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- List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
9: *[[ɴienne Aignan|Aignan, ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright...
14: *[[Arthur Aikin|Aikin, Arthur]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
16: *[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
22: ...|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist
24: ...eorge Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ... a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported ...
9: ... the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
11: ...le status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Cather...
13: ...courage the modernization of agriculture and industry. Second, she encouraged foreign investment in ec...
19: ...titions of Poland|partitions]] among Russia, [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]] (1772, 1793 and 1795). - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767...
5: ...enged conventions regarding [[novel]]s and their structure and content, while also examining [[philoso...
10: ...reece'' (1743); with two colleagues he produced a translation of James's ''Dictionary of Medicine'' (1...
12: ...ptique'', an [[allegory]] pointing first to the extravagances of Catholicism; second, to the vanity of...
14: ...election]]. It is worth noticing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Dide... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
5: ...ral]]'' published in [[Aldgate]], [[London]] in [[1773]]. It was published in London because publishers ...
7: ...ferson]] was among the harshest critics of her poetry, writing "The heroes of [[the Dunciad]] are to h...
15: ...ous Subjects, Religious and Moral'' Published in 1773 in England - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ... is a period in the history of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching from the establishment of the [[Eleventh d...
8: ... reign of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a palace coup by Amenemhat th...
14: ...he centralized government though) and established trade connections with Nubia and a war seems to be c...
16: ...ret II]] ([[1842 BC]] - [[1836 BC]]) improved the trade connections with Nubia en Palestine and the Le...
18: ...-king, often taking the field himself. He led his troops deep into Nubia, making that kingdom even mor... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
2: ...f Hancock [[:Image:JohnHancockLarge.jpeg|(full portrait)]]]]
8: Hancock was born in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]] (Now [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]...
13: ...Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading.
17: ...istance to British authority and his financial contributions led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Ada...
19: ...ary of the [[Boston Massacre]], he gave a speech strongly condemning the British. In the same year, he... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
11: ...mmad]], (born 1953), world champion boxer, boxing trainer
25: *[[Paul Quantrill|Quantrill, Paul]]
26: *[[William Quantrill|Quantrill, William]], [[United States]] [[United States ...
27: ...nn Joachim Quantz|Quantz, Johann Joachim]], (1697-1773), composer
38: ...h, Harry]], (1858-1913), socialist politician and trade unionist - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall o...
64: *[[Trisha Yearwood|Yearwood, Trisha]] (born 1964), musician
68: ...egorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...sei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
74: *[[Philip Yeo|Yeo, Philip]], industrial and systems engineer - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...t revolutionary at all, that it did not radically transform colonial society, but simply replaced a di...
7: ...c, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trends which led to the coming revolution -->
16: ...ilosophy]] and began to replace arguments born of tradition and authority with those based on observat...
18: ===Religious trends===
23: ...e stable and profitable, new economic and land distribution policies were implemented. Colonial resent... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot Paul Revere.]]
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian Wa...
21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]]
22: *[[1773]] - [[Boston Tea Party]]
27: ** [[Administration of Justice Act]] ([[May 20]]), - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first expl...
9: ...at British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[Sou...
11: ...he independence of the [[Boer]] colonies of the [[Transvaal]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United States|US]] [[Modoc War]...
19: ...gar]], first appeared in a [[newspaper]] [[comic strip]]. - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
2: [[Image:Boston tea party.jpg|thumb|Destruction of tea at the "Boston Tea party".]]
3: ...ing chests of tea overboard on [[December 18]], [[1773]]. Created/published: [[1784]]. Artist: [[Daniel ...
7: ... to influence public policy in the Colonies. By [[1773]] the Company had large debts, huge stocks of tea...
11: ...de each ship's first mate attest that they had destroyed only the tea. The whole event was remarkably ...
13: ...nstance, [[Benjamin Franklin]] stated that the destroyed tea must be repaid and offered to repay with ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
8: *[[Arthur Aikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
23: ...r]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...an chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: ...ert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
41: ...st, winner of the [[1950]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...t.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime...
5: ==Introduction==
8: ...ebra]], [[trigonometry]], [[navigation]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command h...
12: ...phy and was responsible for mapping much of the entrance to the [[Saint Lawrence River]] during the si...
14: ...xtent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]]. - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...erence of British and French-Canadian hunters and trappers who were already well established in the ar...
7: ...hought that when they got to that part of the country, she could take them to her native home.
10: ...e wintering at the fort, the men prepared for the trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting el...
16: ...s from the East would have stormed the Indian Country much too soon, and there would have been total c...
24: *Opened American fur trade in the West - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}} - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...alta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ... [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It w...
9: ... [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided int...
15: ...] surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the...
19: ... the survivors were allowed to leave Rhodes and retreated to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. In exchange, t... - Tea Act (1279 bytes)
1: ...wards, united the colonies even more in their frustrations against Britain, and was but one of the man...
3: * [http://ahp.gatech.edu/tea_act_bp_1773.html The full text of the Tea Act] - Oxygen (9039 bytes)
1: ...er | number=8 | symbol=O | name=oxygen | left=[[nitrogen]] | right=[[fluorine]] | above=- | below=[[su...
17: {{Elementbox_crystalstruct | cubic }}
18: ...box_oxistates | −'''2''', −1<br />(neutral oxide) }}
19: {{Elementbox_electroneg_pauling | 3.44 }}
23: {{Elementbox_covalentradius_pm | [[1 E-11 m|73]] }} - Platinum (10600 bytes)
18: |[[Chemical series]] || [[transition metal]]s
22: ... scale|Hardness]] || 21450 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m³]], 3.5
30: |[[Atomic radius]] (calc.) || 135 (177) [[picometre|pm]]
36: |[[Electron configuration]] || <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[xenon|Xe...
38: |[[electron|e<sup>-</sup>]] 's per [[energy level]] || 2, 8...
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