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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... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...meeting with [[Henry Morton Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I ...
6: ... the [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a minister.
8: ...ife travelled with him for a brief time at his insistence and over the protests of the Moffats –...
10: ==Discovery of Victoria Falls==
12: ...was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]...
10: ...t Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom o...
13: ...ic journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is published.
14: ...ne]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
17: ...d]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - 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 - 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 - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...ypt|Cleopatra V Tryphaena]]. The name "Cleopatra" is [[Greek language|Greek]] for "father's glory"; he...
6: ...most famous of all of ancient Egypt's rulers, and is usually known as simply '''Cleopatra''', all of h...
9: ...rilinear]] fashion, the Kings had to marry their sisters in order to be qualified to rule. Following t...
11: ... himself with Caesar. Caesar was so repelled by this treachery that he seized the Egyptian capital and...
13: ... Caesar refused to make the boy his heir, naming his grand-nephew [[Augustus Caesar|Octavian]] instead... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...e years — longer than that of any other British monarch. As well as being [[Monarch|queen]] of t...
9: ...ria was marked by a great expansion of the [[British Empire]]. The [[Victorian era|Victorian Era]] wa...
12: ...Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of...
14: ...erend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
16: ...e. Since the law at that time made no special provision for a child monarch, Victoria would have been ... - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
7: ...mperance]] movements in New York, organizing in [[1852]] the first woman's state temperance society in A...
9: ...he Revolution (newspaper)|The Revolution]]'', published in [[New York City]], edited by Stanton, and h...
13: ...life]] views of Susan B. Anthony. Many early feminists, aware of how the procedure endangered women's ...
19: ...on [[March 13]], [[1906]]. Anthony is known as [[List of people known as the father or mother of somet...
23: ...wards) and of her speaking abilities. She long resisted public speaking for fear her speech would not ... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ...ember 10]], [[1815]] - [[November 27]], [[1852]]) is mainly known for having written a description of
6: ...ncy London]]. Ada was named after Byron's [[half-sister]], [[Augusta Leigh]], by whom he was rumoured ...
8: ...ella was fond of [[mathematics]] and taught Ada this art at an early stage of her life. She was privat...
11: ...ourable Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace'''. She is widely known in modern times simply as '''Ada Lov...
15: ...sibilities of the machine which Babbage never published, such as speculating that "the Engine might co... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...ng]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
7: ...ister (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-willed wo...
9: ...er family in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...f the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
13: ... care and by the commitment and practises of the sisters. - 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... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
16: <tr><td>'''[[List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States |Polit...
20: ... term and was never elected to the presidency in his own right. He was the last president from the [[U...
26: ...e served in the New York legislature. He worked his way up through the Whig party, eventually being s...
29: ... we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution."
31: ...ade no public comment on the merits of the compromise proposals, but a few days before President Taylo... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...ection, 1852|presidential election]], Pierce and his running mate [[William R. King]] won in a landsli...
20: ...il War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: ...haped himself so that he could put up with her aristocratic, nervous ways and show her true affection...
25: ...nd two younger siblings, four brothers and three sisters.
27: ...[Calvin E. Stowe]], [[Sargent S. Prentiss]], and his future political rival [[John P. Hale]]. - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ...r of the state legislature between [[1841]] and [[1852]], and was owner and editor of the ''Boston Repub...
7: ... Committee on Military Affairs. In [[1861]] he raised and commanded the Twenty-second Regiment, Massa...
9: ...t]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1873]], until his death in the [[United States Capitol]] Building a... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...⮩a) is a country in southeastern [[Europe]]. It is bordered by [[Ukraine]] and [[Moldova]] in the no...
19: ...ident]] <br> [[Prime Minister of Romania|Prime Minister]] |
38: established_events = <br> - Declared<br/> - Recognised |
39: established_dates = [[Romanian War of Independence]]<br/>[...
57: ...354;ara Rom⮥ască''" (The Romanian Country) is the Romanian name of the former principality of [... - California (63989 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
40: ISOCode = US-CA |
45: ...ov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=06487414661+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
55: ... = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
59: Reptile = [[Desert Tortoise]] | - 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]] - 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 - 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 ...
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