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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 - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...o.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3: '''Denis Diderot''' ([[October 5]], [[1713]] – [[Jul...
5: ...ilosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets o...
7: ...of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
10: ...losophiques'' (1746), and he presently added to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of... - 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]]. - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
1: ...her own achievements are being increasingly recognised as significant in themselves.
7: As a pianist, Fanny became a supporter of her brother's compo...
9: ...'Songs without Words''). This style of piano work is commonly thought to have been developed by Felix ...
11: ...e more prominent thanks to a number of [[Compact disc|CD]]s being released on labels such as [[Hyperio... - History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
1: {{History of Egypt}}
4: ...aphy made it a difficult country to attack, which is why Pharaonic Egypt was for so long an independen...
6: ...ked that he was the first native Egyptian to exercise sovereign power in the country since [[Pharaoh]]...
8: In this encyclopedia Egyptian history has been divided into six periods:
10: *[[History of ancient Egypt]]: [[3000 BC]] to [[332 BC]] - 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... - 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... - Idaho (13962 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]] |
11: LargestCity = [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]] |
33: ISOCode = US-ID |
36: ...e, Idaho|Boise]] and the U.S. postal abbreviation is '''ID'''.
38: ...USS Idaho|USS ''Idaho'']] was named in honor of this state. - 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 ... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
25: ...rity of [[Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]] is in Pacific)</small> |
33: ISOCode = US-OR |
36: ...te is much more arid. In fact, on average Oregon is as dry as Texas, but few people live in Eastern O...
38: ...{IPA|[ˈɔɹ.ə.ˌgɑn]}} is also common, but considered incorrect by locals.
41: ...cenic grandeur and easygoing individualism [that] is writing the preface to what may be the future for... - 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]] - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...ment of an American spirit and culture which was distinct from that of its European founders.
14: ==History of the United States (1776-1789)==
15: ''For details, see the main [[History of the United States (1776-1789)]] article.''
17: ...ring the [[American Revolutionary War]] and established itself as the United States of America with 13...
19: ==History of the United States (1789-1849)== - 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 ... - 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... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
25: ...><small>(Some Upper Peninsula counties bordering Wisconsin are Central time.)</small> |
33: ISOCode = US-MI |
36: ... is derived from [[Lake Michigan]], which in turn is believed to come from the [[Chippewa]] Indian wor...
38: == History == - Coal mining (4145 bytes)
5: If the coal seams are near the surface, the coal is extracted by either:
7: ... advancement of an open pit or strip. As the coal is exposed and extracted the overburden from the sti...
9: ...ing for [[steam coal]] and [[anthracite]] is practised.
11: ... deep underground for open cast mining. Most coal is extracted by either:
12: ...lowing the roof to cave in. This method of mining is used principally in the U.S.A. - 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. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
1: '''January 2''' is the [[2 (number)|2]]nd day of the year in the [[G...
8: ...[Reconquista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]].
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''.
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