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1. Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
   1: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820]] to [[1859]]'''.
   3: === [[1820s]] ===
   4: ...as-1970-1820.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1820]]
   5: *[[1820]] - [[Missouri Compromise]]
   6: *[[1820]] - [[Land Act]]

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1. 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...
2. Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
   4: ...able and famous statues in the world. The [[Venus de Milo]] now stands in the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris]].
   6: ...[[1822]] he sailed on a voyage around the world under [[Louis Isidore Duperrey|Captain Duperrey]], and...
   8: ...e probable place of the death of [[Jean-François de La Pérouse|La Perouse]].
   12: On his return in [[1840]], he was made [[rear admiral]].
   16: ...illed with his wife and son in a [[railroad]] accident near [[Meudon]], France. He is buried in the [[...
3. Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
   3: ...an [[United States|American]] [[civil rights]] leader who, along with [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], led ...
   5: ...chester, New York]]. While in Rochester, she attended the [[Unitarian Church]].
   7: ...she herself taught in various schools. In the decade preceding the outbreak of the [[American Civil Wa...
   9: After [[1854]] she devoted herself almost exclusively to the agitation ...
   13: Also included in The Revolution were a number of quotes displa...
4. Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
   1: ...]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[mathematician]] and a student of [[Karl Weierstrass]] in [[Berlin]]. In [[188...
   3: ...ged to convince the Russians to list him as descended of aristocracy, a Hungarian king in particular; ...
   5: ...) via [[Fyodor Fyodorovich Schubert]] (another Academician) and had more education and "appreciation o...
   7: Sofia Kovalevskaya contributed to the understanding of [[partial differential equation]]s (t...
   9: ...to get his attention, but he was focused on the older sister Anna and he very probably proposed to her...
5. Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
   3: ...'The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nursing]]. Each year, the [[Internation...
   7: ...s named after the city of her birth, as was her older sister (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city th...
   9: ...gions of the poor and indigent. She announced her decision to her family in [[1845]], evoking intense ...
   11: ...ed the support of [[Charles Villiers]], then president of the [[Poor Law Board]]. This led to her act...
   13: ...oneering hospital established and managed by an order of [[Nun|Catholic sisters]] in [[Germany]], and ...
6. Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
   1: ...jpg|thumb|225px|Harriet Tubman in 1880, Image provded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
   2: ...e organizer, raid leader and [[intelligence commander]], [[nurse]] and healer, [[revival speaker]], [[...
   5: ...eatment from her various owners, including an incident where an overseer hurled a two-pound weight in ...
   9: ...e North, and again was never captured. And she guided hundreds of people trapped in slavery up to the ...
   13: ...unning, daring and ruthlessness in following well developed plans for her expeditions. For instance, ...
7. Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
   3: ...e the [[cornett]], and [[woodwind instrument]]s made of brass, like the [[saxophone]].
   6: (not necessarily made from brass)
   23: * [[Ophicleide]]
   41: ...e still played in [[authentic performance]]s of older music, and for some ceremonial functions.
   51: [[Image:Kinkangakki_slide.png]]
8. James Monroe (11107 bytes)
   1: {{Infobox President | name=James Monroe
   4: | order=5th President
   7: | preceded=[[James Madison]]
   8: | succeeded=[[John Quincy Adams]]
   11: | dead=dead
9. John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
   1: {{Infobox President | name=John Quincy Adams
   3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
   4: | order=6th President
   7: | preceded=[[James Monroe]]
   8: | succeeded=[[Andrew Jackson]]
10. Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
    1: <table border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><t...
    2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
    5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
    8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></...
    9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</td></tr>
11. Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
    4: | order=14th President
    7: | preceded=[[Millard Fillmore]]
    8: | succeeded=[[James Buchanan]]
    11: | dead=dead
12. Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
    1: {| border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"
    4: {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
    10: | '''Order:''' || 16th President
    15: | '''Predecessor:''' || [[James Buchanan]]
    24: | '''Date of death:''' || [[April 15]], [[1865]]
13. Printing press (12986 bytes)
    1: ...utenberg]] in the 1450s. This event has been awarded number 1 of the Top 100 Greatest Events of the M...
    3: ==Development of the printing press==
    4: ...ssing sheets of paper into individually carved wooden blocks ([[xylography]]). It is believed that blo...
    6: ...in [[Song China]] and facilitated more creative modes of printing. Nevertheless, movable type was neve...
    8: ... Gutenberg refined the technique with the first widespread use of movable type, where the characters a...
14. Alexandria (28378 bytes)
    3: ...ntry's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had se...
    5: ...|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated ...
    16: * The modern city from [[1798]] (red).
    19: ...in. Alexander's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that...
    21: ...t the foundation, but are thwarted when Alexander descends in a glass box, and armed with exact knowle...
15. Antarctica (14761 bytes)
    4: ...near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
    6: ... accepted sighting of the continent occurred in [[1820]] and the first verified landing in [[1821]]. A [...
    8: ...so the continent with the highest average [[altitude]], and the lowest average [[humidity]] of any con...
    15: ...he continent, but [[ice]] there can last for extended time periods. Nearly all of Antarctica is cover...
    24: ...ea is called [[Western Antarctica]] and the remainder [[Eastern Antarctica]], since they correspond ro...
16. Qatar (10610 bytes)
    1: ...udi Arabia]] to the south and is otherwise surrounded by the [[Persian Gulf]].
    4: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    8: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
    33: ...otal (July 2003) <br>&nbsp;- [[Population density|Density]]
    36: | '''[[Independence]]'''<br>&nbsp;- Recognised
17. Jamaica (16893 bytes)
    2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    6: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
    10: ...gn="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Jamaica|In Detail]])
    37: <br>&nbsp;- [[Population density|Density]]
    42: | '''[[Independence]]'''
18. Hawaii (34434 bytes)
    21: DensityRank = 13^th |
    22: 2000Density = 42.75 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 50^th |
    26: Longitude = 154?40'W to 162?W |
    27: Latitude = 18?55'N to 29?N |
19. Maine (17312 bytes)
    21: DensityRank = 38^th |
    22: 2000Density = 15.95 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 23^rd |
    24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 15]], [[1820]] |
    26: Longitude = 66?57'W to 71?7'W |
20. New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
    21: DensityRank = 20^th |
    22: 2000Density = 53.20 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 9^th |
    26: Longitude = 70?37'W to 72?37'W |
    27: Latitude = 42?40'N to 45?18'N |

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