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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] n...
11: ...cisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...eorge Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Ca...
23: ... de Balboa]], (c. [[1475]]-[[1519]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded... - 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)
23: *[[Syboat Acker|Acker, Syboat]] (1698-1771)
32: ...t Christian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835) - 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]], [... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]]
18: ...d owner]], [[architect]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], [[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founde...
20: ...y include the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
23: ...[Flat Hat Club]] — before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Vir...
27: ... convenient devices invented by Jefferson. Nearby is the University of Virginia, the original architec... - Australia (39438 bytes)
8: official_languages =[[English language|English]]|
13: ...neral]]<br>[[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] |
27: established_events=-[[Commonwealth of Australia Constituti...
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 J...
47: <!-- [[Australian English]] please. --> - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: ...[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
12: ...840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
13: ...([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - 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]]
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
11: *[[1764]] - [[Revenue Act of 1764|Revenue Act]] is passed to enforce the [[Sugar Act]]
19: *[[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]] - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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9: !align="left"| Discovered by
12: !align="left"| Discovered on
15: ...color="#c0ffff" colspan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]]) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... was well known also for his many quotations and his experiments with [[electricity]]. Franklin was a ...
9: ...to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
11: ...ne Child at Ecton; and over the next few years, this couple had three children, all of whom being half...
21: ...rentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New England Courant''.
23: ...m for agitating for a variety of local reforms. His intelligence combined with a great deal of savvy ... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...mage:captainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance...
3: ...], [[1779]]) was a [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[explorers|explorer]] and [[navigator]]. He m...
7: ...laborer on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with his family to [[Great Ayton]].
8: ...r]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...allowing [[James_Wolfe | General Wolfe]] to make his famous stealth attack on the [[Plains of Abraham]... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
1: The '''Lewis and Clark expedition''' ([[1804]]-[[1806]]) was t...
3: ... hunters and trappers who were already well established in the area. The expedition was not the first ...
5: ...lways referring to Clark as "Captain" ([http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/v02.appendix.a.html]).
7: ...e]] tribe came from further west. Not only did Lewis and Clark feel that she could aid them in transla...
9: ...n the December of 1805. At this point in time, Lewis spotted [[Mt. Hood]], a mountain known to be very... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
1: '''March 19''' is the 78th day of the year in the [[Gregorian calen...
7: ...uth of the [[Mississippi River]], is murdered by his own men.
8: ...of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ($245,000 taken).
11: ...1914]] - [[Giuseppe Mercalli]], Italian volcanologist (b. [[1850]])
12: *[[1915]] - [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] is photographed for the first time but was not recog... - Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
24: ...2000]] census, it has a population of 18,560. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Kennebec County, Maine|K...
26: == History ==
28: ...tember of [[1607]]. It was first inhabited by English settlers from the [[Plymouth Colony]] in [[1625]...
30: The oldest wooden fort in America is located on the Kennebec River in Augusta. The for...
32: ...porated as part of the town called Hallowell in [[1771]]. In February of [[1797]], the upstream area of ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ian]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
22: ...Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
40: *[[Aristotle]] (Greece, [[384 BC|384 B.C.]] - [[322 BC|32...
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
1: ...sts sought for. The most renowned goal of alchemy is the [[transmutation]] of any metal into either [...
2: ...ded as the precursor of the modern science of chemistry prior to the formulation of the [[scientific m...
4: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
8: ...er connected with ancient Egypt through what linguists term a "[[folk etymology]]."
11: ...humb]], traditions, basic observations, and mysticism to fill in the gaps. - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: ...[1745]] – November [[1792]]), [[England|English]] [[explorer]], was born in [[London]].
3: ...1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western discovery, searching especially for certain copper mi...
5: ...y, massacred a group of unsuspecting [[Inuit]]; this would be known as the [[Massacre at Bloody Falls]...
7: ...taken prisoner by the French under [[Jean-Fran�ois de La P�rouse|La P�rouse]] in 1782. He return... - Puma (9263 bytes)
2: ...Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Puma.jpg|250px|Felis concolor]] | caption =}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[mammal|Mammalia]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''''Felis'''''}}
12: ...author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1771]]}}
15: ...more commonly associated with the [[melanism|melanistic]] variants of [[leopard]]s or [[jaguar]]s rath... - Cougars (8083 bytes)
2: ...Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Puma.jpg|250px|Felis concolor]] | caption =}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[mammal|Mammalia]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''''Felis'''''}}
12: ...author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1771]]}}
15: ...more commonly associated with the [[melanism|melanistic]] variants of [[leopard]]s or [[jaguar]]s rath... - Florida Panther (10551 bytes)
2: ...image | image = [[Image:Puma_face_01.jpg|200px|Felis concolor]] | caption =}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[mammal|Mammalia]]}}
12: ...author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1771]]}}
15: ...more commonly associated with the [[melanism|melanistic]] variants of [[leopard]]s or [[jaguar]]s rath...
17: ...di]] and, surprisingly, to the [[cheetah]] (which is usually placed in its own [[subfamily]]). However...
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