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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ... Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
3: ...f Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
4: ...was undoubtedly one of the most powerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...nions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convent...
21: ...n [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: ...or [[Lady Day]]) at the time of his birth, hence the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was ...
26: ...uly [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]...
29: ...], and shows Washington in uniform as colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment.]] - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
3: ...ature DOI.jpg|right|frame|Hancock's signature on the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Unite...
5: ... become an [[eponym]] for "signature". However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his sign...
8: ...aking him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
10: ...ly and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor.
13: ... trade business naturally disposed him to resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to ... - United States (58223 bytes)
1: ...'''the USA''', '''the U.S.''', '''America''', '''the States''', and
2: ... states has a high level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]] system.
6: common_name = the United States |
8: image_coat = Great Seal of the US.png|20px |
11: national_anthem = ''[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]'' | - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...ents to the [[steam engine]] were a key stage in the [[Industrial Revolution]].
5: ...irmingham]], [[England]]. He was a key member of the [[Lunar Society]]. Many of his papers are in [[Bi...
9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument making in [[London]] before ret...
10: ...which started him thinking about ways to improve the engine.
11: ...on the idea of a separate condensing chamber for the steam engine. - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...siana in compensation for its loss of Florida to the British.
5: ...and became part of the North American portion of the [[British Empire]].
9: .... The prior three wars, fought more as secondary theatres to European conflicts, resulted in little te...
13: ...garrison led by [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's capital.
15: ...ions in [[Acadia]] to Louisiana – creating the [[Cajun]] population – but this would not b... - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...hile a force from the [[neutrality|neutral]] [[Netherlands]] was attacked in [[India]].
3: ...3), not the nine-year North American conflict or the Indian [[campaign]]s which lasted 15 years (inclu...
5: ...e fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the [[Silesian Wars|3rd Silesian War]].
8: ...[[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle]] in order to rebuild her [[Army|military forces]] and to forge new [[Mili...
10: ...his allowed Britain to focus her soldiers towards her colonies. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ...d by [[Spain]]. Note that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of that time.]]
2: .... "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
4: ...urrent interpretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ...fore the revolution, and the trends which led to the coming revolution -->
10: ...selves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as people in Britain. - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...th discovered calculus nearly contemporaneously, their work was not a collaboration.
4: ...d by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
6: ...he speed of sound in air, and voiced a theory of the origin of [[star]]s.
12: :''The following is a brief biography of Newton's early ...
14: ...sband, leaving her son in the care of his grandmother. - Ohio (19444 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Buckeye State |
30: HighestElev = 472 |
36: ...e refers to the [[Ohio River]] that forms its southern border.
38: The [[US Navy]] has named several ships [[USS Ohio|US...
42: ...of trading posts to control the [[fur trade]] in the region. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ... new continent for vastly different reasons, and they created colonies with very different [[social]],...
4: ...re closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government o...
9: ...he intellectual growth of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed ...
11: ...f colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South America|South]]...
13: ...ropeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...[[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
9: ...[[1667]], to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
11: ...f whom being half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samu...
13: ..., [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth). - March 23 (10340 bytes)
1: ...[Gregorian Calendar]] (83rd in [[Leap year]]s). There are 283 days remaining.
6: *[[752]] - [[Pope Stephen II|Stephen II]] becomes [[Pope]].
7: ...s IX of France]] make substantial concessions to the [[Huguenots]].
8: ...708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of Forth]].
9: ...775]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Henry]] delivers his famous speech - "[[give me libe... - Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
8: founded = [[1754]] |
24: ...]] census, it has a population of 18,560. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Kennebec County, Maine|Kenne...
28: ...ighest tidal eddy. Around that time it was given the name "Cushnoc" (or "Coussinoc" or "Koussinoc").
30: ... Kennebec River in Augusta. The fort was built in 1754 and was called ''Fort Western''.
32: ...orated as a separate town called Harrington, but the name was changed to "Augusta" in August of that y... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
1: ..., completed in 1899 at a cost of $25 million was the most expensive government building of its time. T...
3: ...] census, it has a population of 95,658. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Albany County, New York|Alba...
5: ...]], and slightly to the south of the juncture of the [[Mohawk River|Mohawk]] and [[Hudson River]]s.
33: ...he Scottish King. The name is derived from Alba; the Gaelic name for Scotland.
37: ...lan of Union, the first formal proposal to unite the colonies. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
11: ...n Empire]]<br/><small>''The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power''</small>
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra)
23: | [[Sultan]]s of the [[Osmanli|Osmanli Dynasty]]
31: | '''[[Rise of the Ottoman Empire|Establishment]]'''
34: | '''[[Fall of the Ottoman Empire|Dissolution]]'''
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