Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
Article title matches
- War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
7: |Conflict||'''War of 1812'''
9: |Date||1812–1815
54: ...1812 is also sometimes referred to as the "War of 1812."
58: Although the War of 1812 ended in a [[stalemate]] and is often only dimly ...
62: ...E; text-align: center;" |Origins of<br>The War of 1812
Page text matches
- Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
14: ...ds alternate with a supplementary weft that rises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular ang...
16: ...uard mechanism (see [[Jacquard loom]]) in 1812 in France and c. 1825 in England. The addition of stea...
21: ...r Axminster]] (1890). These types were developed from the American [[Halcyon Skinner]]'s 1860s invent...
26: The warp threads are set up on the frame of the loom before weaving begins. A number o...
30: ...al carpet production are: [[Turkey]], [[Northern Africa]], the [[Caucasus]], [[Iran]], [[Nepal]], [[Tu... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ...nt]] in the [[woodwind]] family. The name derives from adding the suffix ''-et'' meaning ''little'' to...
4: Clarinets are made from specially chosen varieties of [[wood]] or, in t...
15: ...ak" notes are the clarion register, and the range from high C (with two ledger lines) to the G above t...
20: ...e major manufacturer makes professional clarinets from a composite mixture of plastic resin and wood c...
22: ...d with a complicated set of seven tone holes (six front, one back) and 17 keys which allow the full mu... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ..., helping to draft their declaration of religious freedom and persuading [[Virginia]] to give their no...
25: ...the thinking of what Thomas Jefferson (who was in France at the time) called an "assembly of demi-gods...
31: ... States_House_of_Representatives|Representative]] from his home state of [[Virginia]]. He successfully...
33: ..., Madison was the nation's shortest president and frequently ill. In [[1794]] Madison married [[Dolley...
38: ...th any nation that would not remove the blockade: France did, and Britain did not. - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: ... the [[Continental Army]], and practiced law in [[Fredericksburg]], Virginia. His parents Spence Monro...
24: ...-[[1796]], he displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later, with [[Robert R. Livingston]] a...
28: Following the [[War of 1812]], Monroe was elected president in the [[U.S. pre...
30: ... State. Only [[Henry Clay]]'s refusal kept Monroe from adding an outstanding Westerner. Both of these ...
34: ...iring Missouri as a slave state with [[Maine]], a free state, and barring slavery north and west of Mi... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...seen as dominating the years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
22: ...trust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favo...
24: ...began to prosper in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state milit...
26: His service in the [[War of 1812]] was conspicuous for its bravery and success. He...
34: ...ackson's election represented a significant break from that past. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ...;[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
29: ...[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. In [[1812]] he entered the state Senate, and he also became...
33: ... a Federalist. He had already, in [[1808]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and ...
35: ...ber of the state Senate he supported the [[War of 1812]] and drew up a classification act for the enroll...
39: ...ion, where he opposed the grant of [[universal suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
17: | [[Franklin Pierce]]
50: ...criticized for failing to prevent the [[country]] from [[sliding]] into [[schism]] and the [[American ...
53: ...uri]]. Buchanan served as Minister to [[Russia]] from [[1832]] to [[1834]].
55: ...nan then vowed to never marry. Buchanan was close friends with senator [[William Rufus King]], and for...
57: ...by the resignation of William Wilkins. He served from [[December 6]], [[1834]]; was reelected in [[18... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
2: [[image:HenryWilson.jpg|framed|Henry Wilson]]
3: ... [[1875]]) was a [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]] and the eighteenth [[Vice Pre...
5: ...was owner and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]].
7: ...]] in [[1859]], [[1865]] and [[1871]], and served from [[January 31]], [[1855]], to [[March 3]], [[187...
9: ...et with President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1873]], until his death in the [... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...Events of the Millennium by LIFE Magazine. Apart from Gutenberg, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Laurens ...
8: ... using "rag" [[paper]] introduced into [[Europe]] from [[China]] by way of [[Muslims]], who had a pape...
12: ... books were copied mainly in [[monasteries]], or (from the [[13th century]]) in commercial [[scriptori...
14: ... printing presses an industry requiring a licence from the Catholic Church (an idea rejected in the en...
16: ...vention in 1453, towns from Hungary to Spain, and from Italy to Britain had functional printing presse... - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ...e of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[G...
10: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] populat...
17: ...ions]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism ...
18: * [[Canadian French|French]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and ...
46: ...t|[[New Brunswick]]||[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] - Romania (19812 bytes)
57: ...g a derivate of the word "[[Ancient Rome|Roman]]" from [[Latin]]). Also, "''Ţara Romā®„ască'...
62: ...er Emperor [[Trajan]] in two campaigns stretching from [[101]] to [[106]], and the core of their kingd...
64: ... side [[Bessarabia]] to the [[Russian Empire]] in 1812 (though partially regained it with the Treaty of ...
70: ... thus recovering Bessarabia and northern Bukovina from the Soviet Union and taking part in the ensuing...
72: ...equired the CDR to resign en masse after 200 days from a mixed coalition government (some members had ... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
43: ... permanently in Connecticut were English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, ...
49: ...rrently has five [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Connecticut|representatives in the House]].
56: ...strial cities, located along the coastal highways from the New York border to New Haven, then northwar...
65: ... the state, and at times there are minor cultural frictions between the regions and their major cultur...
79: ...les (tv)|Miracles]], the protagonist took a train from Boston directly to Hartford, causing Connecticu... - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
12: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]] de facto |
13: ...glish language|English]] 91.2%, [[French language|French]] 4.8% |
27: AdmittanceDate = [[April 30]], [[1812]] |
45: ...the main language of everyday life, but traces of French survive in local dialects.
60: ...avelier de La Salle]] in honour of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] in [[1682]]. The first permanent... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
8: Nickname = Old Line State; Free State |
47: ...sm mandatory, a large number of Puritans migrated from Virginia to Maryland, and were given land for a...
53: ... that [[the Star Spangled Banner]] was written by Francis Scott Key.
81: ...summers and cold winters. Growing climate varies from USDA Zone 8 on the Eastern Shore and in the cit...
149: ...ions of the state to Frederick, and I-70 connects Frederick with Baltimore. I-695 is the Baltimore bel... - Missouri (16086 bytes)
54: ...cennial census. The Senate consists of 34 members from districts divided such that the population of e...
65: ...main behind from a glacier that once had extended from the north to the Missouri River.
67: ...] [[igneous]] [[Saint Francois Mountain Range|St. Francois Mountains]].
69: ... of the great [[New Madrid Earthquake]] of 1811 - 1812.
97: *11.2% [[African American|Black]] - Oregon (26551 bytes)
43: ...the [[Oregon Bottle Bill]], but has also suffered from the rapid pace of logging in its forests.
49: ...anent white settlement in Oregon. In the [[War of 1812]], the [[Britain|British]] gained control of all ...
61: ...fornians (or outsiders in general). State ballots frequently illustrate the extremes of the political ...
68: ... that the name came from an engraver's error in a French map published in the early 1700s, naming the ...
69: ...m the word ''oolighan'', referring to grease made from fish, which the [[Native American]]s of the reg... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...YA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
112: * [[1589]]: [[Stocking frame]]: [[William Lee]]
134: ...quadrant]]: [[Thomas Godfrey (inventor)|Thomas Godfrey]] - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...an American spirit and culture which was distinct from that of its European founders.
17: ...his period the United States won its independence from the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] during the [[A...
22: ...sippi River waterway, removed the French presence from the western border of the United States, and pr...
24: ...The United States, dependent on European revenues from the export of agricultural goods, tried to expo...
26: ...r]], Britain sought to impose a stranglehold over French overseas trade ties. Thus, in retaliation aga... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
59: *[[Fra Angelico]] ([[1387]]-[[1445]])
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).