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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
16: ...orge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
18: ...ob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
31: *[[Robert Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[Habsburg Empire]] from [[1740]]-[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of S...
3: ...MariaTheresa.JPG|frame|H.I.M. Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduc...
4: ... women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...erit his united lands on his death. While many European monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction whe...
8: ...ir apparent to the king of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]. She h... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...ortrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3: ...ngres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known as the [[The Ag...
5: Diderot also contributed to [[literature]], notably with...
7: ...743 he married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. He had affairs with the writer Mad...
10: - John Adams (18716 bytes)
22: ...eration descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in ...
24: ...758]], he was admitted to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing d...
26: ...etts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]].
28: ...[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through his work as a constitutional lawyer. Impetuous...
31: ...which he pronounced the Stamp Act invalid on the ground that Massachusetts, being without representati... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[James Monroe]]
9: | date of birth=[[July 11]], [[1767]]
18: '''John Quincy Adams''' ([[July 11]], [[1767]] – [[February 23]], [[1848]]) was the sixt...
22: ...]] at the [[University of Leiden]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in [[1787]], and was elec...
24: ...]], the daughter of an American merchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having ... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
9: | date of birth= March 15, 1767
10: ...axhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws area]] of [[North Carolina]]
14: | wife= [[Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson]]
18: ... first president who had lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associat...
22: ...rust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favor... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...ish]] [[mathematician]] and [[engineer]] whose improvements to the [[steam engine]] were a key stage i...
10: ...ne]], which started him thinking about ways to improve the engine.
11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', com...
12: * [[1767]]: Surveyor of Forth and Clyde canal.
14: ...m, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved [[Watt steam engine]]. - Delaware (15006 bytes)
40: ...by [[Sweden | Swedes]] (led by [[Peter Minuit]]) around [[Fort Christina]] (now [[Wilmington, Delaware...
42: ... of the colony of [[Virginia]]. The deed to the property that is now Delaware was granted to [[Willia...
44: ...s Mason]] and [[Jeremiah Dixon]] between 1763 and 1767. Part of the Line now forms the east-west boundar...
50: ...ter [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]'s [[Emancipation Proclamation]].
54: ...[[Governor of Delaware]] and the judicial branch provides for a hierarchy of courts with the state Sup... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...ctical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where the...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
10: * 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]] - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
2: ...ramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a single worker able to work eight...
6: ...had been, and he could place them vertically in a row.
8: ... the proper thickness. A clamp-like device in the roving beam allowed the operator to then release all...
10: ...stronger yarn for the warp. Later developments improved the quality of the yarn and increased the numb...
12: ...flee to Nottingham in 1767. There he set up shop producing jennies in secret for one Mr. Shipley, with... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: [[Image:map of territorial growth 1775.jpg|thumb|300px|Before the Revolution: Th...
2: ...volution was effected before the War commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the mind...
4: ... event, producing significant changes that had a profound impact on world history. Most current interp...
10: ...sidered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as people...
16: ...he proper form of government have roots in this European Enlightenment and were a source for ideas reg... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
6: *[[1760]] - [[King George III]] crowned
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
15: *[[1767]] - [[Townshend Acts]]
19: *[[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]] - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: The '''Boston Tea Party''' was a political protest by [[Boston, Massachusetts]] residents agains...
3: ...as Indians, boarding ships in Boston Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard on [[December 18]], [...
5: ...y [[John Adams]] and eventually the charges were dropped, though he later faced several hundred more i...
7: ...ts, huge stocks of tea in its warehouses, and no prospect of selling it because smugglers such as Hanc...
9: ...ons were made to forcibly land the tea under the protection afforded by British armed vessels. - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
3: ...ew York]], which would have given the British control of the [[Hudson River]] and split the [[Thirteen...
6: ... married Margaret Mansfield on [[February 22]], [[1767]]. They had three sons; Margaret died [[June 19]]...
9: ...n)|Committee of Safety]] to capture [[Fort Ticonderoga]] on [[Lake Champlain]]. They appointed him a [...
10: ...held it and who were not aware that a war was in progress. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
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2: ... Society]] and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the fi...
4: ...theter]], the [[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [...
11: In around [[1677]], Josiah married a one Anne Child at E...
21: ...e became an [[apprenticeship|apprentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New Engl... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
16: metro pop = |
25: ...hington Metropolitan Area|Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area]], 28 miles east of [[Washington D.C....
26: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
28: ...[Francis Nicholson]] moved the [[capital]] of the royal [[colony]] there, that the town received the n...
34: ...tate house housed the workings of the government from [[November 26]] [[1783]] to [[August 13]] [[1784... - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
3: ...ducation. On her mother's side she was descended from the Quincys, a family of great prestige in the [...
48: ...ams is remembered today for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he served his country in [...
50: ...tic post in [[Paris]]. After 1785, she filled the role of wife of the first United States Minister to ...
52: ...drawing on her experience of courts and society abroad. After 1791, poor health forced her to spend as... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[...
18: *[[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] ([[Germany]], [[1912]] – [[1954]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &n...
23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]])
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