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- President of the United States (42878 bytes)
3: ...s Constitution|U.S. Constitution]], the President is also the [[head of government|chief executive]] o...
5: ... as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
7: ...of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations wit...
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]].
12: ...ution|Article II]] of the U.S. Constitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to bec... - 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... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
8: ...d>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr>
9: ...<td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</td></tr>
17: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
22: ...[[first language]] was not [[English language|English]].
25: ...1817]]), a farmer and popular [[tavern]]-keeper. His mother was Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]&... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ... state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre]]'').<!--
14: ... [[Irish language|Irish]], [[English language|English]] |
20: ...tles = [[President of Ireland|President]]<br>[[Taoiseach]] |
38: sovereignty_type = [[History of Ireland|Independence]] |
39: ...lished_events = - Declared<br> - Recognised | - 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]].
14: ...mingham, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved [[Watt steam engine]].
16: * [[1782]]: Invented double-acting engine.
22: ...nor]] to regulate the speed of a steam engine. (This was already in use for governing wind and watermi... - 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 - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|...
9: *[[1438]] - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] is crowned King of [[Hungary]].
14: *[[1707]] - [[John V of Portugal|John V]] is crowned King of [[Portugal]]
15: ...scovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
16: ...eviously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published. - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of California (20th century)]].}}
3: ...ean colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with European explora...
5: ... of interest primarily populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportu...
9: ==Prehistory==
11: ...y inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago. - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...referred to using the older term '''condenser''') is a device that stores [[energy]] in the [[electric...
7: ...posite charge, the ''total'' charge in the device is always zero.
9: ... for clarity; in a real capacitor, the dielectric is in direct contact with the plates.)]]
13: The capacitor's [[capacitance]] (''C'') is a measure of the amount of [[electric charge|char...
16: ... one [[volt]] across the plates. Since the farad is a very large unit, values of capacitors are usual... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...for his [[duel]] with [[Alexander Hamilton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
7: ...|Jonathan Edwards]], the famous [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] [[theology|theologian]].
9: ... [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and [[Israel Putnam]].
13: ..., and by his vigilance in the retreat from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture. ...
14: ...[[New York City]] after its evacuation by the British in the following year. - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
5: ...d and caused several severe third degree burns. This led them to cry and yell at the fire, slapping it...
7: On [[December 14]], [[1782]] they succeeded in an outdoor launch of an 18 m&...
11: ..., before [[Louis XVI of France]], to gain his permission for a trial human flight. A tear occured on t...
15: ...inutes about 10,000 metres above [[Paris]] for a distance of nine kilometres.
16: ...ithopter", a flapping device, probably preceded this event, but it never became a generally used viabl... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...itish rule in the thirteen colonies and the establishment of the [[United States|United States of Amer...
3: ...l developments before and after the war itself. This article refers solely to the military campaign; f...
5: ...e Spirit of '76''. Often imitated or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the Ame...
10: ...w fit. Militia typically lacked the training and discipline of regular troops, but could be effective ...
12: ...itary efforts, the [[Continental Congress]] established (on paper) a regular army—the [[Continen... - 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 17 (9666 bytes)
1: '''March 17''' is the 76th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calen...
6: *[[45 BC]] - In his last victory, [[Julius Caesar]] defeats the [[Pom...
7: ...on of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back to the New World for more gold
8: ... their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
9: ...ork City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern). - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: '''March 18''' is the 77th day of the year in the [[Gregorian calen...
9: *[[1608]] - [[Sissinios of Ethiopia|Sissinios]] formally crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]]
10: ...erkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
11: ...|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
12: *[[1850]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[William Fargo]]. - 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 astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – cir...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[169...
58: *[[Francis Baily]] ([[Britain]], [[1774]] – [[1844]]) - 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}} - 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: ...Jean-Fran�ois de La P�rouse|La P�rouse]] in 1782. He returned to England in [[1787]] where he died... - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
3: ...[[Henry Clay]], he had a predisposition to compromises marked by a passionate patriotic devotion to th...
7: ... parents were [[poverty|poor]], but dedicated to his education and thus not only hired private tutors ...
9: ...n but seems likely to be simply the inability of his parents to meet the fees.
11: ...tice in [[Boscawen, New Hampshire]]. In [[1807]] his father took over the Boscawen firm when Webster o...
13: In [[1808]] he married his first wife, Grace Fletcher, who died in [[1828]]....
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