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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]]... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government ministe...
42: ...les Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary
60: *[[Leonie Adams|Adams, Leonie]], (born 1899), poet
65: ...22-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
68: ...[Thomas Adams (politician)|Adams, Thomas]], (1730-1788), Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...tat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been ...
11: ...ine issued a charter that: allowed the gentry to petition the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles...
13: ...y. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the modernization of agric...
16: ...the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]]
17: ...[ruble]]s to the creation of a "Northern Accord" between Russia, Prussia, Poland, Sweden, and perhaps ... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...shed power even though some others wanted him to retain that power for life (as [[monarch]]s and [[dic...
33: ...and showed coolness under fire in organizing the retreat. In Virginia, Washington was acclaimed as a h...
40: ...uel Leutze]], 1851, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art|Metropolitan Museum]]]]
41: ...l Army]] on [[June 15]], [[1775]]. The [[Massachusetts]] delegate [[John Adams]] suggested his appoint...
43: ...of Long Island]] on [[August 22]] but managed to retreat, saving most of his forces. However, several ... - 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]]. - Australia (39438 bytes)
14: ...ames = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Michael Jeffery]]<br>[[John Howard]]|
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48: ... settled as a British colony on [[January 26]], [[1788]]. As the population grew and new areas were expl...
50: ...bited island]], [[Boigu Island]], is about 5 kilometres from Papua New Guinea. This has led to a compl... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: (poetically) '''Columbia'''—is a [[democracy|demo...
35: ...Constitution|'''Constitution''']]<br> - completed<br> - ratified<br> - effective|
37: [[September 17]], [[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[March 4]], [[1789]]|
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43: utc_offset_DST = | - Marshall Islands (8760 bytes)
10: ...colspan="2" | ([[Flag of the Marshall Islands|In Detail]])
27: ...ies by area|Ranked 187th]] <br> 181 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> Negligible
44: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
53: ...[England|English]] captain [[John Marshall]] in [[1788]]; the islands owe their name to him.
55: A [[Germany|German]] trading company settled on the islands in [[1885]], and they became p... - 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]]
18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on st...
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,... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 9]], [[1788]] |
43: ...n Connecticut were English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, the "[[Fundame...
52: ... an ongoing civic pride and economic competition between Hartford and New Haven, which stems back to t...
54: ...flowing into Long Island Sound, Connecticut's outlet to the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. ''See: [[List of Conne...
56: ...he green may stand a small white church, a town meeting hall, a tavern and several colonial houses. Fo... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 2]], [[1788]] |
36: ...[United States Constitution]] on [[January 2]], [[1788]]. Georgia's population in [[As of 2000|2000]] w...
48: ...xplorer)|Hernando de Soto]] in [[1540]], had completely disappeared by [[1560]].
50: ...olina]] colony in present-day [[South Carolina]] met the Spanish moving north from their base in Flori...
52: ...rison]]. On [[February 12]], [[1733]], the first settlers landed in the ''[[HMS Anne]]'' at what was t... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[April 28]], [[1788]] |
41: ...]]. The new colony was named in honour of [[Henrietta Maria]], Queen Consort of Charles I.
43: ... as it was [[Christianity|Christian]]), and is sometimes seen as a precursor to the [[First Amendment]...
45: ...Mason-Dixon line]] which would form the boundary between their two colonies.
47: ... revolted against the proprietary government and set up a new government that outlawed both Catholicis... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 25]], [[1788]] |
46: ...lement in the New World which was at [[Jamestown Settlement|Jamestown]] in the [[Virginia Colony]] in ...
48: ...eded by Virginia [[History of Washington, DC|was retroceded to Virginia]] effective [[1847]], and is ...
59: ...he Burgesses met to make laws for the colony and set the direction for its future growth; the Council ...
61: ...enant Governor''', '''Attorney General''', '''Secretary of the Commonwealth''', '''State Treasurer''',... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
11: ... = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
39: ...velling inland from [[South Carolina]]. European settlers later encountered a [[Cherokee]] town named ...
41: ...people)|Creek]] word. It has been said to mean "meeting place", "winding river", or "river of the grea...
43: ... (political meeting)|constitutional convention]] met in [[1796]] to organize a new state out of the [[...
46: ...ral groups that inhabited the area between first settlement and the time of European contact are unkno... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
8: Nickname = Palmetto State |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[May 23]], [[1788]] |
42: ...declared its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government on March 15, 1776. On [[Feb...
44: ...mes Buchanan]] took little action, preferring to let the newly-elected President [[Abraham Lincoln]] d...
48: ... two bodies -- called the "General Assembly" -- meets in the South Carolina State House. The Judicial ... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 21]], [[1788]] |
36: ... located east of [[Vermont]], north of [[Massachusetts]], south of [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], and west of...
44: ...hire International Speedway]] (formerly Loudon Racetrack), home of the [[Loudon Classic]], the longest...
49: ...three years after the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts and it was one of the [[13 colonies|thirteen co...
64: ...ny New Hampshire lawmakers are either wealthy or retired. - Anacharsis (4399 bytes)
2: ...ks, those who were skillful in a thing vie in competition; those who have ''no'' skill, judge"'' &mdas...
8: ... to enter into hospitable relations. The servant returned with Solon's quintessentially Greek answer, ...
12: ..., which catch small flies and allow wasps and hornets to escape.
14: ...d on his statues: 'Restrain your tongues, your appetites, your passions.' (Compare the philosophy of [...
16: His famous ''Letter to [[Croesus]]'', the proverbially rich king o... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...ating the [[universe]] known as the [[scientific method]]. The '''history of science''' traces these [...
4: ...n]] saw the inception of the modern [[scientific method]] to guide the evaluation of [[knowledge]]. Th...
6: ...nquires about other areas of knowledge, notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavi...
11: ... what science ''is'', how it ''functions'', and whether it exhibits large-scale patterns and trends. T...
13: ...re can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of investigation. - 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]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
10: ...he [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] and completed in [[1514]].
16: ...]]-[[1641]]), [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]]), and [[John Constable]] ([[1776]]-[[1837]]).
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