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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... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
24: ...ily]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1752-1814), married [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies|HM Ki...
35: ...ttack Prussia in [[1756]]. Frederick II attacked first however, invading [[Saxony]], another ally of ... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...id nothing to reduce the stature and drama of her fiction.
5: ...girls of her time, and took early to writing, her first tale being begun in [[1798]]. Her life was a s...
7: While her first novel, the posthumously published ''[[Northang...
12: ...presence of women. Some contemporary readers may find the world she describes, in which people's chie...
18: * ''[[Mansfield Park]]'' (1814) - 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... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...fferson]]. In this capacity he became a prominent figure in [[Virginia]] state politics, helping to dr...
25: ...[[Federalist Papers]], which are considered the definitive contemporary commentary on the [[Constituti...
27: Madison wrote thirty of the eighty-five essays that comprise the Federalist Papers. His...
29: ... men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable government to control the governed; and...
31: ... federal government to form its own bank that the first political parties in the United States were fo... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
18: ...], [[1758]] – [[July 4]], [[1831]]) was the fifth ([[1817]]–[[1825]]) [[President of the U...
24: ...alist]]s in the [[Virginia Convention]] which ratified the Constitution, and in [[1790]], an advocate ...
38: ...lso Russia must not encroach southward on the Pacific coast. "... the American continents," he stated,...
42: ...ntation to pay off the debts, since then he never financially recovered. As a result, he and his wife ...
50: |align="left"|'''OFFICE'''||align="left"|'''NAME'''||align="left"|'''TE... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
18: ...]. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First Lady [[Abigail Adams|Abigail Smith]].
28: ...ion which negotiated the [[Treaty of Ghent]] in [[1814]], and Minister to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] fro...
43: |align="right"|'''OFFICE'''||align="left"|'''NAME'''||align="left"|'''TE...
78: ...humb|Adams posed for this photograph in 1843, the first taken of a US President]]
84: ...tly reinterred in the [http://www.ufpc.org United First Parish Church]. - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ...rty|Democrat]] to the [[United States Senate]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Isaa...
20: ...ed States]]|before=[[John Tyler]]|after=[[Millard Fillmore]]| years=[[March 4]], [[1845]] – [[Ma... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
13: | '''Term of Office:'''
37: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
50: ...[[resident]] of [[Pennsylvania]] to hold that [[office]]. He has been criticized for failing to preve...
53: ...hairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomin...
57: ...c Party|Democrat]] to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Willia... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...of a [[text]] on rectangular sheets of [[paper]]. First invented in [[China]] in [[1041]], the printin...
4: ...ostly used to print [[Bible]]s. Because of the difficulties inherent in carving massive quantities of ...
6: ...o used Chinese characters in literature), the benefit of the technique is not as apparent as with alph...
8: ...ake the text. Gutenberg is also credited with the first use of an oil-based [[ink]], and using "rag" [...
12: ...r day. Books produced in this period, between the first work of Johann Gutenberg and the year 1500, ar... - Australia (39438 bytes)
8: official_languages =[[English language|English]]|
48: ...Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] in 1770, and officially settled as a British colony on [[January 26...
54: ...refer to the whole South Pacific region, not specifically to the Australian continent. In 1793 [[Georg...
56: ...lly accepted that the continent should be known officially as Australia.
63: ...and 48,000 years ago{{mn|Gillespie2002|1}}. These first Australians were the remote ancestors of the c... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on... - 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...
66: ...n strife, the [[Thirty Years War]] ([[1618]]) and finally the [[Peace of Westphalia]] ([[1648]]), that... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
17: | '''[[Official language]]'''
62: ...th century]] and were finally ceded the area in [[1814]]. The three became a single British colony known...
105: ...est]]s and most of Guyana's mineral deposits, and finally the larger interior highlands consisting mos...
107: ...along the coast. There are two rainy seasons, the first from May to mid-August, the second from mid-No...
112: ...ustries threaten the government's already tenuous fiscal position and dim prospects for the future. - Nepal (22444 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
28: | office vacant since February 1, 2005
36: | '''Unification'''
58: ... Buddhist empire was displaced by resurgent Hindu fiefdoms such as the Licchavi dynasty.
60: ...[Prithvi Narayan Shah]], captured Kathmandu. In [[1814]], Nepal fought the [[Anglo-Nepalese War]] with t... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...idely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of nearly all [[Central America|Cent...
14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>...
37: sovereignty_type = [[Reconquista|Unification]] |
48: ...], the [[Aranese]] dialect of [[Occitan]] is co-official<br><sup>2</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[peseta|S...
62: ...ᤩz]]) near Tartessos. In the 8th century BC the first Greek colonies, such as Emporion (modern [[Emp... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
8: Nickname = The First State |
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
36: ...to ratify the [[United States Constitution]]. Ratification occurred on [[December 7]], [[1787]].
40: Europeans first settled in a [[Netherlands | Dutch]] trading p...
46: ...laring itself to be the "State of Delaware." Its first governors went by the title of "President of t... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
221: *[[Louis Buvelot]] ([[1814]]-[[1888]])
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...
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