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- Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820]] to [[1859]]'''.
3: === [[1820s]] ===
4: ...as-1970-1820.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1820]]
5: *[[1820]] - [[Missouri Compromise]]
6: *[[1820]] - [[Land Act]]
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...cle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fict...
28: ...[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast...
30: ...st Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other places
31: *[[Nicolas Baudin]] - [[18th century]] [[France|French]] ex...
38: ... - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ... and western [[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Antarctica]].
3: ...mont-d'Urville.web.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''L'Astrolabe'' making water on a floe [[February 6]], [[18...
4: ...in [[1820]] during an expedition to the [[Greek islands]]. On that expedition, D'Urville recognized t...
6: ...ought home a very fine collection of animals and plants.
8: ...e of the death of [[Jean-François de La Pérouse|La Perouse]]. - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
3: '''Susan Brownell Anthony''', ([[February 15]], [[1820]] – [[March 13]], [[1906]]) was an [[United...
7: ... agent for New York state of the [[American Anti-Slavery Society]].
13: ...ded in The Revolution were a number of quotes displaying the [[pro-life]] views of Susan B. Anthony. M...
15: She was vice-president-at-large of the [[National Woman's Suffrage Association...
19: In collaboration with Stanton, Mrs. [[Matilda Joslyn Gage]... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
3: ...cended of aristocracy, a Hungarian king in particular; in [[1858]] he was permitted to change his surn...
5: Her mother was [[Elizaveta Fyodorovna Schubert]] (1820-1879). She was granddaughter of [[Theodor Schube...
11: ... Something of it seems to have stuck for when she later took calculus it came to her very quickly, as ...
15: ...private mathematical study, calling her "a new [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]]" in the process.
17: ... and is interred there in the [[Norra begravningsplatsen]]. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nursing]]....
7: ...l-connected [[Britain|British]] family at the 'Villa Colombaia' in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], she was na...
9: ...ntense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...ed to her active role in the reform of the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medica...
19: ...wn]] precipitated by a continuing crisis of her relationship with Milnes, Nightingale met [[Sidney He... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
1: ...0, Image provded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...ll as part of the struggle for liberation from [[slavery]] and [[racism]].
5: ...she was born around 1825. Born Araminta Ross, she later took the name Harriet after her mother. Around...
9: ...ed. And she guided hundreds of people trapped in slavery up to the free states, during the Civil War.
13: ...ffectual chicken chaser could not be the cunning slave stealer. - Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
1: ...|resonator]]. Brass instruments are also called ''labrosones'', literally meaning "lip-vibrated instru...
3: The view of most scholars (see [[organology]]) is that the term "brass in...
41: ...before about 1820. Natural instruments are still played in [[authentic performance]]s of older music, ...
55: ...many as 7 or more in some cases) operated by the player's fingers that introduce additional tubing int...
61: ...ed trumpet]]. Such instruments were difficult to play and became obsolete with the invention of the va... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[New York City]]
22: ...nction in the [[Continental Army]], and practiced law in [[Fredericksburg]], Virginia. His parents Spe...
24: ...displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later, with [[Robert R. Livingston]] and under the d...
28: ... election, 1820|re-elected in 1820]]. Monroe, the last American [[Revolutionary War]] veteran to serve... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Washington, D.C.]]
18: ...was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First Lady [[Abigail Adams|Abigail Smith]].
22: ...and was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced prac...
24: ... Washington appointed him Minister to the [[Netherlands]] in [[1794]], Minister to [[Portugal]] in [[1... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
10: ...td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Kinderhook (village), New York|Kinderhook, New York]]</td></tr>
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Kinderhook (town), New Y...
14: ...tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van Buren]]
15: <br>(daughter-in-law, widowed)</td></tr>
16: <tr><td>'''Occupation:'''</td><td>Lawyer</td></tr> - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Millard Fillmore]]
10: | place of birth=[[Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]]
13: | place of death=[[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]]
18: ...d Scott]] by a 50 to 44 percent margin in the popular vote and 254 to 42 in the [[United States Electo...
20: ...e]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputation by declaring support for the [[Confederate States of Ameri... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
21: | '''Place of birth:'''
22: ...ucky]]<br />(site now in [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue County]])
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
31: | '''Profession:''' || [[Lawyer]] - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...Apart from Gutenberg, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Laurens Janszoon Coster]] has also been credited wit...
6: ...European style printing press was introduced in relatively recent times (thus bringing the technology ...
8: ...te advanced is the [[The Netherlands|Dutchman]] [[Laurens Janszoon Coster]].
12: ...collectively referred to as [[incunabulum|incunabula]].
14: ...resistance was later encountered in much of the Islamic world, where calligraphic traditions were extr... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,000.
3: ...it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
5: ...the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated in [[2001]]]]
19: ...cks of birds to eat it. In any case, the story explains Alexandria's role as the shipping-point for Eg...
21: ...n, but are thwarted when Alexander descends in a glass box, and armed with exact knowledge of their ap... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ...rth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
6: ... a southern continent that bears a possible resemblance to the Antarctic coast. (See also [[History of...
8: ...n [[population]]: indeed, it has no permanent population at all. It is also the continent with the hig...
15: ...ation]] over the continent, but [[ice]] there can last for extended time periods. Nearly all of Antar...
24: ... roughly to the eastern and western hemispheres relative to the [[Greenwich meridian]]. Western Antar... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
1: ...all [[peninsula]] off the larger [[Arabian Peninsula]], it borders [[Saudi Arabia]] to the south and i...
3: The pronunciation of ''Qatar'' in [[English language|English]] varies; see [[List of words of di...
4: ...9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
5: ...ولة قطر<br>Dawlat Qatar''' </big></big>
9: | align="center" colspan=2 | [[Image:Flag of Qatar.png|125px|]] - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
1: ...ed south of [[Cuba]] and to the west of [[Hispaniola]], on which [[Haiti]] and the [[Dominican Republi...
2: ...9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
7: ...h="140px" | [[Image:Jamaica flag large.png|125px|Flag of Jamaica]]
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Jamaica|In Detail]])
17: | '''[[Official language]]''' - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
4: Flag = Hawaii state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Hawaii]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]] |
11: OfficialLang = [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] and [[Hawaiian English|English]]...
13: PostalAbbreviation = HI | - Maine (17312 bytes)
4: Flag = Maine state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Maine]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Portland, Maine|Portland]] |
12: PostalAbbreviation = ME |
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' | - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
4: Flag = New Hampshire state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of New Hampshire]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manche...
12: PostalAbbreviation = NH |
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
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