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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the sta...
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
7: ...n, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...les). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 million. It's Brazil's [[Secon...
11: ==History== - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challen...
16: *[[Amy Acker|Acker, Amy Louise]] (born 1976)
32: ...t Christian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
33: ... Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...lative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
6: ...rchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Au...
8: ...o was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him, with 6 daughte...
12: ...37-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [...
14: ...40-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
1: {{Egyptian Dynasty list}}
2: ...ry of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching from the establishment of the [[Eleventh dynasty of Egypt|Eleventh ...
5: ...sty of Egypt|Tenth dynasty]] in the 14th year of his reign to reunite Egypt, bringing an end to the [[...
8: ...Upper Egypt), under the reign of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a pala...
10: ...ed useful experienced by the time he would start his sole reign. The co-regencies lasted throughout th... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
5: ...0th century but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that tim...
7: ...ies as possibilities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies between dates shown here and in article...
9: ...is the “Conventional Chronology” that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''A Test of Time'' (1...
15: * Predynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Lat... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ... the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe y...
3: ...e many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geograph...
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the northern-most...
8: ...|parliamentary]] [[representative democracy]] and is a [[constitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II...
10: ...is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/population.htm]. - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
1: '''Saint Vincent and the Grenadines''' is an independent sovereign state of the [[Caribbean...
19: | [[English language|English]]
30: | '''[[Prime Minister]]'''
34: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 182nd]] <br> [[1 E8 ...
37: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 176th]]<br> 11... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...sh;[[August 19]], [[1819]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[mathematician]] and [[engineer]] whose impro...
5: ...s a key member of the [[Lunar Society]]. Many of his papers are in [[Birmingham Central Library]].
10: * [[1763]]: Repaired a [[Thomas Newcomen|Newcomen]] [[stea...
14: ...mingham, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved [[Watt steam engine]].
22: ...nor]] to regulate the speed of a steam engine. (This was already in use for governing wind and watermi... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-DE |
36: ...[[U.S. state|state]] of the [[United States]]. It is known as the "First State" because it was the fir...
38: == History ==
40: ...edes]] (led by [[Peter Minuit]]) around [[Fort Christina]] (now [[Wilmington, Delaware | Wilmington]])...
42: ...4 the "three lower counties" gained a separate legislature, and in 1710 a separate executive council. ... - Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
2: Name = Wisconsin |
3: Fullname = State of Wisconsin |
4: Flag = Wisconsin state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Wisconsin]] |
6: Seal = Wisconsinstateseal.jpg | - Vermont (39851 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-VT |
36: ...coast]]line along the [[Atlantic Ocean]], Vermont is noted mainly for the [[Green Mountains]] in the w...
38: ...ier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]].
41: ...es]], [[Vermont towns|List of Vermont towns]], [[List of mountains in Vermont|Vermont mountains]]
42: ...ses 9249 square miles (23,955 km?) and water comprises 366 square miles (948 km?), making it the 43rd ... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
4: ... the [[American Revolutionary War]] and the establishment of the [[United States|United States of Amer...
6: ...e Edward Island]]—remained loyal to the British Crown and much later were united as [[Canada]]. ...
10: ...ision into three regions is a later construct of historians):
15: ...vidence Plantations]], later [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]]
29: ... until it became the 14th state in 1791. Today it is considered part of [[New England]]. - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...n compensation for its loss of Florida to the British.
5: ...e part of the North American portion of the [[British Empire]].
9: ...ngly, [[French and Indian Wars]]) between the British, the French, and their Indian allies, following ...
13: ...es Wolfe]] defeated a French garrison led by [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France...
15: ...; creating the [[Cajun]] population – but this would not be possible in Canada. - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...even Years' War''' ([[1754]] and [[1756]]–[[1763]]) pitted [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britai...
3: ...[[Europe]]an portions of the conflict (1756–1763), not the nine-year North American conflict or th...
5: ...]] while the fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the [[Silesian Wars|3rd Silesian War]].
10: ...some influence on mainland Europe. Furthermore, this allowed Britain to focus her soldiers towards her...
14: ...med by the heated colonial struggle between [[British Empire|Great Britain]] and [[French colonial emp... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ...ote that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of that time.]]
2: ...xington and Concord]] and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorktow...
4: ...cant changes that had a profound impact on world history. Most current interpretations fall somewhere ...
7: <!-- I think this section should briefly summarize the political, s...
10: ...a considered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as p... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]...
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
8: *[[1763]] - [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] begins
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
11: *[[1764]] - [[Revenue Act of 1764|Revenue Act]] is passed to enforce the [[Sugar Act]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
1: {{Ushistory}}
5: ...litical conflict between the colonies and the British Parliament, marked the beginning of the American...
7: ... Boston, where local militia were besieging a British Army.
9: ...us changes were made, including the exclusion of his charges against George III regarding slavery.
11: ...ss empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, and including the southern Great Lake... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-OH |
36: ... is '''O.''' Ohio is an [[Iroquois language|Iroquois]] word meaning "great water." The name refers to ...
38: ...ral ships [[USS Ohio|USS ''Ohio'']] in honor of this state.
40: == History ==
42: ...d by several other peoples, principally the [[Miamis]], [[Wyandots]], [[Delawares]], [[Shawnee (tribe)... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
25: ...><small>(Some Upper Peninsula counties bordering Wisconsin are Central time.)</small> |
33: ISOCode = US-MI |
36: ... is derived from [[Lake Michigan]], which in turn is believed to come from the [[Chippewa]] Indian wor...
38: == History == - Illinois (27007 bytes)
2: Name = Illinois |
3: Fullname = State of Illinois |
4: Flag = Illinois state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Illinois]] |
6: Seal = Illinois state seal.png |
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