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- President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...sdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...deral government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: ...dent was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today...
7: ...]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] o...
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ...[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
22: ...], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...ions of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...ional]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]].
28: ...usness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested at a lat... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr>
9: ...<td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</td></tr>
14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica...
17: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[Uni...
18: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Rich... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...e [[Constitution of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Ir...
8: common_name = the Republic of Ireland |
13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrᮠna bhFiann]]'' |
21: leader_names = [[Mary McAleese]]<br>[[Bertie Ahern]] |
39: established_events = - Declared<br> - Recognised ... - 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. - 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]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...th Night]], a holiday when gifts were exchanged. There are 364 days remaining (365 in [[leap year]]s).
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
10: *[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
13: *[[1700]] - [[Russia]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...istory of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of Califor...
3: ...s after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with Eur...
5: ...ty and wealth, first with the Gold Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigio...
11: ...he traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about...
13: ...m, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to make the flour edible. - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...denser''') is a device that stores [[energy]] in the [[electric field]] created between a pair of cond...
4: == Physics of the capacitor ==
7: ...ual but opposite charge, the ''total'' charge in the device is always zero.
9: ...acitor, the dielectric is in direct contact with the plates.)]]
13: ...ce]] or ''voltage'' (''V'') which appears across the plates: - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ... for his tenure as the third [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] under [[Thomas Jef...
7: ...], the famous [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] [[theology|theologian]].
9: ...n Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], in which he served under [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washin...
13: ...ook Burr under his wing, and by his vigilance in the retreat from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire...
14: ...rk City]] after its evacuation by the British in the following year. - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
3: ...; [[August 2]], [[1799]]), [[inventor|invented]] the '''''montgolfière''''', or [[hot air balloon]].
5: ... they were scarred from the fire for the rest of their life.
7: ...tdoor launch of an 18 m³ silk bag, which reached an altitude of 250 m.
9: ... 5]], [[1783]], as a first public demonstration, they sent up at Annonay a 900 m³ linen bag infla...
11: ...t. A tear occured on the top of the balloon, but the animals landed more or less safely. It flew for a... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...n the thirteen colonies and the establishment of the [[United States|United States of America]].
3: ...luding the origins and aftermath of the war, see the [[American Revolution]].
5: ... it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
10: ...ipline of regular troops, but could be effective when led by talented officers.
12: ...r of men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000. - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
1: ...e first [[United States]] overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back.
3: ...nder Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]], the first European to cross North America by land nor...
5: ...d this from the men and shared the leadership of the expedition, always referring to Clark as "Captain...
7: ... that part of the country, she could take them to her native home.
9: ...Mt. Hood]], a mountain known to be very close to the ocean. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
1: ...[[Gregorian Calendar]] (77th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 289 days remaining.
6: ...]] and [[Gnaeus Pompeius|Pompey the Younger]] in the [[Battle of Munda]].
7: ...y Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back to the New World for more gold
8: ...] begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
9: ...ated in [[New York City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern). - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: ...[[Gregorian calendar]] (78th in [[leap year]]s). There are 288 days remaining.
6: *[[37]] - The [[Roman Senate]] annuls [[Tiberius]]' will and pr...
7: ...]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade]].
10: ... Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
11: ...ct 1765|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the British 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 astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - 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}} - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: '''Samuel Hearne''' ([[1745]] – November [[1792]]), [[En...
3: ...proving the cod fishery, and in [[1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western discovery, searchin...
5: ...f unsuspecting [[Inuit]]; this would be known as the [[Massacre at Bloody Falls]].
7: ...in 1782. He returned to England in [[1787]] where he died in [[1792]]. - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
3: ...ses marked by a passionate patriotic devotion to the Union.
7: ...private tutors to teach him but also sent him to the [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] in [[Exeter, New Hamp...
9: ...o be simply the inability of his parents to meet the fees.
11: ... [[1807]] his father took over the Boscawen firm when Webster opened a new practice in [[Portsmouth, N...
13: ...e, Grace Fletcher, who died in [[1828]]. With her he had one son, Charles.
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