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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... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
4: ...the most powerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...f [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]] whose sole male heir - his son Leopold Johann - died a...
8: ...of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
15: ...el of Spain (1741-1763), then HSH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (1739-1767); no surviving issue. [...
23: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Josephe (1751-1767) - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...rn canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce ...
5: ...n elder sister, Cassandra, to whom she was very close. The only undisputed portrait of Jane Austen is ...
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... - 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. - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: ...eland County, Virginia]], as an only child to a prosperous family, Monroe attended the school of Campe...
28: ...onary War]] veteran to serve as president, was almost uncontested in his two elections.
32: ...lings", in part because partisan politics were almost nonexistent. The [[United States Federalist Part...
34: ...y undiminished, followed nationalist policies. Across the facade of [[nationalism]], ugly sectional cr...
36: ...ce with independent countries in the Americas as hostile acts toward the United States. Monroe did not... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
22: ... admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
24: ...n merchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having a foreign-born wife, Adams wed...
28: ...o [[1817]]. During this time, Adams and his wife lost to illness an infant daughter, born in [[1811]].
30: .... He is sometimes called the "Lone Wolf" for his positions during this time, because he often did not ...
32: ...emained the only American president unanimously chosen by the [[U.S. Electoral College|electoral colle... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ...r|Minister]] to [[Russia]]. Dallas returned in [[1814]] and practiced law in [[New York, New York|New Y...
14: ...ion box|title=[[Mayor of Philadelphia]]|before=[[Joseph Watson]]|after=[[Benjamin W. Richards]]|years=... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
53: ...ennsylvania State House of Representatives from [[1814]] to [[1815]]. He was elected to the Seventeenth...
55: ...]. Rumors and speculation that the two had a [[homosexual]] relationship began at the time and have pe...
61: ... help to draft the [[Ostend Manifesto]] which proposed the purchase of Cuba under the threat of force.
76: ...e Federal Government reached a stalemate. Bitter hostility between Northern and Southern members preva...
78: Sectional strife rose to such a pitch in [[1860]] that the Democratic ... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...rg, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Laurens Janszoon Coster]] has also been credited with this invention.
4: ...nique was also known in [[Europe]], where it was mostly used to print [[Bible]]s. Because of the diffi...
8: ... [[The Netherlands|Dutchman]] [[Laurens Janszoon Coster]].
12: ...nd copy a Bible, with the Gutenberg press it was possible to create several hundred copies a year, wit...
16: ...nce, Gutenberg's printing press spread rapidly across Europe. Within thirty years of its invention in ... - Australia (39438 bytes)
50: ...ng access for traditional uses of the waterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[Tor...
56: The name Australia was popularised by the 1814 work "A Voyage to Terra Australia" by the navigat...
63: ... present-day [[Southeast Asia|south-east Asia]]. Most Indigenous Australians were [[hunter-gatherers]]...
65: ...shment of a [[penal colony]] there following the loss of the [[American colonies]].
70: [[Image:Anzac1.JPG|right|thumb|160px|The [[Last Post]] is played at an [[ANZAC Day]] ceremony in [[Po... - 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...
94: ...4. The [[Treaty of Ghent]] was signed in December 1814. It was only after the French and Napoleonic wars...
111: ...claim is not universally recognized. The northernmost settlement in Canada (and in the world) is Canad... - Germany (46412 bytes)
38: |'''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]'''<br> - Total ([[2003]])...
66: ...mediterranean coast in the south. During these almost thousand years, the Germans expanded their influ...
68: ===Restoration and revolution (1814-1871)===
71: ...ny, the [[German Confederation]] was founded, a loose league of [[List of German Confederation member ...
73: ...d the demise of the national assembly along with most merits of the revolution. - Guyana (12153 bytes)
1: ...ith Venezuela is one that is disputed, as is the most southern part of the border with Suriname (upper...
62: ...th century]] and were finally ceded the area in [[1814]]. The three became a single British colony known...
76: ...ament]], the National Assembly, with 53 members chosen on the basis of [[proportional representation]]...
105: ...finally the larger interior highlands consisting mostly of [[savanna]]s and mountains, the highest bei...
112: ...nment's already tenuous fiscal position and dim prospects for the future. - Nepal (22444 bytes)
60: ...uashing the Indian [[Sepoy Mutiny]] in [[1857]], most of the Terai territories were returned to Nepal.
62: ...ty and the Communist Party of Nepal received the most votes. No party has held power for more than two...
66: ...g (in accordance with Nepalese tradition) in his hospital bed. He died three days later. ''See [[Dipen...
76: ...iri]], [[Gandaki]], [[Janakpur]], [[Karnali]], [[Koshi]], [[Lumbini]], [[Mahakali]], [[Mechi]], [[Nara...
111: ...reign exchange earnings in the past three years. Most industrial activity is focussed around the [[Kat... - Spain (36498 bytes)
20: ...uan Carlos I]]<br>[[Jos頌uis Rodr�ez Zapatero|Jos頌uis Rguez. Zapatero]] |
58: ...re of this period is that of the city of [[Tartessos]]. Beginning in the [[9th century BC]], [[Celtic]...
62: ... for control of the Western Mediterranean. Their most important colony was [[Carthago Nova]] (Latin na...
68: ...ajan]], [[Hadrian]] and [[Theodosius I]], the philosopher [[Seneca]] and the poets [[Martial]] and [[L...
70: Most of Spain's present languages, religion, and laws... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = DE |
40: ...rst settled in a [[Netherlands | Dutch]] trading post at "Zwaanendael" (or "Swaanendael," present-day ...
44: ...ands in the southern portion of Pennsylvania and most of Delaware. Thus raged over 100 years of litig...
48: ...h]]. The [[Big August Quarterly]] which began in 1814 is still celebrated and is the oldest such cultur...
56: ...ately. Delaware's U.S. Senators are [[Joe Biden|Joseph R. Biden]] (Democrat) and [[Thomas Carper]] (D... - 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]] - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787...
51: ...[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
54: ... Cros]], (1842-1888) — [[phonograph]]... almost
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