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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ... a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported ...
11: ...le status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Cather...
13: ...courage the modernization of agriculture and industry. Second, she encouraged foreign investment in ec...
19: ...titions of Poland|partitions]] among Russia, [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]] (1772, 1793 and 1795).
21: ...gn. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], which legitimated the Russian cla... - Banksia (1867 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Proteales]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Proteaceae]]}} - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
2: ...f Hancock [[:Image:JohnHancockLarge.jpeg|(full portrait)]]]]
8: Hancock was born in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]] (Now [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]...
13: ...Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading.
15: ...ggling|smuggle]] glass, lead, paper and tea. In [[1768]], upon arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Li...
17: ...istance to British authority and his financial contributions led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Ada... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...Old Style]], [[Julian Calendar]]), 1735 in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]]. His father, a farmer, also na...
24: ...length, 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 authorit...
33: ...our colonists during the [[Boston Massacre]]. The trial resulted in an [[acquittal]] of the officer wh... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
14: ... गरियसि<br />(transliteration: Ja'nani Jan'mabhumis'hcha Swar'gada...
31: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 94th]] <br /> [[1 E11 m2|147,18...
34: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 40th]]<br /> 27,676,457<b...
37: | [[1768]]
46: | ''[[Rastriya Gaan]]'' ("May Glory Crown You, Courageous Sov... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall o...
47: *[[Joseph C. Yates|Yates, Joseph C.]], (1768-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of New York (1823-18...
64: *[[Trisha Yearwood|Yearwood, Trisha]] (born 1964), musician
68: ...egorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...sei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
230: *[[Canaletto]] ([[1697]]-[[1768]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...t revolutionary at all, that it did not radically transform colonial society, but simply replaced a di...
7: ...c, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trends which led to the coming revolution -->
16: ...ilosophy]] and began to replace arguments born of tradition and authority with those based on observat...
18: ===Religious trends===
23: ...e stable and profitable, new economic and land distribution policies were implemented. Colonial resent... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
15: ...span="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
18: ...870,972,220 [[kilometre|km]]<br>19.191 263 93 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
21: | 18.029 [[Tera|T]][[metre|m]]<br>120.515 AU
23: !align="left"| [[Eccentricity (orbit)|Eccentricity]]
71: ...5 km2|8.084×10<sup>9</sup>]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]]<br>(15.849 Earths) - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ... populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and wealth, first...
11: ...and, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the la...
13: ...ada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tan...
19: ...ries of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with [[Amazons|A...
30: ... applied in the account of this voyage. It can be traced back to a series of romances that were very p... - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
2: [[Image:Boston tea party.jpg|thumb|Destruction of tea at the "Boston Tea party".]]
5: ... One of the protesters was [[John Hancock]]. In [[1768]], his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was seized by custom...
11: ...de each ship's first mate attest that they had destroyed only the tea. The whole event was remarkably ...
13: ...nstance, [[Benjamin Franklin]] stated that the destroyed tea must be repaid and offered to repay with ...
18: ...l.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail22.html "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor." 1773. Copy of lit... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...ortant center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [[Renaissance]].
6: ... being [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venet...
8: ...was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner pass]] from Verona in 1178, op...
10: ...itime commercial empire, the Republic acquired control of most of the islands in the [[Aegean Sea|Aege...
12: ... of Venice. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especially) war ho... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...t.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime...
5: ==Introduction==
8: ...ebra]], [[trigonometry]], [[navigation]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command h...
12: ...phy and was responsible for mapping much of the entrance to the [[Saint Lawrence River]] during the si...
14: ...xtent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]]. - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: *[[1788]] - A [[fire]] destroys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves mo...
11: ...] - Journalist [[Henry Morton Stanley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Liv...
14: ...he [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] flight.
17: ...]] - [[World War II]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops liberate [[Mandalay]], [[Burma]]
19: ...e on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180 - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]]) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
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22: </tr> - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]])
82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] – [[1993]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}} - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
3: ...-east [[Australia]]. It stretches over 2000 kilometres in length and can be seen from space.
5: ...rier Reef was [[Captain James Cook]] during his [[1768]] voyage. Cook discovered the reef by running agr...
7: ...Many cities along the Queensland coast offer boat trips to the reef on a daily basis. Several continen...
14: ...dards the Reef is under only light environmental stress compared to all others.
16: ... in the wet tropics and cattle grazing in the dry tropics regions. Both are considered significant fac... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...k service with the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]. In [[1768]] he examined portions of the [[Hudson Bay]] coas...
5: ...17]] [[1771]], [[Chipewyan]] chief [[Matonabbee]] travelling as his guide on his arctic overland journ...
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