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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...ína II Alekséyevna'', [[April 21]], [[1729]] - [[November 6]], [[1796]] ([[Julian calendar|O...
5: ...r with several powerful political groups which opposed her husband. Well read, Catherine kept up-to-da...
9: ... disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned more conservative after the [[...
25: ... had lost 50 to 60 ships and 9,500 men. Swedish losses were 6 ships and 6,000 to 7,000 killed. A tre...
33: ...the Enlightenment]] and considered herself a "philosopher on the throne." She became known as a patron... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: ...[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were well-to-do farmers.
28: ...onary War]] veteran to serve as president, was almost uncontested in his two elections.
32: ...lings", in part because partisan politics were almost nonexistent. The [[United States Federalist Part...
34: ...y undiminished, followed nationalist policies. Across the facade of [[nationalism]], ugly sectional cr...
36: ...ce with independent countries in the Americas as hostile acts toward the United States. Monroe did not... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = SC |
42: ...l colony in 1712. North Carolina was split off in 1729. The state declared its independence from Great B...
44: ...War]]. Students from [[The Citadel]] were among those firing the first shots of the war, though Edmund...
93: ...t by [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], located across the [[Savannah River]], and to the east by the [...
95: ...he '''Coastal Plain''', which is nearly flat, composed entirely of recent sediments such as sand, silt... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787...
51: ...[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
54: ... Cros]], (1842-1888) — [[phonograph]]... almost - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
13: *[[1729]]: [[Province of Carolina]] proprietors sell out ... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ... these different colonies found themselves more closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[Ki...
9: ...ing]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...es"]] would benefit immensely. It was in this atmosphere that [[Christopher Columbus]] left Spain on ...
13: .... Though these northerly lands were relatively close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken little i...
16: ...roto-[[nationalism]] and national assertiveness blossomed under the threat of Spanish invasion, assist... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: ...o the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
4: ...ity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ... of the age. However, prominent Enlightenment philosophers such as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rou...
8: ... continued rise of [[empiricism | empirical]] philosophical ideas, and their application to [[politica...
11: == History of Enlightenment philosophy == - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...n, we find that like-charged objects repel and opposite-charged objects attract one another. The magn...
8: ...for, though. There are other descriptions of supposedly electrical devices on [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptia...
10: ...ypes of electricity that would later be called ''positive'' and ''negative''. The [[Leyden jar]], a t...
12: ... (less frequently) who created the convention of positive and negative electricity.
16: ...rie Ampè²¥]], and [[Georg Ohm|Georg Simon Ohm]] whose work provided the basis for modern electrical te... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[198...
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]]...
54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[191...
85: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]], [[1711]] &n... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - 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]].<...
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