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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
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...es Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
40: ...rles Francis Adams, Sr.|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1807-1886), grandson of John Adams, son of John Quincy...
55: ...ge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer
57: ...ther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
12: *[[Louis Agassiz|Agassiz, Louis]], (1807-1873), work on [[ice age]]s, [[glacier]]s
30: *[[Joaquim Agostinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist
31: *[[Paolo Agostino|Agostino, Paolo]], (1593-1629), Italian musician
32: *[[Benjamin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
3: ...Tristan-Moscoso. Her father, Marino Tristᮠy Moscoso, was an [[Arequipa|Arequipa-born]] [[Peruvian]] ...
5: ...ces in [[Peru]] during the countries' tumultuous post-independence period. The diary was published in ...
7: [[Mario Vargas Llosa]], in his historical novel [[The way to Paradise... - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
2: ... By the time her husband died in a [[gale]] in [[1807]], he had united a pirate coalition numbering 400...
6: ... was fornication with a female captive at her supposed consent, the sailor was beheaded and the female...
8: ...the rest of his life in a comfortable government position, while Ching Shih died at the age of 60 in [... - 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...
67: *[[Embargo Act of 1807]], an attempt to force respect for U.S. [[neutral...
100: ...n="left"|'''[[Caesar A. Rodney]]'''||align="left"|1807–1809 - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
5: ...ited States Congress|Congress]]es ([[March 4]], [[1807]]-[[March 3]], [[1819]]). He was chairman of the...
9: ...by the Senate on [[February 8]], [[1837]], after losing the support of some of his Presidential [[U.S....
23: ...[Thomas Sandford]]|after=At-Large districts|years=1807-1813}}
29: ...won), [[U.S. presidential election, 1840|1840]] (lost)}} - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...lso has a collection of overseas territories and possessions around the world. Each of the 50 states h...
58: ...[1754]], in which a union was first seriously proposed.
60: ...on of slavery. The northern states had become opposed to slavery, while the southern states saw it as...
62: ...Cuba]] to the [[Philippines]], though it gave up most of these over time. ''See also [[United States t...
66: ...]]s and [[peacekeeping]], including actions in [[Kosovo]], [[Haiti]], [[Somalia]] and [[Liberia]], and... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
14: ...| <small>''[[National motto]]: Progress, Peace, Prosperity''</small>
61: ...The 1783 Treaty of Versailles gave Great Britain possession of The Gambia, but the French retained a t...
63: ...fic in The Gambia. They established the military post of Bathurst (now Banjul) in 1816. In the ensuing...
71: ...AFPRC) seized power in a military coup d'etat, deposing the government of Sir Dawda Jawara. Lieutenant...
73: ...National Assembly, particularly after the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) boycotted the ... - 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]] - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
13: ...in [[New Jersey]] in [[1776]], but rescinded in [[1807]]. The [[Pitcairn Islands]] granted women's suffr...
24: ...ited to 175,000 people chosen by the government, mostly male
31: ...ble to professional politicians, however, that in 1807 the law was revised to exclude them. This was ob...
33: ...uller]] became active in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], the latter being the author of the book ''T...
35: ...age Association was also formed at this time by those who believed that suffrage should be brought abo... - 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.
28: ... suspended all U.S. trade with foreign nations in 1807, hoping to get the British to end their blockade ...
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... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...rd the opposite end. Features as small as 35 m across can be seen.]]
4: ...Greek]] ''asteroeides'', ''aster'' "star" + ''-eidos'' "form, shape"), was coined in [[1802]] by Sir [...
6: ...toid") carries no strong suggestion about the composition of the object or its general location in the...
8: ... meteoroids generally break up high in Earth's atmosphere.
14: ...numbered and named minor planet was [[99905 Jeffgrossman]] [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Numbe... - 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]]) - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
46: *[[1807]] - [[Embargo Act]]
47: *[[1807]] - USS ''Leopard'' sunk by the British
48: *[[1807]] - [[Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves]]
49: *[[1807]] - [[Robert Fulton]] invents [[steamboat]]
66: ...]] - [[Hartford Convention]]; [[New England]] proposes [[secession]]. - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...ench power rose quickly, [[Conquest|conquering]] most of Europe; the fall was also rapid, beginning wi...
12: ... United Kingdom's industrial economy made it the most powerful commercial nation as well.
13: * In most European countries, the importation of the ideal...
20: ...ming independent and mobile artillery units as opposed to the previous tradition of attaching artiller...
26: ...ought at sea, bringing the total for France to almost 3 million combatants. - Ship (18843 bytes)
4: ...r aftermost mast which was usually the mizzen. Almost invariably she would also have a [[bowsprit]] bu...
10: ...e used when describing merchant ships for the purpose of tolls, taxation, etc.
12: ...ip for a voyage and, upon realizing the danger, chose to leave the ship, could end up in [[jail]].
14: ...ive a fairly simple [[formula]] to determine the position of a line on the side of any specific ship's...
19: ... as long as [[naval warfare]] depended on ships closing to [[Battering ram|ram]] or to fight hand-to-h... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
14: ...Westchester County, a region between the British post at Kingsbridge and that of the Americans about 1...
18: ...or her beauty and accomplishments. She married [[Joseph Alston]] of [[South Carolina]] in [[1801]], an...
20: ... a famous duel, an irony which was hopefully not lost on the younger Hamilton.
28: ...'s access to the [[National Archives|archives]], possibly because the former colonel had been a noted ...
30: ...ational parties]] became clearly defined. Burr loosely associated himself with the Democratic-Republi... - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
5: ...yville, Tennessee|Maryville]], [[Tennessee]] in [[1807]], following the death of his father. He ran away...
9: ...Gentry, and set up a [[trading post]] (''Wigwam Neosho'' near [[Fort Gibson, Oklahoma|Fort Gibson, Che...
22: ... (1848) and the [[Compromise of 1850]] and his opposition to the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]]. He was a [[l...
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