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- Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
3: ...]]. Artist: [[Daniel Chodowiecki]]. Engraver: Daniel Berger.]]
5: The [[1765]] [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] and the [[1767]] [[Townshend acts]] i...
7: ...a Act]], which allowed the East India Company to sell tea to the [[13 colonies|colonies]] without the ...
9: ...nder the protection afforded by British armed vessels.
11: ...There, three ships—the ''Dartmouth'', the ''Eleanor'' and the ''Beaver''—were loaded with ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
17: *[[J?Jakob Berzelius]], (1779-1848), Swedish ''chemist''
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German inventor, chemist
23: *[[Eduard Buchner]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
4: ...er 5]], 1774, to [[October 26]], 1774, in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. [[Peyton Randolph]] served ...
6: ...ritish goods, and to cease exports to Britain as well if the "Intolerable Acts" were not repealed. Th...
8: ...trol. However, despite these problems, with the help of the Continental Congress?s guidance throughou...
14: *Sept. 5, 1774- Oct. 26, 1774 [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
20: *Mar. 5, 1777- Sept. 18- 1777 Philadelphia - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... of the [[Lunar Society]] and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Frankli...
11: ...y included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May 16]], [[1681]]), and Hannah ([[May 25]], [...
15: ...he [[Old South Church]] of Boston by the Rev. Samuel Willard.
23: ...ivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young man earned him a great deal of socia...
27: ...libraries in other American cities, and Franklin felt that this [[enlightenment (concept)|enlightenmen... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
7: ...[[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade...
10: ...John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
11: ...he [[British Parliament]] repeals the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the Brit...
12: ...0]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[William Fargo]].
18: ...] & [[France|French]] naval attack on the [[Dardanelles]]. - March 22 (9294 bytes)
9: ...s expelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious dissent.
10: ...The [[British Parliament]] passes the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], the first direct tax levied from [[E...
16: *[[1933]] - President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of [...
17: ...1939]] - [[World War II]]: [[Germany]] takes [[Memel]] from [[Lithuania]].
18: ...ton]]'s [[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate [[electricity]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ica...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
19: *[[Selman Akbulut]] (Turkey) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
3: ...egational]] ministers, leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem.
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48: ...t they consider the needs and rights of women as well as of men in forming the new country.
52: ...il became a good friend to [[Martha Washington]] helped in official entertaining, drawing on her exper... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[198...
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] &ndash...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]])
37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] – [[1875]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
2: ... the intent of the British Parliament and added fuel to the growing [[Separatism|separatist]] movement...
6: ...protection. This opinion was reinforced by the rebellion of [[Chief Pontiac]]. Ten [[regiments]], or a...
11: ...e opposition, especially from the newspapers themselves.
15: ... his family to seek refuge at Fort William. (The elm tree Oliver's effigy was hanged from later becam...
17: ...eld at [[Federal Hall]] in New York in October of 1765. - Quartering Act (1775 bytes)
3: == First Act of 1765 ==
4: ...s of sellers of wine [...] and houses of persons selling of rum, [[brandy]], [[strong water]], [[cider...
8: ...was similar in substance to the Quartering Act of 1765.
10: == Modern relevance <!-- None! --> ==
12: ...e owner of the house. The passage of time has largely invalidated both. The Quartering Act has been in... - Declaratory Act (2406 bytes)
1: ...rganized a boycott in response to the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] which called into question the right ...
9: ...erica, have of late, against law, claimed to themselves, or to the general assemblies of the same, the... - Townshend Acts (1304 bytes)
1: ...ss]], and [[tea]]. In contrast to the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], the laws were not a direct tax but a...
3: ...g a [[boycott]] of the legitimate imports. [[Samuel Adams]] of Boston was a notable supporter of the ...
5: ...end Acts by a series of 12 letters addressing himself as "The Farmer."
7: ... led to outrage among the colonists and may have helped spark the ''Liberty'' seizure and riots of 176... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
8: ... grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes impli...
10: ... a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...erable [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
16: ...en concerned in the composition of two violent libels. Inveigled by a spy named Beauregard into a real...
20: ...tre Français]] on [[November 18]] and was well received, though a rivalry grew between parties ... - Franz Xaver von Baader (10383 bytes)
1: '''Franz Xaver von Baader''' ([[March 27]], [[1765]] – [[May 23]], [[1841]]), was a [[Germany|...
3: ...ob Werner]] at [[Freiberg, Saxony|Freiberg]], travelled through several of the mining districts in nor...
5: ...r [[Alexander I of Russia]] entirely alienated Schelling.
7: ... interdicted from lecturing on the philosophy of religion.
9: ...zed by God (''cogitor ergo cogito et sum''). All self-consciousness is at the same time God — co... - Basking Shark (7122 bytes)
12: ...r = [[Johann Ernst Gunnerus|Gunnerus]] | date = [[1765]]}}
14: ...Megamouth Shark]] (''Megachasma pelagios'') also belongs here.
22: ...le the entire head and are accompanied by well-developed [[gill raker]]s), smaller eyes, and usually s...
24: ...rvation conditions and the state of the animal itself: dark brown to black or blue dorsally fading to ...
30: ... migration|migratory]] and seem to disappear entirely during the fall and winter; during this time the... - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
8: ..., and other synthetic [[dye]]s, as well as the widely used drug [[aspirin]]. The discovery also contri...
12: ...ohn Dalton]] and those who did not, such as [[Wilhelm Ostwald]] and [[Ernst Mach]]. Although such pro...
14: ...a branch of [[physics]], but was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] in chemistry, not physics, for his work.
20: ...ound to have roughly the same properties that Mendeleev predicted for it.
27: ...ment, Pauling was awarded the first of his two Nobel prizes. - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...Delaware.png|thumb|250px|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconi...
21: * [[1702]]-[[1715]]: [[Camisard|Camisard Rebellion]] in [[France]].
39: ...ession of [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], Elector of Hanover, to the throne of Great Britain.
40: ...ellion/Rising of 1715 ('The Fifteen')|Jacobite rebellion]] breaks out
47: ...llion/Rising of 1719 ('The Nineteen')|Jacobite rebellion]] fails. - September 23 (7397 bytes)
1: ...maining. Also an important date in pagan history celebrating fall.
10: *[[1779]] - ''[[USS Bonhomme Richard (1765)|USS Bonhomme Richard]]'', commanded by [[John Pa...
19: ...]] - First [[Mack Sennett]] "Keystone Comedy" is released.
27: *[[1981]] - [[Jack Henry Abbott]], best-selling author, is arrested for murder
29: ...n he knocks out defending [[WBA]] champion [[Michael Dokes]] in [[Akron, Ohio]].
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