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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...A cousin to [[Gustav III of Sweden]] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enl...
4: == Life before becoming empress ==
5: ...er, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine...
7: == Internal policies ==
9: ...s. A legislative commission representing all classes except the [[serf]]s was created to make this doc... - Banksia (1867 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Proteales]]}}
11: ...vision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}}
15: ...ate miniatures and the largest are fully-grown trees.
17: ...flowers. Once the flowers start to die off the cones become dry and brown, clinging to the plant for s...
19: ...Bad Banksia Men]] were the [[villain]]s of her tales. - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
3: ...ted States Declaration of Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
5: ... [[eponym]] for "signature". However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his signature this...
8: ...d the fortune and business, making him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
10: Despite his wealth, Hancock remained, ethically and v...
13: ...[[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
4: | order=2nd President
15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
18: ...dams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]). - Nepal (22444 bytes)
31: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 94th]] <br /> [[1 E11 m2|147,181 k...
34: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 40th]]<br /> 27,676,457<br /...
37: | [[1768]]
40: | [[Nepalese Rupee]] ([[ISO 4217|NPR]])
51: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
18: *[[Yamamoto Tsunetomo]] (1659-1719), Japanese Author of [[Hagakure]]
19: ...[Akira Yamaoka|Yamaoka, Akira]] (born 1968), Japanese composer
20: ...saki|Yamasaki, Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: ...ant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ...on was claimed by [[Spain]]. Note that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of...
2: ...nd the creation of the [[United States|United States of America]]. The [[American Revolutionary War]] ...
4: ...rrent interpretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
10: ...ost white colonists in America considered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the sam...
16: ...separation of church and state]] and other liberties. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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67: !align="left"| [[Oblateness]]
71: | [[1 E15 km2|8.084×10<sup>9</sup>]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup...
74: | 6.834×10<sup>13</sup> [[cubic kilometre|km<sup>3</sup>]...
77: | 8.6832×10<sup>25</sup> [[kilogram|kg]]<br>(14.536 Earths... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: Although the present-day State of [[California]] has been occupied ...
5: ...est primarily populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and ...
7: ...ield of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
11: ... California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [...
13: ...]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin... - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: ...ional myth]]s of the founding of the [[United States]] and a key point in the [[American revolution]].
2: [[Image:Boston tea party.jpg|thumb|Destruction of tea at the "Boston Tea party".]]
3: ...s, boarding ships in Boston Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard on [[December 18]], [[1773]]. ...
5: ...efended by [[John Adams]] and eventually the charges were dropped, though he later faced several hundr...
7: ...al tax, thereby allowing them to undercut the prices of the colonial merchants and smugglers. - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ..., as well as a very important center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [...
6: ...568]]. In the mid-[[8th century]], the Venetians resisted the empire-building efforts of [[Peppin III|...
8: ...rsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner pass]] from Verona in...
10: ...nd the citizens of such towns as [[Bergamo]], [[Brescia]], and [[Verona, Italy|Verona]] rallied to the...
12: ...sport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...scookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, Natio...
3: ... the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map m...
7: ...ook was one of five children born to Grace and James, Sr., who worked as a day laborer on a farm. As...
8: ... the [[Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
10: [[Image:Nfld chartofcook.jpg|thumb|200px|James Cook's 1775 Chart of Newfoundland]] - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: ...destroys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves most of the town in ruins.
8: ...nited Kingdom|British]] and [[France|French]] forces near the ruins of [[Nicopolis]] in [[Egypt]].
12: *[[1919]] - [[The Chinese High School]] is established in Singapore by [[Tan Kah Kee]].
14: ...] - [[Charles Lindbergh]] is presented the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atla...
16: *[[1940]] - [[Paul Reynaud]] becomes [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] of [[... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 B... - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ...seen as the second [[First Lady of the United States]], though that term was not coined until after he...
3: ...leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem.
33: <td>[[First Lady of the United States]]</td>
48: ...he and the Continental Congress "remember the ladies" -- that they consider the needs and rights of wo...
50: ...e filled the role of wife of the first United States Minister to the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]]. The... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
13: *[[Charles Hitchcock Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1868]] – [[1951]])
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876]] – [[1956]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
1: ...e of a part of the Great Barrier Reef. Photo courtesy of NASA.]]
3: ...ast [[Australia]]. It stretches over 2000 kilometres in length and can be seen from space.
5: ...rier Reef was [[Captain James Cook]] during his [[1768]] voyage. Cook discovered the reef by running agr...
7: ...eral continental islands have been turned into [[resort]]s.
9: ...being]] in the world. In reality it is many colonies of [[coral]]s. - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...y, searching especially for certain copper mines described by Indians.
5: ...his third (December 1770 to June 1772) he was successful, not only discovering the [[copper]] of the [...
7: He reappeared at [[Fort Prince of Wales]] on 30 June [[1772]]. Becoming governor of this ...
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