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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[November 6]], [[1796]]. A cousin to [[Gustav III of Sweden]] and [[C...
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... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
10: ...e'' (1743); with two colleagues he produced a translation of James's ''Dictionary of Medicine'' (1746&...
23: ...derot with a project for the publication of a translation into French of [[Ephraim Chambers]]'s ''[[Cy...
31: ...wrote several hundred articles, some of them very slight, but many of them most laborious, comprehensi...
38: ...n Wolfgang von Goethe]], who thought it worth translating, as "a magnificent work, which speaks even m...
40: ...e [[philologist]] [[Jakob Grimm]]. Grimm wrote newsletters to various high personages in Germany, repo... - 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...
51: ...them there, Washington's forces moved to [[Rhode Island]], where he commanded military operations unti...
62: ...rt convinced many, including the [[Virginia]] legislature, to support the [[U.S. Constitution|Constitu... - 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...
48: ... had been authorized to execute the duties previously assigned to Laurens, and secured the recognition...
57: In [[1796]], after Washington refused to seek another term,...
138: * [[U.S. presidential election, 1796]] - 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 ...
37: ...ng second place in the presidential election of [[1796]].
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... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
24: ...enator]]. As Minister to [[France]] in [[1794]]-[[1796]], he displayed strong sympathies for the French ...
34: ...e state with [[Maine]], a free state, and barring slavery north and west of Missouri forever.
112: ...es Cotesworth Pinckney]] | years=[[1794]]–[[1796]]}} - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
24: ...ands]] in [[1794]], Minister to [[Portugal]] in [[1796]] and Minister to [[Prussia]] in [[1797]]. While ...
32: ...on]] remained the only American president unanimously chosen by the [[U.S. Electoral College|electoral...
80: ...nish ship where they were being held as illegal [[slave]]s, should not be returned to [[Spain]], but r... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
27: ...e common schools and at Kinderhook Academy. In [[1796]] he began the study of [[law]], completing his p...
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... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...aribs were eventually deported to [[Roatan]], an island off the coast of [[Honduras]].
61: ... 1860s. Conditions remained harsh for both former slaves and immigrant agricultural workers, as depres...
63: ... Crown Colony government installed in 1877, a legislative council created in 1925, and universal adult...
65: ...d the Grenadines became the last of the Windward Islands to gain independence.
67: ...ausing extensive damage to the west coast of the island. - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 1]], [[1796]] |
43: ...cal meeting)|constitutional convention]] met in [[1796]] to organize a new state out of the [[Southwest ...
50: ...e adopted a new [[constitution]] that abolished [[slavery]] ([[February 22]], [[1865]]), ratified the ...
66: The General Assembly (the state's legislature) consists of the 33-member Senate and the 99...
70: ...earlier constitutions. The first was adopted in [[1796]], the year Tennessee joined the union, and the s... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
47: *[[Adolphe Quetelet|Quetelet, Adolphe]], (1796-1874), Belgian astronomer
84: *[[Vidkun Quisling|Quisling, Vidkun]], (1887-1945), Norwegian Nazi sympath... - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
29: *[[Stanislaw Ulam|Ulam, Stanislaw]], [[Poland|Pole]]
30: *[[Stanislaw Marcin Ulam|Ulam, Stanislaw Marcin]], (USA, 1909-1984), [[Poland|Pole]]
112: *[[Johan Peter Uz|Uz, Johann Peter]] (1720-1796), German author - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
43: *[[Abraham Yates|Yates, Abraham]], (1724-1796), U.S. lawyer, Continental Congressman for New Yo...
178: ...Young, Simon]], (fl. mid 19th century), Pitcairn Isl. politician
207: ...[Tohir Yuldashev|Yuldashev, Tohir]], leader of [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]] [[terrorist]] group - List of painters (54090 bytes)
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
125: *[[Zdzislaw Beksinski]] ([[1929]]-)
131: *[[George Wesley Bellows]] ([[1882]]-[[1925]])
245: *[[George Catlin]] ([[1796]]-[[1872]])
285: *[[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]] ([[1796]]-[[1875]]) - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
6: *[[1790]] - [[Rhode Island]] becomes a state
12: *[[1793]] - [[Fugitive Slave Law of 1793|Fugitive Slave Act]] passed
19: *[[1796]] - [[Tennessee]], formerly part of North Carolin...
20: *[[1796]] - [[Pinckney's Treaty]]
21: *[[1796]] - [[Treaty with Tripoli (1796)|Treaty with Tripoli]] - Michigan (29427 bytes)
40: ...ed States two decades later. The population grew slowly until the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 18...
60: ... U.S. did not take control of the territory until 1796.
61: *[[1796]] Detroit and other posts in Michigan were turned...
68: ...ritorial Governor and Judges to a nine-member Legislative Council, appointed by the U.S. President who...
71: ...h state), it was admitted concurrently with the [[slave]] state of [[Arkansas]]. - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
45: ...ars)|Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian campaign]] in [[1796]] and 1797 successfully knocked Piedmont out of t...
53: ...ian forces in Italy were commanded by the notoriously ruthless and militarily successful [[Alexander S...
70: ...dy all but abandoned plans to invade the British Isles, and turned his attention to enemies on the Con...
72: ... in particular the seizure of colonial bases and islands throughout the wars, would directly and immed...
107: Austria, previously an ally of the French, took the opportunity to a... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
99: *[[Edward Onslow Ford]] (1852 - 1901)
127: *[[Giuseppe Grisoni]] (1699 - 1796)
271: *[[Claus Sluter]] (14th century) - Photosynthesis (9830 bytes)
10: The glucose is variously used to form other organic compounds, such as th...
50: In [[1796]], [[Jean Senebier]], a French pastor, showed tha... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
13: ... and by his vigilance in the retreat from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture.
14: ...Burr established a thorough patrol system, rigorously enforced [[martial law]], and quickly restored o...
24: ... from [[1784]] to [[1785]], but Burr became seriously involved in politics in [[1789]], when [[George ...
30: ...7, and instead went into the [[New York state legislature]], serving from 1798 through 1801. During [...
36: ...gainst Thomas Jefferson. At the time, [[state legislature]]s elected the electors to the [[U.S. Electo...
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