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- List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
9: *[[ɴienne Aignan|Aignan, ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, ...
12: *[[Howard Aiken|Aiken, Howard]], (1900-1973), computing pioneer
14: *[[Arthur Aikin|Aikin, Arthur]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
26: *[[Queen Aiswarya|Aiswarya, Queen]], (died 2001), non-reigning Nepalese q... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...ed a group of troops to the palace in which Peter was residing. He immediately fled to a distant castl...
9: ... the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
13: ...ent even further after a failed peasant revolt in 1773 led by [[Yemelyan Pugachev]] threatened Eastern R...
17: ... succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in [[1781]] was dismissed.
21: ...usso-Turkish War]] during Catherine's reign. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of J... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
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7: ...adame Puisieux and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the rest of her life. His letters t...
14: ...comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any subject that he approached, that in th...
16: ...nes]]. Here he remained for three months; then he was released, to enter upon the gigantic undertaking...
25: ...ast of the letterpress was issued in 1765, but it was 1772 before the subscribers received the final v... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...shed poet, with her first poem published when she was only 13.
5: ...lished in [[Aldgate]], [[London]] in [[1773]]. It was published in London because publishers in [[Bost...
7: ...was not, however, universal. [[Thomas Jefferson]] was among the harshest critics of her poetry, writin...
15: ...ous Subjects, Religious and Moral'' Published in 1773 in England
16: ...To His Excellency George Washington'' written for Washington-history's most famous piece of work-in 17... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
8: ...uhotep IV]]) of the Eleventh dynasty ended, there was a smooth transition into the illusturous Twelfth...
10: ... his son Senuseret I co-regent. In [[1908 BC]] he was presumably murdered by his bodyguard and Senuser...
14: ...nd established trade connections with Nubia and a war seems to be conducted in the [[Levant]].
18: ...ing that kingdom even more dependent on Egypt. He was deified at the end of the Middle Kingdom and wor...
20: ...il and his son [[Amenemhat IV]] ruled 10 years ([[1773 BC]] - [[1763 BC]]) before dying prematurely. - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...show that Hancock always wrote his signature this way.
8: ...d received a business degree in [[1754]], when he was 17. Upon graduation, he worked for his uncle. Fr...
10: ...and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor.
15: ... arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was impounded by British customs officials for viola...
19: ...ngly condemning the British. In the same year, he was unanimously elected president of the Provisional... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
26: ...[[United States]] [[United States Civil War|Civil War]]
27: ...nn Joachim Quantz|Quantz, Johann Joachim]], (1697-1773), composer - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
24: *[[Jimmy Yancey|Yancey, James Edwards "Jimmy"]] (c. 1898-1951), US boogie-woogie mus...
75: ...-Thomas|Yeo-Thomas, Edward]] (1901-1964), [[World War II|WW2]] SOE agent
130: *[[Yoshikawa Eiji|Yoshikawa, Eiji]], ([[1892]]-[[1962]]), novelist
131: *[[Yoshikawa Takeo|Yoshikawa, Takeo]]
132: *[[Tokugawa Yoshinobu|Yoshinobu, Tokugawa]], ([[1837]]-[[1913]]), shogun - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ... [[French and Indian War]], and the orange region was claimed by [[Spain]]. Note that this map does no...
2: ...commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
4: ...The opposite view is that the American Revolution was a unique and radical event, producing significan...
10: ...ican]] lands east of the [[Mississippi River]]. A war against France's former Indian allies—[[Po...
19: ... of [[Baptist]] views throughout the colonies. It was also the first event that swept through all the ... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
7: ...Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]]
22: *[[1773]] - [[Boston Tea Party]]
24: *[[1774]] - [[Dunmore's War]]
46: ...Paris (1783)]] ends [[United States Revolutionary War]] - January 17 (12233 bytes)
6: ...scene for the second phase of the [[English Civil War]].
7: * [[1746]] - [[Charles Edward Stuart]], "Bonnie Prince Charlie", defeats a [[...
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first expl...
12: ... Stronghold]] in the [[United States|US]] [[Modoc War]].
14: ...t of Queen [[Liliuokalani]] of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]. - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: The '''Boston Tea Party''' was a political protest by [[Boston, Massachusetts]]...
3: ...ing chests of tea overboard on [[December 18]], [[1773]]. Created/published: [[1784]]. Artist: [[Daniel ...
5: ...ficials and he was charged with [[smuggling]]. He was defended by [[John Adams]] and eventually the ch...
7: ...ompany had large debts, huge stocks of tea in its warehouses, and no prospect of selling it because sm...
9: ...om landing as most American ports turned the tea away; at Boston however, the East India Company had t... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
8: *[[Arthur Aikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
40: * Sir [[James Dewar]]
42: * [[Edward Doisy]], (1893-), American biochemist, winner o...
134: *[[Wilhelm Ostwald]], (1853-1932), [[1909]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemi... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map maker]].
7: ...hire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born to Grace and James, Sr...
8: ...n collier in 1755 on the eve of the [[Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level in the Brit...
12: ...ed a talent for [[surveying]] and cartography and was responsible for mapping much of the entrance to ...
18: ... precise [[scientific instrument]]s, there was no way to accurately measure it. - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
1: ...Lewis and Clark expedition''' ([[1804]]-[[1806]]) was the first [[United States]] overland expedition ...
3: ...ion was not the first to cross North America, but was roughly a decade after the expedition of [[Alexa...
5: ...en and shared the leadership of the expedition, always referring to Clark as "Captain" ([http://lewisa...
7: ..., joined the group from there and guided them westward. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came ...
9: ...e [[Rocky Mountains]] and descended by the [[Clearwater River]], the [[Snake River]], and the [[Columb... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
175: *[[Walter Benjamin]], (1892-1940){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
195: *[[Harry Binswanger]], (born 1944)
238: *[[Thomas Bradwardine]], (c. 1290-1349){{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}}
276: *[[Walter Burley]], (c. 1275-c. 1345){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ..., the Order operated from [[Rhodes]], of which it was [[sovereign]], and later from [[Malta]] as a [[v...
5: ...raveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...de]] by the Blessed Gerard, whose role as founder was confirmed by a [[Papal bull]] of [[Pope Paschal ...
9: ...oli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], subdivided into [[bai...
15: ... the [[County of Tripoli]] and when [[Akko|Acre]] was captured in [[1291]] the order sought refuge in ... - Tea Act (1279 bytes)
1: ...n more in their frustrations against Britain, and was but one of the many causes of the [[American Rev...
3: * [http://ahp.gatech.edu/tea_act_bp_1773.html The full text of the Tea Act] - Oxygen (9039 bytes)
24: {{Elementbox_vanderwaalsrad_pm | [[1 E-10 m|152]] }}
42: ...me it was discovered in the late 18th century, it was believed that all acids contained oxygen. The [[...
51: ... parties to this day. In the 19th century, oxygen was often mixed with [[nitrous oxide]] to promote a ...
55: ... Sędziwssumed the existence of oxygen by warming nitre (saltpetre). He thought of the gas giv...
57: ...quently Priestley is usually given the credit. It was named by [[Antoine Lavoisier|Antoine Laurent Lav... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
34: |[[van der Waals radius]] || 175 pm
70: |[[Thermal conductivity]] || 71.6 [[watt per metre-kelvin|W/(m?K)]]
171: ...have been known for a long time. Though the metal was used by [[pre-Columbian]] Indians, the first Eur...
173: ...d it in Colombia. They regarded platinum as an unwanted impurity in the [[silver]] they were mining, ...
175: ...nd even made a member of the [[Royal Society]] he was prevented from publishing a reference to the unk...
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