Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...thernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most populous [[Spanish language|Spanis...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
14: image_map = LocationMexico.png |
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
19: capital = [[Mexico City]] | - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same n...
7: ...t inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ... after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place...
13: ...Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January Rive...
15: ...ntic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built an... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Antarctica]].
4: ...ed statue as an ancient masterpiece that had been carved around the year [[130 BC]]. He immediately a...
6: ...e around the world under [[Louis Isidore Duperrey|Captain Duperrey]], and brought home a very fine col...
10: ...egions, he sailed along a coastal area of Antarctica that he named the [[French Southern Territories|A...
14: ...sées]]. [[Dumont d'Urville Station]] on Antarctica is also named after him. - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
4: ...and [[Bohemia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Rom...
14: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the...
16: ...-1798), married HSH Prince Albert of Saxony (1738-1822); no issue
20: ...; had issue. [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]]: 1765 (abdicated 1790); [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1790; [[Archduk...
21: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1748) - Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: ...strument|free-reed wind instrument]] with a [[musical keyboard|keyboard]], the smallest representative...
22: ...ment)|sheng]] uses resonator pipes, and the reeds can sound in both directions, which is more similar ...
25: ...frame and tongue were made in one part, as is the case with Jew's Harps. The reeds were mounted on a w...
26: The first basic "accordion" was invented in [[1822]] by [[Friedrich Buschmann]] in [[Berlin]].
28: ...s. The notes are arranged much like on a [[harmonica]]. - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: ...tes Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
22: ...(ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were well-to-do farmers.
24: ...]], he displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later, with [[Robert R. Livingston]] and unde...
28: ... 1820|re-elected in 1820]]. Monroe, the last American [[Revolutionary War]] veteran to serve as presid... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
3: ...on><font size="+1">'''Ulysses S. Grant'''</font></caption>
9: ...r><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[April 27]], [[1822]]</td></tr>
15: ...'</td><td>[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]</td></tr>
22: ... [[Union army | Union]] [[general]] in the [[American Civil War]] and the 18th ([[1869]]–[[1877]...
24: ...s, who led an administration plagued by severe [[scandal]] and [[corruption]]. - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...]] and [[Chile]]. Named after [[brazilwood]], a local tree, Brazil is home to both extensive [[agricul...
8: ...ro I]] declared independence on [[7 September]] [[1822]], establishing the independent [[Empire of Brazi...
15: ...] and he also appoints the [[cabinet (government)|cabinet]].
17: The Brazilian [[legislature]], the bicameral National Congress or ''Congresso Nacional'',...
20: * [[Cangaç¯] (criminal hinterland bands in the first ye... - Elephantine (3346 bytes)
1: ...er Nile]], located just downstream of the First [[Cataract]] at {{coor dm|24|05|N|32|53|E|}}.
6: ...racts, who controlled the waters of the Nile from caves beneath the island: he was worshipped here as ...
8: ...ird dynasty]] and a small shrine, built for the local [[Sixth dynasty of Egypt|sixth-dynasty]] [[nomar...
10: A rare calendar, known as the Elephantine Calendar, dating to the reign of [[Thutmose III]], w...
11: ...the [[Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt|17th dynasty]] can be seen at the water's edge. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
10: Capital = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] |
38: ...or their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural influences. For a variety of reasons, s...
42: === Native American Pueblos ===
44: ...n]] ruins indicate a presence at modern Santa Fe. Caves in the [[Sandia Mountains]] near Albuquerque c...
46: ...s in [[1540]]-[[1542]]. Coronado camped near an excavated pueblo today preserved as [[Coronado State M... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...image | image = [[Image:Trex skull.gif|225px|]] | caption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' ...
16: ...for over 100-million years. Non-avian dinosaurs became [[extinct]] 65 [[million years ago]] (Mya) at t...
20: ...roved tremendously useful in [[scientific classification|classifying]] dinosaurs, which are still know...
25: [[Image:Allosaurus_clipart_aca.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Allosaurus Image provided by...
30: ...vians.html''DinoBuzz''] hosted by [[University of California]] Museum of [[Paleontology]]</blockquote> - 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.]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
2: ...t of all [[life|living]] [[organism]]s, sometimes called the "building blocks of life." Some organisms...
5: ... room. The name was chosen by [[Robert Hooke]] because of the likeness he saw between [[cork (materia...
11: ... Each cell stores its own set of instructions for carrying out each of these activities.
15: ... depends upon its ability to extract and use chemical energy stored in organic molecules. This energy ...
16: ... workhorses of cells, such as [[enzyme]]s. A typical [[mammal|mammalian]] cell contains up to 10,000 ... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...le]]. In addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example ...
4: ==Early career==
10: ...sophy]] or religion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
14: ...howed the reality of the experiments and even indicated the particular results that led to the time-sq...
18: ...ses. He published his initial telescopic astronomical [[observation]]s in March [[1610]] in a short tr... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
9: *[[1822]] - [[Denmark Vesey]] executed
10: *[[1822]] - [[Cumberland Road]] Bill
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political convention]]
14: ...lay his new [[Secretary of State]], which Jackson calls their "[[Corrupt Bargain]]"
17: *[[1825]] - [[Erie Canal]] opened - 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... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
1: ...'' is the 17th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 348 days remaining (349 in [[l...
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
7: ...rmy at [[Falkirk]] in his ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[Jacobite]] ...
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to...
9: ...arleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[South Carolina]]. - 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]]''. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
14: ...il Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemist
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
19: *[[Carl Bosch]], (1872-1940), German chemist
26: *[[Melvin Calvin]] (1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemist...
27: *[[Georg Ludwig Carius]], (1829-1875), German chemist
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).