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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
19: ...Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
41: ...above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...the height of the [[Industrial Revolution]], a period of great social, economic, and technological cha...
14: ...he occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|Germ...
16: ... would an adult. In order to prevent such a scenario, Parliament passed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', ...
18: ...h young Victoria, and that he entered into a relationship with her in order to gain social status (he ...
20: ... [[Order-in-Council]] partially reversed the decision by granting [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...odern [[nurse|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth annive...
9: ... of the poor and indigent. She announced her decision to her family in [[1845]], evoking intense anger...
11: ...the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
13: In [[1846]] she visited [[Kaiserwerth]], a pioneering hospital established and managed by an ord...
15: == Rejection of marriage proposal == - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
2: ...bolitionism|abolitionist]], [[Prohibition|prohibitionist]], [[Secret agent|spy]], [[prisoner of war]],...
4: ==Biography==
6: ...r of Alvah and Vesta Walker, she believed the fashions of the day, which included such binding clothin...
8: ...ical College where she graduated as a doctor in [[1855]]. She married a fellow medical school student, ...
10: ...Chickamauga]]. Finally, she was awarded a commission as a "Contract Acting Assistant Surgeon (civilia... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...eam locomotive]], at [[Bristol Temple Meads]] station, Bristol, England]]
5: ...here the locomotives push the trains in one direction, and are controlled from a control cab at the op...
8: ...ns why the motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a locomotive, rather than in sel...
16: ==Classification by motive power==
20: ...in illustration.jpg|thumb|right|300px|An illustration of a historical train. Pictures provided by by [... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
6: ...in [[1863]]. He was not a candidate for renomination in [[1868]], having become the Republican nomine...
8: ...[1872]], owing to charges of corruption in connection with the [[Cr餩t Mobilier of America scandal]].
13: {{succession box | title=[[Speaker of the United States House...
14: ...[[Henry Wilson]] | years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1868|1868]] (won)}}
15: {{succession box | title=[[Vice President of the United State... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
7: ...] and [[1871]], and served from [[January 31]], [[1855]], to [[March 3]], [[1873]], when he resigned to ...
12: ...lliam A. Wheeler]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1872|1872]] (won)}}
13: {{succession box|title=[[Vice President of the United States]... - Australia (39438 bytes)
6: image_map =LocationAustralia.png|290px|
7: national_motto =None (formerly Advance Australia)|
12: government_type=[[Constitutional monarchy|Const. monarchy]]|
19: population_estimate = 20,180,878|
20: population_estimate_year = 2004| - Zambia (24496 bytes)
1: ...la]] on the west. Formerly [[Rhodesia (disambiguation)|Northern Zambezia]], and then, [[Northern Rhode...
8: national_motto = One Zambia, One Nation |
9: image_map = LocationZambia.png |
10: national_anthem = [[Stand and Sing of Zambia, ...
22: population_estimate = 10,462,436 | - Iowa (24205 bytes)
2: Name = Iowa |
3: Fullname = State of Iowa |
4: Flag = Iowa state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Iowa]] |
6: Seal = Iowastateseal.jpg | - Kansas (21369 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = KS |
37: ...n the [[United States]]. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is '''KS'''.
42: ...]], [[1854]] and established the [[Political divisions of the United States|U.S. territories]] of [[Ne...
44: ...he territory's first election and forced the election of a pro-[[slavery]] legislature.
46: Kansas became the 34th state of the Union on [[January 29]], [[1861]]. Civil War veterans ... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
11: LargestCity = [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota|Sioux Falls]] |
13: PostalAbbreviation = SD |
38: ...ddle West. It is named after the [[Lakota]] ([[Sioux]]) [[Native American|American Indian]] tribe.
39: South Dakota was admitted to the Union on [[November 2]], [[1889]]. [[North Dakota]] wa...
41: ...], to the south by [[Nebraska]], to the east by [[Iowa]] and [[Minnesota]], and to the west by [[Wyomi... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]] - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
3: ... X|X, Malcolm]], ([[1925]]-[[1965]]), US Black Nationalist leader
7: ...s]], ([[1506]]-[[1552]]), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary]]
15: *[[Ettore Ximenes|Ximenes, Ettore]], ([[1855]]-[[1919]]), Italian painter - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...sh by [[Anthony Hodges]], 1638, and [[R. Smith]], 1855.)
3: ...anologion'' of [[Petavius]], with a Latin translation, 1630. Nothing definite is known as to the autho... - Alcman (1163 bytes)
3: ... wars, the people were able to bestow their attention upon the arts of peace.
5: ...dens' songs), hymns, paeans, ''prosodia'' (processionals), and love-songs, of which he was considered ...
7: ...siderable being part of a ''Parthenion'' found in 1855 on an [[Egypt]]ian [[papyrus]]; some later discov... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...nes one hour apart. However, the one hour separation is not universal and, as the map below shows, t...
6: ...inct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Greenwich.
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
12: *[[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00...
18: ...e of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day later or earlier. Some examples: - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ... modern [[scientific method]] to guide the evaluation of [[knowledge]]. This change is considered to b...
6: ...t from [[science]] (at least in the modern conception). [[Technology]] concerns the [[Creativity|creat...
8: ==Theories and sociology of the history of science==
9: {{seemain|Theories and sociology of the history of science}}
11: ... the 1960s, a common trend in the study of the sociology and history of science ([[science studies]]) ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
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