Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...an monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[Wa...
8: ...ce|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him, with 6 daughters (all of whom were named "Marie _____...
12: ...beth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Aust...
14: ...line (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Aust...
26: ...ouis XVI of France|HM King Louis XVI of France]] (1754-1793); had issue - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ... [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
26: ...h in July [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount V...
29: ...72.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charl...
31: ...ecame an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually ... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
2: ...ancock [[:Image:JohnHancockLarge.jpeg|(full portrait)]]]]
3: ...the [[United States Declaration of Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
5: ...III of the United Kingdom|George III]] could read it, causing his name to become an [[eponym]] for "si...
8: ...s return from England, his uncle died and he inherited the fortune and business, making him the wealth...
10: ...his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor. - United States (58223 bytes)
1: ... of America'''—also referred to as the '''United States''', '''the USA''', '''the U.S.''', '''Am...
2: ...ited States also has a collection of overseas territories and possessions around the world. Each of th...
5: native_name = United States of America |
6: common_name = the United States |
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United States|None at federal level]];<br> [[English l... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument m...
14: ...s in [[Soho, Birmingham|Soho]], near Birmingham, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved ...
22: ...ghout the working cycle of the engine, so showing its efficiency.
26: ...her engineers until his patents expired in 1800. With his partner Matthew Boulton he battled against r...
28: ...wer output of steam engines, his version of the unit is equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second (abou... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ... in compensation for its loss of Florida to the British.
5: ...ame part of the North American portion of the [[British Empire]].
9: ...res to European conflicts, resulted in little territorial change.
13: ...h de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's capital.
15: ...Near the beginning of the war, in [[1755]], the British had expelled French speaking populations in [[... - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...the [[conflict]], while a force from the [[neutrality|neutral]] [[Netherlands]] was attacked in [[Indi...
3: ...ish. The name "Seven Years' War" is used in the United States to refer only to the [[Europe]]an portio...
8: ...er [[Army|military forces]] and to forge new [[Military alliance|alliances]].
10: ...e on mainland Europe. Furthermore, this allowed Britain to focus her soldiers towards her colonies.
12: ...sian system. Maria Theresa, whose knowledge of military affairs shamed many of her generals, had press... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ... Note that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of that time.]]
2: ...Lexington and Concord]] and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorkt...
4: ...pretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ... summarize the political, social, economic, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trends whic...
10: ...th the same rights and obligations as people in Britain. - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...classical mechanics]]. Newton also shares credit with [[Gottfried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] ...
4: ...ht]] passed through a prism was inherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Baco...
6: ... when exposed to air; the [[binomial theorem]] in its entirety; and the principles of conservation of ...
14: ...on was two years of age, his mother went to live with her new husband, leaving her son in the care of ...
19: ...ance cooled and Miss Storey married someone else. It is said he kept a warm memory of this love, but N... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] |
21: DensityRank = 9th |
22: 2000Density = 107.05 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 17th | - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...[[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ...re, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[r...
9: ...terest in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the Mid...
11: ... mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[S...
13: ...ly close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken little interest in them, so as far as the Europeans w... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...ety]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
9: ...mas Franklin, a blacksmith and farmer, and Jane White. His mother, Abiah Folger, was born in [[Nantuck...
23: ...with a great deal of savvy about cultivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young...
25: ...ssue the famous ''[[Poor Richard's Almanack]]'' (with content both original and borrowed) on which a l...
27: ...raged the opening of libraries in other American cities, and Franklin felt that this [[enlightenment (... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
10: ...1801]] - [[Tsar]] [[Paul I of Russia]] is struck with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally trample...
14: ...vator]] is installed at 488 Broadway, [[New York City]].
15: *[[1868]] - The [[University of California]] is founded in [[Oakland, Califor...
16: ...t]] [[Benjamin Harrison]] opens [[Oklahoma]] to white settlement starting on [[April 22]].
19: ...]. The trip is sponsored by the [[Smithsonian Institution]] and [[National Geographic Society]]. - Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
1: {{Template:US City infobox|
2: city = Augusta |
8: founded = [[1754]] |
15: city pop = 18,560|
17: density = 129.4| - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
1: ...of its time. Three teams of architects labored on it.]]
3: ...[[2000]] census, it has a population of 95,658. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Albany County, New Yo...
5: ...ters) north of and slightly east from [[New York City]], and slightly to the south of the juncture of ...
9: {{Template:US City infobox|
10: city = Albany | - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...glish language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ...[[Ralph Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
4: ... colspan=2 style="text-align: left; background: white;" |
11: ...<br/><small>''The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power''</small>
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written in tugra)
19: | '''[[Capital]]'''
20: ...Istanbul|İstanbul]] ([[Constantinople]]/[[Asitane]]/[[Konstantiniyye]] )
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).