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- William Henry Harrison (11790 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[February 9]], [[1773]]
18: ...general]] in the subsequent [[War of 1812]], his most notable contribution was a victory at the [[Batt...
25: ...which brought the [[Northwest Indian War]] to a close. Lieutenant Harrison was one of the signers of t...
27: ...nor of the newly formed [[Indiana Territory]], a post he held for 12 years, until [[1813]].
31: ==Post-war political career== - Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
2: ...p]]. The Act was enacted in order to defray the cost of maintaining the military presence protecting ...
11: ...n]]. The tax on newspapers raised considerable opposition, especially from the newspapers themselves.
13: ... Pitt]] needed [[garrisons]]. But their main purpose was to protect the fur trade, not settlers. Inde...
15: ...to open violence in a number of instances. In [[Boston]], an effigy of the stamp agent, [[Andrew Oliv...
17: ...tees of correspondence]] sprang up to unite in opposition. A general boycott of British merchandise s... - Tomato (10085 bytes)
21: ...e pottery. Also much horticultural knowledge was lost after the arrival of Europeans, and the [[Christ...
31: ...s in the book ''Il cuoco galante'', first edition 1773, adding more recipes with tomatoes in the 1819 ed...
44: ...has been found to be beneficial in preventing [[prostate cancer]], among other things.
56: ...ates. In [[1887]], U.S. [[tariff]] laws which imposed a [[duty]] on vegetables but not on fruits caus...
58: ...dance with this classification, the tomato is proposed to be the state vegetable of [[New Jersey]]. - Comedy of manners (2474 bytes)
1: ...by [[stock characters]], such as the [[miles gloriosus]] in ancient times, the fop and the rake during...
3: ...known comedies of manners, however, may well be those of the [[France|French]] playwright [[Moli�re]...
5: ...[Oliver Goldsmith]] (''She Stoops to Conquer'', [[1773]]) and [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]] (''The Rival...
7: ...ue was carried on by the Anglo-Irish playwright [[Oscar Wilde]] in ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' ([[18... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...rossing the Delaware.png|thumb|250px|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776...
6: ...ilosophy and science increased in prominence. Philosophers were dreaming about a better age without th...
8: ...nquest of large parts of India. However, Britain lost the USA after the American revolution. The [[ind...
16: ...ds (geologic event)|Bridge of the Gods]] forms across the [[Columbia River]].
18: ...anish Succession]] was a conflict which involved most of [[Louis XIV#The Spanish Succession|Europe]].<... - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ...ing his lifetime, Mozart was admired by later composers and his works are frequently played today.
7: ... at [[St. Rupert's Cathedral]] as ''Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart'' but his [[Moz...
11: ...cally, he developed very rapidly and began to compose his own works at the age of five.
13: ...ame ill, Leopold expressed more concern over the loss of income than over his son's well-being. Consta...
19: ...hlight of the Italian journey, which is now an almost legendary tale, occurred when he heard [[Gregori...
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