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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
23: ...& Mary]] — where he was a member of the secret [[Flat Hat Club]] — before founding his own...
25: ...]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare th...
27: ...nitive book on the original buildings, or [http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/grizzard Academical Vil...
29: ...ght|250px|Letter to Col. Skipwith, concerning millet seed]]
30: ...mon practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. Instead, he cut a wedge out of th... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
18: ...ist of people known as the father or mother of something|Father of the]] [[United States Constitution]...
21: ...[[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton University]] (it was called the ''College of Ne...
35: ...Congress; in [[1801]] he became Jefferson's [[Secretary of State]].
42: === Cabinet ===
59: ...ign="left"|[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]||align="left"|'''[[Robert Smith (U.... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...Geology''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] γη- (''ge-'', "the earth") and λο&g...
3: ...e]]s, such as [[oil]] and [[coal]], as well as [[metals]] such as [[iron]], [[copper]], and [[uranium]...
5: ...oon]]), ''areology'' (of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]), etc., are also in use.
7: ...y [[Richard de Bury]]. He used it to distinguish between earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurispru...
12: ...an, summarized the knowledge of [[mining]] and [[metallurgy]] [[1556]]. - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ... [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
8: ...archy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
52: ...]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
70: ...ry, Alberta]].<br> See [[List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada]], [[List of the 100 lar...
75: ...Iroquoian]] word ''Kanata'', meaning "village", "settlement", or "collection of huts" [http://www.cana... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
5: ...England]]. He was a key member of the [[Lunar Society]]. Many of his papers are in [[Birmingham Centra...
9: ...hematical-instrument making in [[London]] before returning to [[Glasgow]]
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
30: ...ral other things, not least a copying device for letters.
38: He is also remembered by the [[Lunar Society Moonstones|Moonstones]], two individual statues,... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: ... twisted, ribbon-like shapes and become kinked together and interlocked. This interlocked form is idea...
13: ...s to feed when they are hungry.". This aspect is retained in the name for cotton in many European lang...
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ...
30: ... regions where it is too windy to grow picker varieties of cotton and generally used after the applica...
54: ...n to the textile industry, cotton is used in fishnets, coffee filters, tents and in bookbinding. The f... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
10: ... 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]? - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: ...eek and non-Greek peoples. Already during his lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits ...
9: ...tutor; he gave Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in...
14: ...d King of Persia. [[Plutarch]] mentions an irate letter from Alexander to Darius III, where Alexander ...
25: ...xander's army crossed the [[Cilician Gates]] and met and defeated the main Persian army under the comm...
29: ...ed himself Darius' successor as Artaxerxes V and retreated into Central Asia to launch a [[guerrilla]]... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
4: ...color="#000000"| [[Image:Uranus.jpg|250px|The planet Uranus]]<br>
18: | 2,870,972,220 [[kilometre|km]]<br>19.191 263 93 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
21: | 18.029 [[Tera|T]][[metre|m]]<br>120.515 AU
61: !align="left"| [[Equator]]ial [[diameter]]
64: !align="left"| [[geographical pole|Polar]] diameter - History of California (38344 bytes)
13: ...ne]]'' and ''[[Tongva]]''. California holds a variety of unique [[ecosystem]]s and each tribe speciali...
19: ...ve of the [[Seven Cities of Cibola]] that had streets paved with gold and silver. About the same time,...
21: ...r|La Paz]], before experiencing difficulties and returning. Cortés accompanied expeditions in [[1534]...
40: ...] to the modern California-Oregon border before returning to Spain.
48: ...com.174}} or to keep the location of his port secret from them. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
4: ...have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes...
6: ...taly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus...
21: ...wspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint Peter</small>
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small> - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ... ship. Cook rose in the ranks of the merchant fleet but declined the command of his own collier in 17...
12: ...h brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
18: ...eaving in [[1768]], he arrived on [[April 13]], [[1769]] in [[Tahiti]], where he built a small [[Fortifi...
20: ...ntury earlier, in [[1642]]). Cook mapped the complete New Zealand coastline, making only minor mistake...
22: ...tain [[Arthur Phillip]] arrived with the First Fleet in [[1788]], he felt that Botany Bay was unsuitab... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
5: ...efferson selected [[Meriwether Lewis|Captain Meriwether Lewis]] to lead the expedition, afterwards kn...
7: ...rd. Soon they passed Le Rochette, the last white settlement on the [[Missouri River]]. On [[August 20]...
10: ...uring the trip, so the group decided to vote on whether to camp on the north or south side of the Colu...
16: ...d States. Without these calm meetings, the white settlers from the East would have stormed the Indian ...
19: ...ine of the Lewis and Clark Expedition]] for more detail'' - March 18 (10594 bytes)
9: ...thiopia|Sissinios]] formally crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]]
19: ...Union]]. Despite the recent Polish successes, Soviets annex [[Ukraine]] and [[Belarus]]. Government of...
25: ...s]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Benito Mussolini]] meet at [[Brenner Pass]] in the [[Alps]] and agree to ...
31: *1962 - In [[Luxembourg]], [[Isabelle Aubret]] wins the seventh [[Eurovision Song Contest]] fo...
37: ...an explosion of a [[Vostok rocket|Vostok-2M]] rocket on its launch pad during a fueling operation. - March 23 (10340 bytes)
13: ...at [[Port Chalmers]] carrying the first Scottish settlers for [[Dunedin, New Zealand|Dunedin]], [[New ...
16: ...[Benjamin Harrison]] opens [[Oklahoma]] to white settlement starting on [[April 22]].
19: ...onian Institution]] and [[National Geographic Society]].
27: ...[[1963]] - In [[London]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Grethe & J? Ingmann]] win the eighth [[Eurovision Song...
32: *1989 - A 1,000-foot diameter [[Near-Earth asteroid]] misses the [[Earth]] by... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...ith a view to improving the cod fishery, and in [[1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western disco...
5: His first attempt (from 6 November 1769) failed through the desertion of his Indians; his...
7: - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...were military, some were not even violent, but together they delineate the reappearance of the martial...
32: ...953)[[Image:Stamp-ctc-vietnam-war.jpg|thumb|The Vietnam War was one of the longest military conflicts ...
33: *'''[[Vietnam War]]''' (1964–1975)
92: *[[Puget Sound War]] (1855–1856)
126: ==Ethnic cleansing and control== - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...s [[1715]]-[[1789]], denoting the period of time between the death of [[Louis XIV of France]] and the ...
9: ...ce of power away from the west and create new competition in Europe other than France, England, and Sp...
13: In a strictly aesthetic analysis, the 18th century is generally conside...
17: ...aint Petersburg]] founded by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russia|Russian]] [[capital]] unt...
33: * [[1741]]: [[Russia]]ns begin settling the [[Aleutian Islands]].
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