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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
81: | [[1828]] — [[1832]], [[1889]] — [[1891]] (wi...
108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]
204: | [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]
209: ...List of current and former capital cities within the United States]]
219: [[Category:Lists of cities in the United States|* Capital]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [ht...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...f more production machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...growth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power ...
5: ... often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up it...
7: ... [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in the second half of the [[19th century]].
10: ... But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - 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. - 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. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</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...
22: ... the first of non-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English l... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...nsylvania]] and the eleventh [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]], serving under [[J...
5: ... a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs.
7: ...s elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Pol...
9: ... Churchyard. The city of [[Dallas, Texas]] and others are [[Dallas (disambiguation)|named in his hono...
11: ...]. He is also the uncle of [[Alexander Dallas Bache]]. - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Abigai...
16: <tr><td>'''[[List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States |Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[U...
17: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>''none...
20: ...in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]].
26: ...lement Taylor, a slave-holding military man from the south. - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...es Electoral College|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
20: ...cy]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: ...handsome. And he was genuinely religious. And yet he was a timid man with a shallow, rigid, old-fashio...
25: ...had six older and two younger siblings, four brothers and three sisters.
27: ...g friendship, and [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]. He also met [[Calvin E. Stowe]], [[Sargent S. Prenti... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
27: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''
32: | '''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
35: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
40: ...150;[[1869]]), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]].
42: ...e was subsequently acquitted by a single vote in the [[United_States_Senate|Senate]]. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...as 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It h...
3: ...ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had seen it reduced to li...
5: ...ia egypt 4.jpg|thumb|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar...
11: The history of Alexandria covers four periods:
13: ...ounding of the city and ends with the arrival of the Romans (blue). - Azerbaijan (15031 bytes)
2: ...t, Iran to the south and west, and [[Turkey]] to the northwest.
4: ...known as [[Azerbaijanis]], or simply [[Azeris]]. The country is formally an emerging [[democracy]], ho...
39: | '''[[Collapse of the Soviet Union|Independence]]'''<br/> – ...
46: ...''[[National anthem]]''' || [[National Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan]]
52: == Origin and history of the name == - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: ...n]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
24: ...hn Bardeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
29: *[[Henry Bessemer]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [...
31: *[[Bi Sheng]] — primitive movable [[printing]] types - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
14: ... new [[Secretary of State]], which Jackson calls their "[[Corrupt Bargain]]"
19: *[[1828]] - [[Tariff of Abominations]] passed
20: ...un]] (Jackson's vice-president) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'' arguin...
21: ... Jackson]] becomes President, appoints his "[[Kitchen Cabinet]]" - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
1: ... [[American Civil War]]. ''See also [[Origins of the American Civil War]].''
6: ...the region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
9: ...the [[Missouri Compromise]] makes provisions for the future admittance of slave states and free states...
11: |valign=center|'''[[1828]]'''
12: ...n|nullification doctrine]]. Calhoun demands that the North keep quiet about slavery in order to mainta... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
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36: ... more recreational boats than any other state in the union.
40: ... The population grew slowly until the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbe...
42: ...er Peninsula]] as a concession, formally entered the Union on [[January 26]], [[1837]].
44: ...]], [[iron]], and [[copper]], which would become the state's most sought-after natural resources. - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: The '''Age of Enlightenment''' refers to the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosoph...
4: ...e arts, and receives contemporary application in the unity of science movement which includes [[logica...
6: ...[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both [[Church]] and [[St...
8: ...government]] and sciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]].
10: ...g period). Furthermore, [[Romanticism]] followed the Enlightenment. - St. Valentine's Day (9989 bytes)
1: ...ved after the High [[Middle Ages]], during which the concept of romantic love was formulated.
4: ...ending holiday of the year behind [[Christmas]]. The association also estimates that women purchase ap...
10: ...ated to the sacred [[marriage]] of [[Zeus]] and [[Hera]].
12: ...in the belief that being so touched would render them fruitful and bring easy [[childbirth]].
14: ..., are mentioned in the early martyrologies under the date of [[February 14]]:
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