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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...plorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] ...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portugue...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
30: ...er]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
7: ...harles d'Abancourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
17: ...e|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
29: *[[Nate Ackerman|Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon]] (born 1978)
32: ... Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
46: ...tte Ackermann|Ackermann, Sophie Charlotte]] (1714-1792) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
19: *[[Melchior Adam|Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer...
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
38: *[[Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
46: *[[Evangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...lso see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Loui...
4: ...[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]]. Sh...
6: ..., Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia'' was the eldest daughter of [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|...
8: ...s, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
12: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to th... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[Ju...
9: ...ly having turned more conservative after the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1...
13: ...nomically underdeveloped areas. Third, Catherine relaxed the censorship law and encouraged education f...
16: [[Image:Buberel Coronation coach Catherine the Great.jpg|thumb|25...
17: ... apparent that his plan could not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in [[1781]] was dismissed. - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...al described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
11: ...ied off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlan...
13: ...eak German. However, when her sister Johanna-Gabriella died of smallpox in [[1762]], Maria-Antonia bec...
15: ...ia|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should ...
17: ...ple that they can say that I have sent them an angel." - Rose (15436 bytes)
2: ...7_10a.jpg|240px]]| caption = ''Rosa arvensis'' (Field Rose)}}
21: ...ometimes trailing plants, reaching 2-5 m tall, rarely reaching as high as 20 m by climbing over other ...
25: ...yellow or red. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals.
27: ...ost species are red, but a few (e.g. ''Rosa pimpinellifolia'') have dark purple to black hips. Each hi...
29: ...gosa'' and ''R. pimpinellifolia'' though have densely packed straight spines, probably an adaptation t... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: A '''carpet''' is any loom-woven, felted textile or grass floor covering. The term was...
14: ...ched to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the carpet.
16: ...design. Moquette is woven in relatively narrow panels (usually 27" or 36"). Larger works are composed...
19: ...introduced in Germany in 1804. They became extremely popular in England in the 1830s.
21: ...[Gripper Axminster]] (1890). These types were developed from the American [[Halcyon Skinner]]'s 1860s... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
4: ...st settlement in [[Puerto Rico]], Caparra (later relocated to [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]). He ...
7: ...e León was then removed from office in 1512 and felt his good name had been damaged. Not wishing to s...
9: ...n the ''Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos'' of [[Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas]].
11: ...ons seized after the English attacked San Juan in 1792.]]
14: ...]]) before returning to Puerto Rico.[[Image:poncedeleonburial.jpg|thumb|Cathedral where Ponce de Leon ... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: ...e of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
21: ... other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he voluntarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him...
24: ...nial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Beach]] in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]].
26: ...te from the [[College of William and Mary]]) and helped survey the [[Shenandoah Valley]] in Virginia. ...
29: ... Peale]], and shows Washington in uniform as colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment.]] - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events a...
28: ...of popular leadership of his second cousin, [[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through h...
31: ...ism and corporate authority; in December 1765 he delivered a speech before the governor and council in...
33: ...ular side in this case resulted in his subsequent election to the [[Massachusetts House of Representat...
44: ... first draft along with [[James Bowdoin]] and Samuel Adams. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
14: | wife= None; wife [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
20: .... President [[John F. Kennedy]] welcomed 49 [[Nobel Prize]] winners to the [[White House]] in [[1962]...
25: ... and civil culture. The [[Continental Congress]] delegated task of writing the Declaration which inclu...
27: ...]; it included automatic [[door]]s, the first swivel [[chair]], and other convenient devices invented ... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...nate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]] and the eleventh [[Vice President of the United States|Vice ...
5: ...[1833]], when he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval...
7: ... when he was recalled at his own request. He was elected Vice President of the United States on the D...
9: ...m [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Philadelphia, and died there. He is interred in St. Peter...
11: ...great-granduncle of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Claiborne Pell]] of [[Rhode Island]]. He is also the uncle of ... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eli_whitney.jpg|thumb|Eli Whitney Image courtesy of [http://classroomclip...
2: '''Eli Whitney''' ([[December 8]], [[1765]] - [[January...
6: ...iversity|Yale]] College in [[1792]], where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. On [[January 6]], [[1...
14: ...me more sustainable at a critical point in its development.
18: ...conception. It is known that she associated with Eli Whitney (along with other historical figures suc... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
2: Name = Delaware |
3: Fullname = State of Delaware |
4: Flag = Delaware state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Delaware]] |
6: Seal = Delaware state seal.png | - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 1]], [[1792]] |
30: HighestElev = 1263 |
31: MeanElev = 230 |
32: LowestElev = 78 |
38: Kentucky and its residents are probably most well known for [[thoroughbred horse]]s and [[horse ra... - Washington (20186 bytes)
30: HighestElev = 4,392 |
31: MeanElev = 520 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
36: ...2000]] census, the state population was approximately 5.9 million and the state work force numbered ab...
45: ...whale]] hunting. In the east, nomadic tribes travelled the land and missionaries such as the Whitmans... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
30: HighestElev = 1,746 |
31: MeanElev = 290 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
36: ...of the [[U.S. Southern States|South]] or, alternately, as an extension of the [[Mid-Atlantic_States|Mi...
38: ...as admitted to the Union as a separate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia durin... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
10: ...gestCity = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] |
11: Governor = [[Ed Rendell]] |
30: HighestElev = 979 |
31: MeanElev = 335 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
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