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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
18: ... [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|agricult...
20: ... ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alo...
37: ...s]] from [[1797]] until [[1801]], achieving that position after getting second place in the presidenti...
102: ...d States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Joseph Habersham]]'''||align="left"|1801
123: ...r. In later years he was negligent in dress and loose in bearing. - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...ve their northwestern territories (consisting of most of modern-day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tenne...
23: ...ith a [[bicameral legislature]]. When the issue arose of how states would be represented in the new Co...
27: ... essays that comprise the Federalist Papers. His most famous passage comes in Federalist No. 51:
31: ...s home state of [[Virginia]]. He successfully proposed the first ten [[amendment]]s to the Constitutio...
40: ... party, who were considered traitors when they opposed the war. - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...e [[science]] and study of the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, an...
3: ... such as [[asbestos]], [[perlite]], [[mica]], [[phosphates]], [[zeolites]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[qu...
10: ...he [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...ve for millennia. However, its interpretation of fossils was not overturned until after the [[Scientif...
18: ...dering [[rock strata]] (layers) by examining the fossils contained in them. - Canada (35540 bytes)
6: ... is a country in [[North America]], the northern-most in the world and the second largest in area (aft...
21: ...ficient in energy due to its large fossil fuel deposits, [[nuclear energy]] generation, and [[hydroele...
90: ...nce and [[Great Britain]]. France progressively lost territory to [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]], s...
92: ...f Quebec]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] (created 1769). To accommodate the Loyalists, Britain created t...
111: ...claim is not universally recognized. The northernmost settlement in Canada (and in the world) is Canad... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...d|Scottish]] [[mathematician]] and [[engineer]] whose improvements to the [[steam engine]] were a key ...
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
22: ...pproximate straight-line motion (of which he was most proud) and the steam indicator to measure steam ...
26: Watt was opposed to the use of high-pressure steam and is held b...
33: ...ficiency]] and many applications. It was the foremost energy source in the emerging Industrial Revolut... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...[Old World]] and the [[New World]]. The fiber is most often spun into [[yarn|thread]] and used to make...
4: ...er is made up of twenty to thirty layers of cellulose coiled in a neat series of natural springs. When...
13: ..., writing in [[1350]], stated as fact the now-preposterous belief: "There grew there India a wonderful...
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ...
28: ...cts are now available. Historically, one of the most economically destructive pests in cotton product... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
65: * [[3rd century BC|200s BC]]: [[Crossbow]] in [[History of China|China]]
70: ...[[Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
142: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...acedon]] ([[336 BC]]-[[323 BC]]), was one of the most successful military commanders of the ancient wo...
9: ...ulated his interest in science, medicine, and philosophy.
14: ...ught to have been planned with the knowledge and possible involvement of Alexander or Olympias, but in...
23: ...wait the future "king of Asia." According to the most vivid story, Alexander proclaimed that it did no...
25: Alexander's army crossed the [[Cilician Gates]] and met and defeated th... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
119: ...ff" colspan="2"| [[celestial body's atmosphere|Atmospheric]] characteristics
121: !align="left"| [[Atmospheric pressure]]
145: ...nus B.png|10px|Astronomical symbol for Uranus]] (mostly astronomical).
148: ===Composition===
149: ...r is due to the absorption of [[red]] light by atmospheric [[methane]]. - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...habitants after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins ...
5: ...e, the area has gone from a [[Spain|Spanish]] outpost of interest primarily populated by [[missionary|...
10: ...Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early in...
13: ...from [[mussel]] shells using stone tools, while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsid... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...upreme Pontiff]] of the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|Universal Church]], [[Patriarch]] of...
27: | <small>''post''[[42]]/''ante''[[57]] to [[64]]/[[67]](?)</smal...
315: | '''[[Pope Zosimus]]'''<br><small>Saint Zosimus</small>
316: | Papa '''Zosimus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
405: | <small>[[Frosinone]], Southern Latium, Italy</small> - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ...ould need one day to command his own ship. Cook rose in the ranks of the merchant fleet but declined ...
18: ...eaving in [[1768]], he arrived on [[April 13]], [[1769]] in [[Tahiti]], where he built a small [[Fortifi...
24: ... found there. The later name ''Botany Bay'' was chosen to reflect the diverse range of flora found the...
26: ...the mouth of the Endeavour River. While there, [[Joseph Banks]] and [[Daniel Solander]] made their fir...
30: By this point in the voyage, Cook had lost no men to [[scurvy]], a remarkable and unheard-o... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...r)|Alexander Mackenzie]], the first European to cross North America by land north of Mexico, in [[1793...
7: ...d guided them westward. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did ...
9: ...otted [[Mt. Hood]], a mountain known to be very close to the ocean.
10: ... from the ocean, hunting elk and other wildlife. Mostly they just endured the persistent rain.
16: ...much too soon, and there would have been total chaos. - March 18 (10594 bytes)
9: *[[1608]] - [[Sissinios of Ethiopia|Sissinios]] formally crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]]
22: ...w London School explosion]] kills three hundred, mostly children.
32: ...t]] [[Aleksei Leonov]], leaving his spacecraft [[Voskhod 2]] for 12 minutes, becomes the first person ...
36: *[[1974]] - [[Oil embargo crisis]]: Most [[OPEC]] nations end a five-month [[oil]] [[emba...
37: ...were killed at an explosion of a [[Vostok rocket|Vostok-2M]] rocket on its launch pad during a fueling... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
12: ...tion for "oll korrect" in the ''[[Boston Morning Post]]''.
19: ...[[Theodore Roosevelt]] leaves [[New York]] for a post-presidency [[safari]] in [[Africa]]. The trip is...
30: ...esident]] [[Ronald Reagan]] makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missil...
33: ...exican]] presidential candidate [[Luis Donaldo Colosio]] is assassinated by Mario Aburto Mart�z.
34: ...ial Election 1996|first direct elections]] and chooses [[Lee Teng-hui]] as [[President of the Republic... - 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: His first attempt (from 6 November 1769) failed through the desertion of his Indians; his... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
4: ...participated. The bolded items are the U.S. wars most often considered to be ''major conflicts'' by hi...
52: *[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (as member of [[IFOR]] and [...
54: *[[Kosovo War]] (1999)
80: *[[Osage Indian War]] (1837)
85: *[[Mariposa War]] (1850–1851) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
11: ...tenment, and impression to the rest of Europe. Across the globe, European colonies were both being est...
13: ...c, the era of [[Baroque music]] reached its apotheosis in the music of [[J.S. Bach]], and the [[Classi...
46: * [[1769]]: [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary|missionaries]] ...
50: ...between British and [[Boer]] settlers and the [[Xhosa]]s in [[South Africa]]
69: * [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (composer)
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