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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...ted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriage in [[1770]]]]
4: ...ur of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely h...
6: ...f her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one year younger.) Her other...
7: ...een years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in...
9: ...ld like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the hand of the Empress'... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: '''Phillis Wheatley''' ([[1753]] - [[December 5]], [[1784]]), also spelled '''Phylis Whea...
5: ...Lieutenant Governor [[Andrew Oliver]]. They concluded that she had in fact written the poems ascribed ...
7: Her work was lauded by some of the leading figures of the [[American...
9: After the death of John and Susannah Wheatley, Phillis married...
13: ...Learned Dr. Samuel Cooper, Who Departed This Life December 29, 1783'' - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
4: | order=2nd President
7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
8: | succeeded=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
11: | dead=dead - Australia (39438 bytes)
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Gover...
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Eli...
16: area_magnitude=1_E12|
24: population_density = 2|
25: population_density_rank = —| - Americas (7154 bytes)
1: ...nglish language|English]], where it is often considered a single continent) or to the [[United States]...
3: ...G|250px|thumb|right|Map of America by Jonghe. Ca. 1770]]
6: ...rt of North America. The Americas are often also described collectively as the '''[[Western Hemispher...
8: ...hough it should be noted that even those who consider the Americas to be two continents may still use ...
13: ...norteamericano'' ("North American") or ''estadounidense'' (literally "United Statesian") when referrin... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 30<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 25.41 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 14<sup>th</sup> |
26: Longitude = 71?28'W to 73?26'W |
27: Latitude = 42?44'N to 45?0'43"N | - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
1: [[image:Spinning jenny.jpg|300px|thumb|Model of the spinning jenny in a museum in Wuppertal, ...
2: ...device dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a single worker able to wo...
6: ...nocked over one of their own spinning wheels. The device kept working as normal, with the spindle now ...
8: ...draw it out to the proper thickness. A clamp-like device in the roving beam allowed the operator to th...
10: ...e fabric, using stronger yarn for the warp. Later developments improved the quality of the yarn and in... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
7: *[[Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev|Yakovlev, Alexander Nikolaevich]] (born 1923)
8: *[[Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev|Yakovlev, Alexander Sergeyevich]] (1906-1989)
11: *[[Yakubu Gowon]] (born 1934), military leader of [[Nigeria]]
12: *[[Alexander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
37: ..., Yury]], (born 1942), Russian politician, former deputy prime minister and CIS executive secretary - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...d Concord]] and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorktown]]. "The ...
4: ...tion of [[George Washington]] as the first [[President of the United States]] in [[1789]]. Beyond that...
10: ...rn frontier. Most white colonists in America considered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown...
16: ...his European Enlightenment and were a source for ideas regarding [[separation of church and state]] an...
23: ...ese new policies grew steadily throughout the decade, and had a significant impact on the emergence of... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
17: === [[1770s]] ===
18: *[[1770]] - [[Boston Massacre]]
20: ...el Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
33: ...Declaration_of_Independence|Declaration of Independence]]
38: *[[1777]] - [[Articles of Confederation]] adopted by the Second Continental Congres... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: To summarize the areas of development in colonial America, historians typicall...
9: ... the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...on and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South America|South]] and [[Centr...
16: ...mercial enterprise]], [[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respec...
22: ...ir [[Walter Raleigh]]. The second resupply ship, delayed for several years by circumstances in Englan... - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ...l fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
7: ...325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
13: ... while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsidian]], used for arrowheads, axe heads, an...
19: ...cted by stories of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with ...
23: ...ula of [[Baja California]]), and laid out and founded the city that was to become LaPaz later that spr... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929)
48: *[[Alexander Calder]] (1898 - 1976)
49: *[[Alexander Milne Calder]] (1845 - 1923)
50: *[[Alexander Stirling Calder]] (1870 - 1945)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822) - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ...[2005]], is a general nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]]
2: ...bsence of adequate nutrients may cause disease or death.
4: ...y incur [[toxic]] and potentially lethal effects, depending on the dose.
5: The science of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific dietary aspects influe...
12: rapidly dehydrate; (hence the devastating effects of persistent [[diarrhea]]). - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...]] [[explorers|explorer]] and [[navigator]]. He made three voyages to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which ...
8: ... Cook rose in the ranks of the merchant fleet but declined the command of his own collier in 1755 on t...
20: ...lly [[Alexander Dalrymple]], insisted must exist, despite Cook's personal doubts. With the help of a ...
22: ...t landing, at Kurnell on [[Botany Bay]], was intended to be the site of the first [[British colony]] i...
24: Botany Bay was indeed the site of one of the earliest European contac... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...edition of [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]], the first European to cross North A...
5: ...wis concealed this from the men and shared the leadership of the expedition, always referring to Clark...
7: ...Charbonneau]], joined the group from there and guided them westward. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]...
9: ...] until they reached the [[Pacific Ocean]] in the December of 1805. At this point in time, Lewis spott...
10: ... agreed to camp on the south side of the river (modern Astoria, OR) , building [[Fort Clatsop]] as the... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]] and sacks the city, stealing th...
10: ..."Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
16: ...Aleister Crowley]] invokes [[Horus]] in Egypt and declares the start of the New Aeon known as the Aeon...
17: ...er of the Chinese nationalist party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days late...
24: *[[1956]] – [[Tunisia]] gains independence from [[France]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
30: *[[Adolf Anderssen]] (Germany, [[1818]] - [[1879]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 ...
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]])
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