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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...
5: ... and [[Johanna Elisabeth von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | Elizabeth of Holstein]]. In [[1744]], Tsarin...
21: ...mpire as a result of her first war with it. The Ottomans started a [[Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792|sec...
25: ...em not faced by the anchored Swedish ships. At battle's end, the Russians had lost 50 to 60 ships and... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
7: ...m he was constant for the rest of her life. His letters to her are among the most graphic of all the p...
14: ...ism to the concept of [[God]]. What makes the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' interesting is its presentat...
16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy for the author...
23: ...he Englishman [[John Mills]], and the German, [[Gottfried Sellius]]. Diderot accepted the proposal, bu...
25: ... volume was given to the world. The last of the letterpress was issued in 1765, but it was 1772 before... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...lf-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack of [[smallpox]], although his face was scarred...
31: ...rench, which Washington could not read.) The "[[Battle of Jumonville Glen|Jumonville affair]]" became ...
33: ...[[Braddock Expedition#Battle of the Monongahela|Battle of the Monongahela]]. Washington distinguished ...
41: ... Army]] on [[June 15]], [[1775]]. The [[Massachusetts]] delegate [[John Adams]] suggested his appointm...
43: ...ving most of his forces. However, several other battles in the area sent Washington scrambling across ... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...rated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boyl...
24: ...[[James Otis]] in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the legality of [[Writs of Assistance]]. O...
26: ...gregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[176... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
23: ...]] for several generations. He attended and then attempted to institute many reforms at the [[College ...
25: ...herman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prep...
27: ...e definitive book on the original buildings, or [http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/grizzard Academic...
29: [[Image:Jefferson1web.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Letter to Col. Skipwith, concerning millet seed]] - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: ...chool of Campelltown Academy in Viginia and then attended the [[College of William and Mary]], fought ...
24: ...enator]]. As Minister to [[France]] in [[1794]]-[[1796]], he displayed strong sympathies for the French ...
34: ...avery in [[Missouri]] precipitated two years of bitter debate in Congress. The [[Missouri Compromise]]...
68: ...n="left"|[[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]]||align="left"|'''[[Richard Rush]]'...
91: == States Admitted to the Union == - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
24: ...ands]] in [[1794]], Minister to [[Portugal]] in [[1796]] and Minister to [[Prussia]] in [[1797]]. While ...
26: He was elected to the [[Massachusetts]] State Senate in [[1802]], and was an unsuccess...
37: ...ew Jackson|Jackson]], who defeated Adams in the latter's quest for re-election, was sworn in to replac... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
27: ... fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was admitted to the bar and continued in active and successf...
29: ...George Clinton]] (and later of his nephew, [[De Witt Clinton]]), [[Robert R. Livingston]] and Aaron Bu...
33: ...812]]-[[1820]]). In [[1815]] he became the state attorney-general, an office which he held, still as a...
35: ... originate the system, but won the nickname of "Little Magician" for the skill with which he exploited...
43: ...anama Congress. As chairman of the judiciary committee, he brought forward a number of measures for th... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
14: ...al-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Pax et justitia<br>([[Latin]]: Peace and just...
59: ... the British and the black Caribs continued until 1796, when General Sir [[Ralph Abercromby]] crushed a ...
61: ...the resulting labor shortages on the plantations attracted Portuguese immigrants in the 1840s and east...
65: ...is period, the British made several unsuccessful attempts to affiliate St. Vincent with other Windward...
83: ... Grenadines is divided into 6 [[parish]]es: Charlotte, Grenadines, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint Ge... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 16<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 1]], [[1796]] |
39: ...on a river of the same name (now known as the [[Little Tennessee River]]).
41: .../www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/faq.htm#01][http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/tennessee...
43: ...cal meeting)|constitutional convention]] met in [[1796]] to organize a new state out of the [[Southwest ... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
47: *[[Adolphe Quetelet|Quetelet, Adolphe]], (1796-1874), Belgian astronomer - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
26: *[[Charlotte Uhlenbroek|Uhlenbroek, Charlotte]], (born 1968), British zoolologist and televisi...
53: ...Undset, Sigrid]], (1882-1949), ''Kristin Lavransdatter''
54: *[[Giuseppe Ungaretti|Ungaretti, Giuseppe]], Italian poet
56: ...lexander von Ungern-Sternberg|Ungern-Sternberg, Mattias Alexander von]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[field ma...
87: *[[Roy Urquhart|Urquhart, Robert Elliott "Roy"]] (1901-1988) - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
43: *[[Abraham Yates|Yates, Abraham]], (1724-1796), U.S. lawyer, Continental Congressman for New Yo...
125: *[[Charlotte Mary Yonge|Yonge, Charlotte M]], ([[1823]]-[[1901]]), British novelist
157: *[[Francis Brett Young|Young, Francis Brett]], (1884-1954), British novelist
162: *[[James Young|Young, James]], (1811?1883), Scottish chemist
166: *[[John W. Young|Young, John Watts]], (b. 1930), US astronaut - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]]) - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
11: *[[1793]] - [[Eli Whitney]] invents [[cotton gin]]
15: *[[1794]] - [[Battle of Fallen Timbers]]
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)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 26<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 26]], [[1837]] |
40: ...Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of settlers.
46: ...United States]] and much of the world, for that matter.
56: ...ault Ste. Marie, Michigan]], the first European settlement in Michigan - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
5: ...vember]] [[1815]], following Napoleon's final [[Battle of Waterloo|defeat at Waterloo]] and the [[Trea...
13: ...ary than that of previous monarchs (or for that matter the [[Jacobin]] and Directory regimes of France...
20: ...ry units as opposed to the previous tradition of attaching artillery pieces in support of other troop ...
28: ... ever have more than 100,000 under arms were the Ottoman Empire, Italy, Naples and Poland (not includi...
32: ...balloon to survey Allied positions before the [[Battle of Fleurus]], on [[June 26]], [[1794]]. There w... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
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34: *[[Karl Bitter]] (1867 - 1915)
44: *[[Rembrandt Bugatti]] (1884 - 1916)
58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]]
98: *[[Giovan Battista Foggini]] - Photosynthesis (9830 bytes)
44: ...m the water, the only substance he added to the potted plant. This was a partially accurate hypothesis...
48: ...lant that could cause it to rescue a mouse in a matter of hours.
50: In [[1796]], [[Jean Senebier]], a French pastor, showed tha...
82: *[http://www.biochemweb.org/metabolism.shtml Metabolism... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...ith [[Alexander Hamilton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
13: ...n arriving before the [[Battle of Quebec (1775)|Battle of Quebec]], he disguised himself as a [[Roman ...
14: ... led a British assault in [[1780]]. Burr was admitted to the bar at [[Albany, New York|Albany]] in [[...
24: ...d him [[List of New York State Attorneys General|Attorney General of New York]]. He was commissioner o...
38: ... Representatives|House of Representatives]]. The attempts of a powerful faction among the Federalists ...
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