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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
9: ...w up a document to reform the code of laws. A legislative commission representing all classes except t...
19: ...] Catherine placed [[Stanislaus II of Poland|Stanislaw Poniatowski]], a former lover, on the [[List of...
23: ...ator in the [[War of the Bavarian Succession]] ([[1778]]-[[1779]]) between Prussia and Austria. In [[178... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
24: ...to eat less, Louis-Auguste replied "Why? I always sleep better when I have a full stomach!"
27: Since they were not sleeping together, Louis and Antoinette remained chi...
59: ...indictive rumours began that Marie-Antoinette was sleeping with her brother-in-law. Illegal presses in...
63: ... marriage was soon consummated and by [[April]] [[1778]], the queen could happily announce that she was ...
66: ...ce of Versailles|Versailles]] 19th [[December]] [[1778]]. She was forced to endure the humiliation of a ... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ... the economic and cultural elite of the [[slavery|slave]]-owning planters of [[Virginia]]. His parents...
43: ...sive there. Washington lost the [[Battle of Long Island]] on [[August 22]] but managed to retreat, sav...
47: ...r 11]] and succeeded in his task. An attempt to dislodge the British, the [[Battle of Germantown]], fa...
49: ...k at the [[Battle of Monmouth]] on [[June 28]], [[1778]].
51: ...them there, Washington's forces moved to [[Rhode Island]], where he commanded military operations unti... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
31: ... their representatives; in August 1765 he anonymously contributed four notable articles to the [[Bosto...
33: ...diers; but two soldiers were found guilty of [[manslaughter]]. These claimed benefit of [[clergy]] and...
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...
48: ... States and foreign powers after that of February 1778 with France. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
18: ...itect]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], [[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[Univer...
25: ...t R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the ...
68: *Abolition of the external [[slave trade]] in [[1808]]
123: ...-one-half inches (189 cm) in height, large-boned, slim, erect and sinewy. He had angular features, a v...
127: ...th to prepare to learn [[Gaelic]] in order to translate [[Ossian]], and sent to [[James Macpherson]] f... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
27: ...re he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron ...
35: ...ution opposing the admission of [[Missouri]] as a slave state. In the same year he was chosen a presid...
43: ...uctions from the New York [[State legislature|legislature]] — an action which was cited against ...
55: ...District of Columbia]] without the consent of the slave states.
59: ... He expressed himself plainly on the questions of slavery and the bank, at the same time voting, perha... - Geology (12007 bytes)
7: ...gy" was first used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict...
12: ...l after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translated into [[Latin]] and the other languages of Eur...
20: ...that the Earth must be much older than had previously been supposed in order to allow enough time for ...
26: ...e) |uniformitarianism]]. This theory states that slow geological processes have occurred throughout t...
48: ... younger layer cannot slip beneath a layer previously deposited. This principle allows sedimentary lay... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
1: ...ludes a number of islands, including the sizable island of [[Bioko]] where the capital, [[Malabo]] (fo...
72: ...egotiating and ratifying treaties and calling legislative elections. Obiang retains his role as comman...
107: ...risco, Elobey Grande, Elobey Chico, and adjacent islets.
113: ...in established a base on the island to combat the slave trade. The mainland portion, Rio Muni, became ...
118: ...rcent of the population, are indigenous to Bioko Island. - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
37: ...archipelago]] of the [[Hawaiian Islands|Hawaiian Islands]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Hawaii constitute...
44: ...d various other measures of the Hawaii State Legislature established official symbols meant to embody...
46: ...al stripes representing the eight major Hawaiian Islands. The constitution declares the [[state motto...
49: ''Main article: [[Hawaiian Islands]]''
51: ...lokai, Lānai, Kahoʻolawe, Maui and the Island of Hawaii. - Washington (20186 bytes)
49: In [[1778]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] explorer ...
78: ...da, and the [[Pacific Rim]]. Puget Sound's many islands are served by one of the largest [[Washington...
89: **[[Bainbridge Island]]
90: **[[Camano Island]]
91: **[[San Juan Islands]] - Vermont (39851 bytes)
46: ...pine running the most of the length of the state, slightly west of its center. In the southwest portio...
62: ...[[Fort Sainte Anne]] on [[Isle La Motte, Vermont|Isle La Motte]] in [[1666]] as part of their [[fortif...
78: ...on]] of [[History of slavery in the United States|slavery]], [[suffrage]] for men who did not own land...
80: ...ories]]. They are ours, or this night Molly Stark sleeps a widow!" With reinforcements from the Vermon...
82: ...in [[1774]], acted as President of Vermont from [[1778]] to [[1789]] and from [[1790]] to [[1791]]. In [... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
42: ...overnment on March 15, 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina became the first state to ratify...
44: ...gan shelling [[Fort Sumter]], which stands on an island in Charleston harbor, thus precipitating the [...
48: ...are elected). The bicameral [[South Carolina Legislature]] consists of the 46-member Senate and the 1...
116: ...tics in Paradise: The Development of Hilton Head Island,'''. University of South Carolina Press, 1995. - Oregon (26551 bytes)
49: ...z Perce]]. [[James Cook]] explored the coast in [[1778]] in search of the [[Northwest Passage]]. The [[L...
53: ...mes K. Polk|James Polk]] ran for President on the slogan "[[Fifty-Four Forty or Fight]]," referring to...
74: In [[1778]], [[Jonathan Carver]] used '''Oregon''' to label...
101: ...Oregon]] serve four-year terms. The [[Oregon Legislature]] consists of a thirty-member Senate and six...
103: ...orts of [[William S. U'Ren]] and his [[Direct Legislation League]]. Under his leadership, the state ov... - 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)
111: *[[James Hargreaves]], (1720-1778)
151: *[[Elijah McCoy]] — son of former slaves, patented many [[lubrication]] devices
173: *[[Slavoljub Eduard Penkala]], (1871-1922), [[Croatia]]...
186: ...]], [[United States|USA]] — automatic bread-slicing machine
206: ...ication]], [[robot]]ics, [[logic gate]]s, the [[Tesla turbine|bladeless turbine]], radio and [[VTOL|V... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
37: ...n of Vermont]], the first in the nation to outlaw slavery
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
7: ...lonies, taking over governmental functions previously exercised by the King and Parliament of Great Br...
9: ...usion of his charges against George III regarding slavery.
13: ... Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles...
45: ...ell as a two house legislature. The national legislature, or Congress, envisioned by the Congress emb...
66: Rhode Island had made no moves to call a ratification conve... - History of California (38344 bytes)
11: ...]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabit...
19: ...President of [[New Spain]]) was told by an Indian slave of the [[Seven Cities of Cibola]] that had str...
23: ...[[May 3]], [[1535]], Cortés claimed "Santa Cruz Island" (now known as the peninsula of [[Baja Califor...
26: {{main|Francisco de Ulloa}}, also [[Island of California]]
28: ...ated the peninsula and sailed as far as [[Cedros Island]]. - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
23: ...]]. After hard debate, the Congress voted unanimously (12-0), but secretly, for independence from the ...
33: ... evening fell, on [[July 4]] in [[Bristol, Rhode Island]]. [[Philadelphia]] celebrated the first anniv...
34: * In [[1778]], General [[George Washington]] marked the Fourt...
36: ...n [[1781]], [[Massachusetts]] was the first [[legislature]] to recognize Independence Day.
45: ...e [[Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest]] in [[Coney Island]], [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], which supp... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
82: *[[Jaroslav Heyrovsk?1890-1967), Czech chemist
182: *[[Miha Tisler]], (born 1926), chemist.
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