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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
20: Many people consider Jefferson to be among the most brillian...
30: ...84]], Jefferson avoided the common practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. In...
32: ...Europe. However, it seems likely that he would be pleased with the quantity and quality of wine now be... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Port Conway, Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[Montpelier]], [[Virginia]]
18: ...d is traditionally regarded as the ''[[List of people known as the father or mother of something|Fathe...
21: ... of his childhood years. In [[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton University]] (it wa...
23: ...leaders of the time to call for a convention to replace the ineffective [[Articles of Confederation]].... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ... processes that are collectively referred to as [[plate tectonics]]. Geologists help locate and manage...
5: ...tudies of the [[Moon]]), ''areology'' (of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]), etc., are also in use.
18: [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and ...
20: ...[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. In his paper, he explained his theory that the Earth must be much older...
22: Followers of Hutton were known as ''[[Plutonism |Plutonists]]'' because they believed that some rocks... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...e you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until...
3: ...or Canada. To keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of...
10: ...e for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/populat...
21: ...tates|U.S.]], with which it has had a long and complex relationship (''see'' [[U.S.-Canada relations]]...
86: ... that the [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|First Peoples]] have inhabited parts of what is now called Ca... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
33: ... emerging Industrial Revolution, and greatly multiplied its productive capacity. (Without it, humans m... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...ber]] that grows around the seeds of the [[cotton plant]], a [[shrub]] native to the tropical and subt...
3: ...ts-growing-in-a-field.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Cotton plants growing in field]]
9: ...o. There is clear archaeological evidence that people in South America and India domesticated differen...
13: ... the ends of its branches. These branches were so pliable that they bent down to allow the lambs to fe...
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
31: * [[Plough]]s in [[Mesopotamia]]
35: * 3500 BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
80: * [[600]]: Mouldboard [[plough]] in [[Eastern Europe]]
143: * [[1769]]: [[Steam engine]]: [[James Watt]]
144: * [[1769]]: [[Water Frame]]: [[Richard Arkwright]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: ...s lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in which he app...
9: ...eeping in the company of snakes, but by [[Zeus]]. Plutarch (''Alexander'' 2.2-3) relates that both Phi...
11: ...er was [[Zeus]], rather than Philip. According to Plutarch (''Alexander'' 2.1), his father descended f...
14: ...omannus]], the recently crowned King of Persia. [[Plutarch]] mentions an irate letter from Alexander t...
16: ...ad pledged allegiance to Philip were not quick to pledge it to a 20-year-old boy. He immediately order... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
705: *Sir [[Thomas Lawrence]] ([[1769]]-[[1830]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
4: ..." bgcolor="#000000"| [[Image:Uranus.jpg|250px|The planet Uranus]]<br>
145: ...] [[Uranus (mythology)|Ouranos]], and is the only planet in the [[solar system]] named after a Greek g...
149: ...res of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]] and [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]] minus the massive liquid [[metallic...
155: ...xactly equivalent as physical descriptions of the planet but result in different definitions of which ...
158: ...n of the planet it collided with an enormous protoplanet, resulting in the skewed orientation. - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
13: ...[European colonization of the Americas|European explorers]] and [[European colonization of the America...
16: ===European exploration===
19: ...s, and gems. The Spaniards conjectured that these places may be one and the same.
30: The name "California" was first applied in the account of this voyage. It can be trace... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
17: ! width="12%" | Place of Birth
25: | <small>Disciple of [[Jesus]] from whom, according to {{biblevers...
171: ! width="12%" | Place of Birth
357: | '''[[Pope Simplicius]]'''<br><small>Saint Simplicius</small>
358: | Papa '''Simplicius''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small> - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...aptainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1...
3: ...[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[explorers|explorer]] and [[navigator]]. He made three voyages to...
8: ...ced him to the shipbuilder, [[John Walker]] who employed him as an apprentice on a [[collier]] that di...
12: ...olfe]] to make his famous stealth attack on the [[Plains of Abraham]]. Cook's [[surveying]] skills we...
14: ...dness both with the regard to the extent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given b... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ... after the expedition of [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]], the first European to...
14: The explorers started their journey home on [[March 23]], ...
16: ...f the United States. They had to act largely as diplomats for the President because when they met an I...
23: *Discovered and described 178 new plants and 122 species and subspecies of animals (se...
26: *Established a precedent for Army exploration of the West - March 18 (10594 bytes)
21: ...]], [[Illinois]], and [[Indiana]], killing 695 people.
22: *[[1937]] - The [[New London School explosion]] kills three hundred, mostly children.
37: ...me]] in [[Russia]] 50 persons were killed at an explosion of a [[Vostok rocket|Vostok-2M]] rocket on i...
42: ...eaks off while en-route to [[Turkey]] causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 on board. This lea...
63: *[[1903]] - [[O. E. Plauen]], illustrator and cartoonist (d. [[1944]]) - March 23 (10340 bytes)
10: ...with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.
11: ... Purchase]] and reaching the [[Pacific Ocean]], explorers [[Lewis and Clark]] and their "Corps of Disc...
18: ...eir invention of one of the first successful [[airplane]]s after much hard work.
44: *[[1749]] - [[Pierre Simon de Laplace]], French mathematician and astronomer (d. [[1...
46: *[[1769]] - [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]], ... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: ...dash; November [[1792]]), [[England|English]] [[explorer]], was born in [[London]].
3: ...he cod fishery, and in [[1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western discovery, searching especia...
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)
1: ...f the United States. The categories on this (incomplete, in-development) list are somewhat arbitrary: ...
158: *[[Pleasant Valley War]] (Arizona, 1886)
229: *[[Yankee-Pennamite Wars]] (1769–1784) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
11: ... breaking away from their parents. In [[Asia]], exploration and influences from Europe were beginning ...
13: ...began. In the visual arts, the [[Rococo]] style replaced the [[Baroque]], then was succeeded by the [[...
38: * [[1757]]: [[Battle of Plassey]] signals the beginning of [[British]] rule ...
46: * [[1769]]: [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary|missionaries]] ...
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