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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
160: ...e La Pérouse|Jean François La Pérouse]], (1741-1788), French explorer of the Pacific
246: *[[Scylax of Caryanda]] - a [[Hellenic civilization|Gree...
306: [[pl:Najwięksi odkrywcy]] - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
40: ...07-1886), grandson of John Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, US congressman, ambassador
59: *[[John Quincy Adams|Adams, John Quincy]], (1767-1848), sixth President of the United Sta...
68: ...[Thomas Adams (politician)|Adams, Thomas]], (1730-1788), Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ..., Catherine's lover at the time, headed a conspiracy in which Catherine led a group of troops to the p...
25: From 1788 to 1790 Russia was engaged in a [[Gustav III's Ru...
33: ...n le Rond d'Alembert|D'Alembert]], all French [[encyclopedist]]s who later cemented her reputation in ... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...an important precedent of [[republic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
51: ... out an offensive against the [[Iroquois Confederacy]], which had allied with the British and attacked...
53: ...n found out about a [[Newburgh conspiracy|conspiracy]] that was being planned by some of his officers ...
55: ==Activities between Revolution and Presidency ==
62: ...elieve that the [[Framers]] created the [[Presidency]] with Washington in mind. After the Convention, ... - Geology (12007 bytes)
16: ...n]] recorded his ''Theory of the Earth'' in the [[1788]] Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,... - Australia (39438 bytes)
29: currency=[[Australian dollar]]|
30: currency_code=AUD|
48: ...federation]], Australia has had a stable [[democracy|democratic]] political system and it remains a [[...
56: ...h was widely read and gave the term general currency. Governor [[Lachlan Macquarie]] of [[New South Wa...
67: ...y Captain [[Arthur Phillip]] on [[January 26]], [[1788]]. This date was later to become Australia's nati... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: (poetically) '''Columbia'''—is a [[democracy|democratic]] [[federal republic]] of fifty [[U.S....
37: [[September 17]], [[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[March 4]], [[1789]]|
38: currency = [[United States dollar|US dollar]] ([[$]]) |
39: currency_code = USD |
52: ... of the United States was profoundly changed in [[1788]] when the states replaced the [[Articles of Conf... - Marshall Islands (8760 bytes)
35: | '''[[Currency]]'''
53: ...[England|English]] captain [[John Marshall]] in [[1788]]; the islands owe their name to him. - James Watt (5070 bytes)
18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on st...
22: ...rking cycle of the engine, so showing its efficiency.
24: ... Further refinements ([[insulation]] of the steam cylinder, the double-acting engine, a counter, an in...
32: ==Legacy==
33: ...rted a machine of limited use to one of [[efficiency]] and many applications. It was the foremost ener... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 9]], [[1788]] |
99: ...nnecticut's nickname "the [[arsenal]] of [[democracy]]". [[Middletown, Connecticut]] was the major sup...
105: ...for machining screws, as well as the variable cam cylinder used to control the turret. [[Francis A. Pr...
107: ...d founding cycling magazines. When the [[safety bicycle]] was developed in the [[1880s]], he was in a ... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 2]], [[1788]] |
36: ...[United States Constitution]] on [[January 2]], [[1788]]. Georgia's population in [[As of 2000|2000]] w...
54: ...ined the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] and became a major theater of the [[American Ci...
413: ...iaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp The New Georgia Encyclopedia] - Maryland (22654 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[April 28]], [[1788]] |
111: ** [[Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA)
120: ** [[National Security Agency]] (NSA)
171: .... Nevertheless, the Crown later reversed that policy and discouraged the practice of Catholicism in Ma...
300: ...://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09755b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article] - Virginia (23198 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 25]], [[1788]] |
50: ...come the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Wh... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
43: ...fficial correspondence during the [[1750s]]. In [[1788]], [[North Carolina]] named the third county to b...
264: ...//tennesseeencyclopedia.net/intro.htm Tennessee Encyclopedia Online] - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[May 23]], [[1788]] |
119: ... Case Against Hunger: The Need for a National Policy,'''. Cowles Book Co., 1970. - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 21]], [[1788]] |
44: ... the [[Loudon Classic]], the longest-running motorcycle race in the United States.
78: ... mountains like [[Mount Madison]] and [[Mount Quincy Adams]] surrounding it. With hurricane force wind...
99: ...boring Massachusetts. This is a viable fiscal policy for a small, high-income state with limited socia...
234: ...ith no mandatory seatbelt law for adults, no motorcycle helmet law for adults nor mandatory vehicle in... - Anacharsis (4399 bytes)
4: ...a forerunner of the [[Skepticism|Skeptics]] and [[Cynics]], though none of his authentic works have su...
6: ... discourse became proverbial among Athenians as 'Scythian discourse'.
8: ...pitality to their own countrymen." Thereupon the Scythian stepped significantly across the threshold, ...
12: His book paralleling the laws of the Scythians with the laws of the Greeks has been lost. ...
18: ...old, and shall be quite contented if I return to Scythia a better man than I left it. However I will c... - History of science (41710 bytes)
82: ...the process had begun with the invention of the [[cyclotron]] by [[Ernest O. Lawrence]] in the 1930s, ...
100: ...n]] recorded his ''Theory of the Earth'' in the [[1788]] Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,...
112: ...its theoretically-expected value]]. This discrepancy forced a change in some values in the [[standard ...
117: ...is]] in [[1847]] dramatically reduced the occurrency of [[puerperal fever]] by the simple experiment o... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
302: *[[Boleslaw Cybis]] ([[1895]]-[[1957]])
303: *[[Jan Cybis]] ([[1897]]-[[1972]])
304: *[[Cydney]] ([[1909]]-[?])
443: *[[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]])
484: *[[Maurycy Gottlieb]] ([[1856]]-[[1879]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
16: ...]]-[[1641]]), [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]]), and [[John Constable]] ([[1776]]-[[1837]]).
31: ...lighter areas within the painting. This transparency provides watercolor its characteristics of bright... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
10: *[[1764]] - [[Currency Act]], passed by [[Parliament]]
53: *[[1788]] - [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Connectic... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
15: ...stitution, which was ratified by eleven States in 1788.
60: ...ferson]], who was serving as [[Ambassador (diplomacy)|Ambassador]] to [[France]] at the time, was neit...
62: ... with the ratification of New Hampshire, June 21, 1788. With the addition of Virginia on June 25 and wi... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[Londo...
62: *[[1979]] - Formal [[diplomacy|diplomatic relations]] are established between th...
90: *[[1999]] - The [[Euro]] currency is introduced.
186: *[[1986]] - [[Alfredo Binda]], Italian cyclist (b. [[1902]]) - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...e to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
10: *[[1788]] - [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] becomes the ...
23: ...00]] - [[John Hay]] announces the [[Open Door Policy]] to promote trade with [[China]].
44: ...id Vicious]] goes on trial for the murder of [[Nancy Spungen]].
123: *[[2005]] - [[Cyril Fletcher]], [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comed... - Religion (72319 bytes)
40: ... and suffering, and the articulation of a [[theodicy]];
53: ...viour in other aspects of life to ensure consistency with the set of beliefs, i.e., a [[moral code]], ...
109: ...according to God's laws of Justice, Faith, and Mercy, and rewards us according to our acts on Earth.
151: ...anity will be saved, due to God's overwhelming mercy (BT Sanhedrin 105a).
255: ...d that religions preach as in [[Immanuel Kant]]'s 1788 ''Critique of Practical Reason.'' Within a philos... - Kangaroo Facts (16137 bytes)
44: ...lly in groups called ''mobs''. The [[life expectancy]] of a kangaroo is about 18 years.
51: ...until it is satisfied, then proceed to the mating cycle.
59: ...the lungs again, providing further energy efficiency. Studies of kangaroos and wallabies have demonstr...
65: ..., kangaroos in Australia now than were present in 1788. - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
7: ... the French. Many in France attacked the [[democracy|undemocratic]] nature of the government, pushed f...
19: ...e desire to do so led directly to the decision in 1788 to call the [[Estates-General of 1789|Estates-Gen...
34: ...on, France had reached a state of virtual bankruptcy: no one would lend the king funds sufficient to m... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ... between [[1789]] and [[1799]], in which [[democracy|democrats]] and [[republicanism | republican]]s o...
27: ...e [[1614]]. Brienne resigned on [[August 25]], [[1788]], and Necker again took charge of the nation's f...
31: ...iled description of the events of [[August 8]], [[1788]] – [[June 17]], [[1789]], see [[Estates-Ge...
81: ... Assembly began to become clearer. The [[aristocracy|aristocrat]] [[Jacques Antoine Marie Cazal賝] an...
107: ...erty, the government introduced a new paper currency, ''[[assignat]]s'', backed by the confiscated chu... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
18: ... previous basic notions of the sources of legitimacy.
37: ...lightenment thinking began in France with the [[Encyclopédistes]]. The premise of their enterprise wa...
53: ...ght|In 1791, the "Great" or [[Four-Year Sejm]] of 1788–1792 adopts the May 3rd Constitution at War...
64: ...hisms, largely along political control of the papacy, but along doctrinal lines between Roman Catholic...
68: ...ce in the development of [[liberalism]], [[democracy]] and constitutional government which followed. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
10: ...h each state was equally represented. The inefficacy of the federal government under the Articles led ...
12: ...uisite number of states (nine out of the 13) in [[1788]], but its full implementation was set for [[Marc...
27: ... seat need not be held immediately after the vacancy arises; instead, it is typically conducted at the...
30: ...tting senators have been nominees for the presidency than sitting representatives.
35: ...nded to prevent those who sided with the Confederacy from serving. The Amendment, however, provides th... - Federal government of the United States (13380 bytes)
1: ...s of Confederation]] (in force from [[1781]] to [[1788]]). The Constitution is currently on display at t...
11: ...agencies, regulatory commissions, and the presidency.
33: ...stration]] and the [[Environmental Protection Agency]].
45: ...andling only certain kinds of cases. The bankruptcy courts are branches of the district courts, but t...
47: ...and some direct appeals from [[administrative agency|administrative agencies]]. The [[Supreme Court o... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
20: ... he prepared the USA to be the "Arsenal of Democracy" against [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Japanese Empi...
26: ...lled [[Nieuw Amsterdam]]) in about [[1650]]. In [[1788]] [[Isaac Roosevelt]] was a member of the state c...
32: ... most other members of the Hudson Valley aristocracy. The Roosevelts believed in public service, and w...
56: .... One of these was Eleanor's social secretary [[Lucy Mercer]], with whom Roosevelt began an affair soo...
64: ...f he was to run for public office again. (The [[Encyclop椩a Britannica]], for example, says that "by ... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
19: ...en minutes before the engine failed, but bureaucracy thwarted further progress.
23: ...as successfully tried out on Dalswinton Loch in [[1788]], and followed by a larger steamboat the next ye... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
6: ...ut its potential at altering British colonial policy was cut off by the outbreak of open fighting in [...
30: *Nov. 5, 1787- Oct. 21, 1788
31: *Nov. 3, 1788- Mar. 2, 1789 - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
79: ...e finished his [[autobiography]] between 1771 and 1788, at first addressed to his son, then later comple...
87: .../special_reports/franklin_prophecy/franklin_prophecy.asp fabricated quotation] which has been debunked... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
22: ...rthur Phillip]] arrived with the First Fleet in [[1788]], he felt that Botany Bay was unsuitable, and sa... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
25: ...– The precursor of the [[European Space Agency]], [[ESRO]] (European Space Research Organization...
52: ...[Frederick Winslow Taylor]], inventor and efficiency expert (d. [[1915]])
109: ...h Aspdin]], inventor of [[Portland cement]] (b. [[1788]]) - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: *[[1788]] - A [[fire]] destroys 856 buildings in [[New Or...
93: *[[1958]] - [[Cyril M. Kornbluth]], science fiction writer, (b. [[... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
581: *[[Jean-Victor Poncelet]] (France, [[1788]] - [[1867]]) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
3: ... her mother's side she was descended from the Quincys, a family of great prestige in the [[Massachuset...
29: <td>[[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]</td>
39: mother of [[John Quincy Adams]]
48: ...l Amelia (1765-1813), future President [[John Quincy Adams]] (1767-1848), Susanna Boylston (1768-70), ...
50: ...he [[Kingdom of Great Britain]]. They returned in 1788. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
32: *[[Andronicus of Cyrrhus]]
302: *[[Cyril V. Jackson]] ([[South Africa]])
331: *[[Savvas Michael Koushiappas]] ([[Cyprus]], [[1972]] – )
444: *[[Johann Palitzsch]] ([[1723]] – [[1788]])
503: *Sir [[Edward Sabine]] ([[Britain]], [[1788]] – [[1883]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
96: *[[Aristippus|Aristippus the Elder of Cyrene]], (c. 435-366 BC){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
244: *[[Percy Williams Bridgman]], (1882-1961){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
268: ...[[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]], (1707-1788){{fn|R}}
308: *[[Nancy Cartwright (philosopher)|Nancy Cartwright]] (born 1943){{fn|O}}
413: *[[Cyril of Alexandria]], (376-444) - United States House of Representatives (41197 bytes)
9: ...uisite number of states (nine out of the 13) in [[1788]], but its full implementation was set for [[Marc...
36: ...with the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] from serving. The Amendment, however, provides ...
187: ... row with 29 Democrats, 1 independent, and 1 vacancy -->
211: '''Minority Leader:''' [[Nancy Pelosi]] (D-CA)<br>
262: ...earlier role as a scholar well before his presidency) described the heyday of the Committee system (wh... - Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
20: ...ility and general resistance by e.g. the aristocracy to the imposition of taxes and fiscal reforms.
24: '''[[1788]]'''
35: ... (the clergy) and the Second Estate (the aristocracy) - U.S. Electoral College (46986 bytes)
20: ... President to nominate a Vice President if a vacancy should occur.
51: ...e four candidates: [[Andrew Jackson]], [[John Quincy Adams]], [[William H. Crawford]], and [[Henry Cla...
53: ...r-way race between [[Andrew Jackson]], [[John Quincy Adams]], [[William H. Crawford]], and [[Henry Cla...
55: ...ess]] is established in Article I and the presidency in Article II, supports this view.
179: ... a Presidential election. A key element of democracy is that voters disagree among themselves on what ... - Abraham Clark (2137 bytes)
7: ... from [[1780]] to [[1783]] and from [[1786]] to [[1788]]. Clark retired before the state's [[Constitutio... - Massachusetts (31663 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[February 6]], [[1788]] |
73: On [[February 6]], [[1788]] Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify ...
142: ...ish and French writers, who mean by them a democracy, a government in one centre, and that centre a si...
172: * [[John Quincy Adams]], 6th President of the US
189: [[Image:USCurrency Federal Reserve.jpg|thumb|200px|right| Crane & Co... - New York (25691 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[July 26]], [[1788]] |
84: .... The highest elevation in New York is [[Mount Marcy]] in the Adirondacks.
235: **[[Brooklyn Cyclones]] - Red-Tailed Hawks (4481 bytes)
12: ...or = [[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], | date = 1788}} - Wobbegong Shark (4561 bytes)
32: ...''[[Orectolobus maculatus]]'' <small>(Bonnaterre, 1788)</small> ([[Spotted wobbegong ]]) [http://www.fis... - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
20: ... he prepared the USA to be the "Arsenal of Democracy" against [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Japanese Empi...
26: ...lled [[Nieuw Amsterdam]]) in about [[1650]]. In [[1788]] [[Isaac Roosevelt]] was a member of the state c...
32: ... most other members of the Hudson Valley aristocracy. The Roosevelts believed in public service, and w...
56: .... One of these was Eleanor's social secretary [[Lucy Mercer]], with whom Roosevelt began an affair soo...
64: ...f he was to run for public office again. (The [[Encyclop椩a Britannica]], for example, says that "by ... - Indri (1295 bytes)
11: ...r = [[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]] | date = [[1788]]}} - 18th century (8231 bytes)
53: * [[1788]]: First European settlement established in [[Aus...
98: - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
43: * [[1716]]: Establishment of the [[Sikh Confederacy]] along the [[India]] [[Pakistan]] border.
62: ...om/blackhistory/article-24160 |title=Welcome to Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to History |publisher...
65: * [[1726]]: The enormous Chinese encyclopedia ''[[Gujin Tushu Jicheng]]'' of over 100 m...
163: * [[1788]]: First European settlement established in [[Aus...
177: ...tav III of Sweden]] was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen. - Cricket (27178 bytes)
4: ...ment that has occasionally given rise to [[Diplomacy|diplomatic]] outrage, especially the infamous [[B...
112: ...inter. In these countries the [[hurricane]] and [[cyclone]] season coincides with their summers.
199: ...lub was formed in [[Hambledon, Hampshire]]. In [[1788]], the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] framed the fir... - February 22 (10772 bytes)
44: * [[1788]] - [[Arthur Schopenhauer]], philosopher (d. [[18... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
96: ...urg Academy of arts|Academy of Arts]] (1764–1788), an exceedingly handsome structure, overlooks a ...
276: ...s of the city. The cult comedy [[Irony of Fate]] (Cyrillic: Ирония...
289: ...[Rudolf Nureyev]], and the politicians [[John Quincy Adams]], [[Gustaf Emil Mannerheim]], and [[Vladim... - Madrid (20882 bytes)
20: ...il [[Carlos III of Spain|Carlos III]] ([[1716]]-[[1788]]) that Madrid would become a modern city. [[Carl...
24: ...th--contribute to lead the country towards democracy.
26: ...arlos I]]--in order to secure stablity and democracy--which led Spain to its current position as const...
34: ... Spain, reaction against the dictatorial bureaucracy centered in Madrid and a history of centralism th... - Articles of Confederation (19574 bytes)
30: ==Legacy==
36: ...ion|United States Constitution]] on [[May 23]], [[1788]], when the 9th state, New Hampshire, ratified th...
80: ...ngton|Washington]] defused the [[Newburgh conspiracy]], but riots by unpaid Pennsylvania veterans forc...
136: #[[Cyrus Griffin]]
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