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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 [... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
3: ==Ada==
4: === Adac - Adal ===
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and ...
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...h. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years — longer than that of any other British monarch....
12: ...future King George IV), did marry, but had only a daughter, [[Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales]]. W...
14: ...French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
20: ...f the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten-Winds...
25: ...ugustus I of Hanover|Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]], who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. ... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
11: ...nfirmary]] in [[London]] that became a public scandal, Nightingale became the leading advocate for imp...
19: ...46]]), a position he would hold again ([[1852]] – [[1854]]) during the [[Crimean War]]. Herbert ...
23: ...ctivity, and the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] foundations of the hospital. While at Kaiserwerth, Flore...
31: ...arly in November [[1854]]. In [[Scutari]] (modern-day [[ܳk? in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]) Nightingale ... - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
2: ...y|surgeon]] and the only woman to receive the [[Medal of Honor]].
6: ...nd Vesta Walker, she believed the fashions of the day, which included such binding clothing as [[corse...
8: ...ical College where she graduated as a doctor in [[1855]]. She married a fellow medical school student, ...
12: ...drew Johnson]] signed a bill to present her the medal, specifically for her services at the First Batt...
14: Sections from the citation accompanying the medal read: - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
5: ...ives haul their trains. Increasingly common these days in passenger service is [[push-pull]] operation...
23: ...onomically practical. ''Fairy Queen'', built in [[1855]]; plying between [[New Delhi]] and [[Alwar]] in ...
27: ...wo and a half times that of diesel power, and the daily mileage achievable was far lower. As labour co...
29: ...e in [[China]], where [[coal]] is a much more abundant resource than [[petroleum]] for diesel fuel. In...
32: ...mber of which survive and are still operational today. - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: '''Schuyler Colfax''' ([[March 23]], [[1823]]–[[January 13]], [[1885]]) was a [[United States...
6: ...Representatives]] in [[1863]]. He was not a candidate for renomination in [[1868]], having become the...
8: ...nection with the [[Cr餩t Mobilier of America scandal]].
13: ...arch 3]], [[1865]];<br>[[December 4]], [[1865]] – [[March 3]], [[1869]]}}
14: ... Republican Party vice presidential nominees|candidate]] | before=[[Andrew Johnson]] | after=[[Henry W... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
3: '''Henry Wilson''' ([[February 16]], [[1812]]–[[November 22]], [[1875]]) was a [[United State...
7: ...] and [[1871]], and served from [[January 31]], [[1855]], to [[March 3]], [[1873]], when he resigned to ...
12: ... Republican Party vice presidential nominees|candidate]]|before=[[Schuyler Colfax]]|after=[[William A....
13: ...illiam A. Wheeler]]|years=[[March 4]], [[1873]] – [[November 22]], [[1875]]}} - Australia (39438 bytes)
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28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January...
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54: ...glish to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voy... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
35: established_events = - Date |
36: established_dates = [[October 24]], [[1964]] |
49: ...uries]]. They came primarily from the Luba and Lunda tribes of southern [[Democratic Republic of Congo...
51: ...onaries, and traders. [[David Livingstone]], in [[1855]], was the first European to see the magnificent ...
61: ...ricity. A railroad to the [[Tanzania]]n port of [[Dar es Salaam]], built with [[People's Republic of C... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
16: LandArea = 144,701 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 28|Dec 28]], [[1846]] |
25: ...Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|DST]]-5 |
46: ...een home to approximately 17 different tribes. Today, only the [[Mesquaki]] tribe is left in Iowa and...
50: ...ted in a few shots finding Iowa soil; a raid into Davis and Van Buren counties by Confederate guerrill... - Kansas (21369 bytes)
16: LandArea = 81,815 mi²; 211,900 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 29]], [[1861]] |
25: ...untain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]]<br><small>Counties are Cen...
44: ... waystop and outfitting place. On [[March 30]], [[1855]] "Border Ruffians" from [[Missouri]] invaded Kan...
52: ...er Johnson]], [[Maurice Greene]] and [[Lynette Woodard]]. - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
2: Name = South Dakota |
3: Fullname = State of South Dakota |
4: Flag = South Dakota state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of South Dakota]] |
6: Seal = SouthDakotastateseal.jpg | - 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]]
145: ...]: [[Submarine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]]
182: ...6]]: [[Davy lamp|Miner's safety lamp]]: [[Humphry Davy]] - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
15: *[[Ettore Ximenes|Ximenes, Ettore]], ([[1855]]-[[1919]]), Italian painter - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...sh by [[Anthony Hodges]], 1638, and [[R. Smith]], 1855.)
3: Suidas also ascribes to this author an ''Etymology'', a... - Alcman (1163 bytes)
3: ... [[Sparta]], where he lived in the family of Agesidas, by whom he was emancipated. His mastery of Gree...
7: ...siderable being part of a ''Parthenion'' found in 1855 on an [[Egypt]]ian [[papyrus]]; some later discov... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...ite irregular because they usually follow the boundaries of states, countries or other administrative ...
4: [[image:Timezones.png|thumb|400px|Standard Time Zones of the World by the CIA]]
6: ...ve. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as distinct from time...
8: ... the remainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British...
12: *[[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00 UTC, then i... - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...nowledge]]. This change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-sci...
11: ...dge, and to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
40: ... long period that followed is also known as the [[Dark Ages]]. While the [[Byzantine Empire]] still he...
43: ...[Image:Vitruvian.jpg|right|thumb|140px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian Man]], an example of the bl...
46: ...vitalization of Europe. This provided a solid foundation for all future scientific work. Contact with ... - 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]]-)
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