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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
19: ... I of Egypt|Abbas I]], (1813-1854), pasha of [[Egypt]]
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
64: *[[Clarke Abel|Abel, Clarke]], (1780-1826), English surgeon and naturalist
75: *[[John Abercrombie|Abercrombie, John]], (1780-1844), musician
100: ...Alexandria]], (died 978), [[Coptic Christianity|Coptic]] Pope - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: ...hard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
14: *[[Achillas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
38: ...[[Johann Adam Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Adam]] (1780-1853) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ... ruler of the [[Habsburg Empire]] from [[1740]]-[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less kn...
4: ...of [[Hungary]] and [[Bohemia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elect...
8: ...ent of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
12: ...hess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Arc...
14: ...chess Marie Caroline (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Arc... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...which opposed her husband. Well read, Catherine kept up-to-date on current events in Russia and the re...
9: ...gislative commission representing all classes except the [[serf]]s was created to make this document t...
21: ... [[Ottoman Empire]] ([[1768]]-[[1774]]). She attempted to partition the Ottoman Empire's European hold...
23: ...778]]-[[1779]]) between Prussia and Austria. In [[1780]] she set up a group designed to defend neutral s... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
48: ...y they were mostly used on walls and tables. Except in royal or ecclesiastical settings they were con...
54: ...heir [[tapestry]], made knotted pile carpets from 1780 to 1792. Carpet production in small, privately ow...
57: ... as "Norwich carpets." These works are either adaptations of Anatolian or Indo-Persian designs or emp... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
35: ... widow of [[Daniel Parker Custis]]. Washington adopted Custis's two children and never fathered any of...
47: ...September 11]] and succeeded in his task. An attempt to dislodge the British, the [[Battle of Germanto...
53: ...ender there was the effective end of British attempts to quell the Revolution. In [[March]] of [[1783]...
56: ...ington'' by [[John Trumbull]], painted in London, 1780, from memory]]
62: ...heir labors. He adamantly enforced the secrecy adopted by the Convention during the summer. Many belie... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ... His father died when he was young, and he was adopted by his paternal uncle—Thomas Hancock, a h...
13: ...sist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading.
27: From [[1780]]–[[1785]], he was [[governor of Massachuse...
33: ...monstrate loyalty to the crown—with the exceptions of Hancock and Adams.
58: ...efore=''(none)''| after=[[Thomas Cushing]]| years=1780 – 1785}} - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events and impressions of men. The earlies...
37: ...se resolutions before the Congress until their adoption on [[July 2]], [[1776]].
39: ...cupied the foremost place in the debate on its adoption. Before this question had been disposed of, Ad...
44: ...ch framed the [[Massachusetts constitution]] of [[1780]]. He penned the first draft along with [[James B...
46: ... with Great Britain and again sent to Europe in September [[1779]]. The [[France|French]] government, ... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: '''Richard Mentor Johnson''' ([[October 17]], [[1780]]–[[November 19]], [[1850]]) was a [[United... - Flag of New Jersey (1068 bytes)
2: ...als and their aides. Then, on [[February 28]], [[1780]], the Continental War Officers in Philadelphia d... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
48: ...n]]. On [[June 29]], [[1776]], the convention adopted a constitution that established Virginia as a c...
57: ...and [[Williamsburg, Virginia|Williamsburg]] (1699-1780). The [[Virginia State Capitol]] building in Rich...
88: ...ncil-manager]] form of government. There are exceptions, notably [[Richmond, Virginia]], which has a ...
127: ...g military installations concentrated in the [[Hampton Roads]] area, tobacco and peanut farming all th...
137: ...abeth River (Virginia)|Elizabeth River]] at [[Hampton Roads]], the [[James River (Virginia)|James Riv... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
10: ...tablished celestial phenomena, such as a [[Halo (optical phenomenon)|halo]] around the moon, without b...
12: ...he most important meteorological instruments in [[1780]] with the hair [[hygrometer]], which measures [[...
18: [[Synoptic]] weather observations were still hindered by t...
46: targeted observations (also known as ''adaptive observing systems'') also seem likely to reduc...
48: ...her modification]] has been (often covertly) attempted since the [[1950s]] —often by the [[milit... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]])
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
211: ...provided an influential formalisation of the concept of [[algorithm]] and computation: the [[Turing ma...
231: *[[Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel]], (1780-1826), — inventor of the [[metronome]]
242: ...–1995) was the inventor of the Bell [[helicopter]] - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
1: ...wed from the [[International Space Station]], [[September 2004]]. [[NASA]] photo by [[Edward Fincke]]...
38: ...of a 10-minute average, and that definition is adopted by most countries. However, a few countries use...
70: ...n September 1947, September 1969, January 1982, September 1983, and January 1995. There is debate on w...
88: |align=left| September || 198 || 3.5
100: ... with a minimum in February and a peak in early September. In the north Indian basin, storms are most ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
21: *[[Henri Braconnot]] (1780-1855), French chemist and pharmacist
44: *[[Jean Baptiste Dumas]], (1800-1884), French chemist
209: *[[Ahmed H. Zewail]] (born 1946), [[Egyptian]], [[1999]] Nobel Prize Winner for his work on... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ... Burr, Jr.''' ([[February 6]], [[1756]]–[[September 14]], [[1836]]) was an [[United States|Ameri...
13: ...Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture.
14: ... where Benedict Arnold led a British assault in [[1780]]. Burr was admitted to the bar at [[Albany, New...
38: ...resentatives|House of Representatives]]. The attempts of a powerful faction among the Federalists to s...
46: ...ed with a challenge to a duel, which Hamilton accepted. Both men had been noted duelists in the past,... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...t was thwarted, but Arnold successfully avoided capture by Continental forces. Shortly thereafter, he...
6: ...siness dealings drifted into smuggling - in contempt of the customs laws of the Crown. He married Marg...
9: ... (American Revolution)|Committee of Safety]] to capture [[Fort Ticonderoga]] on [[Lake Champlain]]. Th...
10: ...len]], who had a commission from Connecticut to capture the same fort and who did not care that Arnold...
15: ...sfully attacked Montreal (but Allen was himself captured), while Arnold led an [[Arnold Expedition|exp... - Jean Lafitte (3700 bytes)
2: '''Jean Lafitte''' or '''Laffite''' (''ca''1780 - ''ca''1826?), was a [[pirate]] in the [[Gulf of...
6: ...ch language]] and published. The original manuscript was purchased by [[Texas]] Governor [[Price Danie...
21: ...tte, who sail into the city's namesake lake and capture the city's mayor, forcing him to walk the plan... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
19: ...mericans. The Netherlands entered the war late in 1780, but its navy and army was soon overwhelmed by th...
41: ...ns that had been [[Battle of Ticonderoga (1775)|captured by the Americans]] at [[Fort Ticonderoga]] we...
46: ...m Fort Ticonderoga with about 1,700 militiamen, capturing [[Montreal]] on [[November 13]]. General [[G...
48: ...m [[Fort Western]] (present day [[Maine]]) on [[September 25]]. The expedition was a logistical nightm...
52: Another attempt was made by the Americans to push back towards Qu...
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