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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - 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 - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...ce]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known as the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlight...
5: ...tent, while also examining [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also kn...
7: ... married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. He had affairs with the writer Madame Pu...
12: ...allegory]] pointing first to the extravagances of Catholicism; second, to the vanity of the pleasures ...
14: ...ant philosophers of that day was an episodic application of the principle of relativism to the concept... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: ...n, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
3: ...]] whose work is considered part of the [[Western canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose a...
5: ...ater and was buried in the [[Winchester_Cathedral|cathedral]].
7: ...es on Austen's keen commentary regarding the predicament of young, unmarried, upper-class English wome...
12: ...scene in her novels features women, purportedly because she did not know how men spoke when not in the... - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
1: ...ments are being increasingly recognised as significant in themselves.
3: ...wn brother. Like him, Fanny showed prodigious musical ability as a child and began to write music. How...
7: ...her's compositions. Her public debut at the piano came in 1838, when she played Felix's piano [[concer...
9: ...piano works are often in the manner of songs, and carry the name ''Lieder ohne Worte'' (''Songs withou...
11: ...lssohn-Hensel died in [[Berlin]] in 1847 of complications of a [[stroke]] suffered while rehearsing on... - History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
4: ..., to the north by the sea and to the south by the Cataracts of the Nile. The need to have a single aut...
6: ...b to foreign rule; however, it proved unable to escape from it, and for 2,300 years Egypt was governed...
13: *[[History of Ottoman Egypt]]: [[1517]] to [[1805]]
14: ...[Egypt under Muhammad Ali and his successors]]: [[1805]] to [[1882]]
20: *[[History of Africa]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[Democratic-Republican]]
18: ...dor]] to [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|...
22: ==Biographical information==
23: ...dash; before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]]. - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...dent [[nation]], entirely surrounded by South African territory.
3: ...well as many white, coloured and Indian South Africans.
5: ...rgest and most well-developed of the entire [[Africa]]n continent, with modern [[infrastructure]] comm...
7: {{South Africa infobox}}
9: South Africa has 11 official languages: [[Afrikaans]], [[Engli... - Idaho (13962 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]] |
36: ...ated in the northwestern [[United States]]. Its [[capital]] is [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]] and the U.S. pos...
42: ...ginal Idaho territory was re-named [[Colorado]] because of it. Eventually the controversy was forgotte...
46: .... At that time, approximately 8,000 [[Native American]]s lived in the region.
48: ...While thousands passed through Idaho during the [[California gold rush]] of [[1849]], few people settl... - Washington (20186 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]] |
36: ...k force numbered about 3.1 million. Residents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on the third sylla...
38: ...ten called simply '''D.C.''', and the state often called '''Washington State'''.
45: ...r their [[totem pole]]s and their ornately carved canoes and masks. Prominent among their industries w...
47: ... on the Washington coast was by [[Spain|Spanish]] Captain [[Don Bruno de Heceta]] in [[1775]] on board... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]]...
36: ... east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...aunchly independent political thinking. The state capital is [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while...
42: Vermont is located in the New England region in the [[eastern Uni...
44: ...ed States and separates Vermont from New York and Canada in the northwest portion of the state. The st... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] |
36: ...2/5 of the state is notably rainy; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. In fact, on av...
38: ...]}} is also common, but considered incorrect by locals.
41: ...at may be the future for all [[United States|Americans]]: simple living, [[conservation]], and [[urban...
49: ...Columbia River. Exploration by Lewis and Clark ([[1805]]-[[1806]]) and Britain's [[David Thompson]] ([[1... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...e there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ... Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
37: * 3500 BC: [[Carts]] in [[Sumer]] - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
4: ==Pre-Colonial America==
5: ''For details, see the main [[Pre-Colonial America]] article.''
7: [[Native American]]s arrived on the [[North America]]n continent at some time between the [[9th mille...
9: ==Colonial America (1497-1776)==
10: ''For details, see the main [[Colonial America]] article.'' - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...owballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[d...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ...ails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ... omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese ...
13: ...etorbit.png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
19: *[[1796]] - [[Tennessee]], formerly part of North Carolina, becomes a state
22: ...ams]] (Federalist) inaugurated, Jefferson (Republican) Vice-President
43: *[[1805]] - [[Barbary War]]: Barbary pirates defeated in ...
50: *[[1808]] - U.S. [[slave trade]] with [[Africa]] ends
58: *[[1811]] - [[Battle of Tippecanoe]] - Michigan (29427 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]] |
40: ...ation grew slowly until the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of sett...
57: *[[1701]] [[Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac]], with his lieutenant [[Alphonse de Tonty]...
58: *[[1760]] Detroit was captured by the [[Great Britain|British]].
60: ...is (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] that ended the [[American Revolutionary War]]. The U.S. did not take contr... - Coal mining (4145 bytes)
3: The most economical method of coal extraction from coal seams depend...
9: ...tract [[bituminous coal]]. In South [[Wales]] opencasting for [[steam coal]] and [[anthracite]] is pra...
11: ...most coal seams are too deep underground for open cast mining. Most coal is extracted by either:
12: ...rs may be removed on retreat allowing the roof to cave in. This method of mining is used principally i...
13: ...y created behind the longwall known as "the goaf" caves in. Longwall mining is the principle method of... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...w Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]]...
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
10: ...[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
1: ...(number)|2]]nd day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 363 days remaining (364 in [[...
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
7: *[[533]] - Mercurius became [[Pope]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first po...
9: ...757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
14: ...tus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''.
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