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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
37: *[[Andrew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
67: ...cott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip
98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ...er birth is uncertain, but is usually taken to be 1797.
8: Later in life she became a noted speaker for both the [[Abolitionist]]...
10: ...tts, where she worked with a neighbor, [[Olive Gilbert]], to produce a biography in [[1850]], the ''Na...
15: ...her home in [[Battle Creek, Michigan]], on [[November 26]], 1883. She is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery i... - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Iris}}
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightgreen}}
16: ...nus. [[Image:Iris02.jpg|232px|thumb|left|A purple bearded iris]]
23: ...le or branched, solid or hollow. These stalks may be flattened or have a circular transverse section. ...
25: ...er. They are united at their base into a floral tube, that lies above the [[ovary]]. The [[flower|styl... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...erson on Earth, and is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the [[Cold War]], ...
12: ...s adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.
14: ...move or amend this requirement, but none have yet been successful.
16: ...on]]. Incumbent President [[George W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the completion of his current t...
19: ...ent, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
7: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
13: | date of death=[[December 14]], [[1799]]
19: ...nder the [[U.S. Constitution]]. ([[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President of the [[1787]...
24: ...ion, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Beach]] in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]].
31: ...e the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually became the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[Europe]]. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
9: | date of birth=[[October 30]], [[1735]]
18: ...ident]] of the [[United States]], and the second (1797–[[1801]]) [[President of the United States]...
22: Adams was born on [[October 30]] ([[October 19]] [[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]]...
28: ..., Adams often found his inborn contentiousness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualiti... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: ...e [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
20: ...tion of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible ...
23: ... a member of the secret [[Flat Hat Club]] — before founding his own vision of higher education a...
25: ...[[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimo...
30: ... discipline then in its infancy. He has sometimes been called the ''"[[List of people known as the fat... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...teg頯f [[Thomas Jefferson]]. In this capacity he became a prominent figure in [[Virginia]] state poli...
23: ...ature]]. When the issue arose of how states would be represented in the new Congress, Madison was one ...
25: ... notes from the Constitutional Convention are the best documentary evidence we have as to the thinking...
29: ...be necessary. In forming a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficult...
31: ...ocratic-Republicans]], who followed Jefferson and believed strongly in limiting centralized power. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
22: ...niversity]] in [[1787]], and was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to t...
24: ... a foreign-born wife, Adams wed Louisa Johnson in 1797. The couple named one of their sons after George ...
26: ...], [[1808]], when he resigned, a successor having been elected six months early after Adams broke with...
28: ...|St. Petersburg]] from [[1809]] to [[1814]], a member of the commission which negotiated the [[Treaty ...
30: ...e "Lone Wolf" for his positions during this time, because he often did not go with everyone else's opi... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil...
22: ...ld carry all his life. This [[anglophobia]] would be combined with a distrust and dislike of Eastern a...
24: .... He became a colonel in the state militia, which began his military career.
26: ... was popular with his troops and was said to have been "tough as old hickory" wood on the battlefield,...
32: ...voters believed the man of the people had been robbed by the corrupt aristocrats of the East. He won a... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ... [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] began introducing the policy of [[apartheid]] after ...
5: ...egional power]] and among the most stable and [[liberal]] [[democracy|democracies]] in Africa. The [[e...
9: ...l languages of India|second only to India]] in number. As a result, there are many official names for ...
11: ...rtain official uses in limited areas where it has been determined that these languages are prevalent. ...
13: ...ent, and many of their languages are in danger of becoming [[Extinct language|extinct]]. - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
2: '''Eli Whitney''' ([[December 8]], [[1765]] - [[January 8]], [[1825]]) was an ...
6: ...ollege in [[1792]], where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. On [[January 6]], [[1817]] he married ...
14: ...slavery]] system in the Southern United States to become more sustainable at a critical point in its d...
16: ...at produced cotton gins went out of business in [[1797]].
18: ...tend that [[Catherine Littlefield Greene]] should be credited with the invention of the cotton gin, or... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...may be invented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into ...
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
53: * [[Rubber]] in [[Mesoamerica]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
13: ...le|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
79: *[[Robert Yerkes|Yerkes, Robert]] (1876-1956), psychologist
88: *[[Yi Sun-sin]], ([[1545]] - [[November 19]], [[1598]]), Korean admiral
116: *[[Yoannis XVIII of Alexandria]], ([[1770]]-[[1797]]), Coptic Pope
176: *[[Robert Young (actor)|Young, Robert]], (1907-1998), American actor - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey]] ([[1852]]-[[1911]])
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
6: *[[1790]] - [[Rhode Island]] becomes a state
9: ...[1791]] - [[Vermont]], formerly part of New York, becomes the 14th state
10: ...1792]] - [[Kentucky]], formerly part of Virginia, becomes the 15th state
14: *[[1794]] - [[Whiskey Rebellion]]
15: *[[1794]] - [[Battle of Fallen Timbers]] - New Year (5703 bytes)
2: ...ture]] celebrates the end of one [[year]] and the beginning of the next. Cultures that measure yearly ...
9: ...6]]. Rosh Hashanah cannot occur later than [[October 5]], when it occurred in [[1967]] and will again...
11: ... 21]], inclusive, on the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. Because the [[Chinese calendar]] is astronomically d...
18: ... festive manner in both [[Bangladesh]] and [[West Bengal]].
22: ...pian]] New Year, Timkat, is celebrated on [[September 11]]. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ... [[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th century]] and [[1752]], January 1...
9: *[[1438]] - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] is crowned King of [[Hungary]]...
10: *[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
13: *[[1700]] - [[Russia]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - Clock (10086 bytes)
2: ... The clock in its modern form (24 hour clock) has been in use since at least the [[14th century]]. Clo...
12: It may also be used to ''control'' a device according to time, e...
14: ...d date for all manner of operations whether these be for alarms, event initiation or just to display t...
18: ...ideal clock in terms of any physical theory would be circular. An ideal clock is more appropriately de...
24: ... other recurrent processes, finds many of them to be periodic. - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ...ifying facts and ultimate fates. ''As a rule, the best place to clarify complexities is in the article...
9: ...- proto-[[socialism|socialist]], guillotined in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'etat|coup]]'' attempt
14: * [[Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte|Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte]] - General, later king of [[Sweden]]
15: *[[Joséphine de Beauharnais]] - Empress, wife of Napoleon
16: *[[Louis Alexandre Berthier]] - General, effectively [[Napoleon Bonapar...
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