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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...rom [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[November 6]], [[1796]]. A cousin to [[Gustav III of Swede...
4: == Life before becoming empress ==
5: ..., Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine's supporters.
9: ...ocument the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned more c...
11: ...g the government greater control over rural areas because of the peasant revolt. This process reached ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...(born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austr...
4: ...Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy...
7: ..., had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of...
13: ... [[1762]], Maria-Antonia became the next child to be involved in her mother's political games.
15: ...la dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
13: | date of death=[[December 14]], [[1799]]
19: ...ton''', ([[February 22]], [[1732]] – [[December 14]], [[1799]]), called '''[[Father of the Natio...
24: ...ion, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Beach]] in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]].
31: ...e the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually became the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[Europe]].
33: ..., he was a part of the [[John Forbes (General)|Forbes Expedition]], which successfully drove the Frenc... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[October 30]], [[1735]]
18: '''John Adams''' ([[October 30]], [[1735]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was...
22: Adams was born on [[October 30]] ([[October 19]] [[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]]...
28: ..., Adams often found his inborn contentiousness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualiti...
31: ...amp Act invalid on the ground that Massachusetts, being without representation in parliament, had not ... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: ...e [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
20: ...tion of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible ...
23: ... a member of the secret [[Flat Hat Club]] — before founding his own vision of higher education a...
25: ...[[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimo...
30: ... discipline then in its infancy. He has sometimes been called the ''"[[List of people known as the fat... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</td></tr>
22: '''Martin Van Buren''' ([[December 5]], [[1782]] – [[July 24]], [[1862]]), ni...
27: ...re he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron ...
29: ...entered the state Senate, and he also became a member of the [[Court for the Correction of Errors]], t...
33: ...y-general, an office which he held, still as a member of the Senate, until [[1819]], when he was displ... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...l economic interests include minerals such as [[asbestos]], [[perlite]], [[mica]], [[phosphates]], [[z...
7: ...by [[Richard de Bury]]. He used it to distinguish between earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurispr...
14: ...den Lebewesen unter Tage'' (book of the creatures beneath the earth). He covered subjects like [[wind ...
18: ...-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and began the process of ordering [[rock strata]] (layer...
20: ...ottom of the sea, which in turn were raised up to become dry land. - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
1: .... Its post-independence name is suggestive of its being situated near both the [[equator]] and the Gul...
56: | From [[Spain]]<br />[[October 12]], [[1968]]
70: ...became officially independent from Spain on [[October 12]], [[1968]]. Since then, the country has had...
72: ...abinet, making laws by decree, dissolving the Chamber of Representatives, negotiating and ratifying tr...
74: ...on an election widely considered fraudulent by members of the western press. - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
39: ...ited States|contiguous United States]] (the other being [[Alaska]]), it is the only one without territ...
46: ...kaua|King Kalākaua]] and composed by [[Henri Berger]]. ''[[Hawaii Aloha|Hawaii Aloha]]'' is the ...
54: ...volcano to form is [[Loihi Seamount|Loihi]], deep below the waters off the south coast of the Island o...
56: ...cific Ocean and the wide range of environments to be found on high islands located in and near the tro...
64: [[Anthropology|Anthropologists]] believe that [[Polynesians]] from the [[Marquesas Is... - Washington (20186 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[November 11]], [[1889]] |
36: ...oximately 5.9 million and the state work force numbered about 3.1 million. Residents are called "Washi...
38: It should not be confused with [[Washington, D.C.]], the nation's ...
45: ...g and [[whale]] hunting. In the east, nomadic tribes travelled the land and missionaries such as the ...
49: ...rait of Juan de Fuca]], but the straits would not be explored until [[1789]] by Captain [[Charles W. B... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ...est, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...ermont has long been known for its [[Liberalism|liberal politics]] and staunchly independent political...
46: ...ely low altitude allows for little [[tree-line|timberline]], form a north-south spine running the most...
48: Several mountains do have timberlines: [[Mount Mansfield]], the highest mountain ...
50: ...n elevation, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas. - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
39: Several ships in the [[United States Navy]] have been named [[USS South Carolina|USS ''South Carolina...
42: ... 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina became the first state to ratify the first constitut...
44: ... matter. On April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries began shelling [[Fort Sumter]], which stands on an i...
48: ...] consists of the 46-member Senate and the 124-member House of Representatives. The two bodies -- call...
58: ... are staggered, and there are no limits on the number of terms a justice may serve. - Oregon (26551 bytes)
8: Nickname = Beaver State |
40: ...ticle in ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'' described Oregon as a
41: ...dualism [that] is writing the preface to what may be the future for all [[United States|Americans]]: s...
43: ...later. [[Oregonian]]s are proud of their state's beautiful forests and streams, and place great impor...
49: ...z Perce]]. [[James Cook]] explored the coast in [[1778]] in search of the [[Northwest Passage]]. The [[L... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
6: ...spindles had to be horizontal, as they always had been, and he could place them vertically in a row.
8: ...rator to then release all the threads at once, to be collected on spools.
10: ...oved the quality of the yarn and increased the number of spindles to eighty or more.
12: ...e machine secret for some time, but produced a number for his own growing industry. The price of yarn ...
14: ...tent on the jenny in July 1770. By this time a number of spinners in [[Lancashire]] were already using... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
5: ==Alphabetical list==
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
20: *[[Leo Baekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
26: *[[Arnold O. Beckman]], (1900 - 2004), [[pH]] meter - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
8: *[[1763]] - [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] begins
30: ** [[Quebec Act]]
36: *[[1777]] - [[Battle of Saratoga]] ([[October 7]])
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]]
48: *[[1786]] - [[Shays' Rebellion]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...e colonies and the British Parliament, marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
7: ...ispatched him to Boston, where local militia were besieging a British Army.
9: ...hich included, among others, [[John Adams]] and [[Benjamin Franklin]], but the style of the document i...
13: ...fully clarifying whether the United States was to be a nation-state or a mere league of States, acting...
21: ...ns of popular self-government, while enjoying the benign neglect of a Britain, preoccupied by civil wa... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ... through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of California (20th century)]]...
3: ...hat most of the known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
13: ..., used for arrowheads, axe heads, and knives. Tribes in the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]] foot...
19: .... The Spaniards conjectured that these places may be one and the same.
21: ...y that of [[La Paz, Baja California Sur|La Paz]], before experiencing difficulties and returning. Cort... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
7: <tr><td bgcolor="orange">Begins:</td>
17: ...United States (Independence Day)|Fireworks]] have been associated with the Fourth of July since [[1777...
23: ..., but even that was kept secret to protect the members from British reprisal.
27: ...pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of ...
34: ...ssador (diplomacy)|ambassador]]s John Adams and [[Benjamin Franklin]] held a dinner for their fellow A... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
7: *[[Richard Abegg]], (1869-1910), German chemist
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
17: *[[J?Jakob Berzelius]], (1779-1848), Swedish ''chemist''
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German inventor,...
23: *[[Eduard Buchner]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
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