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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
8: ...Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
21: ...waetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
25: ..., Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ...er birth is uncertain, but is usually taken to be 1797.
5: ...anada]] in [[1827]]; after [[New York]] state abolished slavery, she returned there in [[1829]], worki...
8: ...he became a noted speaker for both the [[Abolitionist]] movement and the [[women's rights]] movement. ...
10: ... of Education and Industry. When the association disbanded in [[1846]], she remained in [[Florence, Ma...
13: ...C.]], after the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] was issued to work with former slaves. She also met Pres... - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Iris}}
2: ...ite iris (small).jpg|240px]]| caption = A white iris}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''''Iris'''''}}<br />{{Taxobox authority|author = [[Carolu... - 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... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
7: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
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... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
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. - 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... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Madison
14: | wife=[[Dolley Madison]]
18: ...pers]], and is traditionally regarded as the ''[[List of people known as the father or mother of somet...
21: ...nia]] to give their northwestern territories (consisting of most of modern-day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] ...
23: ...ates would be represented in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state rep... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
14: | wife=[[Louisa Catherine (Johnson) Adams]]
22: ... is now [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]), and acquired his early education in [[Europe]] at the [[University...
24: ... sons after George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. President to do so.)
26: ...ix months early after Adams broke with the Federalist Party.
28: ...[1815]] to [[1817]]. During this time, Adams and his wife lost to illness an infant daughter, born in ... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ... Jackson became the symbol of an era in American history — sometimes called the "'''Age of Jacks...
22: ...on Bonaparte]] for his willingness to contest British military supremacy.
24: ...came a colonel in the state militia, which began his military career.
26: ...f New Orleans]] on [[January 8]], [[1815]], made his national reputation and he advanced in rank to Ma...
28: His subsequent political rise was rapid. He was elected to both houses of [[Co... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Swaziland]]. [[Lesotho]] is an independent [[nation]], entirely surrounded by...
3: ...k Willem de Klerk|F.W. de Klerk]] who started to dismantle it in [[1990]] after a long struggle by the...
5: ...cies]] in Africa. The [[economy of South Africa]] is the largest and most well-developed of the entire...
9: ...[Venda language|Venda]]. In this regard it is [[List of national languages of India|second only to In...
11: The country also recognises eight non-official languages: [[Fanagalo langua... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
14: ...tton growing area; some historians believe that this invention allowed for the African [[slavery]] sys...
16: ...at produced cotton gins went out of business in [[1797]].
18: ...he associated with Eli Whitney (along with other historical figures such as [[George Washington|George...
22: ...ut]] and [[Hamden, Connecticut]], on a road which is now named [[Whitney Avenue]].
24: ...was no longer limited by the number of skilled artisans. - 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]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
15: *[[Irvin Yalom|Yalom, Irvin]], psychologist
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
35: ...emenko|Yaremenko, Yury]], (died 1996), USSR economist
37: ...ian politician, former deputy prime minister and CIS executive secretary - 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 history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1790]] to [[1819]...
6: *[[1790]] - [[Rhode Island]] becomes a state
13: *[[1793]] - ''[[Chisholm v. Georgia]]'' 2 US 419 1793 paves way for pa...
14: *[[1794]] - [[Whiskey Rebellion]]
22: *[[1797]] - [[John Adams]] (Federalist) inaugurated, Jefferson (Republican) Vice-Presid... - New Year (5703 bytes)
2: The '''New Year''' is an event that happens when a [[culture]] celebrat...
9: ...[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] for 'head of the year') is a celebration that occurs 163 days following Pesa...
11: ...t important Chinese holiday. The Chinese New Year is generally celebrated with [[fireworks|firecracker...
13: ...occurs on the vernal equinox on [[March 21]], and is called Naw-R?
14: ...ate the advent of [[Hindu Calendar|Lunar year]] this day. - 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. - Clock (10086 bytes)
2: ...a physical instrument, an especially accurate one is called a [[chronometer]]. The clock in its moder...
9: ...l clock is often shown in a corner of [[computer display]]s or [[mobile phone]]s.
11: The main purpose of a clock is not always to ''display'' the time.
14: ...these be for alarms, event initiation or just to display the time of day.
18: ...physical theory would be circular. An ideal clock is more appropriately defined in relationship to the... - 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: ...- proto-[[socialism|socialist]], guillotined in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'etat|coup]]'' attempt
10: ...red the [[Tennis Court Oath]], made mayor of [[Paris]] after the [[storming of the Bastille]], guillot...
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