the [[Battle of Germanto...
53: ...ender there was the effective end of British attempts to quell the Revolution. In [[March]] of [[1783]...
62: ...heir labors. He adamantly enforced the secrecy adopted by the Convention during the summer. Many belie... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ... His father died when he was young, and he was adopted by his paternal uncle—Thomas Hancock, a h...
13: ...sist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading.
19: ... public critic of British rule. On [[March 5]], [[1774]], the fourth anniversary of the [[Boston Massacr...
33: ...monstrate loyalty to the crown—with the exceptions of Hancock and Adams. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events and impressions of men. The earlies...
35: ...s a member of the [[Continental Congress]] from [[1774]] to [[1778]]. In June [[1775]], with a view to p...
37: ...se resolutions before the Congress until their adoption on [[July 2]], [[1776]].
39: ...cupied the foremost place in the debate on its adoption. Before this question had been disposed of, Ad...
46: ... with Great Britain and again sent to Europe in September [[1779]]. The [[France|French]] government, ... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: ...rginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were w...
30: ...cretary of State. Only [[Henry Clay]]'s refusal kept Monroe from adding an outstanding Westerner. Both...
38: ...e wake of the British [[man-of-war]]." Monroe accepted Adams's advice. Not only must [[Latin America]]...
42: ...ed in [[Oak Hill]] until Elizabeth's death on [[September 23]], [[1830]]. Upon Elizabeth's death, Monr...
114: ...Adams]] | years=[[April 2]], [[1811]] – [[September 30]], [[1814]];<br>[[February 28]], [[1815]]... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
53: ... trading posts along the east coast. From about [[1774]] to [[1824]], it was a favorite haunt for [[pira...
57: The British accepted the imposition of a French protectorate over Ma...
61: ...eriod of provisional government ended with the adoption of a constitution in [[1959]] and full indepen...
76: ...de margin, despite efforts by federalists to disrupt [[ballot]]ing in several coastal areas.
80: ... Sporadic violence and considerable economic disruption continued until [[July]] [[2002]] when Ratsira... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
14: * [[1774]]: Started a business in [[Soho, Birmingham|Soho]...
18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on steam engin...
22: Watt adopted the [[centrifugal governor]] to regulate the sp...
57: ..., ''James Watt, Vol 1, His time in Scotland, 1736-1774'' (2002), 480pp, many illus., Landmark Publishing... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
50: ...bed the "[[Northeast Kingdom]]") is known for exceptionally cold winters, often averaging more than te...
64: ...settlers from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] under Captain Jacobus de Warm established the De Warm Stocka...
66: ...ey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst|Jeffrey Amherst]] captured the fort. The French were driven out of the a...
78: ...ah West during a violent thunderstorm, and was adopted by the delegates after four days of debate. Thi...
82: ...]], who came to Vermont from [[Connecticut]] in [[1774]], acted as President of Vermont from [[1778]] to... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]])
285: *[[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]] ([[1796]]-[[1875]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
19: ...the colonies. It was also the first event that swept through all the British colonies, from New Englan...
45: ...ng the area. Furthermore, the [[Quebec Act]] of [[1774]] extended [[Quebec]]'s boundaries to the [[Ohio ...
52: *"[[Intolerable Acts]]" of [[1774]].
54: ...inental Congress]] convened on [[September 5]], [[1774]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], and endorsed...
58: ...etition]] -- [[July 5]], [[1775]], one final attempt by the Continental Congress to appeal to King Geo... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
23: *[[1774]] - First [[Continental Congress]]
24: *[[1774]] - [[Dunmore's War]]
25: *[[1774]] - British pass [[Intolerable Acts]], including:
38: *[[1777]] - [[Articles of Confederation]] adopted by the Second Continental Congress - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
2: ...mage | image = [[Image:polar-bear.jpg|240px]] | caption = Polar Bear}}
12: ...r = [[Constantine John Phipps|Phipps]] | date = [[1774]]}}
18: ...Neither does the hair have [[Optical fiber|fibre-optic]] properties, a commonly perpetuated [[urban le...
22: ...s may be a sign that they have begun [[aquatic adaptation]]s to better catch their prey. They also hun...
24: ...during the transient cooling that followed the eruption of [[Mount Pinatubo]] in [[1991]]. However, it... - History of California (38344 bytes)
36: ...ew Spain]]. He sailed northward and landed on [[September 28]] at [[San Diego|San Diego Bay]], claimin...
38: After Cabrillo's voyage in [[1542]] the concept of [[Alta California|Alta (upper) California]] an...
48: ...stocked his vessels, then stayed for a time and kept friendly relations with the aboriginal natives. ...
50: ...h Drake's claim to the new lands, fitting a description in Drake's own account, was discovered in [[Ma...
71: ...necessary in Upper ("Alta") California. Between [[1774]] and [[1791]], the Crown sent forth a number of ... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
36: ...tionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
143: | <small>[[21 July]] [[230]] to [[28 September]] [[235]]</small>
179: ...artyr, through extreme hardship; feast day [[16 September]]</small>
279: | <small>[[17 May]] [[352]] to [[24 September]] [[366]]</small>
321: ...28 December|28]]/[[29 December]] [[418]] to [[4 September]] [[422]]</small> - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ... as the object of study. He was a [[Skepticism|skeptic]] and a [[Humanism|humanist]].
18: ...al differences. It was published much later, in [[1774]], under the title ''Travel Journal''.
33: ...n for man's pursuit of lasting fame, and his attempts to detach himself from worldly things to prepare...
35: ...umans are not able to attain true certainty ([[skepticism]]), and even alludes to [[cultural relativit...
37: ...teaching of abstract knowledge that has to be accepted uncritically.
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