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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]... - 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... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...tands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce the stature and d...
5: ...e]], the cause of which was then unknown. She travelled to [[Winchester, Hampshire|Winchester]] to see...
7: ...orthanger Abbey]]'', pokes fun at the [[Gothic novel]]s of [[Ann Radcliffe]], Austen is most famous fo...
9: Her novels were fairly well received when they were published, with [[Sir Wa...
10: ...has a talent for describing the involvements of feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to m... - 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." - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia]]
14: | wife=[[Elizabeth Kortright Monroe]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Daniel D. Tompkins]]
22: ...]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were well-to-do farmers.
24: ... direction of President [[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped negotiate the [[Louisiana Purchase]]. - 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 ...
26: ...1808]], when he resigned, a successor having been elected six months early after Adams broke with the ...
28: ...ion which negotiated the [[Treaty of Ghent]] in [[1814]], and Minister to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] fro...
30: ...egotiated the [[Adams-On�Treaty]] and helped develop the [[Monroe Doctrine]], which warned European ... - 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 ... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
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50: ...l and the general [[populace]] rated him last as well[http://home.nyc.rr.com/taranto/presidents.htm].
53: ...epresentatives from [[1814]] to [[1815]]. He was elected to the Seventeenth and to the four succeedin...
55: ...nd speculation that the two had a [[homosexual]] relationship began at the time and have periodically ...
57: ...io. He was chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-fourth through Twenty-sixth Congres... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
3: ==Development of the printing press==
4: ...les" emphasized illustrations and used words sparsely. As a new block had to be carved for each page, ...
6: ...ean style printing press was introduced in relatively recent times (thus bringing the technology full ...
12: ... Johann Gutenberg and the year 1500, are collectively referred to as [[incunabulum|incunabula]].
14: ...c world, where calligraphic traditions were extremely important, and also in the Far East. - Australia (39438 bytes)
14: ...II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Michael Jeffery]]<br>[[John Howard]]|
48: ...population grew and new areas were explored, six self-governing [[Crown Colony|Crown Colonies]] were e...
56: ...ed the word "Australia" in the book, which was widely read and gave the term general currency. Governo...
63: ...]. The [[Torres Strait Islander]]s, ethnically [[Melanesia]]n, inhabited the [[Torres Strait Islands]]...
70: ...oria]], 25 April, 2005. Ceremonies like this are held in virtually every suburb and town in Australia.... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ... name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have arguments or evidence to the contrar...
8: ...al monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
18: ... is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and is widely spoken in [[New Brunswick]].
19: ...nadian English|English]] is the majority language elsewhere except in certain communities and in [[Nun...
21: ... and complex relationship (''see'' [[U.S.-Canada relations]]). - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Switzerland]], to the west by [[France]], [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Luxembourg]], an...
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25: |'''[[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]''' || [[Gerhard Schr?]]
46: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.de]] - Guyana (12153 bytes)
1: ... by the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The border with Venezuela is one that is disputed, as is the most southern...
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62: ...th century]] and were finally ceded the area in [[1814]]. The three became a single British colony known... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
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60: ...[Prithvi Narayan Shah]], captured Kathmandu. In [[1814]], Nepal fought the [[Anglo-Nepalese War]] with t...
62: ...y of Nepal received the most votes. No party has held power for more than two consecutive years since.... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...f the Americas]], the Spanish language remains widely spoken outside of the country, and is the offici...
58: ...settled throughout the peninsula, becoming the [[Celt-Iberian]]s.
60: ...ians]], [[Greeks]] and [[Carthaginians]] successively settled along the Mediterranean coast and founde...
66: ...[[Augustus]] after two centuries of war with the Celtic and Iberian tribes and the Phoenician, Greek a...
68: ...in Spain. The Spanish Bishops held the Council at Elvira in 306. - 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 | - 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 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ..., [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadia...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
20: *[[Leo Baekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
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