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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...te !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
85: | [[1772]] — [[1779]]
215: * http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/statecap/cap01.htm - 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
67: *[[James Cook]], (1728-1779), explored the [[Pacific]], discovering or mappin... - 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... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
5: ...nged conventions regarding [[novel]]s and their structure and content, while also examining [[philosop...
27: ...rs were to Diderot years not merely of incessant drudgery, but of harassing persecution, and of injury...
29: ...that the dangerous ideas they held were now made truly formidable by their open publication. In 1759 t...
31: ... fearing the displeasure of the government, had struck out from the proof sheets, after they had left ...
36: ...very field of intellectual interest with new and fruitful ideas. He wrote sentimental plays, ''Le Fils... - 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: ...itions and drilled during the spring under the [[Prussia|German]] [[Baron Friedrich von Steuben]], ste... - 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...
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.
54: ...ll.jpg|thumb|right|John Adams portrait by [[John Trumbull]].]] - 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...
141: ...us Freedom]]'', which he had first submitted in [[1779]], and was one of only three accomplishments he p...
147: ...clergy unresponsive to the people and leads to corruption within religion. Erecting the 'wall of separ... - 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]]. - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
9: ...Mikhail Lomonosov]], regarded as the founder of [[Russia]]n science, was one of the first to undertake...
11: ...monosov's ideas were mostly speculative, but in [[1779]] the [[France|French]] naturalist the [[Georges-...
17: Other naturalists used this idea to construct a history of the Earth, though their timelines ...
43: ...inwater, snow, and [[groundwater]]. [[Robert J. Strutt]] of Imperial College, London, found traces of ...
45: Strutt's work created controversy in the scientific co... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...ntil 1796, when General Sir [[Ralph Abercromby]] crushed a revolt fomented by the French radical Victo...
67: ...conomy deteriorated. In April 1979, La Soufriere erupted again. Although no one was killed, thousands ...
91: ...as been stimulated by strong activity in the construction sector and an improvement in tourism. There ... - Flag of New Jersey (1068 bytes)
2: ...tinental generals and their aides. Then, on [[February 28]], [[1780]], the Continental War Officers i... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
36: ...e [[United States]] that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]] and is generally...
48: ...d as the first Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779, and again from 1784 to 1786. On [[June 12]], [[1...
52: ...]], [[1870]], after a period of post-war military rule.
54: ...since [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]] when he was elected Governor of Virginia.
59: ...d [[Native American]]s could not vote. Later the rules for voting changed, making it necessary for me... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
53: * [[Rubber]] in [[Mesoamerica]]
74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
76: * [[132]]: Rudimentary [[Seismometer]]: [[Zhang Heng]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
48: *[[Washington Allston]] ([[1779]]-[[1843]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
210: *[[Rush Brown]] ([[1948]]-)
211: *[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] ([[1568]]-[[1625]]) - 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...
35: * In [[1779]], the Fourth falls on a Sunday. Starting a long ... - African Buffalo (2744 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''''Syncerus'''''}}
13: ... author = [[Anders Sparrman|Sparrman]] | date = [[1779]]}}
15: ...'African Buffalo''' or '''Cape Buffalo''' (''Syncerus caffer'') is a bovid from the family of the [[Bo... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
17: *[[J?Jakob Berzelius]], (1779-1848), Swedish ''chemist''
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 - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: '''Aaron Burr, Jr.''' ([[February 6]], [[1756]]–[[September 14]], [[1836]]...
13: ... Washington's staff, but the general never quite trusted Major Burr. However, [[Israel Putnam]] took ...
14: ...estored order. He resigned from the army in March 1779 on account of ill health, renewing his study of l...
36: ...the [[U.S. Electoral College]], and New York was crucial to Jefferson. Though Jefferson did win New Y...
40: ... Jefferson as he had promised would cost him the trust of his own party and of Jefferson: for the res... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ... and winning battles, but he gradually became disgruntled beginning with his not receiving what he fel...
6: ... the Crown. He married Margaret Mansfield on [[February 22]], [[1767]]. They had three sons; Margaret ...
17: ...gadier general]] and in [[1776]] oversaw the construction of America's first gunships on [[Lake Champl...
21: ...olution)|Loyalist]] sympathies. On [[April 9]], [[1779]] he married 18 year-old Peggy, by whom he would ...
25: ...ancial dealings in Philadelphia were even more corrupt than his detractors had suspected. <!-- source:... - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
5: ...n [[Massachusetts]] rewrote its constitution in [[1779]], the towns of Western Massachusetts and modern-...
15: ...Massachusetts]], where they were defeated on [[February 3]], 1787. Shays and many of the leaders escap...
19: .... In addition many states moved their capitals to rural regions, where state governments would be bett...
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