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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...nk Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
22: ...a Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
93: ...ann von Abich|Abich, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von]], (1806-1886), German mineralogist, geologist
99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
9: ...]]). He eventually learned her true identity in [[1806]], when [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] was invading [[Pru...
12: ...and prejudices, must encounter infinitely more difficulties than men to familiarize herself with these...
17: ...anks of great [[mathematicians]]. She became the first female to attend sessions at the French Academ...
19: ...described in a letter to Gauss, became quite significant as it restricted the possible solutions of [[...
21: ...mber theory]] and [[elasticity theory]]. One significant item is the concept of the [[Sophie Germain p... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ing of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Wes...
3: ...d rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the latter a floor covering tha...
16: ...orming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors can be used to create the design. Moquet...
34: ...rtical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs).
41: ...d, angular calligraphy called [[Kufic]], pseudo-Kufic, or Kufesque. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: ... Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
27: ... at the University of Virginia, has written the definitive book on the original buildings, or [http://...
32: ...extensive vineyards planted at Monticello, a significant portion were of the European wine grape ''[[V...
35: ...potential of the United States and is often classified a forefather of [[American exceptionalism]] (se...
37: Jefferson was the first [[Secretary of State]] of the United States, s... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ... lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associated with one of the origi...
22: ...When he refused to clean the boots of a British officer, the irate redcoat slashed him with a sword, g...
26: ...ave been "tough as old hickory" wood on the battlefield, which gave him his nickname. The war, and par...
32: ...lection, 1828|second attempt]] in [[1828]] as the first nominee of the [[Democratic Party (United Stat...
34: ...John Adams. Jackson's election represented a significant break from that past. - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
5: ...y|Democratic-Republican]] to the Tenth and to the five succeeding [[United States Congress|Congress]]e...
7: ...He was elected to the [[United States Senate]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[John...
9: ...37]]) He was chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and the Committee on Military Af...
15: After his first two wives died, the old [[Jacksonian Democrat]...
20: ...rces/pdf/richard_johnson.pdf Senate Historical Office: Richard Mentor Johnson Biography (pdf)] - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Millard Fillmore]]
18: ...illiam R. King]] won in a landslide, beating [[Winfield Scott]] by a 50 to 44 percent margin in the po...
22: ...easy and good at the political game, charming and fine and handsome. And he was genuinely religious. A...
40: ...t of Bowdoin College. Appleton, who was born in [[1806]] and died on [[1863]], was Pierce's opposite. Sh...
49: ...tes Whig Party|Whig]] candidate, [[General]] [[Winfield Scott]] of [[Virginia]], whom Pierce served un... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisi...
49: ...on]] and [[Limburgish language|Limburgish]] are official [[regional language]]s<br><sup>2</sup> Prior ...
55: ...or most foreign embassies. The Netherlands ranked fifth on the [[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]]...
66: ...1637, and, according to Murray Sayle, the world's first bear raider -- Isaac le Maire, who forced pric...
68: After briefly being incorporated in the [[First French Empire]] under [[Napoleon]], the Kingdo... - Germany (46412 bytes)
19: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[German language|German]]<s...
35: |'''Formation<br>Unification/reunification<br><br><br>'''
51: ...e|Romany]] and [[Frisian language|Frisian]] are officially recognised and protected as minority langua...
62: ...sand years, the state now known as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state only in [[1871]], when...
64: ===Holy Roman Empire (843-1806)=== - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = English |
50: ...h from their base in Florida. In [[1724]], it was first suggested that what was by then a British colo...
52: ...tors' prison]]. On [[February 12]], [[1733]], the first settlers landed in the ''[[HMS Anne]]'' at wha...
56: On [[February 19]], [[1953]] Georgia became the first U.S. state to approve a [[literature]] [[censo...
58: ...|Louisville]] (''pron.'' Lewis-ville), and from [[1806]] through the [[American Civil War]] at [[Milledg... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
25: ...Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]] is in Pacific)</small> |
36: ...ited States]]' northwest, and bordering the [[Pacific Ocean]], [[California]], [[Washington]], [[Idaho...
43: ...hout losing what attracts people to Oregon in the first place. The state has pioneered some innovativ...
49: ...ritain|British]] gained control of all of the Pacific Fur Company posts. - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
18: *[[Ernst Udet|Udet, Ernst]], German WWI fighter ace
56: ...rg, Mattias Alexander von]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[field marshal]]
108: *[[Kitagawa Utamaro|Utamaro, Kitagawa]], (1753-1806), Japanese painter - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
3: == Definition ==
4: ...in [[1840]] by [[Georg Adolph Erman|Erman]]<!--- (1806-1877) not to be confused with Adolf Erman (1854-1...
6: The exact definition of an asteroid is unsettled. The term "mino...
8: ...assify asteroids is in terms of size. A working definition is that asteroids are larger than 50 m in d...
10: ...y objects that include asteroids. The term '''artificial asteroid''' is sometimes used to designate ma... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: '''Meteorology''' is the scientific [[science|study]] of the [[Earth's atmosphere|at...
12: ...endence of [[atmospheric pressure]] on height was first shown by [[Blaise Pascal]] and [[Ren頄escarte...
14: ...r conditions on a daily basis, and was one of the first Americans to forecast the weather on a daily b...
16: ...ation of the Earth affects airflow was partial at first. Late in the 19th century the full extent of t...
18: ... classifying clouds ([[1802]]) and wind speeds ([[1806]]), respectively. The real turning point however ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
99: ...[[James Barry (painter)|James Barry]] ([[1741]]-[[1806]])
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
73: ..., (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — roll film
83: *[[Adolf Eugen Fick]], (1829-1901) — [[contact lens]]
137: ...ited States|USA]] — [[Polaroid]] polarizing filters and the [[Land Camera]]
139: *[[Irving Langmuir]], (1851-1957), gas filled incandescent lamp, hydrogen welding
156: *[[Montgolfier]] brothers, (1740-1810) and (1745-1799), [[Fran... - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
7: ...United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] ratified
8: *[[1791]] - [[First Bank of the United States]] chartered
35: ...rt]] to invalidate law passed by [[Congress]] for first time, the [[Judiciary Act (United States)#Judi...
44: *[[1806]] - [[Noah Webster]]'s first [[dictionary]]
45: *[[1806]] - [[Cumberland Road]] passed - August (4611 bytes)
10: ...till regarded as the first day of [[Autumn]]. The first Monday in August is one of the [[public holida...
14: In [[Finnish language|Finnish]], the month is called ''elokuu'', meaning "...
18: ...4); the [[Battle of the Yellow Ford]] (1596); the First [[Battle of Curlew Pass]] (1599); the [[Battle...
19: * On the sixth of August 1806 [[Emperor]] [[Francis II]] of the Holy Roman Empi...
22: ...shima and [[August 9]] bombing of Nagasaki in the first and only use of nuclear weapons against people... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...ution]], and continued during the regime of the [[First French Empire]]. These wars revolutionized [[E...
5: ...on [[20 November]] [[1815]], following Napoleon's final [[Battle of Waterloo|defeat at Waterloo]] and ...
13: ...ng the Revolution). European monarchs found it difficult to reinstate pre-revolutionary [[absolute mon...
14: ...red years following Napoleon's wars, not based on fiefs and aristocracy, but on the basis of human cul...
15: ...lthough Napoleon's defeat set the thought of a unified Europe back over one and a half centuries, the ...
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