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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: ...ed a group of troops to the palace in which Peter was residing. He immediately fled to a distant castl...
9: ...ion representing all classes except the [[serf]]s was created to make this document the law, but she d...
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)
3:
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... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
15: | wife=[[Martha Washington]]
19: ...ontinental Army]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) and later the first ...
21: ...tarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him to retain that power for life (as [[monar...
24: ... the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Bea... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
18: ... United States]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825...
22: ...o [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...se of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to write out, at len...
26: ...h]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]]. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: | wife= None; wife [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he too...
18: ...pril 13]], [[1743]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the third ([[1801]]–[[1809]]) [[President ...
23: ...he [[College of William & Mary]] — where he was a member of the secret [[Flat Hat Club]] —...
25: Jefferson was the primary author of the [[United States Declar...
27: ...nded from the sale of his collection (the Library was founded in [[1800]]; Jefferson sold his third li... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
18: ... namesake of the [[Monroe Doctrine]], although it was his [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary...
24: ...enator]]. As Minister to [[France]] in [[1794]]-[[1796]], he displayed strong sympathies for the French ...
28: ...evolutionary War]] veteran to serve as president, was almost uncontested in his two elections.
30: ... Southerner, [[John C. Calhoun]], as Secretary of War, and a Northerner, [[John Quincy Adams]], as Sec...
32: Monroe's presidency was later labeled "The Era of Good Feelings", in par... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Washington, D.C.]]
18: ...d States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First La...
22: ...ected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[...
24: .... The couple named one of their sons after George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. Pres...
26: .... House of Representatives]] in the same year. He was elected as a [[United States Federalist Party|Fe... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
22: ... descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|English]].
25: ... farmer and popular [[tavern]]-keeper. His mother was Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]–[[Fe...
27: ... did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was admitted to the bar and continued in active and ...
29: ...ia County]] from [[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. In [[1812]] he entered the state Senate...
33: ...s a member of the Senate, until [[1819]], when he was displaced to make room for a Federalist. He had ... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
33: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total <br> - % water
59: ... the British and the black Caribs continued until 1796, when General Sir [[Ralph Abercromby]] crushed a ...
61: Slavery was [[abolition of slavery|abolished]] in [[1834]]; ...
63: ...atus under the British. A representative assembly was authorized in 1776, Crown Colony government inst...
65: ...ent and the Grenadines became the last of the Windward Islands to gain independence. - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
17: WaterArea = 2,400 |
18: PCWater = 2.2 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 1]], [[1796]] |
39: ...resent-day [[Monroe County, Tennessee]]. The town was located on a river of the same name (now known a...
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)
26: ...[[United States]] [[United States Civil War|Civil War]]
47: *[[Adolphe Quetelet|Quetelet, Adolphe]], (1796-1874), Belgian astronomer - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
15: *[[Stewart Udall|Udall, Stewart Lee]] (1920-)
16: *[[Tom Udall|Udall, Thomas Stewart "Tom"]] (1948-)
32: *[[Walter Ulbricht|Ulbricht, Walter]], (1893-1973), Leader of DDR
57: ...er, [[History of independent Mongolia|Mongolian]] warlord
68: ... Upham|Upham, Charles]], (1908-1994), New Zealand war hero - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
24: *[[Jimmy Yancey|Yancey, James Edwards "Jimmy"]] (c. 1898-1951), US boogie-woogie mus...
43: *[[Abraham Yates|Yates, Abraham]], (1724-1796), U.S. lawyer, Continental Congressman for New Yo...
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]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
48: *[[Washington Allston]] ([[1779]]-[[1843]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
147: *[[Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa]] ([[1857]]-[[1893]]) - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
13: ...- ''[[Chisholm v. Georgia]]'' 2 US 419 1793 paves way for passage of [[Eleventh Amendment to the Unite...
19: *[[1796]] - [[Tennessee]], formerly part of North Carolin...
20: *[[1796]] - [[Pinckney's Treaty]]
21: *[[1796]] - [[Treaty with Tripoli (1796)|Treaty with Tripoli]]
26: *[[1799]] - [[George Washington]] dies - Michigan (29427 bytes)
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18: PCWater = 41.3 |
36: ...ppewa]] Indian word ''meicigama'', meaning "great water." Bounded by four of the Great Lakes, Michigan...
40: Michigan was explored and settled by French voyageurs in the ...
42: ...ia maneuvered in the area. Ultimately, Congress awarded the "[[Toledo Strip]]" to Ohio, and Michigan,... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ... [[Conquest|conquering]] most of Europe; the fall was also rapid, beginning with the disastrous invasi...
5: ...ely these days) referred to as the [[Great French War]].
7: ==Political effects of the wars==
9: The Napoleonic Wars brought some great changes upon the face of Eur...
11: * France was no longer a dominant power in Europe, as it had ... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
99: *[[Edward Onslow Ford]] (1852 - 1901)
127: *[[Giuseppe Grisoni]] (1699 - 1796)
153: *[[J. Seward Johnson, Jr.]] (1930 - )
159: *[[Jawad Saleem]](1920-1961)
233: *[[Edward Clark Potter]] (1857 - 1923) - Photosynthesis (9830 bytes)
6: ...Most notably, they use [[carbon dioxide]] gas and water to produce sugars and [[oxygen]] gas. The ene...
10: ...unds react with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide, water, and chemical energy. However, both processes...
13: ... excessive absorption of light and evaporation of water. The transparent, colourless [[epidermis]] lay...
16: ...nd plants, photosynthesis takes place in the same way. Light is absorbed by chlorophyll, although var...
18: ...ria]] contain chlorophyll and oxygen, in the same way that chloroplasts do - in fact chloroplasts are ... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...ates|American]] [[politician]] and adventurer. He was a major formative member of the [[United States ...
7: ...ghter of [[Jonathan Edwards (theology)|Jonathan Edwards]], the famous [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] [[theolo...
9: ...ich he served under [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and [[Israel Putnam]].
13: ...[[Quebec]]. Burr's courage earned him a place on Washington's staff, but the general never quite trus...
14: ...t Arnold led a British assault in [[1780]]. Burr was admitted to the bar at [[Albany, New York|Albany...
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