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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... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
7: ...toinette's mother, the Empress Maria-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before A...
22: ...'s personal wedding gift to her. It was a fan, encrusted with diamonds.
25: ...mpotent]], but this was not the case. Nor was it true that he suffered from [[phimosis]]. Rather, it s...
34: ...Comte Mercy d'Argenteau, who reported with great frustration that she was doing nothing to further [[A...
36: ... [[Louis XV]] died of [[smallpox]]. The courtiers rushed over to Marie-Antoinette's apartments to swea... - 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...
49: ...k at the [[Battle of Monmouth]] on [[June 28]], [[1778]]. - 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...
35: ...f the [[Continental Congress]] from [[1774]] to [[1778]]. In June [[1775]], with a view to promoting the...
44: In [[1778]], Adams sailed for [[France]] to supersede [[Sil...
46: ...dertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce without their knowledge or concurrence; and ult... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
23: ...;[[August 17]], [[1757]]) and Jane Randolph ([[February 20]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), ...
39: ...dential election, 1800]]. It was resolved on [[February 17]], [[1801]] when Jefferson was elected Pres...
123: ...erect and sinewy. He had angular features, a very ruddy complexion, sandy hair and hazel-flecked, grey...
147: ...clergy unresponsive to the people and leads to corruption within religion. Erecting the 'wall of separ...
175: ...slaves in Virginia, but he was unsuccessful. In [[1778]], the legislature passed a bill he proposed to b... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ... Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]–[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a p...
27: ...re he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron ...
39: In February [[1821]] he was elected to the [[United States...
43: ...rt, but voted for the measure in obedience to instructions from the New York [[State legislature|legis...
45: ...by an examination of his senatorial career. In February [[1827]], he was re-elected to the Senate by a... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...]] and study of the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the proce...
3: ...hosphere]], which includes the [[Crust (geology)|crust]], is fragmented into [[tectonic plates]] that ...
7: ...etween earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
38: ...rock. There are a number of different types of intrusions, including stocks, [[laccolith]]s, [[batholi...
40: ... whether the fault is a [[normal fault]] or a [[thrust fault]]. - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
70: ...tary [[coup d'鴡t]], executed his uncle, and has ruled since 1979.
87: ...erioration of the rural economy under successive brutal regimes has diminished any potential for agric...
91: ...has denied any wrongdoing. While Riggs Bank in February 2005 paid $9 million as restitution for its ba...
113: ...tories were united administratively under Spanish rule. Between 1926 and 1959 they were united as the ... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
54: ... Hawaii are presently active. The last volcanic eruption outside the Island of Hawaii happened at [[H...
64: ...ear isolation. Local chiefs called [[alii|alii]] ruled their settlements and fought to extend their s...
66: ...awaii was visited by foreigners well before the [[1778]] arrival of [[United Kingdom|British]] [[explora...
71: ...|Lili'uokalani]], succeeded him to the throne and ruled until her dethronement in [[1893]], a [[coup d...
81: ... Hawaii quickly became a modern state with a construction boom and rapidly growing economy. The [[Haw... - Washington (20186 bytes)
47: ...'. They claimed all the coastal lands up to the [[Russia]]n possessions in the north for [[Spain]].
49: In [[1778]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] explorer ...
65: ... era a series of [[hydroelectric dam]]s were constructed along the Columbia river as part of a project...
67: ...d in [[1943]] and played a major role in the construction of the nation's [[atomic bomb]]s.
69: ...ing a large part of the top of the volcano. This eruption flattened the forests for many kilometers, k... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been known for its [[Liberal...
46: ...[tree-line|timberline]], form a north-south spine running the most of the length of the state, slightl...
50: ...rs. The northern part of the state, including the rural northeastern section (dubbed the "[[Northeast ...
66: In [[1731]], the French arrived. Here they constructed a small temporary wooden stockade (Fort de Pi...
68: ...tlement was established in [[1724]] with the construction of [[Fort Dummer]] in Vermont's far southeas... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
37: ...the [[13 colonies]] that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]]. The state is na...
42: ...overnment on March 15, 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina became the first state to ratify...
44: ... firing the first shots of the war, though Edmund Ruffin is usually credited with firing the first sho...
121: ...iet. '''Against the Tide: One Woman's Political Struggle'''. University of South Carolina Press, 1998... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[February 14]], [[1859]] |
43: ...roper use of their [[natural resource]]s. They struggle to balance this with the desire to support th...
49: ...z Perce]]. [[James Cook]] explored the coast in [[1778]] in search of the [[Northwest Passage]]. The [[L...
55: ...on]]. The state was admitted to the Union on [[February 14]], [[1859]].
59: ...ial expansion began in earnest following the construction of the [[Bonneville Dam]] in [[1943]] on the... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
16: ...oderate success" Hargreaves' death on April 22nd, 1778. That year [[Samuel Crompton]] invented the [[spi... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787) —...
67: *[[Rudolf Diesel]], (1858-1913), [[Germany]] — [[...
103: * [[William Gruber]] — [[View-master]]
111: *[[James Hargreaves]], (1720-1778)
114: *[[Rudolf Hell]], (1901-2002) - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
13: ... Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles...
21: ...inant power, but found itself mired in debt and struggling to finance the Navy and Army necessary to w...
25: ...anize itself as a [[federal government]], and instructed the colonies to write constitutions for thems...
31: ... York City, where the British occupied the city, brushing aside Washington's feeble efforts of defence...
41: ...gations incurred during the war, or to become a forum for productive cooperation among the States enco... - 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... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
29: ...ence from the Continental Congress, as opposed to rumors in the street about secret votes.
34: ...ton]] marked the Fourth with a double ration of [[rum]] for his soldiers and an artillery salute. Acro... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
61: *[[Alexander Naumovich Frumkin]], (1895-1976), electrochemist
138: *[[Rudolph Pariser]], (born 1923), [[theoretical chemis...
161: *[[Leopold Ruzicka]], (1887-1976), [[1939]] [[Nobel Prize in Ch...
196: ...iley]], (1844-1930), US [[chemist]], Pure food & drug advocate
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