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- List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
9: *[[ɴienne Aignan|Aignan, ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, ...
14: *[[Arthur Aikin|Aikin, Arthur]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
16: *[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strate...
24: ...orge Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...at''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novembe...
5: ...nths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by C...
9: ... the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
11: ...e status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catheri...
13: ...ent even further after a failed peasant revolt in 1773 led by [[Yemelyan Pugachev]] threatened Eastern R... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...e:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait 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: - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...tured and sold into [[slavery]] at the age of 7. Around 1760 she was purchased by the Wheatley family ...
5: ...ral]]'' published in [[Aldgate]], [[London]] in [[1773]]. It was published in London because publishers ...
7: ...he harshest critics of her poetry, writing "The heroes of [[the Dunciad]] are to her, as [[Hercules]] ...
9: ...hard work nor artistic ability were to bring her prosperity, and she died in poverty in 1784.
15: ...ous Subjects, Religious and Moral'' Published in 1773 in England - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ...Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasty]], roughly between [[1986 BC]] and [[1633 BC]].
5: ...ally dated to when [[Pharaoh]] [[Mentuhotep II]] from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] defeated the last king ...
6: ...rovided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...ed, there was a smooth transition into the illusturous Twelfth dynasty. The first Pharaoh of the Twelf...
10: ...encies lasted throughout the Twelfth dynasty and provided great stability. - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his signature this way.
8: ...f his uncle's business. Shortly after his return from England, his uncle died and he inherited the for...
10: ... ethically and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and ho...
15: ... lead, paper and tea. In [[1768]], upon arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was impounded...
19: ...ear, he was unanimously elected president of the Provisional Congress of Massachusetts, and presided o... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
27: ...nn Joachim Quantz|Quantz, Johann Joachim]], (1697-1773), composer
47: ...elet|Quetelet, Adolphe]], (1796-1874), Belgian astronomer
56: *[[Carroll Quigley|Quigley, Carroll]], historian
74: ...la, A.B.]], (born c. 1965), cumbia-rap musician, brother of Selena Quintanilla
77: ...Quintillus]], (270-275), [[Roman Empire|Roman Emperor]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
16: *[[Yamagata Hiro]] (born 1964), author
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
23: *[[Yan Chia-kan]] (1905-1993), ROC politician
27: ...nkovic|Yankovic, "Weird Al"]] (born 1959), US [[parody]] musician
31: ...ssociation|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]] - 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]]
19: *[[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]]
21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]] - January 17 (12233 bytes)
7: ...ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[Jacobite]] dynasty.
8: ...ain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
9: ...leton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[South Carolina]].
10: * [[1819]] - [[Simol�r]] proclaims the Republic of [[Colombia]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United States|US]] [[Modoc War]]... - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: The '''Boston Tea Party''' was a political protest by [[Boston, Massachusetts]] residents agains...
3: ...ing chests of tea overboard on [[December 18]], [[1773]]. Created/published: [[1784]]. Artist: [[Daniel ...
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. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
8: *[[Arthur Aikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German invento...
28: *[[Heinrich Caro]], (1834-1910), German chemist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist - James Cook (14770 bytes)
5: ==Introduction==
7: ...n [[North Yorkshire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born to Grac...
8: ... start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...nd]], which brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
14: ...to the Antarctic circle repeatedly and exploring around the [[Great Barrier Reef]]), ability to lead m... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...er)|Alexander Mackenzie]], the first European to cross North America by land north of Mexico, in [[179...
5: ...eutenant]] at the time, but Lewis concealed this from the men and shared the leadership of the expedit...
7: ...d. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did Lewis and Clark feel ...
9: ...e [[Columbia River]], past [[Celilo Falls]] and through what is now [[Portland, Oregon]] until they re...
10: ...e men prepared for the trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting elk and other wildlife. Mostl... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...id to have come to an end following its ejection from Malta by [[Napoleon]]. The '''Sovereign Military...
5: ...e of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soo...
9: ...h located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], ...
15: ... surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the ... - Tea Act (1279 bytes)
1: ...where American colonists threw 342 crates of tea from East India Company ships into the Boston Harbor....
3: * [http://ahp.gatech.edu/tea_act_bp_1773.html The full text of the Tea Act] - Oxygen (9039 bytes)
1: ...r | number=8 | symbol=O | name=oxygen | left=[[nitrogen]] | right=[[fluorine]] | above=- | below=[[sul...
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19: {{Elementbox_electroneg_pauling | 3.44 }} - Platinum (10600 bytes)
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8: | rowspan="3" valign="center" | [[Palladium|Pd]]<br />...
20: ...od|Period]], [[periodic table block|Block]] || [[group 10 element|10 ]], [[period 6 element|6]], [[d-b...
26: ..."2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0" | '''Atomic properties'''
36: |[[Electron configuration]] || <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[xenon|Xe]...
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