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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)
189: | [[1785]] — [[1790]], [[1904]] — [[1906]] (wi...
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
77: *[[Simon Dezhnev|Semyon Dezhnev]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed throug... - 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: ...ich were more manageable for the government. In [[1785]] Catherine issued a charter that: allowed the ge...
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... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
5: ...relative in [[Oxford]] then [[Southampton]]. In [[1785]]-[[1786]], she was educated at the Reading Ladie... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
19: ...llion, he later became a public critic of British rule. On [[March 5]], [[1774]], the fourth anniversa...
27: From [[1780]]–[[1785]], he was [[governor of Massachusetts]]. Hancock'...
36: ... in Congress assembled]], from [[November 23]], [[1785]] to [[June 6]], [[1786]]. He was preceded in th...
57: ...er=[[Nathaniel Gorham]]| years=[[November 23]], [[1785]] – [[May 29]], [[1786]]}}
58: ...)''| after=[[Thomas Cushing]]| years=1780 – 1785}} - 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.
50: In [[1785]] John Adams was appointed the first American min... - 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...
161: ..." (''Notes on the State of Virginia'', [[1781]]-[[1785]] Query 18). Though not religious himself, he vie... - 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.
20: ...often viewed as the first modern geologist. In [[1785]] he presented a paper entitled ''Theory of the E...
38: ...rock. There are a number of different types of intrusions, including stocks, [[laccolith]]s, [[batholi... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
36: ...e [[United States]] that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]] and is generally...
52: ...]], [[1870]], after a period of post-war military rule.
54: ...since [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]] when he was elected Governor of Virginia.
57: ...stone was laid by Governor [[Patrick Henry]] in [[1785]].
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
68: *[[John James Audubon]] ([[1785]]-[[1851]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
210: *[[Rush Brown]] ([[1948]]-)
211: *[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] ([[1568]]-[[1625]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787) —...
67: *[[Rudolf Diesel]], (1858-1913), [[Germany]] — [[...
68: *[[Karl Drais]], (1785-1851), [[Germany]] — [[bicycle]] ([[Draisin...
103: * [[William Gruber]] — [[View-master]]
114: *[[Rudolf Hell]], (1901-2002) - 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...
77: *[[Northwest Indian War]] ([[1785]]-[[1795]])
80: ...lution did not produce the kind of epoch-breaking rupture with past customs and institutions as the [[... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
47: *[[1785]] - [[Treaty of Hopewell]] - 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 ...
24: ...he [[New_York_State_Assembly]] from [[1784]] to [[1785]], but Burr became seriously involved in politics...
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... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
22: ...g a crossing of the English Channel on January 7, 1785, by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries. Bal... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
15: ...was developing steam engines. In [[1707]] he constructed a paddle-powered boat, but whether it was ful...
21: ...lliam Henry, had made a model paddle steamer in [[1785]], and subsequently developed propulsion by float...
37: ...in operation on the inland [[Loch Lomond]], a forerunner of the lake steamers that still grace the [[S...
40: ...] in the world. This ship sails a full season of cruises every year from places around [[United Kingdo...
49: ...east coast of the [[United States]] began on [[February 28]], [[1849]] with the arrival of the [[SS C... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
27: *Jan 11, 1785- Nov. 4, 1785 [[New York, New York]]
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786 - 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...
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