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- Illinois (27007 bytes)
37: ...ry]]. Its name was given by the state's [[France|French explorers]] after the indigenous [[Illiniwek]...
39: ...e its largest city is [[Chicago]], along the waterfront of [[Lake Michigan]]. Most of the state's pop...
48: ... The area was ceded to the new United States in [[1783]] and became part of the [[Northwest Territory]].
56: ...Illinois in the Civil War]]), which were numbered from the 7th IL to the 156th IL. Seventeen cavalry r...
60: ...ing from traditions cultivated during the state's frontier era. As codified in the state constitution... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
1: {{French_Revolution}}
2: ...As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflic...
5: France in 1789 was, at least in theory, an [[absolut...
7: ...mocratic]] nature of the government, pushed for [[freedom of speech]], and challenged the [[Catholic C...
9: ...sie, albeit in a non-bourgeois manner. The entire French terrorism was just a [[plebeian]] way of deal... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
1: {{French Revolution}}
2: ...]]'', and eclipses both subsequent revolutions in France in the popular imagination. It downplays the ...
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflic...
21: ...tial creditors of the confidence and stability of France's finances. - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
1: {{French_Revolution}}
2: ...is a [[partial list]] of people involved in the [[French Revolution]]. It includes both supporters and...
5: *[[Charles X of France|Charles, comte d'Artois]] - younger brother o...
6: ...ench Empire|Empire]], general, later [[Marshal of France]].
9: *[[François-Noël Babeuf]] - proto-[[socialism|sociali... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...rk for the [[American Revolution|American]] and [[French Revolution]]s, the Latin American independenc...
14: ...ne. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jefferson.
16: ...d by the ideas of [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]], [[Gottfried Leibniz|Leibniz]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]...
18: ...ies. If the previous era was the age of reasoning from first principles, Enlightenment thinkers saw th...
20: ...figures such as Sir [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Francis Bacon]] with the axiomatic approach of Desca... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
15: *[[Antoine Baum]], (1728-1804), French chemist
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
21: *[[Henri Braconnot]] (1780-1855), French chemist and pharmacist
31: ...Skłodowska-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiation physicist
44: *[[Jean Baptiste Dumas]], (1800-1884), French chemist - Hot air balloon (8769 bytes)
1: ...irst manned flight was made on [[November 21]], [[1783]], in [[Paris]] by [[Pilⴲe de Rozier]] and the ...
9: ...icist named [[Pilⴲe de Rozier]] and the Marquis Francois d'Arlandes successfully petitioned for the ...
24: ...lled a [[Rozier]] balloon after its creator, Jean-Fran篩s Pilⴲe de Rozier.
35: ... balloon flight starts with unpacking the balloon from its carrying bag. A gasoline powered fan is us...
39: ...has landed, the envelope is deflated and detached from the basket. The envelope is then packed into it... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
24: *[[Frédéric Bartholdi]] (1834 - 1904)
28: *[[Wilfried Behre]]
87: *[[François-Joseph Duret]] (1804 - 1865)
100: *[[Emmanuel Frémiet]] (1824 - 1910) - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
13: ...from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture.
14: ...al law]], and quickly restored order. He resigned from the army in March 1779 on account of ill health...
18: ...fe were married for twelve years, until her death from [[cancer]].
20: ...umel. When she realized her fortune was dwindling from her husband's land speculation, they separated ...
24: ...n]]. He served in the [[New_York_State_Assembly]] from [[1784]] to [[1785]], but Burr became seriously... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...cross the [[ Persian Gulf]]. The [[Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge]], currently in planning, will lin...
42: ...ndependence]]'''<br />- From [[Iran|Persia]]<br>- From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />
44: <br>[[1783]]
61: ...e [[Persian Gulf]] has brought rule and influence from the [[Assyrian]]s, [[Babylonian]]s, [[Greeks]],...
65: ...ic position between East and West, fertile lands, fresh water, and pearl diving made Bahrain a centre ... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
5: ...at only got them more burnt, so they were scarred from the fire for the rest of their life.
9: On [[June 5]], [[1783]], as a first public demonstration, they sent up ...
11: ...erformed at [[Versailles]], before [[Louis XVI of France]], to gain his permission for a trial human f...
15: On [[November 21]], [[1783]], the first free flight by humans was made by [[Pilâtre de Rozi...
16: (A flight by Karl Friedrich Meerwein in 1781 with his "ornithopter", a... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
2: ...|right|thumb|240px|Left: original [[paddlewheel]] from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. Right:...
19: ...g steamboat that was too slow for river use. In [[1783]] a new [[paddle steamer]], the [[PS Pyroscaphe|'...
21: ...River]], but then patent disputes dissuaded Fitch from continuing.
23: ...hile, [[Patrick Miller of Dalswinton]], near [[Dumfries]], [[Scotland]], had developed double-hulled b...
25: ...777]] at the age of 12, visited [[Britain]] and [[France]] where he built and tested an experimental s... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...non-state actors. Piracy should be distinguished from [[privateer]]ing, which was a legitimate form o...
12: ...1.8-2]) says this happened earlier, on his return from Nicomedes's court. Velleius Paterculus (''Roman...
20: ...'', and given the responsibility of eliminating [[Frankish]] and [[Saxons|Saxon]] pirates who had been...
27: ...se in 844. Vikings even attacked coasts of North Africa and Italy. They also plundered all the coasts ...
29: ... of the [[Balearic Islands]] in the 10th century. From 824 to 961 [[Arab]] pirates in [[Crete]] raided... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
1: ...een Colonies]] and later of the [[United States]] from [[1774]] to [[1789]], a period that included th...
4: ...ommon opposition to Britain grew. It lasted only from [[September 5]], 1774, to [[October 26]], 1774,...
8: ...sed to receive it). [[Silas Deane]] was sent to [[France]] as an [[ambassador]] of the United States. ...
23: *July 2, 1778- June 21, 1783 Philadelphia
24: *June 30, 1783- Nov. 4, 1783 [[Princeton, New Jersey]] - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...''American Revolutionary War''' ([[1775]]–[[1783]]), also known as the '''American War of Independ...
10: ...t a time, were generally reluctant to go very far from home, and would often come and go as they saw f...
15: ...f these ever set foot in America. The war was far from Britain's greatest concern at the time. [[Loyal...
19: ...cisive, though disastrous for the French economy. France's standing army at the time is estimated to h...
23: ...lack slaves used the war as a chance to escape to freedom. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: [[Image:B franklin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroomclipart....
2: ...d a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster...
4: Franklin's [[invention]]s include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [[catheter]], the [[li...
9: ...]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thomas Franklin, a blacksmith and farmer, and Jane White. H...
11: ...dren, all of whom being half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[16... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
7: ...Again [[Catherine de Medici]] and [[Charles IX of France]] make substantial concessions to the [[Hugue...
8: *[[1708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of Fort...
17: *1889 - The free [[Woolwich Ferry]] officially opens in east [[L...
19: ...New York]] for a post-presidency [[safari]] in [[Africa]]. The trip is sponsored by the [[Smithsonian ...
38: ...nflict of [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Operation Iraqi Freedom]] - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
28: ...e [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] in [[1783]].
34: ...workings of the government from [[November 26]] [[1783]] to [[August 13]] [[1784]], and the Treaty of Pa...
36: ...the [[Continental Congress]] on [[December 23]] [[1783]]. George Washington, who had argued vigorously f...
52: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.67% from two or more races. 6.42% of the population are...
56: ...8, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who are 65 years of age or ... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
5: ...miles (233 kilometers) north of and slightly east from [[New York City]], and slightly to the south of...
33: ...ger son of the Scottish King. The name is derived from Alba; the Gaelic name for Scotland.
37: ...Colonies met in the [[Albany Congress]]. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania presented the Albany Plan o...
39: ... [[1797]] the state capital of New York was moved from [[Kingston, New York|Kingston]] to Albany, abou...
51: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.98% from two or more races. 5.59% of the population are... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
24: ...[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
28: *[[Andr魍arie Amp貥]], (France, [[1775]] - [[1836]])
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]])
39: *[[Yoriyuki Arima]] (Japan, [[1714]]-[[1783]])
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