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1. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
   17: *[[Adolphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
   19: ...Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
   34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
   37: *[[Andrew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
   38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
2. Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
   3: ...er birth is uncertain, but is usually taken to be 1797.
   5: ...New York]] state abolished slavery, she returned there in [[1829]], working as a domestic servant for ...
   8: ...well pointed commentary delivered in [[1851]] at the Women's Convention in [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Oh...
   10: ...1850]], the ''Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave''.
   13: ...amation]] was issued to work with former slaves. She also met President [[Abraham Lincoln]].
3. Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
   16: ...t is also applied to various subdivisions within the genus. [[Image:Iris02.jpg|232px|thumb|left|A purp...
   20: ...ecies of ''Iris'', widely distributed throughout the north temperate zone.
   21: ...the Middle East and northern Africa, Asia and southern North America. Elevation is of not much importa...
   23: ...flattened or have a circular transverse section. There are 3 - 10 basal, sword-shaped [[leaf|leaves]] ...
   25: ...yles]] divide towards the apex into petaloid branches (see : pollination).
4. 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]].
5. George Washington (29551 bytes)
   7: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
   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]...
6. John Adams (18716 bytes)
   5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
   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]].
7. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
   14: ...tha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
   18: ...[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[University of Virginia]].
   20: ...residency include the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
   23: ...e founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]].
   25: ...usly solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the Declaration alone.
8. James Madison (15187 bytes)
   18: ...n as the father or mother of something|Father of the]] [[United States Constitution]]''.
   21: ...day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]]) to the [[Continental Congress]].
   23: ...resented in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state representation depen...
   25: ...adison's arguments were powerfully influenced by the political thought of [[Charles de Secondat, Baron...
   27: ...e thirty of the eighty-five essays that comprise the Federalist Papers. His most famous passage comes ...
9. John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
   14: | wife=[[Louisa Catherine (Johnson) Adams]]
   18: ...tes|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First Lady [[...
   22: ...ta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachus...
   24: ...s after George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. President to do so.)
   26: ... elected six months early after Adams broke with the Federalist Party.
10. Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
    13: | place of death= [[The Hermitage]], [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
    14: | wife= [[Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson]]
    18: ...nating the years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
    22: ...that they were too inclined to favor and emulate their former colonial masters. Jackson admired [[Napo...
    24: ...le world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state militia, which began his military career.
11. South Africa (40100 bytes)
    1: ...outhern tip of the African continent. It borders the countries of [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabw...
    3: ...ismantle it in [[1990]] after a long struggle by the black majority, as well as many white, coloured a...
    5: ...with modern [[infrastructure]] common throughout the country.
    9: .... As a result, there are many official names for the country.
    11: ...rtheless, their populations are not as such that they require nationwide recognition.
12. Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
    6: ...y 6]], [[1817]] he married Henrietta Edwards and they had four children.
    14: ...wed for the African [[slavery]] system in the Southern United States to become more sustainable at a c...
    16: ...at produced cotton gins went out of business in [[1797]].
    18: ...hat she associated with Eli Whitney (along with other historical figures such as [[George Washington|G...
    20: ===Other innovations===
13. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    3: ...actical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
    7: ... of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
    19: ... 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
    22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
    30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
14. List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
    12: *[[Alexander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
    21: ...nese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
    25: ...9995;, 1883-1936), famous [[T'ai Chi Ch'uan]] teacher
    34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
    39: *[[Kerri Yascheshyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] p...
15. 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]])
16. Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
    3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
    8: *[[1791]] - [[First Bank of the United States]] chartered
    9: ... [[Vermont]], formerly part of New York, becomes the 14th state
    10: ...[[Kentucky]], formerly part of Virginia, becomes the 15th state
    13: ...paves way for passage of [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution|11th Amendment]]
17. New Year (5703 bytes)
    2: ...tes the end of one [[year]] and the beginning of the next. Cultures that measure yearly [[calendar|cal...
    5: The most common modern celebrations are:
    7: ...[[January 1]] : the first day of the [[year]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] used by most [[developed c...
    9: ... Hashanah cannot occur later than [[October 5]], when it occurred in [[1967]] and will again occur in ...
    11: ...t is perhaps the most important Chinese holiday. The Chinese New Year is generally celebrated with [[f...
18. 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]].
19. Clock (10086 bytes)
    2: ... time measurement (''ed.'' see [[calendar]] for other measurements).
    11: ... purpose of a clock is not always to ''display'' the time.
    14: ... for alarms, event initiation or just to display the time of day.
    18: ...is more appropriately defined in relationship to the set of all physical processes.
    21: This leads to the following definitions:
20. List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
    2: ...ace to clarify complexities is in the article on the individual in question.''
    5: ...tois]] - younger brother of Louis XVI and one of the first émigrés.
    6: ...Pierre François Augereau]] - officer throughout the Revolutionary era and [[First French Empire|Empir...
    9: ...- proto-[[socialism|socialist]], guillotined in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'etat|coup]]'' attempt
    10: ...[[storming of the Bastille]], guillotined during the [[Reign of Terror]]

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