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1. List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
   2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
   5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
   20: | [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
   104: | [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]
   116: | [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]]
2. 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...
3. Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
   5: ...entricities and policies, including an obsession with neighboring and enemy country Prussia, alienated...
   9: ... the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned more conserva...
   11: ...es full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catherine gave land in [[Ukraine]] to favored...
   13: ...ine the Great instituted several drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she established th...
   16: ...reat's coronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]....
4. Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
   6: ...nand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
   7: .... She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
   11: ...the Prince of [[Parma]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferd...
   13: ... the next child to be involved in her mother's political games.
   15: ...eresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to ...
5. Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
   1: ...ten (chopped) 2.jpg|thumb|Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
   2: ...in Chawton).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
   3: ...[[Western canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to ...
   5: ...lative seclusion, and began to suffer ill-health. It is now thought she may have suffered from [[Addis...
   7: ...ited for their perfection of form, while modern critics continue to unearth new perspectives on Austen...
6. 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.
7. John Adams (18716 bytes)
   2: | nationality=american
   15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
   18: ... Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
   24: ... out, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
   26: In [[1764]] Adams married Miss [[Abigail Smith]] ([[1744]]–[[1818]]), the daughter of a [...
8. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
   2: | nationality=american
   16: ...icepresident=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]
   18: ...veowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[University of Virginia]].
   20: ...uisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
   23: ...is own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]].
9. Geology (12007 bytes)
   1: ...erties, history, and the processes that shape it. It is one of the [[Earth science]]s.
   3: ...s]], [[perlite]], [[mica]], [[phosphates]], [[zeolites]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[quartz]], and [[sili...
   7: ...rd was first used by [[Richard de Bury]]. He used it to distinguish between earthly and [[Theology|the...
   10: ... [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
   12: ...turned until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translated into [[Latin]] and the other langu...
10. Virginia (23198 bytes)
    9: Capital = [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] |
    10: LargestCity = [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]...
    21: DensityRank = 14^th |
    22: 2000Density = 69.03 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 10^th |
11. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    3: ...ntion into a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded versio...
    5: ===[[Paleolithic|Paleolithic Era]]===
    36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
    62: ...century BC|400s BC]]: [[Catapult]] in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]
    99: ...eglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]]
12. 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]]
    68: *[[John James Audubon]] ([[1785]]-[[1851]])
    90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
13. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
    22: ... - (1938-) U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
    28: ...Emile Berliner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[gramophone]]
    31: *[[Bi Sheng]] — primitive movable [[printing]] types
    40: ...her von Braun]], (1912-1977), [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology
14. 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.
15. Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
    3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760...
    9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
    20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
    21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]]
    25: *[[1774]] - British pass [[Intolerable Acts]], including:
16. Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
    3: ...with [[Alexander Hamilton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
    7: ...[[College of New Jersey]], now [[Princeton University]]; his mother Esther Edwards was the daughter of...
    9: ...d by his brother-in-law, [[Tapping Reeve]], at [[Litchfield, Connecticut]]. His studies were put on ho...
    11: ==Military service==
    13: ...ce on Washington's staff, but the general never quite trusted Major Burr. However, [[Israel Putnam]] ...
17. Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
    5: ...ed them to cry and yell at the fire, slapping it with all their might. That only got them more burnt, ...
    7: ...ch of an 18 m³ silk bag, which reached an altitude of 250 m.
    9: ... 2 km, lasted 10 minutes, and had an estimated altitude of 1600 - 2000 m.
    11: ...loon, but the animals landed more or less safely. It flew for all of eight minutes.
    13: ...5]] (12 or 14 according to Montgolfier), to an altitude of 26 m.
18. Steamboat (11603 bytes)
    1: ...40px|Paddle steamers - [[Lake Lucerne|Lucerne]]-Switzerland]]
    15: ...ception to the threat to their trade, and smashed it up.
    17: ...e his own engine and in [[1763]] attempted to put it in a boat. The boat sank, and while he made an im...
    21: ...ware River]], but then patent disputes dissuaded Fitch from continuing.
    23: ...velopment was taken up both in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and abroad.
19. Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
    1: ...colonies|Thirteen Colonies]] and later of the [[United States]] from [[1774]] to [[1789]], a period th...
    4: ...ther as their common opposition to Britain grew. It lasted only from [[September 5]], 1774, to [[Octo...
    6: ...ully implemented, but its potential at altering British colonial policy was cut off by the outbreak of...
    8: ... more control. However, despite these problems, with the help of the Continental Congress?s guidance ...
    27: *Jan 11, 1785- Nov. 4, 1785 [[New York, New York]]
20. 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 (...

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