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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]]) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
14: ==== People named Adam ====
32: ===== People named Adams =====
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]]
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
19: ...Parma]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Amalie (1746-1804), married [[Ferdinand of Parma|HRH Duke Ferdinand...
24: ...d I of the Two Sicilies|HM King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily]] (1751-1825); had issue
29: ...dditionally, the army was weak and the treasury depleted due to two wars near the end of her father's ...
37: ... years later and became more closeted from her people. Her focus changed from attempting to regain Si... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
9: ..., personally ensure Gauss's safety. The general explained to Gauss that Germain had asked that he be p...
12: ...eveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it. But when a person of the sex which, acc...
15: ...fted to [[applied mathematics]], and he stopped replying to her letters.
17: ...[[Germany|German]] mathematician, attempting to explain [[Ernst Chladni]]'s study on [[vibration]]s of...
25: ...]]'', the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[Broadway]] play by [[David Auburn]], contains references to Ger... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...nge class]] [[steam locomotive]], at [[Bristol Temple Meads]] station, Bristol, England]]
3: ...red locomotives, and may be referred to as [[multiple unit]]s or [[railcar]]s; the use of these self-p...
12: ...should the locomotive break down, it is easy to replace it with a new one. Failure of the motive power...
14: ...e payload-hauling cars means that either can be replaced without affecting the other. At some times, l...
21: ... or [[oil]]. Because of the steam engine, some people took to calling the steam locomotives themselves... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
10: ...aka double cloth, two-ply, triple cloth, or three-ply).
12: A '''hooked rug''' is a simple type of rug handmade by pulling strips of cloth ...
14: ...e of the weave at a perpendicular angle. This supplementary weft is attached to the warp by one of th...
16: ...all coverings. Production was improved with the application of the Jacquard mechanism (see [[Jacquard ...
19: ...Berlin wool work]], were introduced in Germany in 1804. They became extremely popular in England in the... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...ould be repealed because it excludes qualified people based on technicalities, and fails to appreciate...
16: ...George W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the completion of his current term in 2008.
19: ...President, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President.
21: ...e United States Constitution|Amendment XII]] in [[1804]] changed the electoral process by directing the ...
25: ...ing across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. Much of the modern electoral pr... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
28: ...ly manifested at a later period—as, for example, during his term as president.
39: ...ore this question had been disposed of, Adams was placed at the head of the Board of War and Ordinance...
46: ...rens played a minor role, Jay, Adams and Franklin played the major part in the negotiations. Overrulin... - 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... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
5: ...mber of the state House of Representatives from [[1804]]-[[1806]] and again in [[1819]]. He was elected... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[November 23]], [[1804]]
10: | place of birth=[[Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]]
13: | place of death=[[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]]
18: '''Franklin Pierce''' ([[November 23]], [[1804]]–[[October 8]], [[1869]]) was an [[Politic...
20: ... [[alcoholism]] as his marriage to [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputat... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
63: Ironically, on [[February 15]], [[1804]] New Jersey became the last northern state to ab...
78: ... but some go more one way than others. For an example, Bergen County, which is very Republican in the ...
82: ... members. Assembly members are elected by the people for a two year term in all odd-numbered years; S...
107: ...ny jokes about [[pollution]] and [[irony|ironic]] plays on the state's nickname, the "Garden State."
165: ..., Senses Fail, Saves The Day, Thursday, Hidden In Plain View, The Early November, Armor For Sleep, Out... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
134: *[[Wilhelm Bendz]] ([[1804]]-[[1832]])
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
515: *[[Constantin Hansen]] ([[1804]]-[[1880]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...l]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...s are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, su...
15: ...esign, with modern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo also sketched desig...
17: ...d examples from nature that such flights can take place without danger, although when the first trials...
19: The first known human flight ever took place in [[Paris]] in [[1783]]. [[Francois Pilatre ... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
20: ...3) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
49: *[[George Washington Carver]], (1860-1943), plant scientist
55: *[[Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot]] (1725-1804) — [[automobile]]
77: ...Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple arch dam - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
38: *[[1804]] - [[Twelfth Amendment to the United States Cons...
39: *[[1804]] - [[Essex Junto]]
40: *[[1804]] - New Jersey abolishes slavery
41: *[[1804]] - [[Aaron Burr]]/[[Alexander Hamilton]] duel
42: *[[1804]] - [[Lewis and Clark]] set out - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...'' refers to the order in which the months are displayed, [[January]] to [[December]]. The first day o...
7: ...known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
15: ...vet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
17: *[[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New York.
18: ... Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...ple as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
25: ...mpted in the meanwhile to go ahead with Calonne's plans. When the measures were opposed in the ''Parl...
37: ...w demanded that credentialling itself should take place as a group. Negotiations with the other estat...
42: ...]], an assembly not of the Estates but of "the People". The National Assembly's first act was to pass ...
53: ...]], banished the reformist minister Necker and completely reconstructed the ministry. Much of Paris, p... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...a]], and Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dy...
18: ...Until the time of Napoleon, European states had employed relatively small armies with a large proporti...
20: ...ed the [[cannonball]] sizes to ensure easier resupply and compatibility among his army's artillery pie...
22: ... revolution rather than ideas which found their implementation in it.
24: ... be given to Napoleon, however. [[Lazare Carnot]] played a large part in the reorganization of the Fre... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
15: *[[Antoine Baum]], (1728-1804), French chemist
142: *[[John Pople|John A. Pople]], (1925-2004), [[theoretical chemistry|theoreti...
143: *[[Roy J. Plunkett]], (1910-1984), discoverer of [[Teflon]]
146: *[[Joseph Priestley]], (1733-1804)
171: *[[K. Barry Sharpless]]. (1941- ) [[2001]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistr...
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