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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
19: *[[Melchior Adam|Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer...
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
37: *[[Andrew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
38: *[[Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
46: *[[Evangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ...er birth is uncertain, but is usually taken to be 1797.
5: ...r a decade and joining [[Elijah Pierson]] in evangelical preaching on street-corners.
8: ...a Woman?]]," a short but well pointed commentary delivered in [[1851]] at the Women's Convention in [[... - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
15: ...er]]s ranging in colour from gold, copper-red or yellow to white, blue, blue-violet, lavender, tan, ma...
17: [[Image:Iris.JPG|232px|thumb|right|White-purple-yellow Dutch iris]]
20: There are many species of ''Iris'', widely distributed throughout the north temperate zone....
21: ...northern Africa, Asia and southern North America. Elevation is of not much importance.
25: ...ightly fragrant [[flower]]s. These grow on a pedicel or lack a footstalk. The three [[sepal]]s are spr... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
7: ...ernment in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[...
14: ...ates Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Madeleine Albright]], born in [[Czechoslovakia]]; and [...
18: ==Presidential elections==
19: ...es (provided that such a number was a majority of electors) became President, while the individual who...
21: ...ffice on [[January 20]] of the year following the election, an event called [[Inauguration Day]]. Alt... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
7: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
11: ...e of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
19: ...nder the [[U.S. Constitution]]. ([[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President of the [[1787]...
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]]. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
18: ...ident]] of the [[United States]], and the second (1797–[[1801]]) [[President of the United States]...
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... - 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 ... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Montpelier]], [[Virginia]]
16: ...[[George Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]; [[Elbridge Gerry]]
21: ... politics, helping to draft their declaration of religious freedom and persuading [[Virginia]] to give...
23: ...onvention]], and his overall influence at [[Philadelphia]] in [[1787]] has led some historians to call...
29: ...ed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
16: | vicepresident=[[John Caldwell Calhoun]]
22: ... from [[Harvard University]] in [[1787]], and was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then ...
24: ... a foreign-born wife, Adams wed Louisa Johnson in 1797. The couple named one of their sons after George ...
26: ...1808]], when he resigned, a successor having been elected six months early after Adams broke with the ...
30: ...egotiated the [[Adams-On�Treaty]] and helped develop the [[Monroe Doctrine]], which warned European ... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
14: | wife= [[Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson]]
18: ...er been a member of the [[Virginia]] plantation [[elite]], or had been named [[Adams]]. Jackson, nickn...
22: ...islike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favor and emula...
24: ...nd-tumble world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state militia, which began his military ca...
26: ...e been "tough as old hickory" wood on the battlefield, which gave him his nickname. The war, and parti... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...]. [[Lesotho]] is an independent [[nation]], entirely surrounded by South African territory.
3: ... after a long struggle by the black majority, as well as many white, coloured and Indian South African...
5: ...of South Africa]] is the largest and most well-developed of the entire [[Africa]]n continent, with mod...
9: ... [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Sesotho language|Southern Sotho]], [[Northe...
11: ...rmined that these languages are prevalent. Nevertheless, their populations are not as such that they r... - 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.
16: ...at produced cotton gins went out of business in [[1797]]. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ... is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...nguage]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle Eas...
56: * [[Bell]]s in [[History of China|China]]
77: * [[3rd century|200s]]: [[Wheelbarrow]]: [[Zhuge Liang]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
13: *[[Elihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
45: ...es, Dornford]], ([[1885]] - [[1960]]), British novelist
48: ... W.]], ([[1747]]-[[1826]]), Continental Congress delegate from [[New York]]
50: ...t)|Yates, Richard]], ([[1926]]-[[1992]]), U.S. novelist - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events fro...
11: *[[1793]] - [[Eli Whitney]] invents [[cotton gin]]
13: ...rgia]]'' 2 US 419 1793 paves way for passage of [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution...
14: *[[1794]] - [[Whiskey Rebellion]]
18: *[[1795]] - [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution... - New Year (5703 bytes)
2: ...y [[calendar|calendars]] all have '''New Year''' celebrations.
4: ==Modern new year celebrations==
5: The most common modern celebrations are:
7: ...an calendar]] used by most [[developed country|developed countries]]. (For more information, see [[New...
9: ...w language|Hebrew]] for 'head of the year') is a celebration that occurs 163 days following Pesach ([[... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...as]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]], a holiday when gifts were exchanged. ...
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
17: *[[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital ...
18: ...f [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]]
22: *[[1818]] - [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Pr... - Clock (10086 bytes)
2: A '''clock''' (from the [[Latin]] ''cloca'', "[[bell]]") is an instrument for measuring [[time]]. A c...
14: ...nized processing. (A few research projects are developing CPUs based on [[asynchronous circuit]]s). So...
18: ... An ideal clock is more appropriately defined in relationship to the set of all physical processes.
27: ...cludes the counter, its indicator, and everything else supporting it.
29: ... to within present measurement tolerances and in relation to all presently known physical processes. H... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
9: ...- proto-[[socialism|socialist]], guillotined in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'etat|coup]]'' attempt
16: *[[Louis Alexandre Berthier]] - General, effectively [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s chief of staff
19: ... was invaluable to his brother's success. Later fell out with Napoleon.
33: ...ppe of France|Louis Philippe, duc de Chartres]] - eldest son of the Duke of Orleans, he defected to th...
38: ...ris Commune|Paris Commune (French Revolution)]], belated [[The Mountain|''Montagnard'']] (faction), on...
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