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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
4: | order=Third President
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]]
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]] - James Madison (15187 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Madison
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
4: | order=4th President
8: | succeeded=[[James Monroe]]
15: | party=[[United States Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...ure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it. It is one of the [[Earth science]]...
3: ...], [[perlite]], [[mica]], [[phosphates]], [[zeolites]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[quartz]], and [[silica...
5: ...r, specialised terms such as ''selenology'' (studies of the [[Moon]]), ''areology'' (of [[Mars (planet...
10: ...ological [[stratum]] in a mountain hundreds of miles from the ocean, he inferred that the land was for...
12: ...as translated into [[Latin]] and the other languages of Europe such as [[French language|French]]. [[G... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ... the talk page, and wait until the consensus changes before making the edit. Thank you.
3: ...formation instead to one of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Po...
6: ...ea (after [[Russia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], its territorial claims extend north into the [...
8: ...as a [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[representative democracy]] and is a [[constitutional mon...
10: ...]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 millio... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
2: <div style="float:right">[[image:James Watt small.jpg]]</div>
3: '''James Watt''' ([[January 19]], [[1736]]–[[August ...
11: ...ugh the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', comes upon the idea of a separate condensing chamber fo...
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
14: * [[1774]]: Started a business in [[Soho, Birmingham|Soho]], near Birmingham, w... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: ...he fibers dry into flat, twisted, ribbon-like shapes and become kinked together and interlocked. This ...
9: ...uth America and India domesticated different species of cotton independently thousands of years ago.
11: ...ss that of [[sheep]]. The Indians make their clothes of this tree wool".
13: ...an language|German]] ''Baumwolle'', which translates as "tree wool".
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...cal form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there ...
7: ...uage|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
19: ...iculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ... ([[336 BC]]-[[323 BC]]), was one of the most successful military commanders of the ancient world. He ...
6: ...ng legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
9: ...n rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, medicine, and philosophy.
11: ...om [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Achilles]].
14: ...d been bragging to the rest of the Greek city states how he managed to have Philip assassinated. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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67: !align="left"| [[Oblateness]]
71: | [[1 E15 km2|8.084×10<sup>9</sup>]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup...
74: | 6.834×10<sup>13</sup> [[cubic kilometre|km<sup>3</sup>]...
77: | 8.6832×10<sup>25</sup> [[kilogram|kg]]<br>(14.536 Earths... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: Although the present-day State of [[California]] has been occupied ...
5: ...est primarily populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and ...
7: ...ield of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
11: ... California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [...
13: ...]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...i_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jpg|thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...ether a source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes|Stephen II]].
6: ...Church|Universal Church]], [[Patriarch]] of the West, [[primate (religion)|Primate]] of [[Italy]], [[...
9: == List of popes == - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...scookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, Natio...
3: ... the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map m...
7: ...ook was one of five children born to Grace and James, Sr., who worked as a day laborer on a farm. As...
8: ... the [[Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
10: [[Image:Nfld chartofcook.jpg|thumb|200px|James Cook's 1775 Chart of Newfoundland]] - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[1804]]-[[1806]]) was the first [[United States]] overland expedition to the Pacific coast and ba...
3: ...nadian hunters and trappers who were already well established in the area. The expedition was not the ...
5: .... Due to bureaucratic delays in the [[United States Army|US Army]], Clark officially only held the ra...
7: ...a]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did Lewis and Clark feel that she coul...
9: ... Nebraska]], crossed the [[Rocky Mountains]] and descended by the [[Clearwater River]], the [[Snake Ri... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
7: ...29]] - [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth ...
8: *[[1438]] - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] becomes King of [[Germany]].
11: ...]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
12: *[[1850]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[William Farg...
13: ...ivil War]]: The Congress of the [[Confederate States of America]] adjourns for the last time. - March 23 (10340 bytes)
6: *[[752]] - [[Pope Stephen II|Stephen II]] becomes [[Pope]].
7: ...and [[Charles IX of France]] make substantial concessions to the [[Huguenots]].
8: *[[1708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of F...
13: ...''[[John Wickliffe (ship)|John Wickliffe]]'' arrives at [[Port Chalmers]] carrying the first Scottish ...
16: ... [[Land run]]: [[President of the United States|President]] [[Benjamin Harrison]] opens [[Oklahoma]] t... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...y, searching especially for certain copper mines described by Indians.
5: ...his third (December 1770 to June 1772) he was successful, not only discovering the [[copper]] of the [...
7: He reappeared at [[Fort Prince of Wales]] on 30 June [[1772]]. Becoming governor of this ... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ... the militias of the separate states and territories.
4: ...zed conflicts involving the United States, the dates show the years in which U.S. military units (prim...
13: *[[Nicaragua Naval Battles]] (1854–1858)
32: ...-war.jpg|thumb|The Vietnam War was one of the longest military conflicts in U.S. history.]]
42: *[[Operation Earnest Will]] (1987–1988) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
1: ...y''' - [[19th century]] - [[Centuries|more centuries]])
5: European history scholars will sometimes specifically refer to the 18th century as [[1715]...
9: ...egan to shift the balance of power away from the west and create new competition in Europe other than ...
11: ...beginning to shake the structures of old empires, especially [[India]], where civil war enabled the Br...
13: In a strictly aesthetic analysis, the 18th century is generally con...
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