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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic ...
30: ... ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, trave...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] explorer
34: *[[Moric Benovsky]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]] - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]]
67: ...cott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip
98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
4: ...] and [[Bohemia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy R...
6: ...ath ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...ngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be promised in marriage to Louis, heir apparent to t...
12: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the tit...
15: ...man Emperor]] (1741-1790), married HRH Infanta Isabel of Spain (1741-1763), then HSH Princess Marie Jo... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
5: ...ass merchant family in [[Paris]], [[France]], and began studying [[mathematics]] at age thirteen, desp...
7: ...ently considered her a talented mathematician and became her mentor.
9: ...explained to Gauss that Germain had asked that he be protected, which confused Gauss since he had neve...
12: ...nces in general and above all the mysteries of numbers is excessively rare: one is not astonished at i...
17: ...of Sciences—excepting the wives of other members. - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...ain, but are not generally considered locomotives because they have payload space or are rarely detach...
7: ==Benefits of locomotives==
8: ... many reasons why the motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a locomotive, rather ...
13: ...ives mean that the costly motive power assets can be moved around as needed.
14: ...ecting the other. At some times, locomotives have become obsolete when their cars are not, or vice ver... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...de routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europ...
3: ...home improvement industries a distinction is made between carpet (or carpeting) and rug. The former i...
14: ...ached to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the carpet.
16: ...ral stripes sewn together. Moquette carpets have been used on floors, tables, as furniture upholstery...
18: ...s of berber carpet.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of Berber carpet]] - 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. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[October 30]], [[1735]]
18: '''John Adams''' ([[October 30]], [[1735]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was...
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...
31: ...amp Act invalid on the ground that Massachusetts, being without representation in parliament, had not ... - 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... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...Johnson''' ([[October 17]], [[1780]]–[[November 19]], [[1850]]) was a [[United States House of R...
5: ...mber of the state House of Representatives from [[1804]]-[[1806]] and again in [[1819]]. He was elected...
7: ...enden]], and was reelected and served from [[December 10]], [[1819]] to [[March 3]], [[1829]]. He was...
11: Johnson was a member of the state House of Representatives in 1850, b...
13: ...e House of Representatives, and, in the case of Robert Ward, a Senator as well. - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[November 23]], [[1804]]
12: | date of death=[[October 8]], [[1869]]
18: ...ted States Electoral College|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
22: ...n ''The American President'' what many historians believe about Pierce: that he was "a good man who di...
25: ...overnor)|Benjamin Pierce]], a frontier farmer who became a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary ... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 18]], [[1787]] |
39: Once inhabited by the tribes of the [[Lenape]], the first Europeans to settle...
41: ...ohn Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton|Lord Berkeley of Stratton]].
45: ...st Jersey]] and [[East Jersey]], for the 28 years between [[1674]] and [[1702]]. In 1702 the two provi...
53: ...y history of the United States of America, having been immortalized in [[Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze]]'s p... - 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]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...ting to reach heaven, similar to the [[Tower of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exem...
5: ...reasingly, [[Graphite-reinforced_plastic|carbon fiber]], which is prized for its lightness and strengt...
7: ==Before the 20th century==
15: ... late 20th century from materials that would have been available to da Vinci. The design was deemed fl...
17: ...Sufficiently light and powerful engines would not be available for powered flight until the [[gasoline... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
5: ==Alphabetical list==
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
20: *[[Leo Baekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
26: *[[Arnold O. Beckman]], (1900 - 2004), [[pH]] meter - 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]] - 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]]. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...l restructuring. While [[France]] would oscillate between republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years ...
8: ... interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of conflict and bloodshed.
16: * [[Food]] scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution.
21: ...dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]], who became Controller-General of the Finances in [[1783...
23: ...tax began to make up the difference and allow the beginning of repayment of the debt. - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...uering]] most of Europe; the fall was also rapid, beginning with the disastrous invasion of [[Russia]]...
5: ...warfare from [[April 20]], [[1792]], until [[November 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely these da...
11: ...s no longer a dominant power in Europe, as it had been since the times of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis ...
14: ..., and the end of others. The map of Europe was to be re-drawn in the next hundred years following Napo...
15: * On the other hand, another concept had been brought about — that of Europe. Napoleon ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
7: *[[Richard Abegg]], (1869-1910), German chemist
15: *[[Antoine Baum]], (1728-1804), French chemist
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
17: *[[J?Jakob Berzelius]], (1779-1848), Swedish ''chemist''
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German inventor,...
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