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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
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
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
15: *[[Lucy Aikin|Aikin, Lucy]], (1781-1864), English writer
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: ...-Bonesana|Beccaria]] and [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine drew up ...
11: ...e status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catheri...
13: Catherine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[P... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ony of Padua, ''Josepha'' in honour of her elder brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna''...
6: ...d Ferdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ... one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
11: ...a]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand of the [[Naple...
15: ...heir was his grandson, Louis-Auguste, and it was proposed that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa ... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...blic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
26: ...nia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack ...
31: ...eventually became the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[Europe]].
33: ...tion]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]].
37: ...n. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[Continental Congress]] a... - 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... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
16: | vicepresident=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|George Cli...
18: ...ulturalist]], [[Horticulture|horticulturist]], [[Property|land owner]], [[architect]], [[Archaeology|a...
23: ...]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virginia]] for sev...
25: ..., [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unani...
27: The [[Library of Congress]] was founded from the sale of his collection (the Library was foun... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...llection of overseas territories and possessions around the world. Each of the 50 states has a high le...
36: established_dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[[...
52: ... However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed in [[1788]] when the states replac...
58: ...n [[1754]], in which a union was first seriously proposed.
60: ...r, [[Abraham Lincoln]] issued the [[Emancipation Proclamation]], mandating the freedom of all slaves i... - 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...
14: ...m, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved [[Watt steam engine]].
15: * [[1781]]: Converted reciprocal engine motion to rotary motion. - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...ard the opposite end. Features as small as 35 m across can be seen.]]
4: ...r-like'' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''asteroeides'', ''aster'' "star" + ''-eidos'' "form, shap...
6: ...t not every minor planet should be called an "asteroid".
8: ...trike Earth largely intact while the smaller meteoroids generally break up high in Earth's atmosphere.
10: ...d up in solar orbits, such as the [[Mariner IV]] probe. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: ...rge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
29: ...r]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [[Bessemer process]]
36: ...63;]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
40: ..., [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - 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]]
40: ...|right|thumb|The extent of America's territorial growth as of 1775.]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...eir line of march, they confronted a much larger group of militia at a bridge in [[Concord, Massachuse...
7: ...d [[Continental Congress]], with representatives from 13 of the [[United_Kingdom|British]] [[colonies]...
9: ...ngth and then submitted to the Congress where numerous changes were made, including the exclusion of h...
11: ...States with a great wilderness empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, and inclu...
13: ...into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles of Confederation outlined the gove... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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13: | [[March 13]], [[1781]]
15: ...pan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
18: ...70,972,220 [[kilometre|km]]<br>19.191 263 93 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
88: !align="left"| Rotation period - 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]]... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
23: ...even that was kept secret to protect the members from British reprisal.
25: ...ip (politics)|whip]] of the independence-minded, wrote his wife [[Abigail Adams|Abigail]] on [[July 3]...
27: ...ns, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore.
29: ...elphians heard the official news of independence from the Continental Congress, as opposed to rumors i...
33: ...e]]s, speeches, [[prayer]]s, [[music]], parades, troop [[review]]s and fireworks. Ships were decked wi... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...]]s overthrew the [[absolute monarchy]] and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] was forced to undergo radica...
8: ... conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of conflict and bloods...
12: * Resentment of royal [[political absolutism|absolutism]].
15: ... both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
17: ...ge and dominance in public life by the ambitious professional classes. - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: ...'' refers to the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
4: ...h of [[socialism]]. It is matched by the high [[baroque]] and classical eras in music, and the [[neo-c...
6: ...losophers such as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing inst...
10: ...t is thought of as a long period). Furthermore, [[Romanticism]] followed the Enlightenment.
14: ...became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jefferson. - Federal government of the United States (13380 bytes)
1: ...he [[Articles of Confederation]] (in force from [[1781]] to [[1788]]). The Constitution is currently on ...
7: ...te is composed of two members from each state as provided by the Constitution. Its current membership ...
9: ...special, or select, committees to study specific problems. Because of an increase in workload, the sta...
11: ...ongressional oversight prevents waste and fraud, protects [[civil liberties]] and individual rights, e...
14: * Formal consultations with and reports from the president;
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