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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... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
6: ...nk Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
39: ...evens Cabot Abbott|Abbott, John Stevens Cabot]], (1805-1877), American writer
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...uly 31]], [[1784]]) was a [[France|French]] [[philosopher]] and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Cha...
5: ...nd content, while also examining [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is a...
7: ...ictures that we have of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
10:
12: ...desperate and unfathomable uncertainty of the philosophy which professes to be so high above both chur... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...rn canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce ...
5: ...in her writings; after the death of her father in 1805, Jane, her sister and her mother lived with Frank...
7: ...[Gothic novel]]s of [[Ann Radcliffe]], Austen is most famous for her later works, which took the form ...
10: ...d characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with''.
12: ...e story, without a word of formal moralising. Almost every scene in her novels features women, purpor... - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
1: ... [[Germany|German]] [[pianist]] and amateur [[composer]]. She is perhaps best known as the sister of [...
3: ... rather than supportive, of her activities as composer.
5: ...]] who was a good deal more supportive of her composing. Subsequently, her works were often played alo...
7: ...st, Fanny became a supporter of her brother's compositions. Her public debut at the piano came in 1838...
9: Her compositions include a [[piano trio]] and several books ... - History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
6: ...he country since [[Pharaoh]] [[Nectanebo II]], deposed by the Persians in [[343 BC]], he was only exa...
13: *[[History of Ottoman Egypt]]: [[1517]] to [[1805]]
14: ...[Egypt under Muhammad Ali and his successors]]: [[1805]] to [[1882]] - 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...
65: ...] (later renamed the [[Missouri Territory]]) in [[1805]]
80: ...ft"|'''[[Aaron Burr]]'''||align="left"|1801–1805 - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...scent) community in Africa, making it one of the most ethnically diverse countries on the continent. R...
5: ...e [[economy of South Africa]] is the largest and most well-developed of the entire [[Africa]]n contine...
9: ...ish]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Ndebele language|...
17: ...cross racial barriers, even though it is not the most widely spoken language by population. Afrikaans ...
24: ...one of the oldest nations in Africa. Extensive [[fossil]] remains at the [[Sterkfontein]], [[Kromdraai... - Idaho (13962 bytes)
6: Seal = Idahostateseal.jpg |
13: PostalAbbreviation = ID |
36: ...capital]] is [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]] and the U.S. postal abbreviation is '''ID'''.
46: ...ion entered present-day Idaho on [[August 12]], [[1805]], at the [[Lemhi Pass]]. At that time, approxima...
50: ...o Falls, Idaho|Idaho Falls]]) to [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]] in northern Idaho. Idaho still operates und... - Washington (20186 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = WA |
45: ...ach with its own unique culture. Today, they are most notable for their [[totem pole]]s and their orna...
47: ...imed all the coastal lands up to the [[Russia]]n possessions in the north for [[Spain]].
51: ...he established trade in [[Sea Otter]] pelts. In [[1805]] the [[Lewis and Clark]] expedition entered the ...
59: ...d dense forests and the ports along Puget Sound prospered from the manufacturing and shipping of lumbe... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = VT |
38: ...t was claimed by [[France]] but became a British possession after France's defeat in the [[French and ...
46: ...lain Valley]]. In the south of the valley is [[Bomoseen Lake]].
50: ...on, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: In the autumn, Vermont's hills experience an explosion of red, orange and gold foliage caused by the ... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Ted Kulongoski]] |
12: PostalAbbreviation = OR |
36: ...ndaries of the [[Willamette Valley]], one of the most fertile and agriculturally productive regions in...
43: ...ded to support its increasing population without losing what attracts people to Oregon in the first pl...
49: ...gained control of all of the Pacific Fur Company posts. - 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]] - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
24: ...mitted this trade when it benefitted them, but opposed it when it did not.
26: ...against U.S. trade practices, Britain imposed a loose blockade of the American coast.
30: ...icultural exports. The New England Federalists opposed the war, and their reputation consequently suff...
43: In 1854 the proposed [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]] abrogated the [[Missour...
52: ...l cost as well. [[Native American]] tribes were mostly forced onto small reservations so that white f... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...en described as "dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane...
5: ...ifferent process, but very old comets which have lost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to res...
9: ...d the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than the Sun, and the ta...
11: ...and the gases glowing due to [[ion|ionization]]. Most comets are too faint to be visible without the a...
17: ...highly charged [[ions]] fly through a cometary atmosphere, they collide with cometary atoms and molecu... - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
43: *[[1805]] - [[Barbary War]]: Barbary pirates defeated in ...
66: ...]] - [[Hartford Convention]]; [[New England]] proposes [[secession]]. - Michigan (29427 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = MI |
40: ...n became a major fur-trading and shipping post. Most of the rest of the region remained unsettled by ...
44: ..., and [[copper]], which would become the state's most sought-after natural resources.
57: ...ant [[Alphonse de Tonty]], established a trading post on the [[Detroit River]] which they name ''Fort ...
61: *[[1796]] Detroit and other posts in Michigan were turned over to the United Stat... - Coal mining (4145 bytes)
3: The most economical method of coal extraction from coal s...
7: ...cement of an open pit or strip. As the coal is exposed and extracted the overburden from the still cov...
9: Most open cast mines in the [[USA]] extract [[bitumin...
11: ...s are too deep underground for open cast mining. Most coal is extracted by either:
17: ...rground mining roof collapse and gas explosions. Most of these risks can be greatly reduced in modern ... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
12: ...egular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
35: *[[1902]] - The first [[Rose Bowl (game)|Rose Bowl]] game is played in [[Pasadena, California]...
79: **[[Velvet Divorce]]: [[Czechoslovakia]] is divided into the [[Slovakia|Slovak Re...
108: *[[1752]] - [[Betsy Ross]], American seamstress (d. [[1836]])
121: *[[1894]] - [[Satyendra Nath Bose]], Indian mathematician (d. [[1974]]) - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: *[[366]] - [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading ...
38: *[[1955]] - [[Panama]]nian president [[Jose Antonio Remon]] is assassinated.
39: ...ia|San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] [[stock exchange]]s merge.
49: ...3]] - Leaders of the three warring factions in [[Bosnia]] meet to discuss peace plans.
62: *[[1837]] - [[Mily Balakirev]], Russian composer (d. [[1910]])
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