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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: 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 - 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 ... - 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. - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
2: ...ition|prohibitionist]], [[Secret agent|spy]], [[prisoner of war]], [[Surgery|surgeon]] and the only wo...
8: ...in [[Rome, New York]]. The practice did not flourish, as female doctors were generally not trusted or...
10: ...was awarded a commission as a "Contract Acting Assistant Surgeon (civilian)" by the Army of the Cumber...
12: ...nd later as supervisor of a female prison in [[Louisville, Kentucky]] and head of an [[orphanage]] in ...
16: ...ps as a prisoner of war four months in Southern prison while acting as contract surgeon.'' - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...omotive]], at [[Bristol Temple Meads]] station, Bristol, England]]
3: ...lcar]]s; the use of these self-propelled vehicles is increasingly common for [[passenger train]]s, but...
5: ...creasingly common these days in passenger service is [[push-pull]] operation, where the locomotives pu...
8: ...he motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a locomotive, rather than in self-propel...
10: * ''Ease of maintenance'' - it is easier to maintain one locomotive than many self-... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
4: ...ts name in [[1845]] to the ''St. Joseph Valley Register'', the [[United States Whig Party|Whig]] organ...
6: ... to the six succeeding Congresses ([[March 4]], [[1855]]-[[March 3]], [[1869]]). He was elected [[Speak...
10: ..., Nebraska, is also named after Colfax. The city is the county seat of Colfax County, Nebraska. - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ...acture of shoes. He was a member of the state legislature between [[1841]] and [[1852]], and was owne...
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... - Australia (39438 bytes)
8: official_languages =[[English language|English]]|
13: ...neral]]<br>[[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] |
27: established_events=-[[Commonwealth of Australia Constituti...
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 J...
47: <!-- [[Australian English]] please. --> - Zambia (24496 bytes)
1: ...a]], and then, [[Northern Rhodesia]], the country is named after the [[Zambezi River|Zambezi]] river.
11: official_languages = [[English language|English]] |
15: leader_titles = [[List of Presidents of Zambia|President]] |
35: established_events = - Date |
36: established_dates = [[October 24]], [[1964]] | - Iowa (24205 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
33: ISOCode = US-IA |
36: ...e [[U.S. Post Office]] abbreviation for the state is '''IA'''.
38: The state is named for the [[Native American]] [[Iowa tribe|Io...
41: == History == - Kansas (21369 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-KS |
37: ...tes]]. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is '''KS'''.
39: == History ==
40: ''Main article'': [[History of Kansas]]
42: ...30]], [[1854]] and established the [[Political divisions of the United States|U.S. territories]] of [[... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
33: ISOCode = US-SD |
38: ...the high plains of the northern Middle West. It is named after the [[Lakota]] ([[Sioux]]) [[Native A...
41: ...nd to the west by [[Wyoming]] and [[Montana]]. It is one of the six states of the [[Frontier Strip]].
43: ...ta|USS ''South Dakota'']] was named in honor of this state. - 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: X (1295 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
3: ... Malcolm]], ([[1925]]-[[1965]]), US Black Nationalist leader
4: *[[Callistus Xanothopoulos|Xanothopoulos, Callistus]], patriarch of Constantinople
6: *[[Isidore Xanthopoulos|Xanthopoulos, Isidore]], patriarch of Constantinople
7: ...ncis]], ([[1506]]-[[1552]]), [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary]] - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...sh by [[Anthony Hodges]], 1638, and [[R. Smith]], 1855.)
3: ... with a Latin translation, 1630. Nothing definite is known as to the authorship of the other works, wh... - Alcman (1163 bytes)
1: ...oets of Greece in the [[Alexandria]]n canon, flourished in the latter half of the [[7th century BC]].
3: ... family of Agesidas, by whom he was emancipated. His mastery of Greek shows that he must have come ver...
7: ... 1855 on an [[Egypt]]ian [[papyrus]]; some later discovered hexameters are attributed to Alcman or [[E... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...the boundaries of states, countries or other administrative areas.
6: ...ial term for today's atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observa...
8: ...mdash;known in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British Summer Time]] (BST).
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: ...: UTC − 8 (e.g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles) - History of science (41710 bytes)
1: {{histOfScience}}
2: ...rs back in [[time]], all the way into human [[prehistory]].
4: ...ral philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of science.
6: ...bly [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an external [[tool]...
8: ==Theories and sociology of the history of science== - 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
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