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- 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: ...gislative commission representing all classes except the [[serf]]s was created to make this document t...
21: ... [[Ottoman Empire]] ([[1768]]-[[1774]]). She attempted to partition the Ottoman Empire's European hold...
23: ...ator in the [[War of the Bavarian Succession]] ([[1778]]-[[1779]]) between Prussia and Austria. In [[178... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
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...
63: ... marriage was soon consummated and by [[April]] [[1778]], the queen could happily announce that she was ...
66: ...ce of Versailles|Versailles]] 19th [[December]] [[1778]]. She was forced to endure the humiliation of a ...
71: ...nac]] was made the new princess' Governess. She kept this post even when Marie-Antoinette's three othe... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
35: ... widow of [[Daniel Parker Custis]]. Washington adopted Custis's two children and never fathered any of...
47: ...September 11]] and succeeded in his task. An attempt to dislodge the British, the [[Battle of Germanto...
49: ...k at the [[Battle of Monmouth]] on [[June 28]], [[1778]].
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 Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events and impressions of men. The earlies...
35: ...f the [[Continental Congress]] from [[1774]] to [[1778]]. In June [[1775]], with a view to promoting the...
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...
44: In [[1778]], Adams sailed for [[France]] to supersede [[Sil... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ...athered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Achieve...
23: ...or several generations. He attended and then attempted to institute many reforms at the [[College of W...
35: ...er of [[American exceptionalism]] (see also [[exceptionalism]]).
67: *[[Embargo Act of 1807]], an attempt to force respect for U.S. [[neutrality]] by endin...
125: ...amilton's, was the most impressible, the most receptive, mind of his time in America. The range of his... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
3: ...><font size="+1">'''Martin van Buren'''</font></caption>
27: ...re he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron ...
41: ...es of America|vice-president]]; but he shrewdly kept out of the acrimonious controversy which followed...
43: ...te|Secretary of State]] notwithstanding the "corrupt bargain" charge. At the same time he opposed int...
53: ...er to [[England]], and arrived in [[London]] in September. He was cordially received, but in February ... - Geology (12007 bytes)
7: ...gy" was first used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict...
22: ... [[volcano]]es, as opposed to the ''[[Neptunism|Neptunists]]'', who believed that all rocks had settle...
26: ...in uniformitarianism, the idea was not widely accepted at the time.
33: ... and by [[Arthur Holmes]], but wasn't broadly accepted until the [[1960s]] when the theory of plate te... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
78: ...er]] as the financial backer of a March 2004 attempt to topple Obiang organized by [[Simon Mann]].
113: ...se in 1474. The Portuguese retained control until 1778, when the island, adjacent islets, and commercial...
164: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/eqg.html Stanford University - Afric... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
41: ...ner]] and its [[Hawaii (1966 movie)|1966 movie adaptation]].
54: ...awaii are presently active. The last volcanic eruption outside the Island of Hawaii happened at [[Hal...
66: ...ed Kingdom|British]] [[exploration|explorer]] [[Captain James Cook]]. Historians credited Cook with t...
76: ...erritorial capitol building. Though several attempts were made to achieve statehood, Hawaii remained ...
88: ...r other formal business. Hawaiian is legally acceptable in all legal documents, from depositions to l... - Washington (20186 bytes)
47: ...n the Washington coast was by [[Spain|Spanish]] Captain [[Don Bruno de Heceta]] in [[1775]] on board t...
49: ...[Francisco Eliza]] in [[1791]], then by British Captain [[George Vancouver]] in [[1792]].
51: ...ost notably Britain and then the United States. Captain [[Robert Gray]] (for whom [[Grays Harbor]] cou...
69: ...g a large part of the top of the volcano. This eruption flattened the forests for many kilometers, kil...
136: ...utheran]] (8% of the total state population), [[Baptist]] (7%), [[Methodist]] (6%). - 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: ...in [[1774]], acted as President of Vermont from [[1778]] to [[1789]] and from [[1790]] to [[1791]]. In [... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
42: ...overnment on March 15, 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina became the first state to ratify...
52: ... involving minors under the age of seventeen, excepting traffic and game law violations. Some criminal...
56: ...ndles Circuit Court and Family Court appeals, excepting appeals that are within the seven classes of e...
87: ...otestant denominations in South Carolina are: [[Baptist]] (47% of the total state population), [[Metho... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
43: That description still applies over a quarter-century later. [...
49: ...z Perce]]. [[James Cook]] explored the coast in [[1778]] in search of the [[Northwest Passage]]. The [[L...
74: In [[1778]], [[Jonathan Carver]] used '''Oregon''' to label...
97: ...-cleft.jpg Oregon geology: Abert Rim (image description)]</small>
103: ...mary election]] to select party candidates was adopted in [[1904]], and in [[1908]] the [[Oregon Const... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
6: ...er one of their own spinning wheels. The device kept working as normal, with the spindle now pointed u...
12: Hargreaves kept the machine secret for some time, but produced a ...
16: ...death on April 22nd, 1778. That year [[Samuel Crompton]] invented the [[spinning mule]], combining the... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
111: *[[James Hargreaves]], (1720-1778)
211: ...provided an influential formalisation of the concept of [[algorithm]] and computation: the [[Turing ma...
242: ...–1995) was the inventor of the Bell [[helicopter]] - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
38: *[[1777]] - [[Articles of Confederation]] adopted by the Second Continental Congress
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
13: ... Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles...
21: ...ry to world Empire. The British Parliament's attempt to raise taxes on the North American colonists ra...
23: ... Congress should be called in the event that attempts at reconciliation with Britain failed.
27: ... "American" States. The Americans were able to capture a British fort at [[Ticonderoga, New York]] an...
31: ...iladelphia, in a vain attempt to end the war by capturing the American "capital city." - 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...
78: ...gged Point, California|Ragged Point]] area on [[September 13]]. On [[October 1]], de Portolà's party ... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
15: ...y''', is a [[federal holiday]] celebrating the adoption of the [[United States Declaration of Independ...
23: ... the members of the Congress, but even that was kept secret to protect the members from British repris...
27: ...memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeedi...
29: ...ng prose, as edited by the Congress, was first adopted by the vote of the 4th. It was also the first d...
34: * In [[1778]], General [[George Washington]] marked the Fourt... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
44: *[[Jean Baptiste Dumas]], (1800-1884), French chemist
209: *[[Ahmed H. Zewail]] (born 1946), [[Egyptian]], [[1999]] Nobel Prize Winner for his work on...
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