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  1. Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
    1: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820]] to [[1859]]'''.
    3: === [[1820s]] ===
    4: ...as-1970-1820.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1820]]
    5: *[[1820]] - [[Missouri Compromise]]
    6: *[[1820]] - [[Land Act]]

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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explore...
    75: *[[Alexandra David-Néel]], (1868-1969), French explorer, visited [[...
    83: *[[David Douglas]], Scottish explorer, botanist
    104: ...s Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for [[President of the United States]]
    129: ...[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]]
  2. Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
    4: ...be his most significant discovery, occurred in [[1820]] during an expedition to the [[Greek islands]]. ...
    6: ...iled on a voyage around the world under [[Louis Isidore Duperrey|Captain Duperrey]], and brought home ...
    16: ...killed with his wife and son in a [[railroad]] accident near [[Meudon]], France. He is buried in the [...
  3. Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
    3: '''Susan Brownell Anthony''', ([[February 15]], [[1820]] – [[March 13]], [[1906]]) was an [[United...
    15: ...n in [[1869]] until [[1892]], when she became president.
    17: ... fined $100 [[June 18]] [[1873]], but she never paid the fine.
    19: ...Stanton, Mrs. [[Matilda Joslyn Gage]], and Mrs. [[Ida Husted Harper]], she published ''The History of ...
    28: ...and Work of Susan B. Anthony] (Volume 1 of 2), by Ida Husted Harper, from [[Project Gutenberg]]
  4. Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
    5: Her mother was [[Elizaveta Fyodorovna Schubert]] (1820-1879). She was granddaughter of [[Theodor Schube...
    7: ... essentially completed the study of [[rotating solid]]s, applying the then-new theory of [[Abelian fun...
    11: ... mathematical bent. Some came from her father, accidentally; he had studied calculus in the army, and ...
  5. Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
    3: ...htingale,''' [[Order of Merit|OM]] ([[May 12]], [[1820]] – [[August 13]], [[1910]]), who came to b...
    11: ...ged the support of [[Charles Villiers]], then president of the [[Poor Law Board]]. This led to her ac...
    19: ...e met [[Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea|Sidney Herbert]], a brilliant politician who had been...
    27: ...re sent to the Crimea, with the authorisation of Sidney Herbert.
    35: ...an accident. Following this episode she used a solid Russian-built carriage, with waterproof hood and ...
  6. Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
    2: ...k]], laundress and [[cook]], refugee organizer, raid leader and [[intelligence commander]], [[nurse]] ...
    5: ...reatment from her various owners, including an incident where an overseer hurled a two-pound weight in...
    9: ...he North, and again was never captured. And she guided hundreds of people trapped in slavery up to the...
    21: ...in the Life of Harriet Tubman''. This was of considerable help to her sad financial state - she was n...
    34: ...ever met any person of any color who had more confidence in the voice of God." -- [[Thomas Garrett]]
  7. Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
    7: <div style="float: left; width: 50%">
    16: * [[Didgeridoo]]
    20: <div style="float: left; width: 50%">
    23: * [[Ophicleide]]
    41: ... about 1795, and the [[French horn]] before about 1820. Natural instruments are still played in [[authen...
  8. James Monroe (11107 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=James Monroe
    4: | order=5th President
    16: | vicepresident=[[Daniel D. Tompkins]]
    18: ...sh;[[1825]]) [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He is the namesake...
    24: ...rt R. Livingston]] and under the direction of President [[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped negotiate the ...
  9. John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=John Quincy Adams
    4: | order=6th President
    16: | vicepresident=[[John Caldwell Calhoun]]
    18: ...] of the [[United States]]. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First Lady [[Abigail Adams|...
    22: ... education in [[Europe]] at the [[University of Leiden]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in ...
  10. Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
    5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
    15: <br>(daughter-in-law, widowed)</td></tr>
    18: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Richard M. Johnson]]</td></tr>
    22: ...]] of the [[United States]]. He was the first President born after the signing of the [[United States ...
    27: ...]]. Van Buren made the acquaintance of Burr, but did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was ...
  11. Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
    4: | order=14th President
    16: | vicepresident=[[William R. King]]
    18: ...lege|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
    20: ...t the [[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856 presidential election]], and was replaced by [[James Buc...
  12. Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
    10: | '''Order:''' || 16th President
    36: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
    42: ...esident of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Repu...
    44: ...al territories, and his victory in the [[1860 presidential election]] further polarized the nation. Be...
    46: ...n the [[U.S. presidential election, 1864|1864 presidential campaign]].
  13. Printing press (12986 bytes)
    4: ...ck printing]], pressing sheets of paper into individually carved wooden blocks ([[xylography]]). It is...
    6: ...as with alphabetic based languages. Movable type did spur, however, additional scholarly pursuits in [...
    8: ...s in Europe is not accepted by all. The other candidate advanced is the [[The Netherlands|Dutchman]] [...
    14: ... requiring a licence from the Catholic Church (an idea rejected in the end), but as early as in the 15...
    16: ...es. It has been theorized that this incredibly rapid expansion shows not only a higher level of indust...
  14. Alexandria (28378 bytes)
    21: ... [[14th century]] Arab historian [[Ibn Khaldun]] ridiculed one where sea-monsters prevent the foundati...
    29: ...itants was the geometer and number-theorist [[Euclid]]. From this division arose much of the later tur...
    34: ...ed by [[Marc Antony]], for whose favor the city paid dear to [[Octavian]], who placed over it a prefec...
    36: ...e regained its old prosperity, commanding, as it did, an important granary of Rome; this fact, doubtle...
    42: ...ed throughout the Roman empire, pagan rituals forbidden under punishment of death, and libraries close...
  15. Antarctica (14761 bytes)
    4: ... near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
    6: ... accepted sighting of the continent occurred in [[1820]] and the first verified landing in [[1821]]. A [...
    8: ...average [[altitude]], and the lowest average [[humidity]] of any continent on Earth, as well as the lo...
    24: ...estern hemispheres relative to the [[Greenwich meridian]]. Western Antarctica is covered by the [[Wes...
    34: ...n and British claims; claimed [[1943]] as [[AntᲴida Argentina]], one of the four departments of [[Ti...
  16. Qatar (10610 bytes)
    1: ...#1602;&#1591;&#1585;) is an [[emirate]] in the [[Middle East]]. Situated on a small [[peninsula]] off ...
    4: ... 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    59: ...ibal monikers such as the Al Khalifa and the Al Said that would later descend upon the thrones of [[Ba...
    61: ...h a newfound sense of political self although it did not gain official standing as a British [[protect...
    78: .... To the southeast is the spectacular Khor al Adaid or 'Inland Sea', an area of rolling sand dunes su...
  17. Jamaica (16893 bytes)
    2: ... 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    7: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Jamaica flag large.png|125px|...
    8: | align="center" width="140px" rowspan="2" height="135px" | [[Image:Ja...
    10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Jamaica|In Detail]])
    67: ...oduced over 77,000 tons of sugar annually between 1820 - 1824, which was achieved through the massive us...
  18. Hawaii (34434 bytes)
    28: Width = n/a |
    39: ...tely in the [[tropics]]. As one of two states outside the [[continental United States|contiguous Unite...
    46: ...Hawaiian]] and [[Hawaiian English]]. [[Hawaiian Pidgin]] is an unofficial language. The [[state song...
    54: ...presently active. The last volcanic eruption outside the Island of Hawaii happened at [[Haleakala]] o...
    56: ...lands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and the wide range of environments to be found on high island...
  19. Maine (17312 bytes)
    24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 15]], [[1820]] |
    28: Width = 305 |
    38: ... state along with [[Missouri]] on [[March 15]], [[1820]]. This has become known as the [[Missouri Compro...
    43: ...n the [[U.S. presidential election, 1936|1936 presidential election]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] recei...
    45: ...ntury to carry Maine (sans for the [[1964]] landslide victory of [[Lyndon Johnson]]), thanks to the pr...
  20. New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
    28: Width = 110 |
    36: ... presidential primary|primary]] in the [[U.S. presidential election]]s, and has probably the most famo...
    40: ...unt Washington]] weather observatory in the [[Presidential Range]].
    51: ...ticipating in the [[Underground Railroad]] in providing safe routes into Canada, primarily via the [[C...
    53: ... to accurately predict who would be elected [[President of the United States]].

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