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- List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
34: *[[1801]] - [[Thomas Jefferson]] becomes President
66: ...]] - [[Hartford Convention]]; [[New England]] proposes [[secession]]. - Ohio (19444 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = OH |
36: ...nion under the [[Northwest Ordinance]]. Its U.S. postal abbreviation is '''OH'''; its old-style abbrev...
42: ...the [[France|French]] set up a system of trading posts to control the [[fur trade]] in the region.
48: ...e known as free states, in contradistinction to those states south of the Ohio River known as slave st...
50: ...o's population numbered only 45,000 in December [[1801]], Congress determined that the population was gr... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
12: ...egular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
18: *[[1801]] - Legislative union of [[Kingdom of Great Brita...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is d...
35: *[[1902]] - The first [[Rose Bowl (game)|Rose Bowl]] game is played in [[Pasadena, California]...
79: **[[Velvet Divorce]]: [[Czechoslovakia]] is divided into the [[Slovakia|Slovak Re... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
15: ...both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
21: ...l of Finance 1777–1781), unsuccessfully proposed to revise the French tax system to a more unifo...
23: ..., determined that it was not sustainable, and proposed a uniform land tax as a means of setting France...
25: ...[Grenoble]]. Even more importantly, the chaos across France convinced the short-term creditors on who... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...ench power rose quickly, [[Conquest|conquering]] most of Europe; the fall was also rapid, beginning wi...
12: ... United Kingdom's industrial economy made it the most powerful commercial nation as well.
13: * In most European countries, the importation of the ideal...
20: ...ming independent and mobile artillery units as opposed to the previous tradition of attaching artiller...
26: ...ought at sea, bringing the total for France to almost 3 million combatants. - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...was primarily fought in France, and though in retrospect it has the feeling of a French [[civil war]] ...
5: ...new monarchies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant conflicts in [[medieval warfare]].
10: ...wever, in [[1216]], the Anglo-Normans lost their possessions to France. English nobles in the [[14th c...
17: ...y. Another effect of the war was to galvanize opposition to Edward II among the English lords of Aqui...
21: ... III, being the nephew of King Charles, was his closest living male relative and was the only survivin... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: ...o the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
4: ...ity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ... of the age. However, prominent Enlightenment philosophers such as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rou...
8: ... continued rise of [[empiricism | empirical]] philosophical ideas, and their application to [[politica...
11: == History of Enlightenment philosophy == - Ireland (33828 bytes)
3: ...l) [[British Islands]] [[archipelago]]. It is composed of the [[Republic of Ireland]] which covers fiv...
15: ...tutionally the boundaries have to be observed. Across Ireland, the 32 counties are still used in sport...
17: ...e southern and western counties. These areas are mostly mountainous and rocky, with beautiful green vi...
30: ...d for centuries as one unified political entity, most recently as the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] or as par...
32: ...ingdom]]. The island also has a shared culture across the divide in many other ways. Traditional [[Iri... - Alfred Nobel (7332 bytes)
5: ...e]] at the [[University of Torino]]). Several explosions were reported at their family-owned factory i...
7: ...s only play (''[[Nemesis (Nobel)|Nemesis]]'', a prose tragedy in four acts about [[Beatrice Cenci]], p...
14: ...led, was patented in 1876, and was followed by a host of similar combinations, modified by the additio...
16: ...complicated by the fact that it is in practice impossible to prepare either of these two forms without...
21: From the manufacture of dynamite and other explosives, and from the exploitation of the [[Baky|Baku... - Sicily (18450 bytes)
30: ... It is also one of the world's most active volcanos.
39: A network of [[motorway]]s crosses the island, much of it raised on columns due t...
43: ..., though trains are loaded onto ferries for the crossing from the mainland. Officially, the Stretto di...
47: ...rmo International Airport]] and [[Catania-Fontanarossa Airport]].
52: ...uttitta]]. Other Sicilian artists include the composers [[Sigismondo d'India]] (from Palermo), [[Vince... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
53: *[[Agostino Carlini]] (1718 - 1790)
60: *[[Cosimo Cenni]]
66: *[[Rossella Cosentino]]
72: *[[Cameron Cross]] (1963- )
83: *[[Alceo Dossena]] (1878 - 1937) - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
14: ...Westchester County, a region between the British post at Kingsbridge and that of the Americans about 1...
18: ...ried [[Joseph Alston]] of [[South Carolina]] in [[1801]], and died in a [[shipwreck]] off the Carolinas ...
20: ... a famous duel, an irony which was hopefully not lost on the younger Hamilton.
28: ...'s access to the [[National Archives|archives]], possibly because the former colonel had been a noted ...
30: ...ational parties]] became clearly defined. Burr loosely associated himself with the Democratic-Republi... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ... ([[January 14]], [[1741]] – [[June 14]], [[1801]]) was a [[general]] in the [[Continental Army]] ...
13: ...sted vehemently when the suspicious legislators closely examined each item. In June he became a widowe...
15: ...n [[Arnold Expedition|expeditionary force]] from Boston on an easternly route to [[Quebec City, Quebec...
25: ...ral Washington, Arnold was an easier target for those who did not approve of the way Washington was co...
29: ...]], was created by the Continental Congress for those who had participated in his capture. - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
3: ...45;ρθένος'' (parthenos), a virgin.
9: ... was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]] to the Acropolis In [[454 BC]].
11: ...urvature of the [[stylobate]], the taper of the naos walls and the ''entasis'' of the columns." The st...
19: ...ent showed Athena's battle with [[Poseidon]] for possession of the land of [[Attica]]. [[Metope|Metope...
27: ...[Constantinople]], where it was later destroyed, possibly during the sack of the city during the [[Fou... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: ...roys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves most of the town in ruins.
8: * [[1801]] - The [[Battle of Alexandria]] was fought betwe...
20: ...ntiary]] on an island in [[San Francisco Bay]], closes.
24: ...lamation was issued by [[San Francisco]] Mayor [[Joseph Alioto]].
27: ...[[boycott]] of the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] to [[protest]] the [[Soviet Invasion of Afgh... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
10: *[[1801]] - [[Tsar]] [[Paul I of Russia]] is struck with ...
12: ...tion for "oll korrect" in the ''[[Boston Morning Post]]''.
19: ...[[Theodore Roosevelt]] leaves [[New York]] for a post-presidency [[safari]] in [[Africa]]. The trip is...
30: ...esident]] [[Ronald Reagan]] makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missil...
33: ...exican]] presidential candidate [[Luis Donaldo Colosio]] is assassinated by Mario Aburto Mart�z. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
179: *[[Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham]] (UK, [[1842]] - [[1928]... - 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]].
56: The Adamses retired to Quincy in 1801. Abigail died in 1818, and is buried beside her h... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[198...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]])
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]]...
54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[191...
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