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- 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... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
35: ...gricultural nation of [[yeoman]] farmers, in contrast to the vision of [[Alexander Hamilton]], who envi...
102: ...t"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Joseph Habersham]]...
175: ...lina]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. In [[1769]], as a member of the state legislature, Jefferso...
178: ...rson, or a close relative, may have fathered at least one of Hemings' children [http://www.samsloan.com...
236: ...t]] in [[1804]], each presidential elector would cast two ballots; the highest vote-getter would become... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...e Madison spent most of his childhood years. In [[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton U...
40: ...Louisiana]] in time from [[Belgium]]. The major lasting effect for the political face of the country w...
89: ...t"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Gideon Granger]]''...
140: ...jamesmadisonmus.org/resources/will.htm Madison's last will and testament, 1835] - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...heid|rheic]] upper [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] ([[asthenosphere]]) via processes that are collectively ...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic ...
12: ...he work on rocks ''Peri lithōn'' by [[Theophrastus]], a student of [[Aristotle]], remained authori...
18: [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and ...
26: ...theory that Earth's features formed in single, catastrophic events and remained unchanged thereafter. T... - Canada (35540 bytes)
41: ...oronto, Ontario|Toronto]]||-6 (Central),<br> -5 (Eastern)
42: |rowspan=2|[[Central Canada|Central]], Eastern
44: ...ebec]]||[[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]]||-5 (Eastern)
86: ...how that these lands have been inhabited for at least 10,000 years. Several [[Viking]] expeditions occ...
90: ...settlements]] were established along the [[East Coast of the United States|Atlantic seaboard]] and arou... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
24: ...he [[Thomas Newcomen|Newcomen]] steam engine was wasting nearly three-quarters of the steam energy in h...
30: Watt also invented several other things, not least a copying device for letters.
36: ...the ''[[watt]]'', is named after him. So is, at least in part, [[Edinburgh]]'s [[Heriot-Watt University... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
46: * the use of [[yeast]] for:
54: ...el [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...anders of the ancient world. He is known in some eastern traditions such as the [[Middle-Persian]] lite...
23: ...ng them to his enemy. From Pamphylia onward the coast held no major ports, so Alexander moved inland. A...
25: ... [[333 BC]]. Proceeding down the Mediterranean coast, he took [[Tyre]] and [[Gaza]] after famous siege...
27: ...fter his death. Leaving Egypt, Alexander marched eastward into [[Assyria]] (now [[Iraq]]) and defeated ...
40: East of Porus' kingdom, near the [[Ganges River]], was... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
705: *Sir [[Thomas Lawrence]] ([[1769]]-[[1830]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
1: ...-- To edit the text of this article, scroll down past the table -->{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellsp...
15: ...olspan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
18: ...2,870,972,220 [[kilometre|km]]<br>19.191 263 93 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
145: ...png|10px|Astronomical symbol for Uranus]] (mostly astronomical).
149: ...15% [[hydrogen]] and a little [[helium]] (in contrast to Jupiter and Saturn which are mostly hydrogen).... - 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 popes (77758 bytes)
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair o...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small>
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 October]]</small> - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ...lgebra]], [[trigonometry]], [[navigation]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command ...
12: ...to good use in the [[1760s]] mapping the jagged coast of [[Newfoundland]], which brought him to the att...
18: ...eaving in [[1768]], he arrived on [[April 13]], [[1769]] in [[Tahiti]], where he built a small [[Fortifi...
20: ...[[1642]]). Cook mapped the complete New Zealand coastline, making only minor mistakes (such as calling ...
22: ... to [[Australia]], where he discovered its east coast. The site of Cook's first landing, at Kurnell on... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
1: ...ted States]] overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back.
3: ... 1803 sparked interest in expansion to the west coast. A few weeks after the purchase, [[United States ...
7: ...er]] westward. Soon they passed Le Rochette, the last white settlement on the [[Missouri River]]. On [[...
9: ...the [[Snake River]], and the [[Columbia River]], past [[Celilo Falls]] and through what is now [[Portla...
10: ...ed to camp on the south side of the river (modern Astoria, OR) , building [[Fort Clatsop]] as their win... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
13: ...Confederate States of America]] adjourns for the last time.
16: ...e radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[ham radio]] operator.
32: *[[1965]] - [[Astronaut|Cosmonaut]] [[Aleksei Leonov]], leaving his...
107: ... Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. [[1769]]) - March 23 (10340 bytes)
17: ... The free [[Woolwich Ferry]] officially opens in east [[London]].
32: *1989 - A 1,000-foot diameter [[Near-Earth asteroid]] misses the [[Earth]] by 400,000 miles.
44: ...erre Simon de Laplace]], French mathematician and astronomer (d. [[1827]])
46: *[[1769]] - [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]], ...
94: *[[1369]] - King [[Peter I of Castile]] (b. [[1334]]) - 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)
229: *[[Yankee-Pennamite Wars]] (1769–1784) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
3: ...18th century''''' refers to the [[century]] that lasted from [[1701]] through [[1800]] in the [[Gregori...
11: ...as [[Paris]] and [[Vienna]] where nations could boast their power, enlightenment, and impression to the...
25: ...]] conquer Iran, ending the [[Safavids|Safavid dynasty]].
29: ...sian Empire|Persia]] and founds the [[Afsharid dynasty]]. Rules until his death in [[1747]].
43: * [[1767]]: [[Konbaung Dynasty|Burmese]] conquer the [[Ayutthaya kingdom]].
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