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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... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
46: ...vangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...ohn Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
68: ...[Thomas Adams (politician)|Adams, Thomas]], (1730-1788), Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress
72: ...ams|Adams, Walter Sydney]], (1876-1956), American astronomer
79: *[[James Adamson|Adamson, James]], (1946-), astronaut - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...r was residing. He immediately fled to a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant abou...
13: ... result, Catherine the Great instituted several drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she ...
21: ...e made Russia the dominant power in the [[Middle East]] after her [[Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774|first ...
25: From 1788 to 1790 Russia was engaged in a [[Gustav III's Ru...
27: ...onarchies and a balance of power in 18th-century Eastern Europe for another century. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
33: ...take the Ohio Country. The expedition ended in disaster at the [[Braddock Expedition#Battle of the Mono...
51: ...ement of his orders for "total destruction and devastation of their settlements" led the Iroquois to na...
66: In [[1788]]-[[1789]], George Washington was elected the fir...
97: Washington was a [[cricket]] enthusiast and was known to have played the sport, which was...
144: ...cumentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790.'' 4 vols. Madison, Wisconsin, 1976-1989. - 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...
16: ...n]] recorded his ''Theory of the Earth'' in the [[1788]] Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,...
26: ...theory that Earth's features formed in single, catastrophic events and remained unchanged thereafter. T... - Australia (39438 bytes)
48: ... settled as a British colony on [[January 26]], [[1788]]. As the population grew and new areas were expl...
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...
62: ...ight|Lieutenant [[James Cook]] charted the East coast of Australia on the HM Bark ''Endeavour'' claimin...
63: ...rossings from present-day [[Southeast Asia|south-east Asia]]. Most Indigenous Australians were [[hunter... - United States (58223 bytes)
37: [[September 17]], [[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[March 4]], [[1789]]|
52: ... of the United States was profoundly changed in [[1788]] when the states replaced the [[Articles of Conf...
76: ... population of the state, and each state has at least one representative. As of the [[United States 200...
80: ...[[President of the Senate]], with the ability to cast a tiebreaking vote. These two posts are elected, ...
95: ...e|Air Force]]. The [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] is under the [[Department of Homeland Sec... - Marshall Islands (8760 bytes)
1: ...]], located north of [[Nauru]] and [[Kiribati]], east of the [[Federated States of Micronesia]] and sou...
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...
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... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 9]], [[1788]] |
25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
52: ...], on the north by [[Massachusetts]], and on the east by [[Rhode Island]]. The state capital is [[Hartf...
56: ...rthwards to Hartford, as well as further up the coast near New London. Many towns center around a small...
65: ...attached to [[New York City]] and its suburbs in eastern [[New York State]]. - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 2]], [[1788]] |
25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
36: ...00 Census|U.S. Census]]). Georgia is one of the fastest growing states in the nation, with an estimate...
54: ...following [[Reconstruction]], Georgia became the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the ...
86: ... cascade down in elevation to the continental [[coastal plain]] of the southern part of the state. The... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[April 28]], [[1788]] |
25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
36: ...ed part of the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] or [[Mid-Atlantic States]]). Its U.S. postal ab...
47: ...outlawed both Catholicism and Anglicanism. This lasted until 1658 when the Calvert family regained con...
71: ...es east of the Bay are known collectively as the Eastern Shore. A portion of extreme western Maryland i... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 25]], [[1788]] |
25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
46: ...rth America]], eventually applying to the whole coast from [[South Carolina]] to [[Maine]]. The [[Lond...
59: ... changed, making it necessary for men to own at least fifty acres (200,000 m²) of land in order to...
61: ... By the time of the Constitution of 1901, which lasted longer than any other state constitution, the '... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
25: ...]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] <small>(eastern counties)</small><br/>[[Central Standard Time ...
43: ...fficial correspondence during the [[1750s]]. In [[1788]], [[North Carolina]] named the third county to b...
48: ...early 17,000 Cherokees were forced to march from Eastern Tennessee to [[Indian Territory]] west of [[Ar...
50: ... Tennessee's western boundary. Tennessee was the last Confederate state to secede from the Union when i...
77: ...43 feet (2,025 meters), which lies on Tennesee's eastern border. - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
6: Seal = SouthCarolinastateseal.jpg |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[May 23]], [[1788]] |
25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
37: ...state|state]] in the [[U.S. Southern States|southeastern]] region of the [[United States]]. The [[Provi...
54: ...ate has sixteen judicial circuits, each with at least one resident circuit judge. - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 21]], [[1788]] |
25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
36: ...ate]] in northern [[New England]]. It is located east of [[Vermont]], north of [[Massachusetts]], south...
71: ...rth, [[Maine]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the east, [[Massachusetts]] to the south, and [[Vermont]] ...
72: ...untains region]], the [[Lakes region]] the [[Seacoast region]], the [[Merrimack Valley region]], the [[... - Anacharsis (4399 bytes)
25: In [[1788]] [[Jean Jacques Barthelemy]] (1716-95), a highly... - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ...y related to, but distinct from [[science]] (at least in the modern conception). [[Technology]] concern...
29: Many ancient civilizations collected astronomical information in a systematic manner throu...
40: ... and is known as the philosophic school of [[scholasticism]]. The rise of [[Christianity]] saw a strang...
48: ===The Middle Ages: Eastern World===
52: ...8th]] centuries, a period of Islamic scholarship lasted until the [[14th century]]. This scholarship wa... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
443: *[[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]])
1365: *[[Francesco Zuccarelli]] ([[1702]]-[[1788]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...per. Others include [[papyrus]], bark papers, [[plastic]]s, [[leather]], [[fabric]], wood, and [[canvas...
10: ...nting using pigments in a water medium on wet [[plaster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the...
16: ...]]-[[1641]]), [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]]), and [[John Constable]] ([[1776]]-[[1837]]).
33: According to a tradition, dating from at least the early [[20th century]], the white of the pape...
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