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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...
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]]
176: *[[Thomas Mitchell]] - (1792-1855), Scottish explorer of [[Australia]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
7: ...harles d'Abancourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
19: ... I of Egypt|Abbas I]], (1813-1854), pasha of [[Egypt]]
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
100: ...Alexandria]], (died 978), [[Coptic Christianity|Coptic]] Pope - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: ...hard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
14: *[[Achillas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
46: ...tte Ackermann|Ackermann, Sophie Charlotte]] (1714-1792) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
78: ...son|Adamson, Amandus]], (1855-1929), Estonian sculptor
92: *[[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen]], (1792-1849), Queen-Consort of King [[William IV of the ... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
8: ...ent of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
12: ...hess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Arc...
14: ...chess Marie Caroline (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Arc...
20: ...), married HRH Infanta Mar�Lu� of Spain (1745-1792); had issue. [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]]: 1765 (abd...
37: ...ted from her people. Her focus changed from attempting to regain Silesia, to maintaining the peace. ... - 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: ...]] during Catherine's reign. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], which legi... - 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...
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...
125: ...g of the Revolution, Marie-Antoinette remained sceptical about the chances of a compromise. However, s... - Rose (15436 bytes)
2: ...mage | image = [[Image:4-11-07_10a.jpg|240px]]| caption = ''Rosa arvensis'' (Field Rose)}}
20: == Description ==
25: The [[flower]]s have five petals (with the exception of ''[[Rosa sericea]]'' which often has only f...
29: ...duce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown [[sand]] and so reduce [[...
31: ... as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Emperor Moth]], [[Common... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
48: ...y they were mostly used on walls and tables. Except in royal or ecclesiastical settings they were con...
54: ...apestry]], made knotted pile carpets from 1780 to 1792. Carpet production in small, privately owned work...
57: ... as "Norwich carpets." These works are either adaptations of Anatolian or Indo-Persian designs or emp... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
11: ...ons seized after the English attacked San Juan in 1792.]] - 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...
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...
75: ... Washington died from either a [[strep throat|streptococcal infection of the throat]] or, since he was... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events and impressions of men. The earlies...
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, ...
64: ..., Jefferson had died a few hours earlier). His crypt lies at [[United First Parish Church]] (also know... - 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... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: '''George Mifflin Dallas''' ([[July 10]], [[1792]] – [[December 31]], [[1864]]) was a [[Unit... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
6: ...duated from [[Yale University|Yale]] College in [[1792]], where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. On...
16: ...so easy to understand and reproduce that the concepts and designs were readily duplicated by others. ...
18: ...invention of the cotton gin, or at least its conception. It is known that she associated with Eli Whi...
26: ...ch is there affected by a skill." Whitney's concepts were later exploited by [[Henry Ford]] and other... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
46: ... "The Delaware State," and in 1792 that entity adopted its first constitution, declaring itself to be ...
54: Delaware's fourth and current constitution was adopted in [[1897]] and provides for executive, judicia...
104: ...hodist]] (27% of the total state population), [[Baptist]] (9%), [[Pentecostal]] & [[Presbyterian]] & [...
181: ...etween [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]], and emptying into [[Delaware Bay]], which separates New Je... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 1]], [[1792]] |
41: ...e final convention in April 1792. On [[June 1]], 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state in the union...
43: ...ke the side of the [[United States|Union]] on [[September 3]] when [[Confederate States of America|Con...
98: *[[Baptist]] (43% of the total state population)
186: *[[Clear Creek Baptist Bible College]] - Washington (20186 bytes)
47: ...n the Washington coast was by [[Spain|Spanish]] Captain [[Don Bruno de Heceta]] in [[1775]] on board t...
49: ...then by British Captain [[George Vancouver]] in [[1792]].
51: ...mouth of the [[Columbia river]] and, beginning in 1792, he established trade in [[Sea Otter]] pelts. In ...
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%). - Virginia (23198 bytes)
38: ...as admitted to the Union as a separate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia durin...
48: ...n]]. On [[June 29]], [[1776]], the convention adopted a constitution that established Virginia as a c...
88: ...ncil-manager]] form of government. There are exceptions, notably [[Richmond, Virginia]], which has a ...
127: ...g military installations concentrated in the [[Hampton Roads]] area, tobacco and peanut farming all th...
137: ...abeth River (Virginia)|Elizabeth River]] at [[Hampton Roads]], the [[James River (Virginia)|James Riv... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
92: ...ons, the right to public office, criminal [[contempt]], and any case in which the Court of Common Plea...
106: ...ylvania's nickname "The Keystone State" is quite apt, as the state forms a geographic bridge both betw...
115: ...st US saltwater "coast" line. (How these two concepts are defined and measured is explained at length ...
118: ... to clean up and changed the national public perception of nuclear power to a much less favorable view...
163: ...Protestant denominations in Pennsylvania are: [[Baptist]] (10% of the total state population), [[Metho...
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