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- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: '''Francisco Vásquez de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[1554]]) was a [[Sp...
5: He was born in [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]].
7: ...s, and 1000 slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
11: ...orado River (U.S.)|Colorado]]). [[Garcia Lopez de Cardenas]] was sent out to find this river, and foun...
12: ...the first European to see the magnificent [[Grand Canyon]]. [[Hernando de Alvarado]] was sent east, an... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...th higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...d alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...ults in an alloy containing too much carbon to be called steel.
11: ...ub>3</sub>C. Cementite forms in regions of higher carbon content while other areas revert to ferrite a...
13: ...t cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely lit... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: '''Bagpipes''' are a class of [[musical instrument]], [[aerophone]]s using enclosed [[re...
16: A bagpipe consists of an airtight bag, which can supply a continuous stream of air. Air is suppli...
18: ...ow [[oboe]]-like sound, while chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighter sound.
23: ...etterpress of Donald MacDonald's Martial Music of Caledonia, written by an unknown Romantic. However, ...
25: ...arity seems to have occurred from around the year 1000; the tune used by [[Robert Burns]] for "[[Scots W... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three day...
10: * [[1852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Pi...
12: ... of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Un... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]...
14: ...[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
28: ..., Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
29: ...a Abbot|Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
37: *[[Emma Abbott|Abbott, Emma]], (1849-1891), American singer - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...III of Sweden]] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|e...
5: ...om illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine's supporters.
9: ... de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine drew up a document to reform the code of l...
11: ... control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catherine gave land in [[Ukraine]] to favored nobles...
13: ...rine relaxed the censorship law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
5: ... of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor...
16: ...here I can look at you most of my waking hours! I can't kiss you [in person] so I kiss your picture go...
20: ... perform at [[Constitution Hall]] in Washington because of her skin color. Mrs. Roosevelt arranged fo...
22: ...cism), she was the connection to the African-American population and helped Mr. Roosevelt win a lot of... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ..."the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ... melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...ther of [[Cecil B. DeMille]], who was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], w...
9: ...nt film era and the sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but ret...
11: ...-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple w... - Murasaki Shikibu (2682 bytes)
1: ...n in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] between about 1000 and 1008, one of the earliest and most famous [[n...
4: ...father gave her a male's education. Males were educated in and taught [[Chinese language|Chinese]], th...
12: A fictionalized biography of Murasaki called ''The Tale of Murasaki: A Novel'' was written... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...]] [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] charts. Classically trained, Amos’s voice and mostly piano-b...
7: ...timore Orioles]]. This song won the contest and became her first single, released as a 7" pressed for ...
10: ... band called "Tess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos".
13: ..., it was released in America to breakthrough critical success. The accompanying singles were "Me and a...
16: ...ncluding a cover of the [[Joni Mitchell]] song "A Case of You". - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
2: ...image | image = [[Image:A sunflower.jpg|260px]] | caption = Sunflowers display bright yellow colors.}}
15: ... head ([[inflorescence]]). The stem of the flower can grow up to 3 [[metre]]s tall, with the flower he...
18: ...[[Francisco Pizarro]] found the [[Tahuantinsuyu|Inca]] subjects venerating the sunflower as an image o...
23: ...[[achene]]'') of the plant, with the true seeds encased in an inedible husk.
34: ...ornamental plant]]s, but appeal to [[farmer]]s, because they reduce [[bird]] damage and losses from so... - Cootamundra wattle (1558 bytes)
2: ...[[image:wattletree.jpg|250px|Acacia baileyana]] | caption = Cootamundra Wattle}}
9: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''[[Acacia]]''' }}
12: ...n binomial simple|color=lightgreen|binomial_name=Acacia baileyana}}
15: ...otamundra is but one of nearly 1000 species of ''Acacia'' found in [[Australia]].
17: ...e of the most typical features of their home landscape. - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...f European history]] into three 'ages': the Classical civilization of [[Antiquity]], the Middle Ages, ...
6: ...prising artistic sophistication, though its political and social senses were unevolved and its technol...
8: ... this connection too was lost. Administrative, educational and military infrastructure quickly vanishe...
12: ...changes, and the institutional support for large scale chattel slavery largely disappeared.
14: ...ple such as the [[Vikings]] were still capable of causing major disruption to the newly emerging socie... - Medieval art (6359 bytes)
3: ...[[Islamic art history|Middle East]] and North Africa. It includes the major art movements, national ar...
9: ...ry of the interplay between the elements of classical, early Christian and "Barbarian" art.
13: ...aditionally look at it based on about nine large-scale movements, or periods.
15: ...sts adopted the Roman crafts of painting, mosaic, carving and metalwork.
17: ...ontact with the [[Anglo-Saxon]]s creating what is called the [[Hiberno-Saxon]] style, and then finally... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...t crystaline like the sugar was originally, which can be seen in its [[conchoidal]] fracture.
5: ...ned with a specific type of glass—the [[silica]]-based glasses in common use as a building, cont...
9: ...nd will break into sharp shards. These properties can be modified, or even changed entirely, with the ...
13: ...[[Oxygen|O]]<sub>2</sub>), which is the same chemical compound found in [[quartz]], or in its polycrys...
18: ...[Image:Glass-Ball.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shap... - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
1: ... from less valuable materials. However, jewellery can and has been made out of almost every kind of ma...
5: ... Further tracing leads back to the Latin word "jocale", meaning plaything.
7: ...rucifix]] in the form of jewellery, or, as is the case in many Western cultures, [[marriage|married]] ...
35: * [[1000 BC]] - [[Iran|Persian]] sheet [[bronze]] work 0.0...
36: * 1000 BC - The start of true [[engraving]]. - Greek language (35285 bytes)
13: ... years. It is symbolically divided in four historical periods:
15: ... was the language both of [[Archaic]] and [[Classical]] periods of Greek civilisation. It has been stu...
17: ...blished in the city of [[Rome]] and Koine Greek became a first or second language in the [[Roman Empir...
21: ...directly from [[Koine Greek]], '''Modern Greek''' can be traced in the late [[Byzantine]] period (as e...
25: ''The historical stages of the Greek language that are placed pri... - Imhotep (3367 bytes)
5: ...C but may perhaps go back to texts written around 1000 years earlier.
7: ...) up, as the seperation of Nuit and [[Geb]] (deification of the ''earth'') was said to be what prevent...
15: ...e of wide receiver Imhotep Durham for the Virgina Cavaliers football team for the year of 2004.
32: * [[Timeline of medicine and medical technology]] - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
10: ...[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws area]] of [[North Carolina]]
16: | vicepresident= [[John C. Calhoun]] (1829-1832) [[Martin Van Buren]] (1833-183...
18: ... years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
22: ...and intense hatred for the British) that he would carry all his life. This [[anglophobia]] would be co... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
3: ...on><font size="+1">'''Grover Cleveland'''</font></caption>
18: ...Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Caldwell, New Jersey|Caldwell]], [[New Jersey]]</td></tr>
23: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic P...
29: ...ublican]] political domination between the [[American Civil War]] and the election of [[Woodrow Wilson...
34: ...ical opponents would later hold this against him, calling him the "Buffalo Hangman." Cleveland stated ...
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