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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
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23: ...n]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
30: *[[Ibn Battuta|Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta]], ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]]...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] ex... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...MarieAntoinette1769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriag...
2: '''Marie-Antoinette''', Queen of [[France]] and Archduchess of [[Aus...
4: Marie-Antoinette was the fifteenth child (the youngest daughter; ...
7: ...e Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most bril...
9: ...ss's youngest daughter in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the Empress's amusement.) - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
5: ...nchester, Hampshire|Winchester]] to seek medical attendance, but so rapid was the progress of her mala...
9: ...ed when they were published, with [[Sir Walter Scott]] in particular praising her work: - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
4: ...welfth Dynasty]] came to an end around [[1780s BC|1786 BC]], and was succeeded by the much weaker [[Thir... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...lf-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack of [[smallpox]], although his face was scarred...
31: ...rench, which Washington could not read.) The "[[Battle of Jumonville Glen|Jumonville affair]]" became ...
33: ...[[Braddock Expedition#Battle of the Monongahela|Battle of the Monongahela]]. Washington distinguished ...
41: ... Army]] on [[June 15]], [[1775]]. The [[Massachusetts]] delegate [[John Adams]] suggested his appointm...
43: ...ving most of his forces. However, several other battles in the area sent Washington scrambling across ... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ...iness, making him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
13: ...o resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading.
17: ...oke that "[[Samuel Adams|Sam Adams]] writes the letters [to newspapers] and John Hancock pays the post...
19: ...eady to fight in sixty seconds—and his boycott of [[tea]] imported by the [[British East India C...
27: ... the Continental Congress's demand for [[beef]] cattle to feed the hungry army. On [[January 19]], [[1... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
23: ...]] for several generations. He attended and then attempted to institute many reforms at the [[College ...
25: ...herman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prep...
27: ...e definitive book on the original buildings, or [http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/grizzard Academic...
29: [[Image:Jefferson1web.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Letter to Col. Skipwith, concerning millet seed]] - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
20: ...al-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu<br>([[Malay language...
80: ...hor, and the [[Aceh|Sultanate of Aceh]]; and the attacks only stopped in [[1641]], when the [[Netherla...
82: ...h East India Company]] seat of government in Calcutta until [[1867]] when their administration was tra...
84: ...tion that favoured the merchants of the Straits Settlements. Finally, the [[Pangkor Treaty of 1874]] p...
90: ...orneo (renamed [[Sabah]]), and [[Sarawak]], the latter two colonies being on the island of [[Borneo]].... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 5<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 9]], [[1788]] |
43: ... Connecticut were English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, the "[[Fundamen...
52: ...y [[New York State]], on the north by [[Massachusetts]], and on the east by [[Rhode Island]]. The stat...
65: ...egions of the state, considering themselves more attached to [[New York City]] and its suburbs in east... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 10<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 25]], [[1788]] |
38: ...Union as a separate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American ...
44: ...n what now is Virginia were the [[Powhatan]], [[Nottaway]], [[Meherrin]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [[S...
46: ...ement in the New World which was at [[Jamestown Settlement|Jamestown]] in the [[Virginia Colony]] in [... - Comet (30542 bytes)
5: ... a [[solid]] (rather than [[gas]]eous) [[phase (matter)|state]]. [[Asteroid]]s originate via a differ...
15: ...bjects known to exist in the solar system. The Giotto probe found that [[Comet Halley]]'s nucleus refl...
17: ... emission of X-rays and far ultraviolet photons [http://www.kvi.nl/~bodewits].
31: ...nts has rendered this system impractical, and no attempt is made to ensure that each comet has a uniqu...
33: ...ond comet to pass perihelion in 1970) {{hnote|Arnett (2000)}}. - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ... and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorktown]]. "The Revolution ...
4: ...ture and extent of the American Revolution is a matter of interpretation. It is generally agreed that ...
28: ...ement became the practice. In [[1761]], Massachusetts lawyer [[James Otis]] argued that the writs viol...
30: ...ance. In previous years, the colonies had shown little inclination towards collective action. Grenvill...
38: ...eized by customs officials in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] on [[June 10]], [[1768]]. Angry protest... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
19: *[[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]]
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
28: ** [[Massachusetts Government Act]] ([[May 20]]),
31: *[[1775]] - [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]]
35: *[[1777]] - [[Battle of Oriskany]] ([[August 6]]) - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
37: ... re-elected amid struggle with [[Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844)|Nicholas Biddle]] over the fate of the [[Se...
41: *[[1836]] - [[Battle of the Alamo]], [[Battle of San Jacinto]]
76: *[[1848]] - [[Gold]] discovered at [[Sutter's Mill]] in [[California]]
88: ...3]] - Commodore [[Matthew Perry (naval officer)|Matthew Perry]] opens [[Japan]]
96: *[[1856]] - [[Pottawatomie Massacre]] - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ...h supporters and opponents of the revolution. It attempts to give identifying facts and ultimate fates...
9: ...ned in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'etat|coup]]'' attempt
14: ...an-Baptiste Bernadotte|Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte]] - General, later king of [[Sweden]]
17: *[[Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne]] - on [[Committee of Public Safety]], more radical [[Maximilien R...
29: ...ery of the terrible state of French finances in [[1786]] precipitated the Revolution crisis - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
6: ...e]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both [[Church]]...
12: ...resent purposes, these two eras are [[lumpers/splitters|split]]; however, it is equally acceptable to ...
16: ...ced by the ideas of [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]], [[Gottfried Leibniz|Leibniz]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo...
24: ... as England's own "[[Star Chamber]]" court would attest to. However, once the concept established that...
28: ... to use your own intelligence! is therefore the motto of the enlightenment.'' - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
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14: *[[Neil Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemist
41: *[[Otto Diels]], (1876-1954), German chemnist, winner of...
74: *[[Otto Hahn]], (1879-1968)
77: *[[Charles Hatchett]], (1765-1847), English chemist who discovered [[... - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...urdens. The rebellion started on [[August 29]], [[1786]].
3: ...|thumb|250px|Shays Rebellion, Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]The c...
5: ...ution in [[1779]], the towns of Western Massachusetts and modern-day [[Maine]] were unable to contribu...
7: ...governor, many of the people in Western Massachusetts became restless.
9: ..., Massachusetts|Worcester]], [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]], and elsewhere. After the passage of t... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
17: ... to England, made his own engine and in [[1763]] attempted to put it in a boat. The boat sank, and whi...
21: ...sion by floats on a chain, obtained a patent in [[1786]], then built a steamboat which underwent a succe...
23: ...Lord Dundas]] and in March [[1802]] the ''[[Charlotte Dundas]]'' towed two 70 ton barges 30 km (almost...
25: ...]] he ordered a [[Watt steam engine|Boulton and Watt steam engine]], and on return built the ''North R...
27: In [[Scotland]] the ideas of the ''Charlotte Dundas'' were taken up by [[Henry Bell]], and in... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
4: ...Congress was planned through the permanent [[committees of correspondence]], which kept the local colo...
6: ...e "Intolerable Acts" were not repealed. The boycott was successfully implemented, but its potential a...
8: ...ntry through the war with very little money and little real power. The Congress had disagreements wit...
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786
29: *Nov. 6, 1786- Oct. 30, 1787
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