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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government ministe...
42: ...les Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary
60: *[[Leonie Adams|Adams, Leonie]], (born 1899), poet
65: ...22-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
71: ...dams (footballer)|Adams, Tony]], (born 1966), athlete - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...tat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been ...
9: ...lyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
11: ...ine issued a charter that: allowed the gentry to petition the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles...
13: ...y. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the modernization of agric...
16: ...the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]] - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
5: ...He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown'', upon whi...
7: ...om he was constant for the rest of her life. His letters to her are among the most graphic of all the ...
10: ...ed a volume of bawdy stories, the ''Bijoux indiscrets'' (1748); in later years he repented of this wor...
14: ...any subject that he approached, that in this theoretic essay he suggests the possibility of teaching t...
16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy for the autho... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...:MarieAntoinette1769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marria...
2: '''Marie-Antoinette''', Queen of [[France]] and Archduchess of [[Au...
4: ...cial described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
7: ...he Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most bri...
9: ...ess's youngest daughter in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the Empress's amusement.) - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...es. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world,...
12: ...stitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to become President. The president must ...
14: ... remove or amend this requirement, but none have yet been successful.
16: ...orge W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the completion of his current term in 2008.
21: ...ary. Since 1933, with the ratification of [[Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Amen... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...shed power even though some others wanted him to retain that power for life (as [[monarch]]s and [[dic...
33: ...and showed coolness under fire in organizing the retreat. In Virginia, Washington was acclaimed as a h...
37: By [[1774]], Washington had become one of the colonies' wea...
40: ...uel Leutze]], 1851, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art|Metropolitan Museum]]]]
41: ...l Army]] on [[June 15]], [[1775]]. The [[Massachusetts]] delegate [[John Adams]] suggested his appoint... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ...siness, making him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
10: Despite his wealth, Hancock remained, ethically and virtuously, the same. With his generos...
13: ...epresentatives|representative]] to the [[Massachusetts General Court]], his colonial trade business na...
17: ...joke that "[[Samuel Adams|Sam Adams]] writes the letters [to newspapers] and John Hancock pays the pos...
19: ... its Committee of Safety. Under Hancock, Massachusetts raised bands of "[[Minutemen (militia)|minuteme... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...grated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boy...
24: ... [[James Otis]] in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the legality of [[Writs of Assistance]]. ...
26: ...ngregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[17... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
14: | wife=[[Elizabeth Kortright Monroe]]
18: ...it was his [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], [[John Quincy Adams]], who actuall...
22: ...s Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were well-to-do farmer...
28: ... Monroe, the last American [[Revolutionary War]] veteran to serve as president, was almost uncontested...
30: ..., and a Northerner, [[John Quincy Adams]], as Secretary of State. Only [[Henry Clay]]'s refusal kept M... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
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53: ... trading posts along the east coast. From about [[1774]] to [[1824]], it was a favorite haunt for [[pira...
55: ...h had been important in Madagascar's economy. In return, the island received British military and fina...
57: ...ench protectorate over Madagascar in [[1885]] in return for eventual control over [[Zanzibar]] (now pa... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
5: ...England]]. He was a key member of the [[Lunar Society]]. Many of his papers are in [[Birmingham Centra...
9: ...hematical-instrument making in [[London]] before returning to [[Glasgow]]
14: * [[1774]]: Started a business in [[Soho, Birmingham|Soho]...
30: ...ral other things, not least a copying device for letters.
38: He is also remembered by the [[Lunar Society Moonstones|Moonstones]], two individual statues,... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ...amplain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts]] to the south, [[New Hampshire]] to the east, ...
38: ...ted by the surrounding [[13 colonies|colonies]]. Settlers who held land titles granted by the [[Provin...
48: ...rest in meadow, uplands, lakes, ponds and swampy wetlands.
50: ...areas of the state. Annual [[snow]]fall averages between 60 to 100 inches depending on elevation, givi...
57: ...95 feet. The state's average elevation is 1,000 feet.]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: .... Most current interpretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ...riefly summarize the political, social, economic, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trend...
16: ...ywhere. Increased publication and communications between like-minded people opened new areas to questi...
28: ...cement became the practice. In [[1761]], Massachusetts lawyer [[James Otis]] argued that the writs vio...
30: ...ction. Grenville's policies were bringing them together. - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
23: *[[1774]] - First [[Continental Congress]]
24: *[[1774]] - [[Dunmore's War]]
25: *[[1774]] - British pass [[Intolerable Acts]], including:
28: ** [[Massachusetts Government Act]] ([[May 20]]),
53: ....S. state)|Georgia]], [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Maryland]], [[South Carolina]], [[New Hamp... - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
12: ...r = [[Constantine John Phipps|Phipps]] | date = [[1774]]}}
15: ...450 - 650 lbs). Adult males measure 2.4 to 2.6 [[metre|m]]; females, 1.9 to 2.1 m. At birth, cubs weig...
18: ...al fiber|fibre-optic]] properties, a commonly perpetuated [[urban legend]].
20: ...barely visible. Only the pads of their feet emit detectable heat.
22: ...vores, the polar bear ingests large amounts of [[Retinol|Vitamin A]], which is stored in its [[liver]]... - History of California (38344 bytes)
13: ...ne]]'' and ''[[Tongva]]''. California holds a variety of unique [[ecosystem]]s and each tribe speciali...
19: ...ve of the [[Seven Cities of Cibola]] that had streets paved with gold and silver. About the same time,...
21: ...r|La Paz]], before experiencing difficulties and returning. Cortés accompanied expeditions in [[1534]...
40: ...] to the modern California-Oregon border before returning to Spain.
48: ...com.174}} or to keep the location of his port secret from them. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
4: ...have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes...
6: ...taly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus...
21: ...wspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint Peter</small>
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small> - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
6: ...been the mayor of [[Bordeaux]]. His mother, Antoniette de Lopez, came from a Spanish Jewish family, bu...
12: ...ous edition of Boétie's works. In 1571 he retired to the Château where in his library he ...
18: ...al differences. It was published much later, in [[1774]], under the title ''Travel Journal''.
20: ...returned and served until 1585, again moderating between Catholics and Protestants. The [[plague]] bro...
22: ...ee the publication of his ''Essays''. In 1588 he met the writer [[Marie de Gournay]] who admired his w...
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