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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
32: ...[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
39: *[[James Bruce]]
40: *[[William S. Bruce]], (1867-1921) Scottish explorer of Antarctica
41: *[[Cornelis de Bruijn]], (1652-1727), Dutch traveler and artist
77: *[[Simon Dezhnev|Semyon Dezhnev]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed throug... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...tria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[Habsburg Empire]] from [[1740]]-[[178...
4: ...tedly one of the most powerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
12: ...). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [[King o...
14: ...). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [[King o...
15: ...ng issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1765; [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduke of Austria]], [[King of H... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
10: | date of birth=[[February 22]], [[1732]]
19: '''George Washington''', ([[February 22]], [[1732]] – [[December 14]], [[1799...
24: ... - as this paragraph says--> ([[old style]])/[[February 22]], [[1732]] ([[new style]]). His birthday i...
26: ...eemasonry|Freemason]] in Fredericksburg on [[4 February]] [[1752]]. On Lawrence's death in July [[1752...
31: ... Virginia, but the French declined to leave. In [[1754]], Washington, now commissioned a [[lieutenant co... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ...ard College]] and received a business degree in [[1754]], when he was 17. Upon graduation, he worked for...
19: ...llion, he later became a public critic of British rule. On [[March 5]], [[1774]], the fourth anniversa... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...veral territorial water boundaries with Canada, [[Russia]] and [[The Bahamas]]. It is otherwise bounde...
9: ...([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One")<br>''[[In God We Trust]]'' ([[1956]]–present) |
52: ...nce|Declaration of Independence]]. However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed ...
58: ...ior to all these was the [[Albany Congress]] in [[1754]], in which a union was first seriously proposed.
80: ...tiebreaking vote. These two posts are elected, as running mates, by the people via the [[U.S. Electora... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument making in [[London]] before returning to [[Gl... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...can]] name for the decisive nine-year conflict ([[1754]]-[[1763]]) in [[North America]] between [[Great ...
17: ...e signing of the [[1763 Treaty of Paris]] on [[February 10]], [[1763]]. France agreed to cede Canada t...
27: *[[Battle of Jumonville Glen]] ([[May 28]], [[1754]])
28: ...ka the [[Battle of Great Meadows]] ([[July 3]], [[1754]])
43: ...25]], [[1758]] with the British occupation of the ruins of [[Fort Duquesne]]) - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...ate)|Hanover]] against [[France]], [[Austria]], [[Russia]], [[Sweden]], and [[Saxony]]. [[Spain]] and ...
5: ... [[2nd Carnatic War]] while the fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the [[Silesian Wars|3rd...
8: ...]]. During that conflict, King [[Frederick II of Prussia]] had gained the rich province of [[Silesia]]...
10: ... continental Europe and thus allowed Britannia to rule the seas, as well as exert some influence on ma...
12: ... army had undergone an overhaul according to the Prussian system. Maria Theresa, whose knowledge of mi... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
210: *[[Rush Brown]] ([[1948]]-)
211: *[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] ([[1568]]-[[1625]])
212: *[[Jan Brueghel the Younger]] ([[1601]]-[[1678]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...hat, interpretations vary. At one end of the spectrum is the view that the American Revolution was not...
62: ...ge the American colonies to unite against British rule.]]
66: ...s]]), the [[Canada|Canadian]] provinces of [[New Brunswick]] and [[Ontario]], and [[Freetown]], [[Sier...
80: ...lution did not produce the kind of epoch-breaking rupture with past customs and institutions as the [[... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
4: ...ity]]). He was the first to realise that the spectrum of [[color|colour]]s observed when [[white]] [[l...
27: ...finite Series''), and later in ''De methodis serierum et fluxionum'' (''On the Methods of Series and F...
36: ...lescope]]s, he was able to produce a superior instrument to the refracting telescope, due primarily to...
40: He once said, in a letter to Hooke dated [[5 February]] [[1676]]:
46: ... reason of it being then unknown; which makes me trust the more to his experiment, though I have not t... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
44: In [[1754]], France and [[Great Britain]] fought a war know...
50: ...ents by the time it would become a state. On [[February 19]], [[1803]], [[Thomas Jefferson|President J...
72: ...f, but the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau features rugged hills and forests.
74: The rugged southeastern quadrant of Ohio, stretching in ...
78: ...'s in the west central part of the state was constructed as a supply of water for canals in the canal-... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...olitics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
25: The first truly successful English colony was established in [[...
29: ...icated that the entire region was, at the time, struck by the most severe [[drought]] in centuries. [[...
35: ... contrast with the highly developed social infrastructure of colonial New England.
58: ...ropean power of the day. Thus, in the political structure of Puritan society could be seen both the de... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
13: ...5]]), Ann ([[January 5]], [[1687]]), Joseph ([[February 5]], [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[168...
17: ...), Mary ([[September 26]], [[1694]]), James ([[February 4]], [[1697]]), Sarah ([[July 9]], [[1699]]), ...
23: ...ibuted many essays. The Gazette gave Franklin a forum for agitating for a variety of local reforms. H...
27: ...]] partly contributed to the American colonies' struggle to maintain their privileges.
38: .... [[Georg Wilhelm Richmann]] of [[St. Petersburg, Russia]], were spectacularly electrocuted during the... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
10: *[[1801]] - [[Tsar]] [[Paul I of Russia]] is struck with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally t...
16: *[[1889]] - [[Land run]]: [[President of the United States|President]] ...
21: ...ar Dutt]] embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by...
36: *[[2001]] - The [[Russia]]n ''[[Mir]]'' space station is disposed of, ...
45: *[[1754]] - Baron [[Jurij Vega]], [[Slovenes|Slovene]] [[... - Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
8: founded = [[1754]] |
30: ... Kennebec River in Augusta. The fort was built in 1754 and was called ''Fort Western''.
32: ...t of the town called Hallowell in [[1771]]. In February of [[1797]], the upstream area of Hallowell kn... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
33: ...he area in [[1609]]. In [[1614]] the company constructed [[Fort Nassau]], its first trading post near ...
37: In [[1754]], representatives of seven of the British North ...
41: *[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/ny_state_capitol.html PBS report on the Stat...
77: ...rthur]], 21st U.S. president, is buried in Albany Rural Cemetery in [[Menands%2C_New_York|Menands]], n... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
12: ...braham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
22: *[[Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
62: ...igory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - ) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
120: *[[Averroes]] (or ''Ibn Rushd''), (1126-1198){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
158: *[[Bruno Bauer]], (1809-1882){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
231: *[[Rudjer Boscovich]], (1711-1787){{fn|C}}
257: *[[Constantin Brunner]], (1862-1937)
258: *[[Emil Brunner]], (1889-1966){{fn|R}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
38: | [[Akce]], [[Kurus]], [[Lira]]
45: ...be of [[Oghuz Turks]] in western [[Anatolia]] and ruled by the [[Osmanlı]] dynasty. In diplomatic...
55: ...soldiers and arms were sent to support [[Muslim]] rulers in [[Kenya]] and [[Aceh]] and to defend the O...
57: ...sia]], the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]], [[Russia]] and [[Austria-Hungary]]. There was a long s...
60: ...glish, French, Ottomans and others united against Russia.
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