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- Illinois (27007 bytes)
48: ... The area was ceded to the new United States in [[1783]] and became part of the [[Northwest Territory]].
56: ...state except New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Beginning with President Lincoln's first call for troops...
63: ... Illinois]]''' is [[Pat Quinn (politician)|Pat Quinn]] ([[Democratic Party of the United States|Democr...
362: * [[Winnebago County, Illinois|Winnebago]]
370: ...ic schools with an [[Illinois School Report Card|annual school report card]]. The ISBE also makes rec... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
7: ...osopher]]s as [[Voltaire]], [[Denis Diderot]], [[Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune|Turgot]], ...
9: ...s of the bourgeoisie, albeit in a non-bourgeois manner. The entire French terrorism was just a [[plebe...
13: ...urchasers of titles were effectively buying an [[annuity]].
15: This led to the long-running fiscal crisis of the French government. On the...
30: ...2]]) several different ministers, most notably [[Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune|Turgot]], ... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
21: ...o became Controller-General of the Finances in [[1783]], pursued a strategy of conspicuous spending as ...
23: ...began to make up the difference and allow the beginning of repayment of the debt.
25: ...ing to a near-default, which forced Louis and Brienne to surrender.
27: ...] — for the first time since [[1614]]. Brienne resigned on [[August 25]], [[1788]], and Necker ...
44: ...nnis court, where they proceeded to swear the [[Tennis Court Oath]] ([[June 20]], 1789), under which t... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
10: ... of the [[Third Estate]] who administered the [[Tennis Court Oath]], made mayor of [[Paris]] after the...
17: *[[Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne]] - on [[Committee of Public Safety]], more radi...
23: *Cardinal [[Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne]] - [[royalist]], President of the Royal Council...
25: *[[Guillaume Marie Anne Brune]] - political journalist, [[Jacobin]], fri...
29: ...ne]] - French Controller-General of Finances from 1783 to 1787, whose discovery of the terrible state of... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...n]], full of irrationality, superstition, and tyranny (which they believed began during a historical p...
33: The "long" Enlightenment is seen as beginning the [[Renaissance]] drive for [[humanism]] and...
41: ...e mid-century, what was regarded by many as the pinnacle of purely Enlightenment thinking was being re...
43: ...dible reports, viewed through the lens of reason annealed knowledge, empirical observation, and knowle...
45: ...cted in the sciences by, for example, [[Carolus Linnaeus]]' categorization of [[biology]]. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
21: *[[Henri Braconnot]] (1780-1855), French chemist and pharmacist
26: ...[Melvin Calvin]] (1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
37: ...]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or ... - Hot air balloon (8769 bytes)
1: ...irst manned flight was made on [[November 21]], [[1783]], in [[Paris]] by [[Pilⴲe de Rozier]] and the ...
9: ...ed balloon flight took place on [[21 November]] [[1783]]. King Louis XVI had originally decreed that con...
15: Unmanned hot air balloons are mentioned in [[China|Chine...
20: A hot air balloon for manned flight uses a single layered, fabric gas bag (l...
28: ...ide and outside air. On a hot day, the balloon cannot be loaded as much as on a cool day, because the... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
20: *[[Giovanni di Balduccio]]
60: *[[Cosimo Cenni]]
68: *[[Marie-Anne Collot]]
93: *[[Etienne Maurice Falconet]]
119: *[[Paolo di Giovanni]] - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
9: ...her-in-law, [[Tapping Reeve]], at [[Litchfield, Connecticut]]. His studies were put on hold for the [[...
18: ...aughter [[Theodosia Alston|Theodosia]], born in [[1783]], became widely known for her beauty and accompl...
20: ...nly four months. During the month of their first anniversary, she sued for [[divorce]], citing infidel...
26: ..., Burr's defeat of General Schuyler marks the beginning of their personal quarrel. Hamilton felt Burr...
40: ...rr became Vice-President. His fair and judicial manner as [[President of the Senate|president of the S... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...atar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge]], currently in planning, will link Bahrain to Qatar as the longest fix...
44: <br>[[1783]]
65: ...ed to the Sumerian Civilization in the third millennium BC. Bahrain also became part of the Babylon em...
83: ...cluding [[Shi'a Islam|Shi'a]] and [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] Islamic law.
120: ...ised of [[Shi'a Islam|Shi'a]] and [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]], but there are also small indigenous [... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
1: ...:Jacques_Montgolfier.jpg|thumb|250px|Jacques Étienne Montgolfier]]
3: ...– [[June 26]], [[1810]]) and '''Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier''' ([[January 6]], [[1745]] – ...
5: ...s were the sons of a [[paper]] manufacturer at [[Annonay]], south of [[Lyon]], [[France]]. When playi...
9: ...as a first public demonstration, they sent up at Annonay a 900 m³ linen bag inflated with hot air...
15: On [[November 21]], [[1783]], the first free flight by humans was made by [[... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
17: ...enry (delegate)|William Henry]] of Lancaster, [[Pennsylvania]], having learned of Watt's engine on a v...
19: ...g steamboat that was too slow for river use. In [[1783]] a new [[paddle steamer]], the [[PS Pyroscaphe|'...
21: ...d a patent from the State of [[Virginia]]. In [[Pennsylvania]] [[John Fitch]], an acquaintance of Will...
30: ... is preserved as a [[museum ship]] at [[Winona, Minnesota]]. For modern craft operated on rivers, see ...
37: ... operation on the inland [[Loch Lomond]], a forerunner of the lake steamers that still grace the [[Swi... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
20: ...ns, was appointed to command the ''[[Classis Britannica]]'', and given the responsibility of eliminati...
22: In the Roman province of Britannia, [[Saint Patrick]] was captured and enslaved by...
29: ...damaged the Vatican. In 911, the bishop of [[Narbonne]] was unable to return to France from Rome becau...
65: ...ast, collecting revenue by exacting tribute and running [[extortion]] rackets. In 1802, the menacing [...
103: ...ile it was worth 8s in [[New York]], 7s 6d in [[Pennsylvania]] and 6s 8d in [[Virginia]]. One 18th cen... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
4: ...74, to [[October 26]], 1774, in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. [[Peyton Randolph]] served as the fir...
14: *Sept. 5, 1774- Oct. 26, 1774 [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
21: *Sept. 27, 1777 (one day only) [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
22: *Sept. 30, 1777- June 27, 1778 [[York, Pennsylvania]]
23: *July 2, 1778- June 21, 1783 Philadelphia - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...''American Revolutionary War''' ([[1775]]–[[1783]]), also known as the '''American War of Independ...
31: ...e colony. However, a series of confrontations beginning in [[1774]] known as The [[Powder Alarm]]s com...
33: ...usand militiamen had gathered along the road. A running fight ensued, and the British detachment suffe...
41: ...and winter, until in early March of 1776, heavy cannons that had been [[Battle of Ticonderoga (1775)|c...
69: ...ring, with the rebel capital of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] in striking distance. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
11: ...] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May 16]], [[1681]]), and Hannah ([[May 25]], [[1683]]).
13: ...including: Josiah Jr. ([[August 23]], [[1685]]), Ann ([[January 5]], [[1687]]), Joseph ([[February 5]]...
15: Josiah's first wife Anne died in Boston on [[July 9]], [[1689]]. He then...
23: ... house of his own from which he published ''The Pennsylvania Gazette'' to which he contributed many es...
25: ...s from this almanac such as "A penny saved is a penny earned" are now commonly quoted every day by peo... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
24: ...he then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the [[All India Muslim L...
27: ...[London]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Grethe & J? Ingmann]] win the eighth [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for ...
31: ...]] - [[Stanley Pons]] and [[Martin Fleischmann]] announce [[cold fusion]] at the [[University of Utah]...
63: *[[1929]] - Sir [[Roger Bannister]], runner
71: *[[1951]] - [[Corinne Clery]], French actress - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
2: city = Annapolis |
5: flag = Annapolis.gif |
6: seal = Annapolis seal.jpg |
7: map = MDMap-doton-Annapolis.PNG |
9: county = [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]] | - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
19: mayor = [[Gerald D. Jennings]] |
37: ...n the [[Albany Congress]]. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania presented the Albany Plan of Union, the f...
43: *[http://www.nnp.org/ New Netherland Project]
73: ...ral in the [[Revolutionary War]], died there in [[1783]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
24: ...[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
32: *[[Kenneth Appel]] (? - ?)
39: *[[Yoriyuki Arima]] (Japan, [[1714]]-[[1783]])
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