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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... - 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]]. - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
1: {{Egyptian Dynasty list}}
2: ... made their appearance in Egypt, whose reign comprised the [[Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fifteenth]] an...
4: ...of Egypt, and the provincial ruling family in [[Xois]], located in the marshes of the western Delta, b...
6: ...bed with their names, called by modern [[Egyptologist]]s the Sixteenth Dynasty.
8: ...ruling there; his successors held onto their diminished office until c.[[1630s BC|1633 BC]]. - 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... - 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... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ...sia''' is a country in [[Southeast Asia]]. It consists of two geographical regions divided by the [[So...
3: ...nd the second-link bridge]] on the south with the island of [[Singapore]];
5: ...], the northern part of the island of [[Borneo]], is bordered to the south by [[Indonesia]] and border...
20: ...ertambah Mutu<br>([[Malay language|Malay]]: Unity Is Strength)''</font>
33: | '''[[Prime Minister of Malaysia|Prime Minister]] ''' - 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 == - Virginia (23198 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
33: ISOCode = US-VA |
36: ...al name is the '''Commonwealth of Virginia'''; it is one of four states which use the name [[commonwea...
40: ...rical footnote: both [[William Henry Harrison|Harrison]] and [[Zachary Taylor|Taylor]] died while in o...
42: ==History== - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...helion|aphelia]] of which may be many times more distant than [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s orbit. Often ...
5: ... are [[temperature|cool]] enough that [[water]] exists in a [[solid]] (rather than [[gas]]eous) [[phas...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ... solid body of the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be ...
11: ...lennia. One very famous old recording of a comet is the appearance of Halley's Comet on the [[Bayeux ... - 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]]
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
11: *[[1764]] - [[Revenue Act of 1764|Revenue Act]] is passed to enforce the [[Sugar Act]]
21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]] - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820]] to [[1859]...
5: *[[1820]] - [[Missouri Compromise]]
8: *[[1821]] - [[Missouri]] becomes a state
14: ...ction of 1824]]; Adams immediately appoints Clay his new [[Secretary of State]], which Jackson calls t...
20: ...houn]] (Jackson's vice-president) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'' argu... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ...As a rule, the best place to clarify complexities is in the article on the individual in question.''
5: ...Charles, comte d'Artois]] - younger brother of Louis XVI and one of the first émigrés.
6: ...ugereau, duc de Castiglione|Charles Pierre François Augereau]] - officer throughout the Revolutionary...
9: ...rançois-Noël Babeuf]] - proto-[[socialism|socialist]], guillotined in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'et...
10: ...red the [[Tennis Court Oath]], made mayor of [[Paris]] after the [[storming of the Bastille]], guillot... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
1: {{histphil}}
3: ...entury]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
4: ... science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ...-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both [[Church]] and [[State]]...
8: ...ernment]] and sciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]]. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
1: This is a list of famous chemists:
6: *[[Emil Abderhalden]], (1877-1950), German chemist
7: *[[Richard Abegg]], (1869-1910), German chemist
8: ...ikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
9: ...ohan August Arfwedson]], (1792-1841), Swedish chemist - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...urdens. The rebellion started on [[August 29]], [[1786]].
3: ...ish companies began to demand payment of debts. This debt ultimately trickled down to consumers, in la...
5: ...e resulting feeling of disenfranchisement led to discussions of reform and/or secession in both areas.
7: ...r than appointed officials. These efforts were resisted and stymied by wealthy and influential parties...
9: ...om [[debtor's prison]]s. In the late summer of [[1786]] the conflict escalated when armed Regulators sh... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
6: ...ropeller or paddlewheel. The term '''steamboat''' is usually used to refer to smaller steam-powered bo...
8: ... have the prefix "'''PS'''". The term ''steamer'' is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel...
15: ...whether it was full-size and steam-powered or not is unclear. River boatmen took exception to the thre...
17: ...ned of Watt's engine on a visit to England, made his own engine and in [[1763]] attempted to put it in...
19: In [[France]], by [[1774]] the Marquis [[Claude de Jouffroy]] and colleagues had made a ... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
1: ...e '''Continental Congress''' was the federal [[legislature]] of the [[Thirteen colonies|Thirteen Colon...
6: ...ly implemented, but its potential at altering British colonial policy was cut off by the outbreak of o...
8: ... Congress?s guidance throughout the war, the colonists prevailed.
25: *Nov. 26, 1783- June 3, 1784 [[Annapolis, Maryland]]
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786
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