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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minis...
41: ...s Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Rai...
45: ...ams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...sa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
4: ...ted [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]]. She was undoubtedly one of the most powerful women of he...
6: ...it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...o Louis, heir apparent to the king of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis X...
15: ... then HSH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (1739-1767); no surviving issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 176... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...ortrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3:
7: ...adame Puisieux and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the rest of her life. His letters t...
14: ...comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any subject that he approached, that in th...
16: ...nes]]. Here he remained for three months; then he was released, to enter upon the gigantic undertaking... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
18: ... United States]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825...
22: ...o [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...se of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to write out, at len...
26: ...etts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]]. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[July 11]], [[1767]]
13: | place of death=[[Washington, D.C.]]
18: ...d States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First La...
22: ...ected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[...
24: .... The couple named one of their sons after George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. Pres... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
9: | date of birth= March 15, 1767
10: | place of birth= [[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws area]] of [[North Carolina]]
18: ...[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
22: ...y the [[British]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. When he refused to clean the boots of a Briti...
24: ...ortly after [[1800]], as a young lawyer. Since he was not of a distinguished family, he had to make hi... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
2: <div style="float:right">[[image:James Watt small.jpg]]</div>
3: ...ary 19]], [[1736]]–[[August 19]], [[1819]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[mathematician]] and [[...
5: ...ved and worked in [[Birmingham]], [[England]]. He was a key member of the [[Lunar Society]]. Many of h...
10: ...[steam engine]], which started him thinking about ways to improve the engine.
11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Co... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
2: Name = Delaware |
3: Fullname = State of Delaware |
4: Flag = Delaware state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Delaware]] |
6: Seal = Delaware state seal.png | - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
34: ...ntury BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
55: * [[Water clock]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
141: * [[1767]]: [[Spinning jenny]]: [[James Hargreaves]] - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
2: ... jenny''' is a multi-spool [[spinning wheel]]. It was invented circa 1764 by [[James Hargreaves]] in S...
4: ...urn, in 1720. He received no formal education and was never taught how to read or write. He moved to S...
6: ...ason the spindles had to be horizontal, as they always had been, and he could place them vertically in...
8: Whatever the inspiration, the basic idea was developed as a machine with eight spindles at on...
10: ...e weft of the fabric, using stronger yarn for the warp. Later developments improved the quality of the... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
48: *[[Washington Allston]] ([[1779]]-[[1843]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
147: *[[Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa]] ([[1857]]-[[1893]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ... [[French and Indian War]], and the orange region was claimed by [[Spain]]. Note that this map does no...
2: ...commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
4: ...The opposite view is that the American Revolution was a unique and radical event, producing significan...
10: ...ican]] lands east of the [[Mississippi River]]. A war against France's former Indian allies—[[Po...
19: ... of [[Baptist]] views throughout the colonies. It was also the first event that swept through all the ... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
7: ...Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
15: *[[1767]] - [[Townshend Acts]]
24: *[[1774]] - [[Dunmore's War]]
46: ...Paris (1783)]] ends [[United States Revolutionary War]]
52: *[[1787]] - [[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[New Jersey]] become s... - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: The '''Boston Tea Party''' was a political protest by [[Boston, Massachusetts]]...
5: ...ficials and he was charged with [[smuggling]]. He was defended by [[John Adams]] and eventually the ch...
7: ...ompany had large debts, huge stocks of tea in its warehouses, and no prospect of selling it because sm...
9: ...om landing as most American ports turned the tea away; at Boston however, the East India Company had t...
11: ... they had destroyed only the tea. The whole event was remarkably quiet and peaceful. - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...], much like [[Vidkun Quisling|Quisling]] in [[Norway]], or [[Philippe P鴡in|P鴡in]] in [[France]].
6: ... married Margaret Mansfield on [[February 22]], [[1767]]. They had three sons; Margaret died [[June 19]]...
8: ==Wartime career==
9: ...our, had fought in the [[French and Indian War]], was a militia captain in the (Connecticut) Governor'...
10: ...ps that held it and who were not aware that a war was in progress. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...sponded with members of the [[Lunar Society]] and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. ...
9: ...farmer, and Jane White. His mother, Abiah Folger, was born in [[Nantucket]], [[Massachusetts]] on [[Au...
21: ...his father had, he produced 17 children. Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten an...
23: ...as not satisfied, however, and after a few months was induced by Pennsylvania Governor [[William Keith...
38: ... from a storm cloud, which implied that lightning was electrical. See, for example, the [[1805]] paint... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
12: area water = 2.3 km² (0.9 mi²) |
25: ...ashington Metropolitan Area]], 28 miles east of [[Washington D.C.]]. It is also home to the [[United S...
28: ...re|Lord Baltimore]] who died soon afterwards. It was only in 1695 when Sir [[Francis Nicholson]] move...
34: ...o [[August 13]] [[1784]], and the Treaty of Paris was ratified there on [[January 14]], [[1784]], so A...
36: ...e [[United States Capitol|Capitol building]] in [[Washington DC]] after it. - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ...rst Lady of the United States]], though that term was not coined until after her death.
3: ...lacked formal education. On her mother's side she was descended from the Quincys, a family of great pr...
48: ...65-1813), future President [[John Quincy Adams]] (1767-1848), Susanna Boylston (1768-70), Charles (1770-...
52: ...tates]], Abigail became a good friend to [[Martha Washington]] helped in official entertaining, drawin...
54: When John Adams was elected [[President of the United States]], she ... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876...
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[1989]...
51: *[[Walter Baade]] ([[Germany]], [[1893]] – [[1960...
65: *[[Edward Emerson Barnard]] ([[United States|USA]], [[185...
87: *[[Alexis Bouvard]] ([[France]], [[1767]] – [[1843]])
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