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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
89: ...Red]], (c.950-1003), explored and colonized [[Greenland]]
90: ...ríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Americas|America]]
100: *[[Edmund Fanning]], (1769-1841), "Pathfinder of the Pacific", discoverer of...
131: ...ara Falls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississ...
141: *[[Alexander von Humboldt]], (1769-1859), German naturalist, explored [[Central Amer... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
39: ...es House of Representatives]]. Jefferson was the only Vice President elected to the Presidency to serv...
41: ... epitaph, written by him with an insistence that only his words and "not a word more" be inscribed, re...
141: ... had first submitted in [[1779]], and was one of only three accomplishments he put in his own epitaph....
143: ...nd material he considered preternatural, leaving only Jesus' moral philosophy, of which he approved. T...
149: ...s from leaving every one to profess freely and openly those principles of religion which are the induc... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...e Madison spent most of his childhood years. In [[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton U... - Geology (12007 bytes)
18: [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and ... - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ...iew article is already too long and should serve only as an introduction for Canada. To keep this over...
92: ...f Quebec]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] (created 1769). To accommodate the Loyalists, Britain created t...
94: ...y of Ghent]] was signed in December 1814. It was only after the French and Napoleonic wars ended in Eu...
111: ...to. To the north lies the [[Arctic Ocean]]; [[Greenland]] is to the northeast. Since [[1925]], Canada...
113: ...anada covers a larger area than the U.S., it has only one-ninth its population. - James Watt (5070 bytes)
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: Cotton is a valuable crop because only about 10% of the raw weight is lost in processin...
13: ...animal]] fibers ([[wool]] from [[sheep]]), could only imagine that cotton must be produced by plant-bo...
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ...
89: [[nl:Katoen]] - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
143: * [[1769]]: [[Steam engine]]: [[James Watt]]
144: * [[1769]]: [[Water Frame]]: [[Richard Arkwright]]
311: ...ormer]]: [[William Stanley (physicist)|William Stanley]]
321: ... [[1888]]: [[Pneumatic tube tire]]: [[John Boyd Dunlop]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ..., [[356 BC]]–[[June 10]], [[323 BC]]), commonly known in the West as '''Alexander the Great''' o...
23: ...he coast held no major ports, so Alexander moved inland. At Pisidian [[Termessus]] Alexander humbled b...
29: ...ign (although he allowed those that wished to re-enlist as mercenaries in his imperial army). His thre...
60: ...from India, in which his men clamor for him to openly kiss the young man. "Bagoas [...] sat down close...
87: ...ezzar II|Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon]]. He was only 33 years old. Various theories have been propose... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
705: *Sir [[Thomas Lawrence]] ([[1769]]-[[1830]])
1151: *[[Eduard von Steinle]] ([[1810]]-[[1886]])
1152: *[[Théophile Steinlen]] ([[1859]]-[[1923]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
145: ...god]] [[Uranus (mythology)|Ouranos]], and is the only planet in the [[solar system]] named after a Gre...
149: ...omposed primarily of rock and various ices, with only about 15% [[hydrogen]] and a little [[helium]] (...
168: ...es in [[1750]], twice in [[1768]], six times in [[1769]], and one last time in [[1771]]. He was a victim...
176: [[NASA]]'s [[Voyager 2]] is the only spacecraft to have visited the planet. Launched... - History of California (38344 bytes)
78: ...n Diego, California|San Diego]] on [[June 29]], [[1769]], establishing the [[Presidio of San Diego]]. Ea...
86: ... San Fernando Rey de España de Velicatá]] (the only Franciscan mission in all of Baja California) an...
88: ...n San Diego de Alcalá|San Diego de Alcalá]], in 1769. Later that year, Governor de Portolà, leading ...
90: ...lation "California" which had previously applied only to the Peninsula now called [[Baja California Pe...
104: ...San Diego|El Presidio de San Diego]] founded in [[1769]], responsible for the defense of all installatio... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1650: | <small>Only Dutch Pope, and because today's [[Netherlands]] ...
1865: | <small>[[6 July]] [[1758]] to [[2 February]] [[1769]]</small>
1872: | <small>[[19 May]] [[1769]] to [[22 September]] [[1774]]</small>
2014: ...]] and [[Pope Marinus II|Marinus II]] were mistakenly considered to be Martin II and Martin III respec... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
18: ...eaving in [[1768]], he arrived on [[April 13]], [[1769]] in [[Tahiti]], where he built a small [[Fortifi...
20: ...apped the complete New Zealand coastline, making only minor mistakes (such as calling [[Banks Peninsul...
26: ...collections of Australian flora and there were mainly peaceful meetings with the local Aboriginal peop...
28: ...een Australia and [[New Guinea]], again becoming only the second European to do so (the first being [[...
41: Cook almost discovered the mainland of [[Antarctica]], but turned back north towar... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
5: ...lark as "Captain" ([http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/v02.appendix.a.html]).
7: ...r [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did Lewis and Clark feel that she could aid them...
62: *Private [[John Shields]] (1769 – 1809)
77: ...t" diplomatic innovation to defuse hostility and enlist the support of exotic tribes, scientific obser...
86: ...he complete text of the Lewis and Clark Journals online], University of Nebraska-Lincoln (in progress) - March 18 (10594 bytes)
20: ...son]] for [[civil disobedience]]. He would serve only 2 years.
107: ... Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. [[1769]])
133: * [http://www.tnl.net/when/3/18 Today in History: March 18] - March 23 (10340 bytes)
31: *[[1989]] - [[Stanley Pons]] and [[Martin Fleischmann]] announce [[co...
46: *[[1769]] - [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]], ...
72: *[[1952]] - [[Kim Stanley Robinson]], [[science fiction]] author
126: * [http://www.tnl.net/when/3/23 Today in History: March 23] - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...ith a view to improving the cod fishery, and in [[1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western disco...
5: ...cember 1770 to June 1772) he was successful, not only discovering the [[copper]] of the [[Coppermine R... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
229: *[[Yankee-Pennamite Wars]] (1769–1784) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
9: ...gin to shake the old ways and feudal life. [[The Enlightenment]] was in full bloom and threatened the ...
11: ...[Vienna]] where nations could boast their power, enlightenment, and impression to the rest of Europe. ...
28: * [[1735]]-[[1799|99]]: The [[Qianlong Emperor]] of China oversees a huge expansion i...
46: * [[1769]]: [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary|missionaries]] ...
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