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- Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
4: ...communication with one another as their common opposition to Britain grew. It lasted only from [[Sept...
8: ...re reopened in defiance of the Navigation Acts. Most importantly, on [[July 4]], [[1776]], they adopt...
25: *Nov. 26, 1783- June 3, 1784 [[Annapolis, Maryland]]
26: *Nov. 1, 1784- Dec. 24, 1784 [[Trenton, New Jersey]]
44: *Lynn Montross; ''The Reluctant Rebels; the Story of the Contin... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
5: ...''. Often imitated or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutio...
25: Most [[American Indian]] communities east of the [[Mi...
30: [[Image:Boston concord 1775.jpg|thumb|400px|Boston - Concord Area, Route of British Troops, April...
31: ...ulars (about 4,000 men) from his headquarters in Boston, but the countryside was in the hands of the c...
33: ... nearly constant fire during the return march to Boston. The shooting war had started. - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...r)|Alexander Mackenzie]], the first European to cross North America by land north of Mexico, in [[1793...
7: ...d guided them westward. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did ...
9: ...otted [[Mt. Hood]], a mountain known to be very close to the ocean.
10: ... from the ocean, hunting elk and other wildlife. Mostly they just endured the persistent rain.
16: ...much too soon, and there would have been total chaos. - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
34: ... of Paris was ratified there on [[January 14]], [[1784]], so Annapolis became the first peacetime capita...
44: ...1}}, 28 miles east of Washington DC, and is the closest state capital to the national capital, [[Washi...
58: ...20.8% of those under the age of 18 and 10.4% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. - Trenton, New Jersey (12026 bytes)
25: ...r it part of [[South Jersey]] and as the northernmost city of the [[Delaware Valley|Delaware Valley me...
27: ...wo maximum security units and houses the state's most dangerous criminals, is also located in Trenton.
36: ...e [[United States]] in November and December of [[1784]]. The city was considered as a permanent capital...
52: ...ficials seeing as how Trenton High is one of the most beloved and historic [[edifices]] in the city at...
56: ...round the State House West Trenton has also seen positive growth as has the area between Greenwood Ave... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
78: ...ich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] (Germany, [[1784]] - [[1846]])
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - ) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
48: ...setts|Braintree]] (later renamed Quincy) or in [[Boston]] as his practice expanded. In ten years she ...
50: In 1784, she joined John Adams at his diplomatic post in [[Paris]]. After 1785, she filled the role of...
52: ... poor health forced her to spend as much time as possible in Quincy.
54: ...rmal pattern of entertaining, becoming the first hostess of the yet uncompleted [[White House]]. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[198...
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]]...
54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[191...
71: ...Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]]) - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
9: ...bina, and Radošinare These findings are the most ancient evidence of commercial exchanges carried...
11: ...archeological digs and burial places scattered across Slovakia, and even more surprisingly, in the nor...
13: ...ers. This cave is one of the biggest Neolithic deposits in Europe, and was continuously inhabited for ...
15: ...nd weapons. As a result, it became an important crossroads of European trade routes.
19: ...0th century BCE|2000]]-[[800s BCE|800 BCE]]. The most well-known culture of that era was the funeral c... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - William Henry Harrison (11790 bytes)
18: ...general]] in the subsequent [[War of 1812]], his most notable contribution was a victory at the [[Batt...
23: ...nd was [[Governor of Virginia]] ([[1781]]–[[1784]]). William Henry Harrison's brother, [[Carter Ba...
25: ...which brought the [[Northwest Indian War]] to a close. Lieutenant Harrison was one of the signers of t...
27: ...nor of the newly formed [[Indiana Territory]], a post he held for 12 years, until [[1813]].
31: ==Post-war political career== - Zachary Taylor (11484 bytes)
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>November 24, 1784</td></tr>
20: '''Zachary Taylor''' ([[November 24]], [[1784]] – [[July 9]], [[1850]]), also known as "O...
25: ...nd a thick torso. Taylor sometimes needed to be boosted into his saddle!
34: ...rty]] and nominated [[Martin Van Buren]]. In a close election, the Free Soilers pulled enough votes a...
37: ...dent or Vice President for one day. Some people postulate that [[David Rice Atchison]], the previous ... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
4: ...participated. The bolded items are the U.S. wars most often considered to be ''major conflicts'' by hi...
52: *[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (as member of [[IFOR]] and [...
54: *[[Kosovo War]] (1999)
80: *[[Osage Indian War]] (1837)
85: *[[Mariposa War]] (1850–1851) - Sea Lamprey (9084 bytes)
16: ...a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth, with which most species bore into the flesh of other fishes to s...
19: ...have one or two [[dorsal fin]]s, large eyes, one nostril on the top of their head, and seven gills on ...
23: ...feeding on the blood and tissues of the host. In most species this phase lasts about 18 months. Whethe...
27: ... be up to 18 months long—surely one of the most remarkable endurance events in the animal kingdo...
59: ***''[[Ichthyomyzon fossor]]'' (Reighard and Cummins, 1916) - Northern Br... - Pterosaurs (10375 bytes)
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3: with permission from ''The Pterosaur <br/>
9: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Archosaur|Archosauria]]}}
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16: ...|archosaurs]], along with [[crocodiles]] and [[dinosaurs]] (and their descendants, the [[birds]]). - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...rossing the Delaware.png|thumb|250px|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776...
6: ...ilosophy and science increased in prominence. Philosophers were dreaming about a better age without th...
8: ...nquest of large parts of India. However, Britain lost the USA after the American revolution. The [[ind...
16: ...ds (geologic event)|Bridge of the Gods]] forms across the [[Columbia River]].
18: ...anish Succession]] was a conflict which involved most of [[Louis XIV#The Spanish Succession|Europe]].<... - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
18: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]]
29: * [[1784]]: [[Bifocals]]: [[Benjamin Franklin]]
30: * [[1784]]: [[Shrapnel shell]]: [[Henry Shrapnel]] - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ...ing his lifetime, Mozart was admired by later composers and his works are frequently played today.
7: ... at [[St. Rupert's Cathedral]] as ''Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart'' but his [[Moz...
11: ...cally, he developed very rapidly and began to compose his own works at the age of five.
13: ...ame ill, Leopold expressed more concern over the loss of income than over his son's well-being. Consta...
19: ...hlight of the Italian journey, which is now an almost legendary tale, occurred when he heard [[Gregori...
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