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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
17: ...badie|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
71: ...Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
73: *[[James Abercrombie|Abercrombie, James]], (1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
9: *[[ɴienne Aignan|Aignan, ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright...
15: *[[Lucy Aikin|Aikin, Lucy]], (1781-1864), English writer
16: *[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
22: ...|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist
24: ...eorge Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - 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...
17: ...uld not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in [[1781]] was dismissed.
19: ...titions of Poland|partitions]] among Russia, [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]] (1772, 1793 and 1795). - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...ber]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis ...
4: ...r) of the Austrian empress, [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emp...
7: ...ther, the Empress Maria-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's b...
15: ...that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabri...
19: ... a Thanksgiving Mass was held in her honour. The streets of the city where covered in flowers, which M... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...alled '''[[Father of the Nation|Father of his Country]]'''<sup>[[#Notes|1]]</sup>, was an [[United Sta...
26: ...[[Chotank]] in King George County. As a youth, he trained as a [[surveyor]] (obtaining his certificate...
29: ... 1772.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Ch...
31: ...irginia Regiment, led a mission into the Ohio Country. He ambushed a [[French Canadian]] scouting part...
33: ...nd showed coolness under fire in organizing the retreat. In Virginia, Washington was acclaimed as a he... - 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.
17: ...istance to British authority and his financial contributions led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Ada...
19: ...ary of the [[Boston Massacre]], he gave a speech strongly condemning the British. In the same year, he... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ... in [[1962]], saying, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge...
25: ... of Independence]], and a source of many other contributions to American political and civil culture. ...
32: ...n Virginia, to say nothing of the rest of the country.
35: ... agricultural nation of [[yeoman]] farmers, in contrast to the vision of [[Alexander Hamilton]], who e...
41: Jefferson's portrait appears on the U.S. [[United States Two dollar... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...fty [[U.S. state|states]] located primarily in central [[North America]]. The United States has land b...
4: {{Infobox Country |
9: ...>([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One")<br>''[[In God We Trust]]'' ([[1956]]–present) |
52: ...ence|Declaration of Independence]]. However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed...
58: ...ion|Constitution]] in [[1789]], forming a more centralized [[federalism|federal]] government. Prior to... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...e [[steam engine]] were a key stage in the [[Industrial Revolution]].
5: ...iety]]. Many of his papers are in [[Birmingham Central Library]].
9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument making in [[London]] before returning to [[G...
15: * [[1781]]: Converted reciprocal engine motion to rotary m...
18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on steam engine. - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
6: ... term "minor planet" (or "planetoid") carries no strong suggestion about the composition of the object...
8: ...rvive passage through [[Earth's atmosphere]] and strike Earth largely intact while the smaller meteoro...
21: ... and on the details of the [[visible spectrum|spectrum]] of sunlight they reflect.
24: ...ilies are much "tighter" and result from the catastrophic break-up of a large parent asteroid sometime...
28: ===Spectral classification=== - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]...
37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]] - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...er the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorktown]]. "The Revolution was effected before ...
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=== - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot Paul Revere.]]
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian Wa...
27: ** [[Administration of Justice Act]] ([[May 20]]),
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]]
43: *[[1781]] - [[Articles of Confederation]] ratified - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...Massachusetts|Concord]], and were turned back. Retreating to Boston, the British soldiers were subjec...
9: ...in Franklin]], but the style of the document is attributed primarily to [[Thomas Jefferson]]. However...
11: ...ent United States with a great wilderness empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River...
13: ...into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles of Confederation outlined the gove...
21: ...gish political viewpoint, which clashed with the strong [[Tory]] viewpoint of the British leadership. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
13: | [[March 13]], [[1781]]
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]] - January 17 (12233 bytes)
9: ...at British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[Sou...
11: ...he independence of the [[Boer]] colonies of the [[Transvaal]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United States|US]] [[Modoc War]...
19: ...gar]], first appeared in a [[newspaper]] [[comic strip]].
20: ...|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Warsaw]]. - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
2: ..."+1">'''Independence Day'''</font></center></td></tr>
3: <tr><td bgcolor="orange">Observed by:</td>
4: ...color="#ffde80">[[United States|Americans]]</td></tr>
5: <tr><td bgcolor="orange">Also called:</td>
6: <td bgcolor="#ffde80">Fourth of July</tr></td> - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...he popular imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and ampli...
21: ...r-General of the Finances in [[1783]], pursued a strategy of conspicuous spending as a means of convin...
25: ...inced the short-term creditors on whom the French treasury depended to maintain its day to day operati...
33: ... meeting. Although it would appear that the magistrates were not specifically aware of the "forms of ...
53: ...f the military joined the mob; others remained neutral. - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...progress]] and out of a long period of doubtful [[tradition]], full of irrationality, superstition, an...
6: ... proponents attempted to use rationalism to demonstrate the existence of a supreme being. In this peri...
8: ...nment]] and sciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]].
14: ...here God and Nature were one. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jef...
16: ...z’s treatise On Wisdom ". . . identified the central concept of the Enlightenment and sketched its t... - Federal government of the United States (13380 bytes)
1: ...lay at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]].]]
2: ...ederal republic]] of 50 [[U.S. states]], the [[District of Columbia]], and many [[insular area]]s, the...
15: ... and consent for presidential nominations and for treaties;
16: ...use impeachment proceedings and subsequent Senate trials;
29: ...jority]] in both chambers of [[Congress]] for "[[treason]], [[bribery]], or other [[high crimes and m...
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