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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...ne the Great''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on...
5: ...y 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine's supporter...
11: ...ion, granting the government greater control over rural areas because of the peasant revolt. This proc...
13: ...eat instituted several drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free E...
17: ... creation of a "Northern Accord" between Russia, Prussia, Poland, Sweden, and perhaps Great Britain, t... - Banksia (1867 bytes)
15: ...tive to [[Australia]], growing in the form of [[shrub]]s and [[tree]]s (they are also known as ''Austr... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
15: ...ggling|smuggle]] glass, lead, paper and tea. In [[1768]], upon arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Li...
19: ...llion, he later became a public critic of British rule. On [[March 5]], [[1774]], the fourth anniversa... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...ength, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
31: ...to the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authority...
33: In [[1768]] Adams moved to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]...
46: ...dertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce without their knowledge or concurrence; and ult...
48: ...United States and foreign powers after that of February 1778 with France. - Nepal (22444 bytes)
28: | office vacant since February 1, 2005
37: | [[1768]]
40: | [[Nepalese Rupee]] ([[ISO 4217|NPR]])
58: ... [[563 BC]] and the Emperor [[Ashoka|Aśoka]] ruled over a vast empire including North India and s...
60: ...nasty that ruled until the [[18th century]]. In [[1768]], the Gorkha king, [[Prithvi Narayan Shah]], cap... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
20: *[[Minoru Yamasaki|Yamasaki, Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
37: *[[Yury Yarov|Yarov, Yury]], (born 1942), Russian politician, former deputy prime minister and...
40: *[[Lev Yashin|Yashin, Lev]], ([[1929]]-[[1990]]), Russian football goalkeeper
47: *[[Joseph C. Yates|Yates, Joseph C.]], (1768-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of New York (1823-18...
56: ...igory Yavlinsky|Yavlinsky, Grigory]] (born 1952), Russian economist and politician - 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...
38: ...[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] on [[June 10]], [[1768]]. Angry protests on the street led customs offic...
40: ...sh troops began to arrive in Boston in October of 1768. Tensions continued to mount, culminating in the ...
62: ...ge the American colonies to unite against British rule.]]
66: ...s]]), the [[Canada|Canadian]] provinces of [[New Brunswick]] and [[Ontario]], and [[Freetown]], [[Sier... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
168: ...]] observed it four times in [[1750]], twice in [[1768]], six times in [[1769]], and one last time in [[...
186: ...|| August 27th, 2004 || November 12th, 2004 || February 22nd, 2004
188: ... September 1st, 2005 || November 16th, 2005 || February 25th, 2005 - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ...nd of opportunity and wealth, first with the Gold Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lan...
23: On [[May 3]], [[1535]], Cortés claimed "Santa Cruz Island" (now known as the peninsula of [[Baja Ca...
45: ...l flags to fly over California: that of England, Russia, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of California, a...
55: ...]]. He found good ports with rich pearl beds and fruitful islands, and re-established the city of [[La...
71: ...e threat of invasion by [[Imperial Russia|Tsarist Russia]] in [[1765]], however, that King [[Charles I... - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
2: [[Image:Boston tea party.jpg|thumb|Destruction of tea at the "Boston Tea party".]]
5: ... One of the protesters was [[John Hancock]]. In [[1768]], his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was seized by custom...
18: ....tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail22.html "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor." 1773. Copy of lith... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...major sea power and a [[staging area]] for the [[Crusade]]s, as well as a very important center of com...
8: ...ere laid: the [[Venetian Arsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Bre...
10: ...ands in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]], including [[Cyprus]] and [[Crete]], and became a major power-broker...
12: ... became an imperial power following the [[Fourth Crusade]], which (with Venetian aid) seized [[Constan...
14: The Venetian governmental structure was a mix of Byzantine and [[Islam|Islamic]]... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...es Cook''' ([[October 27]], [[1728]] – [[February 14]], [[1779]]) was a [[Kingdom of Great Brita...
14: ...tent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]].
16: ==First voyage ([[1768]]-[[1771]])==
18: ...ever, due to the lack of precise [[scientific instrument]]s, there was no way to accurately measure it...
30: ...forced his men to eat such foods as [[citrus]] [[fruit]]s and [[sauerkraut]]—under punishment of... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: ...in [[New Orleans]] and leaves most of the town in ruins.
8: ...m|British]] and [[France|French]] forces near the ruins of [[Nicopolis]] in [[Egypt]].
31: ...s independent after 75 years of [[South Africa]]n rule.
34: ...l and State [[election]]s are held, returning the ruling coalition [[Barisan Nasional]] to power with ...
40: *[[1768]] - [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier]], [[France|Fr... - 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]])
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]]) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
48: ...ohn Quincy Adams]] (1767-1848), Susanna Boylston (1768-70), Charles (1770-1800), Thomas Boylston (1772-1... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
23: ...Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557]...
69: *[[Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky]] ([[Russia]], [[1883]] – [[1953]])
75: *[[Biruni]] ([[Persia]] [[973]] - [[1048]])
85: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]],... - 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}} - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
5: ... his [[1768]] voyage. Cook discovered the reef by running aground on it June 11 1770.
16: ...ality has declined owing to sediment and chemical runoff from farming, and to loss of coastal wetlands...
22: ... water quality such as excess nutrients from farm runoff. About 1/3 of the entire system has been affe... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...k service with the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]. In [[1768]] he examined portions of the [[Hudson Bay]] coas...
5: ...esertion of his Indians; his second (from [[23 February]] [[1770]]) through the breaking of his quadra...
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