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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ncisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
42: ...Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
49: *[[Pêro Vaz de Caminha]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of...
53: *[[Alvaro Caminha]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of...
62: *[[Miguel Corte-Real]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
23: ...1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virginia]] for several g...
25: ... Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to pr...
27: ...http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/grizzard Academical Village], at the University of Virginia.
29: ...b|right|250px|Letter to Col. Skipwith, concerning millet seed]]
35: ...rmers, in contrast to the vision of [[Alexander Hamilton]], who envisioned a nation of commerce and ma... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
18: ...as co-author, with [[John Jay]] and [[Alexander Hamilton]], of the [[Federalist Papers]], and is tradi...
21: ...omas Jefferson]]. In this capacity he became a prominent figure in [[Virginia]] state politics, helpin...
25: ...n put aside his doubts to work with [[Alexander Hamilton]] and [[John Jay]] to write the [[Federalist ...
29: ...cessary. In forming a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lie...
31: ...who followed Jefferson and believed strongly in limiting centralized power. - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...ge-'', "the earth") and λογος (''logos'', "word", "reason")) is th...
3: ...ca]], [[phosphates]], [[zeolites]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[quartz]], and [[silica]], as well as eleme...
10: ... geological [[stratum]] in a mountain hundreds of miles from the ocean, he inferred that the land was ...
12: ...cola), a physician, summarized the knowledge of [[mining]] and [[metallurgy]] [[1556]].
14: ...ction of [[soda]], [[sulfur]] and [[alum]], and administrative issues. The book was published in [[15... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...s article to change the name of the country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anythi...
8: ...a Act of 1867]] and styled the "[[Canada's name|Dominion of Canada]]", it is governed as a [[Parliamen...
10: ...ion estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/cl...
15: ...onarch), and the [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]], who is the head of government, have offi...
79: Historically the title '''Dominion of Canada''' has also been used. - James Watt (5070 bytes)
5: ...[[Lunar Society]]. Many of his papers are in [[Birmingham Central Library]].
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
14: ... a business in [[Soho, Birmingham|Soho]], near Birmingham, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his...
22: ...is was already in use for governing wind and watermills.) He invented the [[parallel motion]] [[Linkag...
24: ...the embryonic steam engine into a viable and economical means of power generation. He realized that t... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
9: ...ght [[cloth]] in areas with tropical climates for millennia. Some authorities claim that it was likely...
13: ... that it was a [[plant]]; people in the region, familiar only with [[animal]] fibers ([[wool]] from [[...
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ...
26: ...0,000 km² of farmland. 47 billion pounds (21 million t) of raw cotton worth 20 billion dollars th...
28: ...ow available. Historically, one of the most economically destructive pests in cotton production has b... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
12: * 43 KYA: [[Mining]]
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
17: ===[[9th millennium BC]]===
21: ===[[8th millennium BC]]===
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...is known in some eastern traditions such as the [[Middle-Persian]] literature as '''Alexander the Curs...
6: ...of fusion.” After twelve years of constant military campaigning, Alexander died, probably of [[...
9: ... [[Aristander|Aristander of Telmessus]], who determined that his wife was pregnant and that the child ...
16: ...his potential rivals and marched south with his armies in a campaign to solidify control of Greece and...
41: ...to explore the [[Persian Gulf]] shore under his admiral [[Nearchus]], while he led the rest of his for... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Ital...
39: *[[Kazimierz Alchimowicz]] ([[1840]]-[[1916]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]])
53: *[[Jacopo Amigoni]] ([[1685]]-[[1752]])
56: *[[Michael Peter Ancher]] ([[1849]]-[[1927]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
17: !align="left"| [[Semi-major axis]]
18: ...72,220 [[kilometre|km]]<br>19.191 263 93 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
44: !align="left"| Min. Orbital Speed
89: ...trograde motion|−]]0.718 333 333 d (17 h 14 min 24.000 00 s) [http://www.hnsky.org/iau-iag.htm <...
98: | 77.31° (5 h 9 min 15 s) - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...day State of [[California]] has been occupied for millennia, the lack of a written record and the sign...
5: ...t of interest primarily populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opport...
10: ...ge:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
13: ...ibes were the ''[[Chumash]]'', ''[[Maidu]]'', ''[[Miwok]]'', ''[[Modoc]]'', ''[[Mohave]]'', ''[[Ohlone...
36: ...eptember 28]] at [[San Diego|San Diego Bay]], claiming the [[Island of California]] for Spain. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: [[Image:treimann.summi_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jpg|thumb|Pope...
252: ...Pope Miltiades]]'''<br><small>Melchiades<br>Saint Miltiades</small>
253: | '''Miltiades''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
402: | '''[[Pope Hormisdas]]'''<br><small>Saint Hormisdas</small>
403: | Papa '''Hormisdus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small> - James Cook (14770 bytes)
7: ...er on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with his family to [[Great Ayton]].
14: ...nd going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]].
18: ...eaving in [[1768]], he arrived on [[April 13]], [[1769]] in [[Tahiti]], where he built a small [[Fortifi...
20: ...complete New Zealand coastline, making only minor mistakes (such as calling [[Banks Peninsula]] an isl...
26: ... into the English language from the local Guugu-Yimidhirr name for a Grey Kangaroo, which was ''gangar... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
7: ...d Le Rochette, the last white settlement on the [[Missouri River]]. On [[August 20]], 1804 The Corps o...
9: ...d the Missouri through what is now [[Kansas City, Missouri]] and [[Omaha, Nebraska]], crossed the [[Ro...
62: *Private [[John Shields]] (1769 – 1809)
69: *Private [[Alexander Hamilton Willard]] (1778 – 1865)
77: ...rip. ''Undaunted Courage'' reads like real life imitating [[Hollywood]], which makes it all the more ... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
16: ...sau]] uses a [[short-wave radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[ham radio]] opera...
19: ... of [[Ukraine]] emigrates to France. Famine kills millions of Russians.
21: ...i-State Tornado]] hits the Midwestern states of [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]], and [[Indiana]], killing 6...
31: ...sion Song Contest]] for [[France]] singing "Un premier amour" (A first love).
32: ...ov]], leaving his spacecraft [[Voskhod 2]] for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to [[Extra-vehicul... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
10: ...d finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.
16: ...President of the United States|President]] [[Benjamin Harrison]] opens [[Oklahoma]] to white settlemen...
19: ...]] in [[Africa]]. The trip is sponsored by the [[Smithsonian Institution]] and [[National Geographic S...
20: *[[1919]] - In [[Milan]], [[Italy]], [[Benito Mussolini]] founds his ...
26: *[[1956]] - [[Pakistan]] becomes the first [[Islamic republic]] in the world. - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...iscovery, searching especially for certain copper mines described by Indians.
5: ...ot only discovering the [[copper]] of the [[Coppermine River]] basin, but tracing this river to the [[...
7: ...[[Fort Prince of Wales]] on 30 June [[1772]]. Becoming governor of this fort in [[1775]] he was taken ... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...the armed forces of the federal government or the militias of the separate states and territories.
3: ==Militarized conflicts==
4: ...nits (primarily regular, occasionally [[irregular_military|irregular]]) participated. The bolded items...
17: *[[Shinmiyangyo|Shinmiyangyo Battle in Korea]] (1871)
25: *[[Occupation of the Dominican Republic]] (1916–1924) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
23: ...irst [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister of Great Britain]] ([[De facto|de facto]]).
46: ... the first of 21 [[Spanish Missions of California|missions]] in [[California]].
60: ... the [[United States]] and [[Spain]] grants the [[Mississippi Territory]] to the US.
74: * [[Benjamin Franklin]] (inventor and diplomat)
78: * [[Alexander Hamilton]] (American statesman)
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