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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: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...a, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
5: ...1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
21: *[[Sharon Acker|Acker, Sharon]] (born 1935)[http://imdb.com/name/nm0009943]
31: *[[Dorothea Ackermann|Ackermann, Dorothea]] (born 1752)
34: ...Friedrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Friedrich]] (1787-1843) - 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)
19: ...[1797|97]]). He also served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States Constitution|Con...
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]]. - 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... - 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...
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...
35: ...f a series of committees to study naval matters. From that time onward, Adams championed the establish... - 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... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[James Monroe]]
21: ...Thomas Jefferson]]. In this capacity he became a prominent figure in [[Virginia]] state politics, help...
23: ...ted in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state representation depending ...
25: ...the political thought of [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu]].
27: Madison wrote thirty of the eighty-five essays that comprise ... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[James Monroe]]
22: ...]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in [[1787]], and was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He stud...
24: ...]], the daughter of an American merchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having ...
26: ...having been elected six months early after Adams broke with the Federalist Party.
28: ...14]], and Minister to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] from [[1815]] to [[1817]]. During this time, Adams an... - 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>[[...
37: [[September 17]], [[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[March 4]], [[1789]...
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. - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
2: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
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16: | align=center colspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationSierraLeone.png]]
54: ...e land as a source for [[slave|slaves]], but in [[1787]] [[Freetown]] was established as a city for form...
56: ...l halfway through the [[20th century]], when the process of de-colonisation was commenced. This culmin... - Flag of Delaware (1314 bytes)
1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ...nd. Below the diamond, the date [[December 7]], [[1787]], declares the day on which Delaware became the ...
6: ...was adopted on [[July 24]], [[1913]]. Regiments from Delaware during the [[American Civil War]] flew ... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 7]], [[1787]] |
36: ...ion]]. Ratification occurred on [[December 7]], [[1787]].
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: However, [[C棩lius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]] of Maryland claimed a competing gran... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 12]] [[1787]] |
38: ...ocono Mountains]] and the [[Delaware Water Gap]] provide popular recreational activities.
42: ...es, while others are virtually indistinguishable from non-Amish or Mennonites.
44: ...The term "Dutch" is a misnomer, as none of these groups are of Dutch origin; the German adjective for ...
51: ...e]] (also known as Lenni Lenape), Susquehanna, [[Iroquois]], Eriez, [[Shawnee]] and other [[Native Ame... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 18]], [[1787]] |
39: ...ited by the tribes of the [[Lenape]], the first Europeans to settle the region were the [[Netherlands|...
41: ...|Sir George Carteret]] and [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton|Lord Berkeley of Stratton]]...
43: ...[[George Carteret|Sir George Carteret]], Jersey's Royalist Governor, was gifted a large tract of land ...
45: ...ovinces were united under a royal, rather than a proprietary, governor. - 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]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
19: ...io the Younger|Quaglio, Domenico, the Younger]], (1787-1837), painter
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 painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - 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
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