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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugue...
24: *[[William Baffin]], ([[1584]]-[[1622]])
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
25: ... unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the Declaration alone.
37: ... [[1797]] until [[1801]], achieving that position after getting second place in the presidential elect...
143: ...which he approved. This compilation was published after his death and became known as the ''[[Jefferso...
147: ... part of every person's life, freedom of religion affects every individual. State churches that use go...
155: ...t the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities." - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...gure in [[Virginia]] state politics, helping to draft their declaration of religious freedom and persu...
38: ...rgely on the strength of his abilities in foreign affairs at a time when [[United_Kingdom_of_Great_Bri...
40: ...ckson]] distinguished himself, was fought 15 days after the treaty was signed — the news not rea...
113: ...e black Americans to the Society's colony in west Africa, [[Liberia]]. When he died on [[June 28]], [[...
124: ...ce, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence agst... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...earth") and λογος (''logos'', "word", "reason")) is the [[science]...
12: ...nterpretation of fossils was not overturned until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translat...
18: [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and ...
26: ..., catastrophic events and remained unchanged thereafter. Though Hutton believed in uniformitarianism, ...
28: ...age:Wegener.jpg|thumb|right|Plate tectonics - [[seafloor spreading]] and [[continental drift]] illustr... - Canada (35540 bytes)
6: ...most in the world and the second largest in area (after [[Russia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], ...
92: ...f Quebec]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] (created 1769). To accommodate the Loyalists, Britain created t...
94: ... Ghent]] was signed in December 1814. It was only after the French and Napoleonic wars ended in Europe...
100: ...irmed that no act of the UK parliament would thereafter extend to Canada without its consent. Judicial...
113: ...the world's second-largest country in total area, after [[Russia]]. Much of Canada lies in [[Arctic]]... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
36: ...wer (physics)|power]], the ''[[watt]]'', is named after him. So is, at least in part, [[Edinburgh]]'s ...
40: There are 4 colleges named after him in Scotland, James Watt College in Kilwinn...
44: There are over 50 roads or streets named after him, in the UK. - Cotton (7876 bytes)
15: ...was cultivated throughout the warmer regions in [[Africa]], [[Eurasia]] and [[the Americas]].
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ...
19: ...cally were the leading occupations of [[slave]]s. After [[emancipation]], the [[share cropping]] syste...
26: ...s of the world, including [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[Africa]], [[the Americas]] and [[Australia]], using ...
30: ... a [[defoliant]] or natural defoliation occurring after a freeze. Cotton is a perennial crop in the t... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
143: * [[1769]]: [[Steam engine]]: [[James Watt]]
144: * [[1769]]: [[Water Frame]]: [[Richard Arkwright]]
182: * [[1816]]: [[Davy lamp|Miner's safety lamp]]: [[Humphry Davy]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...a;έξανδρος}} ("Megas Alexandros"), King of [[Macedon]] ([[3...
6: ...les. Already during his lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tr...
9: ...ated not by Philip, who was afraid of her and her affinity for sleeping in the company of snakes, but ...
11: After his visit to the [[Oracle]] of Ammon at Siwah,...
16: After the death of Philip, Alexander, then aged 20, ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Ita...
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
487: *[[Anton Graff]] ([[1736]]-[[1813]])
502: *[[Olaf Gulbransson]] ([[1873]]-[[1958]])
705: *Sir [[Thomas Lawrence]] ([[1769]]-[[1830]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
145: ...m]] named after a Greek god: all others are named after [[Roman mythology|Roman deities]]. Its symbol ...
168: ...es in [[1750]], twice in [[1768]], six times in [[1769]], and one last time in [[1771]]. He was a victim...
172: ...ill used infrequently (by the British alone) thereafter. The final holdout was [[HM Nautical Almanac O...
176: [[NASA]]'s [[Voyager 2]] is the only spacecraft to have visited the planet. Launched in [[1977]...
206: ...ared briefly from view five times both before and after it disappeared behind the planet. They conclu... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...alization in the population of native inhabitants after European colonization means that most of the k...
21: ... [[1534]] and [[1535]] without finding the sought-after city.
38: After Cabrillo's voyage in [[1542]] the concept of [...
40: ... chief pilot [[Bartolomé Ferrelo]], sailed north after Cabrillo's death, past [[Point Arena|Cabo de F...
78: ...n Diego, California|San Diego]] on [[June 29]], [[1769]], establishing the [[Presidio of San Diego]]. Ea... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
119: | <small>[[North Africa|Northern Africa]]</small>
255: | <small>Africa</small>
696: ...Vatican's official list of popes. Died three days after his election, prior to his consecration as bis...
1683: | <small>Giovanni Pietro Carafa</small>
1767: | <small>Maffeo [[Barberini]]</small> - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ...of the [[sea]] while gazing out the shop window. After about a year and half in Staithes, the shop ow...
18: ...eaving in [[1768]], he arrived on [[April 13]], [[1769]] in [[Tahiti]], where he built a small [[Fortifi...
49: ... Islands]], which he named the "Sandwich Islands" after the 4th Earl of Sandwich, the acting [[First L... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ... to cross North America, but was roughly a decade after the expedition of [[Alexander Mackenzie (explo...
5: ...ptain Meriwether Lewis]] to lead the expedition, afterwards known as the '''Corps of Discovery'''; Le...
38: ...ant [[Patrick Gass]] (1771 – 1870) promoted after Floyd's death
62: *Private [[John Shields]] (1769 – 1809)
77: ...ifying sense of the vastness of their new country after the Louisiana Purchase and America's almost li... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
32: ...osmonaut]] [[Aleksei Leonov]], leaving his spacecraft [[Voskhod 2]] for 12 minutes, becomes the first ...
61: ... - [[Jake Swirbul]], co-founder of [[Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation]] (d. [[1960]])
80: *[[1936]] - [[Frederik Willem de Klerk]], South African politician
107: ... Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. [[1769]])
120: *[[2002]] - [[R.A. Lafferty]], science fiction writer (b. [[1914]]) - March 23 (10340 bytes)
11: *[[1806]] - After traveling through the [[Louisiana Purchase]] a...
18: ...tion of one of the first successful [[airplane]]s after much hard work.
19: ...[New York]] for a post-presidency [[safari]] in [[Africa]]. The trip is sponsored by the [[Smithsonian...
46: *[[1769]] - [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]], ... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...ith a view to improving the cod fishery, and in [[1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western disco...
5: His first attempt (from 6 November 1769) failed through the desertion of his Indians; his... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
23: *[[Tampico Affair]] & [[U.S. occupation of Veracruz, Mexico (19...
53: ...tion Infinite Reach]] (strikes on [[Sudan]] and [[Afghanistan]], 1998)
56: **[[U.S. invasion of Afghanistan|Invasion of Afghanistan]] (2001—)
70: *[[Little Belt Affair]] (1811)
225: *[[Mujahideen]] vs. [[Soviet Union|USSR]] (Afghanistan, 1979–1989) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
19: * [[1707]]: After [[Aurangzeb]]'s death, the [[Mughal Empire]] e...
25: ...un|Afghans]] conquer Iran, ending the [[Safavids|Safavid dynasty]].
29: ...h]] of [[Persian Empire|Persia]] and founds the [[Afsharid dynasty]]. Rules until his death in [[1747]...
34: ...h]] founds the [[Durrani Empire]] in modern day [[Afghanistan]].
46: * [[1769]]: [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary|missionaries]] ...
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