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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: ...rst to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
47: ...1499), [[Italy|Italian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [...
57: *[[Thomas Cavendish]], (died 1592), English sailor and explorer.
83: *[[David Douglas]], Scottish explorer, botanist
179: *[[Douglas Mawson]] - [[Australia]]n explorer of [[Antarct... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
30: *[[George Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
31: *[[Robert Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
39: ...evens Cabot Abbott|Abbott, John Stevens Cabot]], (1805-1877), American writer
64: *[[Clarke Abel|Abel, Clarke]], (1780-1826), English surgeon and naturalist
69: ...omas Abel|Abel, Thomas]], (circa 1497-1540), an English priest - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
14: ...t of [[God]]. What makes the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' interesting is its presentation, in a distinc...
16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy for the authorities, and he was...
23: ...es]]'', undertaken in the first instance by the Englishman [[John Mills]], and the German, [[Gottfried...
42: ...asite and a human original. Goethe's translation (1805) was the first introduction of ''Le Neveu de Rame...
44: ...r in whom all the contradictions of the time struggle with one another" (Rosenkranz). He did not devel... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...[[1817]]) was a prominent [[English literature|English novelist]] whose work is considered part of th...
5: ...in her writings; after the death of her father in 1805, Jane, her sister and her mother lived with Frank...
7: ...he predicament of young, unmarried, upper-class English women in the early [[1800s]].
12: ..., and she is now considered one of the greatest English novelists. Her strength lies in the delineati...
34: *The History of England - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
1: ...hn]], but her own achievements are being increasingly recognised as significant in themselves. - History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
4: ... the Cataracts of the Nile. The need to have a single authority to manage the waters of the Nile led t...
13: *[[History of Ottoman Egypt]]: [[1517]] to [[1805]]
14: ...[Egypt under Muhammad Ali and his successors]]: [[1805]] to [[1882]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
65: ...] (later renamed the [[Missouri Territory]]) in [[1805]]
80: ...ft"|'''[[Aaron Burr]]'''||align="left"|1801–1805
82: ...on_(politician)|George Clinton]]'''||align="left"|1805–1809
96: ...(U.S._politician)|Robert Smith]]'''||align="left"|1805
98: ...="left"|'''[[John Breckinridge]]'''||align="left"|1805–1806 - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...ted to dismantle it in [[1990]] after a long struggle by the black majority, as well as many white, co...
9: ...al languages: [[Afrikaans]], [[English language|English]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]], [[Xhosa language|Xh...
17: ... African passport currently has only French and English on the front cover and lists the other officia...
19: ...uth African Government will continue to promote English as the preferred dominant language.
30: ...tcy, and the British annexed the Cape Colony in [[1805]]. - Idaho (13962 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Idaho]] |
46: ...ion entered present-day Idaho on [[August 12]], [[1805]], at the [[Lemhi Pass]]. At that time, approxima...
50: ...versity of Idaho]] from its planned location in Eagle Rock (near [[Idaho Falls, Idaho|Idaho Falls]]) t...
52: ...] and other extractive industries became increasingly important to her economy. By the 1890s, for exam...
135: ...n-American|German]] (18.9%), [[British American|English]] (18.1%), [[Ireland|Irish]] (10%), [[United S... - Washington (20186 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Washington]] |
51: ...he established trade in [[Sea Otter]] pelts. In [[1805]] the [[Lewis and Clark]] expedition entered the ...
59: ...hipping of lumber products, particularly the [[Douglas fir]]. Other industries that developed in the s...
79: ...Range]] stretches for long distances without a single [[tree]]. [[Snow]]-covered peaks tower above the...
103: **[[Glacier Peak]] - Vermont (39851 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Vermont]] |
11: Governor = [[Jim Douglas]] |
36: ...smallest of the fifty states. As the only [[New England]] state not to have a [[coast]]line along the ...
42: Vermont is located in the New England region in the [[eastern United States]] and co...
50: ...ending on elevation, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas. - Oregon (26551 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Oregon]] |
38: The state's name is properly [[IPA chart for English|pronounced]] {{IPA|[ˈɔɹ.ə....
43: ...er use of their [[natural resource]]s. They struggle to balance this with the desire to support the d...
49: ...Columbia River. Exploration by Lewis and Clark ([[1805]]-[[1806]]) and Britain's [[David Thompson]] ([[1...
103: ...gue]]. Under his leadership, the state overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure in [[1902]] that creat... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
34: ...s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
52: * [[Glass]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
69: * [[1st century BC]]: [[Glassblowing]] in [[Syria]]
99: * [[1280s]]: [[Glasses|Eyeglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Ita...
107: * [[1451]]: [[Concave lens]] for [[eyeglasses]]: [[Nicholas of Cusa]] - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...tured servitude, and a British policy of benign neglect which permitted the development of an American...
26: ...e of Trafalgar]], Britain sought to impose a stranglehold over French overseas trade ties. Thus, in re...
30: ...markets for their agricultural exports. The New England Federalists opposed the war, and their reputat...
47: ...s of [[slavery]] and states' rights. The increasingly urban and industrialized Northern states (The Un...
63: ...e standard of living in rural areas fell increasingly behind that of urban and suburban areas which sa... - Comet (30542 bytes)
9: ...tly away from the Sun, since the gas is more strongly affected by the solar wind than dust is, and fol...
11: ...y]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{hnote|Reading Museum, scene 1}...
15: Surprisingly, cometary nuclei are among the [[black]]est obje...
21: ...but remain gravitationally bound to the Sun. ''Single-apparition comets'' have [[parabolic]] and [[hyp...
23: ... from the Oort cloud often have their orbits strongly influenced by the gravity of giant planets as a ... - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
43: *[[1805]] - [[Barbary War]]: Barbary pirates defeated in ...
66: *[[1814]] - [[Hartford Convention]]; [[New England]] proposes [[secession]].
76: *[[1818]] - [[Anglo-American Convention of 1818]]; title to [[Red Ri... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Michigan]] |
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
64: *[[1805]] [[Michigan Territory]] was created, with [[Detr...
78: *[[1840]] [[Douglass Houghton]] reported finding [[copper]] deposit...
161: ...] (14.2%), [[Ireland|Irish]] (10.7%), [[England|English]] (9.9%), [[Polish-American|Polish]] (8.6%). - Coal mining (4145 bytes)
25: ...south Wales valleys. This colliery was started in 1805 and at the end of the 20th century it was bought ... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...or the first day of its numbered year. Although England began its numbered year on [[March 25]] ([[Lad...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
11: *[[1651]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
80: **A single market within the [[European Community]] is intr...
103: *[[1484]] - [[Huldrych Zwingli]], Swiss Protestant leader (d. [[1531]]) - January 2 (10888 bytes)
19: ...et]] on the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] against [[England]].
42: ...|Celtic]] [[Football (soccer)|football]] match, [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]. See [[Ibrox disaster]].
69: *[[1905]] - [[Michael Tippett]], English composer (d. [[1998]])
71: *[[1913]] - [[Anna Lee]], English actress (d. [[2004]])
98: *[[1975]] - [[Douglas Robb (musician)|Doug Robb]], American singer ([...
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