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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1801]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1809]]
7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
9: | date of birth=[[April 13]], [[1743]]
12: | date of death=[[July 4]], [[1826]] - James Madison (15187 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1809]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1817]]
9: | date of birth=[[March 16]], [[1751]]
12: | date of death=[[June 28]], [[1836]]
18: ... [[June 28]], [[1836]]) was the fourth ([[1809]]–[[1817]]) [[President of the United States|Pres... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...k]] γη- (''ge-'', "the earth") and λογος (''logos'', "wo...
14: ...cookers, transport of [[ore]]s, extraction of [[soda]], [[sulfur]] and [[alum]], and administrative is...
18: [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and ...
26: ...out the Earth's history and are still occurring today. In contrast, [[Catastrophism|catastrophism]] is...
29: ...ianism, which influenced the thought of [[Charles Darwin]]. - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...us that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have argu...
3: ... e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the norther...
8: ...stitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
10: ... [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|J... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: '''James Watt''' ([[January 19]], [[1736]]–[[August 19]], [[1819]]) was a [[Scotland|Scott...
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on steam eng... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
9: ...r interwoven with [[feather]]s and [[fur]]) which dated back to approximately 7,000 years ago. There i...
11: ...usand years, and it is referred to in the [[Rig-Veda]], written in 1500 BC. A thousand years later the...
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ...
26: Today cotton is produced in many parts of the world, i...
30: ...ine that removes the cotton from the boll without damaging the cotton plant or by a [[cotton stripper]... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...o a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the ...
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
133: * [[1714]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
143: * [[1769]]: [[Steam engine]]: [[James Watt]]
144: * [[1769]]: [[Water Frame]]: [[Richard Arkwright]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...nic|Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρο&sigma...
6: ... tradition in which he appears as a towering legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
13: ===The ascendance of Macedon===
14: ...as]] for his father's murder, stating that it was Darius who had been bragging to the rest of the Gree...
23: ...xander left Caria in the hands of [[Ada of Caria|Ada]], the sister of Mausolus, whom [[Orontobates]] h... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
168: ...es in [[1750]], twice in [[1768]], six times in [[1769]], and one last time in [[1771]]. He was a victim...
172: ...II's Neptune'' and ''Great-Britain's Neptune''. [[Daniel Bernoulli|Bernoulli]], from [[Berlin]], sugge...
179: ... be seen with the naked eye as a faint star under dark sky conditions. It can be easily found with bin...
205: ...as a faint [[planetary ring]] system, composed of dark particulate matter up to 10 metres in diameter....
212: ...he five main satellites are [[Miranda (moon)|Miranda]], [[Ariel (moon)|Ariel]], [[Umbriel (moon)|Umbri... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: {{dablink|This article covers the History of Californi...
3: Although the present-day State of [[California]] has been occupied for mi...
11: ...re among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciatio...
13: ...s. Tribes in the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] tre...
36: ...irst European to explore the coast of the present day State of California was Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
24: | rowspan="2" | <small>Betsaida, [[Galilee|Galilea]]</small>
29: ...<small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair of P...
36: ...small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small> - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...ritish explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich]...
3: '''James Cook''' ([[October 27]], [[1728]] – [[February 14]], [[1779]]) was a [[Kingdom of ...
7: ...ren born to Grace and James, Sr., who worked as a day laborer on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with...
8: ...on]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command his own ship. Cook rose in the ranks...
14: ...ing and cartographic skills, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (''e.g.'' d... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
7: ...wintered at [[Fort Mandan]]. The [[Shoshone]]/[[Hidatsa]] [[Native American|native]] woman [[Sacagawea...
34: *Captain [[Meriwether Lewis]] (1774 – 1809)
35: *Captain [[William Clark]] (1770 – 1838)
36: **York (ca. 1770 – ?) Clark's manservant
37: *Sergeant [[Charles Floyd]] (1782 – 1804) - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: ...alendar]] (78th in [[leap year]]s). There are 288 days remaining.
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
18: ...sh]] & [[France|French]] naval attack on the [[Dardanelles]].
20: *[[1922]] - In [[India]], [[Mohandas Gandhi]] is sentenced to six years in [[prison]]...
23: ...ian]] forces a grave defeat at the [[Battle of Guadalajara]]. - March 23 (10340 bytes)
1: ...lendar]] (83rd in [[Leap year]]s). There are 283 days remaining.
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
24: ...esolution]] (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General C...
25: ...ian Ocean]], [[Japan]]ese forces capture the [[Anadaman Islands]].
27: ...ng Contest]] for [[Denmark]] singing "Dansevise" (Dancing tune). - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: '''Samuel Hearne''' ([[1745]] – November [[1792]]), [[England|English]] [[expl...
3: ...ith a view to improving the cod fishery, and in [[1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western disco...
5: His first attempt (from 6 November 1769) failed through the desertion of his Indians; his... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...76, and either are located within territorial boundaries of the United States ''or'' involve the armed...
4: ...arized conflicts involving the United States, the dates show the years in which U.S. military units (p...
6: *'''[[American Revolutionary War]]''' (1775–1783)
7: *[[Quasi-War]] (1798–1801)
8: *[[First Barbary War]] (1801–1805) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
3: ...[[1701]] through [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]].
9: ...st time, would begin to shake the old ways and feudal life. [[The Enlightenment]] was in full bloom an...
34: ...ad Shah]] founds the [[Durrani Empire]] in modern day [[Afghanistan]].
46: * [[1769]]: [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary|missionaries]] ...
52: ...ves from [[London]] found [[Freetown]] in present-day [[Sierra Leone]].
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