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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...th, and [[Belize]] and [[Guatemala]] to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country i...
74: ... As president, in 1834 Santa Anna abrogated the [[1824 Constitution of Mexico|federal constitution]], ca...
76:
161: ...retches more than 3000 km from northwest to southeast. Its width is varied, from more than 2000 km in t...
163: ..., open to the north, with mountain chains on the east and west and with ocean-front lowlands lying outs... - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...]] to the north and [[Panama]] to the south-southeast. Since the civil war of 1948 that brought [[List ...
21: ...lish]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast)
67: ...entral America]]) from [[1823]] to [[1839]]. In [[1824]], the capital moved to [[San Jos鬠Costa Rica|Sa...
71: ...e Pacific coast.]]Costa Rica (Spanish for "Rich Coast"), although still a largely agricultural country,...
88: # [[Guanacaste Province|Guanacaste]] (north-west) - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...explorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[...
6: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
28: ...rlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast Passage]]
30: ... several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other pla... - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
9: *[[ɴienne Aignan|Aignan, ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playw...
24: ...[George Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - Rose (15436 bytes)
23: ...e [[deciduous]], but a few (particularly in southeast [[Asia]]) are [[evergreen]] or nearly so.
29: ...(both the two species cited grow naturally on [[coast]]al [[dune|sand dunes]]). Despite the presence of...
65: ...ent. Many wild and "old-fashioned" roses, by contrast, have a strong sweet [[scent]]. A few cultivars, ...
77: ...[1809]]; and 'Parks' Yellow Tea Scented China', [[1824]]) were brought to [[Europe]] in the late [[18th ...
110: ...refer to the [[House_of_Lancaster|red rose of Lancaster]], and the [[House of York|white rose of York]]... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
12: ... time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have been a resident of the ...
35: ...utive branch of the federal government — a vast organization numbering about 4 million people, in...
291: ... Secret Service until the President's death. The last President to have lifetime Secret Service protect...
299: *[[Coast Guard One]]
327: ...4 votes in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1824|1824 election]] - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
28: ...election, 1820|re-elected in 1820]]. Monroe, the last American [[Revolutionary War]] veteran to serve a...
38: ...ssia must not encroach southward on the Pacific coast. "... the American continents," he stated, "by th...
72: ...t"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Return Meigs]]'''|...
118: ...rty (United States)|Republican Party]] split in [[1824]], fielding four separate candidates.}} - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
32: ...ually unopposed for re-election, but one elector cast his ballot for Adams, allegedly to ensure that [[...
37: ...sidential election, 1824|Presidential election of 1824]], none of the candidates were able to secure a m...
63: ...t"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[John McLean]]'''||...
96: * [[U.S. presidential election, 1824]]
117: ...none)''| years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1824|1824]] (won) <sup>(a)</sup>}} - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
22: ...lined to favor and emulate their former colonial masters. Jackson admired [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] for hi...
32: ...ad been robbed by the corrupt aristocrats of the East. He won a solid victory in his [[U.S. presidentia...
34: ...ection represented a significant break from that past.
48: * it favored Northeastern states over Southern and Western (now Midweste...
55: ... "The Union: next to our liberty, most dear!," an astonishingly quick-witted riposte. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
39: ...ground against them. He voted for the tariff of [[1824]], then gradually abandoned the [[protectionist]]...
41: ...sidential election, 1824|presidential election of 1824]] he appeared as a strong supporter of [[William ...
49: ...ans who acted as Jackson's advisers, and won the lasting regard of Jackson by his courtesies to Mrs. Jo...
59: ...several states. Calhoun, bitterly hostile to the last, objected to the usual vote of thanks to the reti...
63: ... state elections of [[1837]] and [[1838]] were disastrous for the Democrats, and the partial recovery i... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
27: ...r [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], with whom he formed a lasting friendship, and [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]...
29: ...s class; he changed his habits and graduated in [[1824]] third in his class. After graduation he in [[18...
53: The election of 1852 would be the last presidential contest in which the Whigs would fie...
56: ...("Bennie") was crushed to death in the [[train disaster]]. Grief-stricken, Pierce entered the presidenc...
60: ...nterests along part of the [[Central America]]n coast, and even more when he tried to persuade [[Spain]... - Australia (39438 bytes)
48: ...iginal]] and [[Torres Strait Islander]] peoples. Eastern Australia was claimed by the [[Kingdom of Grea...
50: ...the north-east, and [[New Zealand]] to the south-east. The shortest border distance is between the mai...
54: ...ny of New Holland'', in which they wrote of "the vast island, or rather continent, of Australia, Austra...
56: ... he recommended that it be officially adopted. In 1824 the British Admiralty finally accepted that the c...
62: ...ight|Lieutenant [[James Cook]] charted the East coast of Australia on the HM Bark ''Endeavour'' claimin... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...tion]] in the [[Indian Ocean]], off the eastern coast of [[Africa]]. Madagascar is the [[List of islan...
53: ...ts along the east coast. From about [[1774]] to [[1824]], it was a favorite haunt for [[pirate]]s, inclu...
55: ...ver the major part of the island, including the coast. In [[1817]], the Merina ruler and the [[United K...
76: ...federalists to disrupt [[ballot]]ing in several coastal areas.
80: ... play a role in politics. Ratsiraka is from the coastal [[Betsimisaraka]] tribe and Ravalomanana comes ... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...aters of the [[Aegean Sea]] border Greece to the east, and those of the [[Ionian Sea|Ionian]] and [[Med...
40: ...T]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)<br/>[[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[Coordinated Uni...
50: ...f the eastern [[Mediterranean]] basin, feature a vast number of islands.
52: ...[[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a [[developed nation]], membe...
59: ...Grecia''}}, ''etc.'' In most Middle Eastern and Eastern languages, it comes from the root {{Polytonic|... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
67: ...over 77,000 tons of sugar annually between 1820 - 1824, which was achieved through the massive use of im...
86: ...]. He has been since re-elected three times, the last being in [[2002]]. Jamaica's constitution requir...
94: ...re given basic training at JDF Training Depot Newcastle. As on the British model NCOs are given several...
98: ...t and the JDF Air Wing (National Reserve). The Coast Guard element is divided between sea-going crews ...
126: ...his reason, all major cities are located on the coast. Chief towns include the capital [[Kingston, Jama... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ...Federation of Malaysia''' is a country in [[Southeast Asia]]. It consists of two geographical regions d...
5: ...] and borders the Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
69: [[Image:KLCC_PetronasTowers.JPG|thumb|300px|Kuala Lumpur's landmark, the...
74: ... [[Malay Peninsula]] developed as a major [[Southeast Asia]]n commercial centre related to China. [[Pto...
76: The earliest recorded Malay kingdoms grew from coastal city-ports established in the [[10th century]] ... - Blacktip Reef Shark (3751 bytes)
12: ...oy]] & [[Joseph Paul Gaimard|Gaimard]] | date = [[1824]]}}
32: ...]] from other fisheries and are often caught and wasted. The Blacktip populations are declining, and so... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
42: ...t many [[Mennonites]] remain, particularly in Lancaster County. Some adherents eschew modern convenienc...
53: In [[1643]], the southeastern portion of the state, in the vicinity of Phila...
63: In [[1704]] the "three lower counties" of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex gained a separate legislature...
69: ...born in western Pennsylvania, which supplied the vast majority of U.S. kerosene for years thereafter, a... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
45: ...s formalized in the [[1824 Constitution of Mexico|1824 Constitution]]. In 1848 New Mexico was acquired ...
49: ...of crows, bulls, elephants, livestock and other beasts, all over town. The styles run the whole spectru...
68: ...al art, in addition to older [[Russia]]n, [[Taos Masters]], and [[Native American]] pieces. - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall ...
47: ...68-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of New York (1823-1824)
68: ...|Yegorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...eksei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
86: *[[Yi Jachun]], ([[1315]] - [[1360]]),[[Yuan Dynasty]] officer - Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
21: ...]], was edited by [[J. C. Orelli]], [[Zurich]], [[1824]]; and his commentaries on the Metaphysica by [[H... - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
6: ...nii, et aliorum de Fato quae supersunt'' (Zurich, 1824). - List of painters (54090 bytes)
41: *[[Fedor Alekseev]] ([[1753]]-[[1824]])
92: *[[William Barak]] ([[1824]]-[[1903]])
256: *[[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]] ([[1824]]-[[1898]])
314: *[[Christen Dalsgaard]] ([[1824]]-[[1907]])
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
20: ... - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
73: *[[George Eastman]], (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — ...
77: *[[John S. Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple ...
100: *[[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]], (1638-... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political con...
14: ...in [[U.S. presidential election, 1824|election of 1824]]; Adams immediately appoints Clay his new [[Secr...
15: *[[1824]] - ''[[Gibbons v. Ogden]]'' cements Congressiona... - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
11: ...on Johnson positioned himself as a moderate, contrasting himself to his GOP opponent, [[Barry Goldwater...
13: ...i.e. since the [[U.S. presidential election, 1824|1824 election]]). However, Johnson's loss of most Deep...
52: ...m finally achieves unity and independence as the last U.S. helicopter leaves Saigon, now [[Ho Chi Minh ...
64: ...rd of the world's industrial output due to the devastation of postwar Europe. Not only were the industr...
83: ... Middle East and Africa, especially Southern and Eastern Africa. The two nations continued to compete w... - History of California (38344 bytes)
11: ...races of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,0...
13: ...lized according to the particular environment. Coastal tribes were a major source of trading beads ([[...
36: ...lo led an expedition in two ships from the west coast of [[New Spain]]. He sailed northward and landed ...
40: ... Ferrelo]], sailed north after Cabrillo's death, past [[Point Arena|Cabo de Fortunas]] to the modern C...
50: ...English colonial claims were made from the East Coast in the 1600s were "from Sea to Sea." These colon... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
100: *[[Emmanuel Frémiet]] (1824 - 1910) - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
9: He was re-elected in [[1824]]. In [[1827]] he declined to run for re-election... - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
31: ... Childress]], and they married on [[January 1]] [[1824]].
33: ...e. In 1824, Jackson [[U.S. presidential election, 1824|ran for President]], while Polk campaigned for th...
52: ...support in the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]]. Polk won the crucial state of [[New York]], wh...
58: ...any [[protectionism|protectionists]] in the Northeast.
77: ...olk's devotion to his wife is illustrated by his last words: "I love you, Sarah. For all eternity, I lo... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
5: ...bbage family moved into the old Rowdens house in East [[Teignmouth]], and Charles' father became a ward...
25: *Henry Prevost Babbage (born [[16 September]] [[1824]])
36: ...he application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables."[http://www-gap...
44: ...les' absence. Rumors had spread that Charles had wasted the government's money; that the engine did not...
66: ...ion of an engine for calculating mathematical and astronomical tables". - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
6: ...[Todd County, Kentucky|Todd County]]. Davis, the last of the ten children of [[Samuel Emory Davis]] and...
10: ...ty]] at [[Lexington, Kentucky]] in [[1821]]. In [[1824]], Davis entered the [[United States Military Aca...
31: ...d sailed from [[New Orleans]] for the [[Texas]] coast three days later.
59: ...ia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] on [[May 10]] with Postmaster General [[John Henninger Reagan]] and former Te...
62: ...mate at [[Fort Monroe|Fortress Monroe]], on the coast of Virginia. The casemate was wet, unheated, and... - Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
3: ...onathan "Stonewall" Jackson''' ([[January 21]], [[1824]]–[[May 10]], [[1863]]) was an American [[t...
36: ... had a lot of new recruits and he became a drill master of new army recruits. He was eventually given c...
44: ...ront of McClellan at Mechanicsville. Reports had last placed Jackson's forces in the Valley, and their ...
48: ...vade the North, Jackson took Harpers Ferry, then hastened to join the rest of the army at [[Sharpsburg,...
52: ..., I have lost my right arm" (deliberately in contrast to Jackson's left arm) and "I'm bleeding at the h... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
90: *[[Louis Boyer (astronomer)|Louis Boyer]] ([[France]])
132: *[[Josep Comas Sol ([[Spain]])<!--Last name = "Comas Solᦱuot;, list under C -->
166: *[[Terence Dickinson]], ([[Canada]]), astronomer and author
202: *[[Charles Fehrenbach (astronomer)|Charles Fehrenbach]] ([[France]], [[1914]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
264: *[[Ludwig B?]], (1824-1899){{fn|R}} - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
33: ...rty earlier, a [[political cartoon]] by [[Thomas Nast]], published in ''[[Harper's Magazine|Harper's We...
46: ...lavery had long been prohibited, and in the Northeast, culminating in a sweep of victories in the North...
48: ...o had participated in the Confederacy), forcing drastic reforms and frequently giving former slaves pos...
58: ...tionism]]. [[Thomas Dewey]] represented the Northeastern wing of the party that was closer to Democrati...
60: ...ing pockets of liberal Republicanism in the northeast began to die out as the region turned solidly Dem... - Boron (9084 bytes)
73: ...ce as an element. It was [[J?Jakob Berzelius]] in 1824 who identified boron as an element. The first pur... - Silicon (13233 bytes)
44: ...ctor]] devices, and [[silicone]]s, the latter a plastic substance often confused with silicon. Silicon ...
58: ...dely used in applications such as artificial [[breast implant]]s and contact lenses.
63: ...of [[potassium]] with silicon tetrafluoride. In [[1824]] [[J?Jakob Berzelius|Berzelius]] prepared amorph...
77: ...alled ''metallurgical grade silicon'' and is at least 99% pure.
88: ...that if silicon is melted and re-solidified, the last parts of the mass to solidify contain most of the... - Zirconium (9876 bytes)
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165: ...ncluding [[Casting#Investment_Casting|investment casting]]), and [[ceramic]] opacification. Zircon is a...
177: ...by [[Martin Heinrich Klaproth]] and isolated in [[1824]] by [[J?Jakob Berzelius]]. - U.S. Electoral College (46986 bytes)
8: ...ident and Vice President. These electors in turn cast the official votes for those two offices.
12: ... days following the election, at which time they cast their electoral votes. Thus the electoral college...
14: ...f more than half the state delegations—at least 26 state votes, given the current number, 50, of ...
16: ... the sitting Vice President would be entitled to cast his usual tie-breaking vote if the Senate should ...
20: ...he Senate remains deadlocked on a Vice President past Inauguration Day. On the one hand, the [[Twelfth... - William Henry Harrison (11790 bytes)
32: ...erved in the [[Ohio State Senate]], 1819-1821. In 1824, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he serv...
37: ...e first American president to die in office. His last words were "Sir, I wish you to understand the tru...
63: ...t"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Francis Granger]]'... - Chile (39914 bytes)
1: ...Argentina]] to the east, [[Bolivia]] to the northeast and [[Peru]] to the north.<!--
48: ...e|Valparaíso]]<br><sup>2</sup> Includes [[Easter Island]] and [[Isla Sala y Gómez]]; does...
61: ...can]]s settled in fertile valleys and along the coast of what is now Chile. The [[Inca]]s briefly exten...
76: ... instability that lasted until 1932. The longest lasting of the ten governments between those years was...
90: ...clude trade union and political activity. In contrast to its authoritarian political rule, the military... - John C. Calhoun (5703 bytes)
3: ...h determination earned him the [[nickname]] the "cast-iron man". Calhoun served [[South Carolina]] in t...
7: ...dd [[U.S. presidential election, 1824|election of 1824]], Calhoun became Vice President under [[John Qui...
11: ...;it must and shall be preserved." In Calhoun's toast, he replied, "Our Union; next to our liberties mo...
32: ...none)''| years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1824|1824]] (won)}} - Levi P. Morton (2620 bytes)
2: '''Levi Parsons Morton''' ([[May 16]], [[1824]]–[[May 16]], [[1920]]) was a [[United Stat... - Tomato (10085 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Asteridae]]}}
36: ... were virtually unknown ten years earlier, but by 1824 everyone was eating them because they believed th...
46: ...he variety, they can be quite sweet, especially roasted).
48: ...serve in home [[canning]] as [[tomato sauce]] or paste. [[Tomato juice]] is often canned and sold as a ...
72: ...cted whose fruits have a long shelf life and at least reasonable flavor. - Tobacco (28162 bytes)
30: ...titled [[A Counterblast to Tobacco | ''A Counterblaste to Tobacco'']] in [[1604]]. In his essay, the ki...
43: ...ve the plant for [[nitrogen]], which changes the taste. This accounts for the different flavor of Ameri...
72: ...e tobacco blends. It has a rich, slightly floral taste, and adds body and aroma to the blend.
88: ... other and Union soldiers, and developed quite a taste for it. At the end of the war, the soldiers went...
97: ...auction. The air-cured leaf was found to be mild tasting and more absorbent than any other variety. ''W... - Sea Slugs (4331 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox classis entry | taxon = [[Gastropoda]]}}
8: {{Taxobox subclassis entry | taxon = [[Orthogastropoda]]}}
26: ...anchs''') used to be a subclass of [[Gastropoda |gastropods]], within the phylum [[Mollusca]], but they...
28: They are highly evolved gastropods, characterised by a single gill behind the ...
36: ...es Thiele|J. Thiele]] 1929-1935), with the class Gastropoda divided into three subclasses [[Prosobranch... - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
13: ..."Essay on the Stage" declared that "to indulge a taste for playgoing means nothing more or less than th...
26: ...rrored the sports rivalries of later years. The [[Astor Place]] Riot of [[1849]] in [[New York]] was sp...
30: ...here were thousands of cities and towns with at least a rudimentary theater for live productions. This ... - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
32: ...rty earlier, a [[political cartoon]] by [[Thomas Nast]], published in ''[[Harper's Magazine|Harper's We...
45: ...lavery had long been prohibited, and in the Northeast, culminating in a sweep of victories in the North...
47: ...o had participated in the Confederacy), forcing drastic reforms and frequently giving former slaves pos...
57: ...tionism]]. [[Thomas Dewey]] represented the Northeastern wing of the party that was closer to Democrati...
59: ...ing pockets of liberal Republicanism in the northeast began to die out as the region turned solidly Dem... - December 9 (7837 bytes)
7: *[[1824]] - [[Battle of Ayacucho]] - [[Peru]] defeats [[S...
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