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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: Ab (7347 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
4: *[[Sani Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria...
5: ...aristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (go...
9: ...ti]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist - 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: ... Christian Benedict Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarch]]."
5: ...July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine's suppor...
9: ...rvative after the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
11: ...ageable for the government. In [[1785]] Catherine issued a charter that: allowed the gentry to petitio...
13: ...orms within the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encour... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...stria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis XVII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the ...
4: ...nd ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a s...
6: ...nia was brought up in the company of her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother,...
9: ... asked him what he would like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like th...
11: ...rince of [[Parma]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: ... Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
2: ...Chawton).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
3: ...English literature|English novelist]] whose work is considered part of the [[Western canon]]. She sta...
5: ...w thought she may have suffered from [[Addison's disease]], the cause of which was then unknown. She t...
7: ... predicament of young, unmarried, upper-class English women in the early [[1800s]]. - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
2: '''Ching Shih''' [[1775]]-[[1844]] first became known as a [[China|Chines...
6: ...ithout leave, or deserted and was caught, one of his ears was cut off and he was shown off through the...
8: ...ps, and received it. Chang Poa spent the rest of his life in a comfortable government position, while ... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...). He also served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutio...
21: ...as [[monarch]]s and [[dictator]]s do). This established an important precedent of [[republic]]an [[dem...
24: ...s birth, hence the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of ...
26: ...smallpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemaso...
29: [[Image:Washington 1772.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...es show that Hancock always wrote his signature this way.
8: ...business. Shortly after his return from England, his uncle died and he inherited the fortune and busin...
10: ...mained, ethically and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity...
13: ...onial trade business naturally disposed him to resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempte...
15: ...ustoms officials for violation of revenue laws. This caused a [[riot]] among some infuriated Bostonian... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
18: ...sh;[[1801]]) [[President of the United States]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth Preside...
22: ...gland]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...t, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...[1818]]), the daughter of a [[Congregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, Joh... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...nada, [[Russia]] and [[The Bahamas]]. It is otherwise bounded by the [[Pacific Ocean]], the [[Bering S...
12: ...ne at federal level]];<br> [[English language|English]] [[de facto]] |
16: leader_names = [[Joe Biden]]<br>[[Kamala Harris]] |
35: established_events = - Declared<br> - Recognize...
36: established_dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]],... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...⮩a) is a country in southeastern [[Europe]]. It is bordered by [[Ukraine]] and [[Moldova]] in the no...
19: ...ident]] <br> [[Prime Minister of Romania|Prime Minister]] |
38: established_events = <br> - Declared<br/> - Recognised |
39: established_dates = [[Romanian War of Independence]]<br/>[...
57: ...354;ara Rom⮥ască''" (The Romanian Country) is the Romanian name of the former principality of [... - Flag of North Carolina (1696 bytes)
2: The '''Flag of North Carolina''' is defined by law as follows
4: ...ning in black letters this inscription "May 20th, 1775," and that below the star there shall be a simila...
6: The state legislature adopted this flag in March, 1885, to replace the original stat...
8: ...burg Declaration of Independence]] ([[May 20]], [[1775]]) and of the [[Halifax Resolves]] ([[April 12]],... - Flag of South Carolina (934 bytes)
2: ... palmetto logs) on [[Sullivan's Island]] from British attack in June [[1776]]. The flag remained the ... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] Only [[State]] |
14: ... language|English]] 74.1%, [[Spanish language|Spanish]] 19.5%, [[Navajo]] 1.9% |
37: ISOCode = US-AZ ([[FIPS state code|FIPS Code...
50: Fish = [[Trout|Arizona Trout]] |
60: Gemstone = [[Turquoise]] | - California (63989 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
40: ISOCode = US-CA |
45: ...ov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=06487414661+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
55: ... = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
59: Reptile = [[Desert Tortoise]] | - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
33: ISOCode = US-CT |
36: ...ies|thirteen colonies]] that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]].
38: ...cut|USS ''Connecticut'']] was named in honor of this state.
40: == History == - Washington (20186 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Christine Gregoire]] |
33: ISOCode = US-WA |
36: ...ion. Residents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on the third syllable, which rhymes with ''bone''...
38: ...nation's capital. To avoid confusion, the capital is often called simply '''D.C.''', and the state oft...
40: Washington is the only state named after a [[President of the U... - 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 ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...igin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
11: ...0 KYA: [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]] and [[arrow]] in [[Tunisia]]
19: * 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
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