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- 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... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: ...aries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
8: ..., Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
9: ... Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
41: *[[Leopold Ackermann|Ackermann, Leopold]] (1771-1831) - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...and]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...cial, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [...
12: ...s youth. The eldest son, the [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] (the future King Geor...
14: ...he eventually learned to speak [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and ... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
3: ...''' ([[April 1]], [[1776]] – [[June 27]], [[1831]]) was a [[France|French]] [[mathematician]].
5: ...[ɣole Polytechnique]], a school which did not admit women.
7: ... Blanc, and Germain was forced to reveal her identity to him. Lagrange apparently considered her a tal...
9: ... had never heard of her. She then wrote to him admitting she was female, to which he responded:
12: ...cal, the predilection with which you have honored it.'' - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ...[Julian calendar|O.S.]]) <small>([[August 12]], [[1831]] ([[Gregorian calendar|N.S.]]))</small> - [[May ...
5: ...d for by servants who believed in the many superstitions of Old Russia, and apparently encouraged her ...
7: ...satisfied customers complained of fraudulent activities.
9: ...ects out of nothing. Though she was apparently quite adept at these feats, her interests were more in...
11: ...ural expert, and journalist who covered the [[Spiritualist]] phenomena. Soon they were living together... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...comotives, and may be referred to as [[multiple unit]]s or [[railcar]]s; the use of these self-propell...
5: ...and are controlled from a control cab at the opposite end of the train in the other.
7: ==Benefits of locomotives==
8: ...sons why the motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a locomotive, rather than in s...
10: * ''Ease of maintenance'' - it is easier to maintain one locomotive than many se... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
12: | date of death=[[July 4]], [[1831]]
13: | place of death=[[New York City]]
15: | party=[[United States Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-R...
18: ...te]], [[John Quincy Adams]], who actually devised it. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ... Adams]] and First Lady [[Abigail Adams|Abigail Smith]].
22: ...o [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston,...
24: ...merchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having a foreign-born wife, Adams wed L...
26: ... been elected six months early after Adams broke with the Federalist Party. - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
13: | place of death= [[The Hermitage]], [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
15: | party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
18: ... or the "'''Jacksonian Era'''" — an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the [...
22: ...parte]] for his willingness to contest British military supremacy. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van ...
17: ...e United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]</td></tr>
18: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Richard M...
22: ...first President born after the signing of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration ...
25: ...th of [[Albany, New York|Albany]], the [[state capital]]. His great-great-great-grandfather Cornelis h... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...ania]] and the eleventh [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]], serving under [[James ...
5: ...idate for reelection. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs.
7: ...ited States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]] and served from [[March 4]], [...
9: ... He is interred in St. Peter's Churchyard. The city of [[Dallas, Texas]] and others are [[Dallas (di...
14: {{succession box|title=[[Mayor of Philadelphia]]|before=[[Joseph Watso... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
37: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
43: ...List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
44: | [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
46: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
50: ...ylvania]] to hold that [[office]]. He has been criticized for failing to prevent the [[country]] from... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
1: ...uted, as is the most southern part of the border with Suriname (upper Corentyne river).
20: | '''[[Capital]]'''
34: <br> - [[Population density|Density]]
41: | From the [[United Kingdom]]
62: ...e British colony known as [[British Guiana]] in [[1831]]. - 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]] - 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]]-) - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820...
4: ...Image:National-atlas-1970-1820.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1820]]
12: *[[1823]] - Treaty with Russia
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political convention]]
20: ...dent) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'' arguing that states can [[nullif... - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
6: ... River as the boundary between free and slave territory in the region between the Appalachian Mountain...
9: ...i Compromise]] makes provisions for the future admittance of slave states and free states.
12: ...hn C. Calhoun|Calhoun's]] ''[[South Carolina Exposition and Protest]]'' outlines [[nullification|nulli...
17: |valign=center|'''[[1831]]'''
20: ...rt seeing it not as a "necessary evil," but a "positive good." - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...tenure of [[Pope Siricius]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a sourc...
6: ... [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servor...
7: ...been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Sep...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Oct... - Alfred Nobel (7332 bytes)
3: ...is last will, he used his enormous fortune to institute the [[Nobel Prize]]s. The [[synthetic element]...
5: ...under [[Th鯰hile-Jules Pelouze]] at the [[University of Torino]]). Several explosions were reported a...
7: ...scandalous and blasphemous. The first surviving edition (bilingual Swedish-[[Esperanto]]) was publishe...
11: == Dynamite ==
12: ...his mixture he [[patent]]ed in [[1867]] as [[dynamite]]. - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...as far north as [[Canada]], with the aid of [[abolitionists]]. Other routes led to [[Mexico]] or overs...
4: It is estimated that at its height between [[1810]] and [[1850]], nearly 100...
10: ...newspapers, and other organs disseminated the abolitionist viewpoint nationwide.
14: The Underground Railroad developed its own jargon, which continued the [[railway]] meta...
21: ...ound Railroad'' in 1872, after [[Abolitionism|Abolition]].
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