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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ... machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufacture of more prod...
3: ... [[ship]]s, and [[railway]]s, and later in the nineteenth century the growth of the [[internal combust...
5: ... of the world. The impact of this change on [[society]] was enormous and is often compared to the [[Ne...
10: ...ernational [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumulation of [[Capital (economics)|capi...
12: ...ritain. In other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often impo... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...oria''' (Alexandrina Victoria [[Wettin (dynasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) (...
18: Princess Victoria met her future husband, [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobur...
20: ... [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[...
25: ...t Augustus of Hanover. As the young queen was as yet unmarried and childless, Ernest Augustus was also...
27: ...een in power, except for brief intervals, since [[1830]]. The Whig Prime Minister, [[William Lamb, 2nd V... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
5: ...profession'. Several years later, she managed to get some lecture notes from several courses at [[ɣol...
7: ... was so impressed by the paper that he asked to meet Le Blanc, and Germain was forced to reveal her id...
9: ...y, a friend of hers, personally ensure Gauss's safety. The general explained to Gauss that Germain had...
12: ...evertheless in surmounting these obstacles and penetrating the most obscure parts of them, then withou...
15: ...ed mathematics]], and he stopped replying to her letters. - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
14: | wife=[[Elizabeth Kortright Monroe]]
18: ...it was his [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], [[John Quincy Adams]], who actuall...
22: ...s Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were well-to-do farmer...
28: ... Monroe, the last American [[Revolutionary War]] veteran to serve as president, was almost uncontested...
30: ..., and a Northerner, [[John Quincy Adams]], as Secretary of State. Only [[Henry Clay]]'s refusal kept M... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...n era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil ...
22: Born in a backwoods settlement in the [[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws ar...
51: ...gle, Jackson succeeded in destroying the Bank by vetoing its [[1832]] recharter by Congress and withdr...
55: ...the issue, which developed into a bitter rivalry between the two men. Particularly famous was an incid...
57: ...overnment considered itself weak in dealing with determined opposition by an individual state. - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
13: ...f the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler]] (1st wife)<br>
29: ... on [[April 6]]. The [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]] and [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congre...
33: ...ried twice, firstly to [[Letitia Christian Tyler|Letitia Christian]] on [[March 29]], [[1813]]. They h...
36: ...ecember 3]], [[1877]]). He was married to [[Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper]] who served as [[First Lady of...
38: *Letitia Christian Tyler ([[May 11]], [[1821]] - [[Dec... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
38: | [[Harriet Lane]] (niece)
53: ...gers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1830 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Ja...
57: ...signed on [[March 5]], [[1845]], to accept a Cabinet portfolio. He was chairman of the Committee on F...
59: ... the northern boundary in the western U.S. No Secretary of State has become President since James Buch...
66: ...pt constitutional law as the Supreme Court interpreted it. The Court was considering the legality of r... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
42: ...2]], [[1809]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]), sometimes called '''Abe Lincoln''' and nicknamed '''Hon...
46: ...of a congressional attempt to reorganize his cabinet in [[1862]], in his many speeches and writings wh...
48: ...ar measure which would set the stage for the complete abolition of the institution.
53: ...d land-title difficulties in Indiana, the family settled on government land along the [[Sangamon River...
81: ...orship of the [[Oregon]] Territory. He declined, returning instead to [[Springfield, Illinois]] where,... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
23: | '''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee]]
33: ...y|Democratic]]<br/>(elected on National Union ticket)
42: ...ory policies towards the defeated rebels and his vetoes of [[civil rights]] bills embroiled him in a b...
48: ...in [[Greeneville, Tennessee]] from [[1828]] to [[1830]] and mayor of Greeneville from [[1834]] to [[183...
54: ...nt of the United States on the National Union ticket headed by Republican Abraham Lincoln in [[1864]] ... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
20: ...nged pants several times a day. He was called "Chet" by family and friends. Interestingly, Chester A...
27: ...1829 (although he told people that he was born in 1830). Political rivals long circulated the rumor tha...
33: ...ed it with more employees than it really needed, retaining some for their loyalty as party workers rat...
37: ...[[United States Republican Party|Republican]] ticket with President [[James Garfield]] for the term be...
40: ...he indignation of the Stalwart Republicans, the onetime Collector of the Port of New York became, as P... - 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]]. - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...define. This article describes the modern dating methods used to arrive at the age of the Earth and ou...
4: ...cientific revolution]], the age of the Earth was determined by religious [[Creation myth|creation tale...
6: ...ought the Earth and [[universe]] had existed from eternity.
19: ...oposed that the features of the Earth were in perpetual change, eroding and reforming continuously, an...
23: ...created as a completely molten ball of rock, and determined the amount of time it took for the ball to... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ... southwest, and [[Morocco]] as well as a few kilometers of its annexed territory, [[Western Sahara]], ...
11: ...n="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Algeria|In Detail]])
31: ...area|Ranked 11th]] <br /> 2,381,740 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> Negligible
47: | [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1)
51: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.dz]] - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ... in [[1840]]. There are 10 more provinces in the Netherlands.<!--
8: common_name = the Netherlands |
9: image_flag = Netherlands_flag_large.png |
11: image_map = LocationNetherlands.png |
19: ...Dutch monarch|Queen]]<br>[[Prime minister of the Netherlands|Prime minister]] | - Belgium (31774 bytes)
1: ...country in [[Western Europe]], bordered by the [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]], [[France]...
3: Belgium is at a cultural crossroad between [[Germanic language|Germanic]] Europe and [[R...
10: ...nter width=130px | ([[Coat of Arms of Belgium|In Detail]])
34: |[[1830]]
42: | [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1)<br>[[Cen... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
8: | width="130px"| ([[Flag of Luxembourg|In Detail]])
40: | [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1)<br>[[Cen...
44: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.lu]]
53: ...utonomy to Luxembourg, the country was disputed between [[Prussia]] and the [[Dutch kingdom]].
62: ...power is exercised by the Grand Duke and the cabinet, which consists of a prime minister and several o... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
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...
65: ...ions and their major cultural centers as each competes for tourists, new residents, and internal state... - 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]]? - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...|elliptical]] orbits between those of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]. [[image:433eros.jpg|thum...
4: ...m to the small moons of the [[gas giant|giant planets]]. The first [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/...
6: ...r system, and some argue that not every minor planet should be called an "asteroid".
8: ...nd strike Earth largely intact while the smaller meteoroids generally break up high in Earth's atmosph...
10: ...teroids. The term '''artificial asteroid''' is sometimes used to designate man-made objects which have... - 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]])
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