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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...ca]] and the most populous [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking country in the world.
16: ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
18: official_languages = [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
42: established_events = • Declared<br> •...
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the sta...
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
7: ...n, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...les). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 million. It's Brazil's [[Secon...
11: ==History== - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ...; [[May 8]], [[1842]]) was a [[France|French]] [[List of explorers|explorer]] and [[French Navy|naval ...
4: ...us de Milo]] now stands in the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris]].
6: ...sailed on a voyage around the world under [[Louis Isidore Duperrey|Captain Duperrey]], and brought hom...
8: ... the probable place of the death of [[Jean-François de La Pérouse|La Perouse]].
10: ...Southern Territories|Adélie Coast]] in honor of his wife. - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...lative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
6: ...rchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Au...
8: ...o was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him, with 6 daughte...
12: ...37-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [...
14: ...40-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Austria]], [... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: An '''accordion''' is a small portable [[free reed instrument|free-reed...
4: ...ments. It has been suggested that they may have existed in ancient Egypt.
8: ==Characteristics==
10: ... reed is fitted inside a holder plate, and as air is drawn through the hole in the holder, the reed vi...
16: *Reed tone pitch is given by the reed itself and not through a resona... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[James Madison]]
18: ...f State]], [[John Quincy Adams]], who actually devised it.
22: ...d practiced law in [[Fredericksburg]], Virginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and...
24: ...[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped negotiate the [[Louisiana Purchase]].
28: ...to serve as president, was almost uncontested in his two elections. - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
9: ...r><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[April 27]], [[1822]]</td></tr>
15: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
22: '''Ulysses S. Grant''' ([[April 27]], [[1822]] – [[July 23]], [[1885]]) was a [[Union ar...
24: ...ne of America's worst presidents, who led an administration plagued by severe [[scandal]] and [[corrup...
26: ...accomplishments of his administration, including his struggle to preserve [[Reconstruction]], and look... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ... Named after [[brazilwood]], a local tree, Brazil is home to both extensive [[agriculture|agricultural...
5: == History ==
6: ''Main article: [[History of Brazil]]''
8: ... a [[federation|federal]] [[republic]] was established on [[15 November]] [[1889]].
10: ... generals appointed by the military. Today Brazil is a [[democracy]]. - Elephantine (3346 bytes)
1: ...om Classroom Clip Art]]]'''Elephantine''' is an [[island]] in the [[Nile|River Nile]], located just do...
2: It measures some 1.2 km from north to south, and is about 400 m across at its widest.
3: It is a part of the modern [[Egypt|Egyptian]] city of [...
5: ...l transshipping point for river trade, and, as an island, also provided an excellent defensive site fo...
6: ...nasty, and most of the southern tip of the island is taken up by the ruins of the later temple to him ... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
14: ...ish language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] |
34: ISOCode = US-NM |
38:
40: == History ==
44: ...the New World. The [[Pueblo people]] built a flourishing sedentary culture in the [[1200s]], construct... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Archosauria]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Orders}}
10: [[Saurischia]]<br/>
13: [[Ornithischia]]<br/>
16: ...pressions of skin and internal organs, and "soft tissues, including blood vessels and cells lining the... - 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 ... - 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 - Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
2: ...cellular, consisting of a single cell. Other organisms, such as [[human]]s, are [[multicellular]], (hu...
3: ...preexisting cells; all vital functions of an organism occur within cells and that cells contain the [[...
9: ...lls grow in large clumps but each individual cell is about 10 [[micrometre]]s across.]]
11: Each cell is at least somewhat self-contained and self-maintai...
14: *Reproduction by [[cell division]]. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ..., his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of...
5: Galileo was born in [[Pisa]], [[Italy]], as the son of [[Vincenzo Galilei]]...
7: ... time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...ligion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...ished French [[History of science and technology|historian of science]] [[Alexandre Koyr靝. The exper... - 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
9: *[[1822]] - [[Denmark Vesey]] executed
10: *[[1822]] - [[Cumberland Road]] Bill - 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 == - January 17 (12233 bytes)
1: '''January 17''' is the 17th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calen...
6: ...tting the scene for the second phase of the [[English Civil War]].
7: ...e of Hanover|Hanoverian]] army at [[Falkirk]] in his ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the t...
9: ...er Brigadier General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarle...
13: ...ted Kingdom|British]] force defeats a large [[Dervish]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the [[Su... - 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]]''. - 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
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