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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
85: | [[1772]] — [[1779]]
141: ...]] — [[1924]], [[1931]] — [[1934]] (office tower & wing) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...nd [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarc...
5: ...herine became involved with other prominent court figures. She soon became popular with several powerf...
13: ...veral drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]]...
19: ...ions]] among Russia, [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]] (1772, 1793 and 1795).
21: ...ndence from the Ottoman Empire as a result of her first war with it. The Ottomans started a [[Russo-T... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...[[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known as the [[The Age of Enli...
10: ...ded to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
12: ...romenade du sceptique'', an [[allegory]] pointing first to the extravagances of Catholicism; second, t...
14: ...f some points in aesthetics. The philosophic significance of the two essays is in the advance they mak...
23: ...onary of Arts and Sciences]]'', undertaken in the first instance by the Englishman [[John Mills]], and... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...es. She became a very accomplished poet, with her first poem published when she was only 13.
5: ... that received widespread acclaim in Boston. In [[1772]] she was examined by a group of [[Boston]] lumin...
7: Her work was lauded by some of the leading figures of the [[American Revolution]], including [[... - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
13: ...], a Belgian manufacturer of musical instruments, first designed the straight-bodied form of the bass ...
21: ...arge duet for bass clarinet and snare drum in the final movement
31: [[Eric Dolphy]] was the first major jazz soloist on the instrument, and esta... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
5: ... reign to reunite Egypt, bringing an end to the [[First Intermediate Period]]. Some authorities point ...
8: ...nsition into the illusturous Twelfth dynasty. The first Pharaoh of the Twelfth dynasty (Amenemhat I), ...
10: ...t their capital remained at Thebes. Amenemhet pacified any unrest in Egypt by force and curtailed the ...
12: ...e [[Nubia]] and other territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. The Lybians were subdued.
18: ...t kingdom even more dependent on Egypt. He was deified at the end of the Middle Kingdom and worshipped... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
42: ===[[First dynasty of Egypt|1st Dynasty]] 2920-2770===
86: ===[[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|5th Dynasty]]===
104: =[[First Intermediate Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]]=
181: *Amenemhat III (Nimaartre) 1817-1772
182: *Amenemhat IV (Maakherure) 1772-1763 - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...ary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) and later the first [[President of the United States]] under the [...
21: ...generally recognized as one of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many other [[revolut...
26: ... he trained as a [[surveyor]] (obtaining his certificate from the [[College of William and Mary]]) and...
29: ...earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charles Willson Peale]], and shows Washing...
31: ... now commissioned a [[lieutenant colonel]] in the First Virginia Regiment, led a mission into the Ohio... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...resident of the [[Continental Congress]], and the first person to sign the [[United States Declaration...
15: ...]] ''Liberty'' was impounded by British customs officials for violation of revenue laws. This caused a...
17: ... region's resistance to British authority and his financial contributions led Bostonians to joke that ...
19: ...mdash;soldiers who claimed they could be ready to fight in sixty seconds—and his boycott of [[te...
25: In the first month of his presidency, on [[June 19]], [[177... - Missouri (16086 bytes)
1: ...tory/slogan.asp Show-Me] State''; the U.S. Post Office abbreviation for Missouri is '''MO''' and the s...
15: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
32: HighestElev = 1772 feet; 540 |
67: ...kansas, S. E. Kansas, and N. E. Oklahoma. [[Springfield, Missouri]] in southwestern Missouri lies on t...
69: ... It is also the most fertile. It is here that one finds cotton and rice production. The Bootheel area ... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
8: *[[Moammar Al Qadhafi|Qadhafi, Moammar]], Libyan military leader
10: ... of Prime Ministers of Fiji|Prime Minister]] of [[Fiji]] (2000-present)
55: ...|Quidde, Ludwig]], (1858-1941), historian and pacifist
63: ...its Quinckhardt|Quinckhardt, Jan Maurits]], (1688-1772), painter
64: *[[Richard Quine|Quine, Richard]], film director - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
412: *[[Stanislaw Fijalkowski]] ([[1922]]-) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...he revolution began before the [[first shot]] was fired at [[Battle of Lexington and Concord|Lexington...
4: ...on was a unique and radical event, producing significant changes that had a profound impact on world h...
10: ...llion]]—had, if not conquered, at least pacified the western frontier. Most white colonists in A...
16: ...asoning. The implications of the earlier [[scientific revolution]] began to have a greater effect on e...
19: ...]] views throughout the colonies. It was also the first event that swept through all the British colon... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
14: *[[1765]] - [[First Quartering Act]]
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees o...
23: *[[1774]] - First [[Continental Congress]]
37: ...nt]], passes the [[Constitution of Vermont]], the first in the nation to outlaw slavery
43: *[[1781]] - [[Articles of Confederation]] ratified - Crustacean (6274 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_authority | author = [[Br?]] | date = [[1772]]}}
37: The scientific study of crustaceans is known as [[carcinology]]...
41: ...ncluding the second pair of antennae (but not the first).
45: ...wimmerets or, more technically, [[pleopod]]s. The first (and sometimes the second) pair of pleopods ar...
49: ..., making the exact definition of larger groups difficult. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...[[navigator]]. He made three voyages to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mappe...
7: ...r the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born to Grace and James, Sr., who work...
8: ... tradition, it is during his time there that Cook first felt the lure of the [[sea]] while gazing out ...
14: ...s, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (''e.g.'' dipping into the Antarctic ...
16: ==First voyage ([[1768]]-[[1771]])== - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
1: ... [[United States]] overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back.
3: ...r Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]], the first European to cross North America by land north ...
5: ...ys in the [[United States Army|US Army]], Clark officially only held the rank of [[Second Lieutenant]]...
7: ...st 20]], 1804 The Corps of Discovery suffered its first and only death when Sergeant [[Charles Floyd]]...
9: ...[[Portland, Oregon]] until they reached the [[Pacific Ocean]] in the December of 1805. At this point i... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
34: ...[[January 14]], [[1784]], so Annapolis became the first peacetime capital of the US.
38: ...house is a monument to [[Thurgood Marshall]], the first black justice of the [[US Supreme Court]] and ...
52: ...ian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.22% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|othe...
70: *[http://www.ci.annapolis.md.us/ Annapolis official website] - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ... the United States]], and is seen as the second [[First Lady of the United States]], though that term ...
33: <td>[[First Lady of the United States]]</td>
48: ... (1768-70), Charles (1770-1800), Thomas Boylston (1772-1832), and an unnamed daughter (stillborn 1775). ...
50: ...]. After 1785, she filled the role of wife of the first United States Minister to the [[Kingdom of Gre...
52: ... good friend to [[Martha Washington]] helped in official entertaining, drawing on her experience of co... - Sweden (27111 bytes)
1: ...pe]]. It is bordered by [[Norway]] on the west, [[Finland]] on the northeast, the [[Skagerrak]] Strait...
3: The official [[list of Swedish monarchs]] starts about a 1...
5: ...he early [[20th century]]. The country is today defined by liberal tendencies and a strong national qu...
18: official_languages = Swedish (''[[de facto]]'') <sup>2...
65: Sweden was first mentioned in the [[1st century]], by Roman his...
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