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- 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...
55: *[[Michael Faraday]], (1791-1867), scientist
74: *[[Otto Hahn]], (1879-1968) - Benjamin Banneker (3034 bytes)
9: ...calculations of the locations of [[star]]s. Ellicott was impressed with his work and lent him books on...
13: ... hired to assist brothers Andrew and Joseph Ellicott to work with [[France|French]] architect [[Pierre...
15: ...lp in his calculation and referred to the "long letter from Banneker, which shows him to have had a mi... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...ith [[Alexander Hamilton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
13: ...n arriving before the [[Battle of Quebec (1775)|Battle of Quebec]], he disguised himself as a [[Roman ...
14: ... led a British assault in [[1780]]. Burr was admitted to the bar at [[Albany, New York|Albany]] in [[...
24: ... He was commissioner of Revolutionary claims in [[1791]], and that same year he defeated a favored candi...
38: ... Representatives|House of Representatives]]. The attempts of a powerful faction among the Federalists ... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: '''Charles Babbage''' ([[December 26]] [[1791]] – [[October 18]] [[1871]]) was an [[Unite...
5: ...s a banking partner of the Praeds who owned the Bitton Estate in [[Teignmouth]]. His mother was Betsy ...
29: ...sed the principles of a calculating engine in a letter to Sir [[Humphrey Davy]] in [[1822]].
36: ...tation of astronomical and mathematical tables."[http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicia...
38: ... ''On the Economy of Machinery and Manufacture''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4238] in [[1832]]. It ... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
12: ...st of [[Newfoundland]], which brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
14: Cook's huge achievements can be attributed to a combination of excellent [[seamanship...
28: ...ts name to the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']], as well the Endeavour River.
32: ... [[Joseph Banks]] was a bigger hero. Banks even attempted to take command of Cook's second voyage, bu...
41: ...hen travelled south again, in a second fruitless attempt to find the supposed continent, bringing with... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
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51: *[[Charles Babbage]] (United Kingdom, [[1791]] - [[1871]])
62: *[[Grigory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - )
63: *[[Charlotte Barnum]] (1860-1934)
82: *[[Bhargav Bharat Bhatt]] (India) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
3: ...ys, a family of great prestige in the [[Massachusetts]] colony; her father and other forebearers were ...
21: ...[[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]], [[Massachusetts]]</td>
29: <td>[[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]</td>
48: ... Abigail Adams is remembered today for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he served his c...
52: ...er experience of courts and society abroad. After 1791, poor health forced her to spend as much time as ... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
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10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
136: *[[Pablo Cottenot]] ([[France]])
150: *[[William Rutter Dawes]] ([[Britain]], [[1799]] – [[1868]]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
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39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
57: *[[Archibald Alison (Scottish author)|Archibald Alison]], (1757-1839){{fn|R}... - Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
9: ...r]] results in the discrediting of [[Marie Antoinette]]
44: * [[July 15]]: [[Lafayette]] appointed Commander of the National Guard
61: '''[[1791]]'''
64: * [[February 28]]: [[Day of Daggers]]; [[Lafayette]] orders the arrest of 400 armed aristocrats at ...
90: * [[August 19]] [[Lafayette]] flees to [[Austria]] - Platinum (10600 bytes)
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46: |[[State of matter]] || solid ([[paramagnetic]])
70: |[[Thermal conductivity]] || 71.6 [[watt per metre-kelvin|W/(m?K)]]
74: |2<sup>nd</sup> ionization potential || 1791 kJ/mol
160: ...0px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Titanium (20884 bytes)
42: <tr><td>[[State of matter]]</td><td>Solid ([[magnetism|__]])</td></tr>
66: <td>[[Thermal conductivity]]</td><td>21.9 [[watt per metre-kelvin|W/(m*K)]]</td></tr>
116: ...0px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
118: ...istant as [[platinum]]), being able to withstand attack by [[acid]]s, moist [[chlorine]] gas, and by c...
120: ...[organic acid]]s. It is [[paramagnetic]] (weakly attracted to [[magnet]]s) and has a very low [[electr... - Gong (10121 bytes)
7: ... beater. Large gongs may be 'primed' by lightly hitting them before the main stroke, greatly enhancing...
79: ...beaten with a round, hard, leather-covered pad, fitted on a short stick or handle. It emits a peculiar...
81: ...at the death of [[Honoré irabeau|Mirabeau]] in [[1791]]. [[Gaspare Spontini]] used it in ''La Vestale''...
85: A man hitting a gong twice starts all [[Rank Organisation|Ra... - Samuel F. B. Morse (8859 bytes)
1: ...ortrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: '''Samuel Finley Breese Morse''' ([[April 27]], [[1791]] – [[April 2]], [[1872]]) was an [[United ...
9: ...erican painter. While at [[Yale University]], he attended lectures on [[electricity]] from [[Benjamin ...
11: ...]]. In [[1825]], Morse painted [[Marquis de Lafayette]]'s portrait (for [[Dollar|$]]1,000). On [[Febru...
21: ...ototype of the telegraph. It used a one-element battery and a simple electromagnet. This prototype onl... - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
21: ... Vice President rarely presides over day-to-day matters in the Senate; in his place, the Senate choose...
29: ... the five highest vote-getters, with each state getting one vote. In such a case, the person who recei...
44: ...nce, the office of Vice President was seen as a little more than a minor position. [[John Adams]], th...
46: ...President Charles Curtis was also precluded from attending by President [[Herbert Hoover]].
48: ...sult, Truman was unaware of the top-secret [[Manhattan Project]] to develop [[nuclear weapon]]s when h... - William Henry Harrison (11790 bytes)
18: ...ost notable contribution was a victory at the [[Battle of the Thames]], in which [[Tecumseh]] was kill...
23: .... William Henry Harrison's brother, [[Carter Bassett Harrison]], later became a member of the House of...
25: ...795]], which opened much of present-day Ohio to settlement by [[whites|white]] Americans.
27: ... made it easier for people to purchase land for settlement in the Northwest Territory. Harrison resign...
29: ...ng [[Canada]] and crushing the British at the [[Battle of the Thames]]. - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...r 21]], [[1694]] – [[May 30]], [[1778]]), better known by the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was a...
12: ...dil;ois' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and the child showed a faculty fo...
14: ...is father stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it.
16: ...he tragedy of ''Oedipe'', which he had already written, privately known. He was introduced to the famo...
18: ...The origin of the name has been much debated and attempts have been made to show that it existed in th... - 13 colonies (4411 bytes)
1: ...tion of Pilgrims in Church. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
14: ...rovince of Massachusetts Bay]], later [[Massachusetts]] and [[Maine]]
29: ...untry from 1777 until it became the 14th state in 1791. Today it is considered part of [[New England]].
49: * [[Nevis]], as part of [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
50: * [[St. Christopher]], now [[Saint Kitts]] - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
13: *[[Nicaragua Naval Battles]] (1854–1858)
17: *[[Shinmiyangyo|Shinmiyangyo Battle in Korea]] (1871)
50: *[[Battle of Mogadishu]] (1993)
60: ==Native American conflicts, wars, battles, expeditions and campaigns==
70: *[[Little Belt Affair]] (1811)
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