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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]]) - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of St...
29: ...dging to devote her life to the service of the people of the Commonwealth and Empire.
33: ...s claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten bef...
55: ...ronation of the British monarch|coronation]] took place in [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[2 June]] [[1953]...
64: ... in some cases, such as [[South Africa]], she has played an important role in retaining or restoring g... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: | [[Image:stuart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known a...
7: '''Mary I of Scotland''' ('''''Mary Stuart or Stewart''''') ([[December 8]], [[1542]] &ndash...
17: ...nd and England. (Mary adopted the French spelling Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descen...
26: ...[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped the heav...
28: ... the prelates and peers who knelt before her and, placing their hands on her crown, swore allegiance t... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...d English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]] an...
27: ... next-closest relative, [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Stuart]], later Mary Queen of Scots. For the remainder o...
31: ...er, and it is said that upon Mary's death, the people rejoiced in the streets.
33: ...lish service. She later persuaded her mother's chaplain, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He ...
37: ... were removed from the ecclesiastical bench and replaced by appointees who would submit to the Queen'... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
6: {{House of Stuart}}
8: ...ne was the last British monarch of the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[Georg...
10: ...Parliament, various coercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) wer...
15: ...], and afterwards with her aunt, [[Henrietta Anne Stuart|Henrietta Anne, Duchesse d'Orl顮s]]. Anne return...
19: ...na]], gave birth to a son ([[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]]) in [[1688]], for a Roman ... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
5: {{House of Stuart}}
17: ... stillbirth. She became popular with the Dutch people, but her husband neglected or even mistreated he...
20: ... gave birth to a son—[[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]]—in June [[1688]], fo...
22: ...tch army landed on [[5 November]]. The English people's confidence in James stood so low that they did...
24: ...during his wife's lifetime, and restrictions were placed on his power. William, however, demanded that... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
8: ...''Westminster Review'' had been founded by [[John Stuart Mill]] and [[Jeremy Bentham]] and was the leading...
19: ...el. Making masterful use of a [[counterpoint]]ed plot, Eliot presents the stories of a number of deni...
23: ... clear, patient, and well balanced, and she mixes plain statement and unsettling irony with rare poise... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
7: ...tested dates in other calendaric systems, for example, Greek, Jewish, Assyrian, Persian, and Julian/Gr...
9: The archeological record is incomplete, also (with relics and artifacts missing or de...
15: ... that the beginning of the next Sothic cycle took place in [[26 BCE]], instead of 139 CE.
17: ...' states that all the plausible second millennium placements require that a major calendrical readjust...
21: ...n found in a tomb of [[Dorak]], near [[Constantinople]], tells E. Bacon, ''Archaeology; Discoveries in... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Summerhill, New York]]<...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Buffalo, New York]]</td...
26: ...e, self-made candidate from [[New York]] would complement Taylor, a slave-holding military man from th...
50: *Place Federal officers at the disposal of slaveholde...
62: Upon completing his presidency, Fillmore returned to Buffalo... - Washington (20186 bytes)
38: ...o avoid confusion, the capital is often called simply '''D.C.''', and the state often called '''Washin...
45: Prior to the arrival of explorers from [[Europe]], this region of the Pacific ...
49: ...ations of the straits were performed by Spanish explorers [[Manuel Quimper]] in [[1790]] and [[Francis...
51: ...] of [[1790]] opened the northwest territory to explorers and trappers from other nations, most notabl...
59: ...on the [[Yakima Valley]] became known for its [[apple]] orchards while the growth of wheat using dry-f... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
3: ... = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
37: ...originally consisted of the mainland [[Providence Plantations]], which was originally all part of the ...
40: In 1614 the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block visited the island that is now ...
42: ... He called the site Providence and declared it a place of religious freedom for [[Baptist]] settlers....
44: ...assachusetts]] for expressing her beliefs that people could talk to God by themselves, not necessarily... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
321: *[[Stuart Davis (painter)|Stuart Davis]] ([[1894]]-[[1954]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-) - Printmaking (6788 bytes)
1: ... or more [[artist's proof]]s. Depending on the complexity of the process chosen, the artist may work i...
3: ... in printmaking include [[plank]]s of wood, metal plates, flat stones, or a porous fabric mesh stretch...
11: ...n a sheet of [[paper]], perhaps slightly damp, is placed over the block. The block is then rubbed wit...
36: ...], known as a [[ground]], is applied to a [[metal plate]], most often [[copper]].
38: The plate is then completely submerged in an acid that eats away at the e... - Government (12596 bytes)
1: ..., whether over an area of land, a set group of people, or an association.
13: ...m of government|forms of government]] have been implemented. A government in a developed state is like...
24: ... lack the authority to declare war or carry out diplomatic negotiations).
47: ...[[Ochlocracy]] - [[Oligarchy]] - [[Panarchy]] - [[Plutocracy]] - [[Technocracy]] - [[Theocracy]] -[[ty...
53: *[[Plato]] - [[Aristotle]] - [[Thucydides]] - [[Cicero]... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
12: |Place||Principally in the southern United States; al...
53: ...h]] States, where slavery and [[Plantation|cotton plantation]] agriculture were most dominant, formed ...
55: ...state]]s" did not secede, and one seceding state split; these five are known as the [[Border States (C...
58: ...ssion from Virginia and entered the Union (with a plan for gradual emancipation) in [[1863]] as [[West...
62: ...tate]] and a part of the Union. Lincoln had won a plurality there, but there was a number of Southern ... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
2: ...e and sometimes protected by [[government]]s. Examples of rights and liberties include the right to ge...
4: ...privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this se...
10: ... society and means that civil rights attach to people by virute of their [[citizenship]] of a [[state]...
12: ...r of rights and freedoms, which are [[value]]d deeply and are closely associated to the modern concept...
14: ...much broader. [[Jurist]] [[Karel Vasak]], for example, discusses a right to peace and the right to a c... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
7: * [[1746]] - [[Charles Edward Stuart]], "Bonnie Prince Charlie", defeats a [[House of ...
8: ...73]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
14: * [[1893]] - American [[sugar]] planters led by the [[Committee of Safety (Hawaii)|C...
20: ...oviet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Warsaw...
22: * 1945 - [[Sweden|Swedish]] diplomat [[Raoul Wallenberg]] disappears in [[Hungary]... - 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]] - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...] period in the arts, and receives contemporary application in the unity of science movement which inc...
6: ...od, piety and belief were integral parts in the exploration of [[natural philosophy]] and [[ethics]] i...
8: ...sm | empirical]] philosophical ideas, and their application to [[political economy]], [[government]] a...
12: ...purposes, these two eras are [[lumpers/splitters|split]]; however, it is equally acceptable to think o...
14: ...r instability. Instead, (according to those that split the two periods), the Age of Reason sought to e... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
18: ...e [[National Association of Professional Baseball Players|National Association]], [[National League]],...
20: The new league recruited many of its players from the existing National League, persuadin...
22: ...nk]] and [[Chief Bender|Charles "Chief" Bender]]. Plank holds the club record for career victories, wi...
24: ... traded, sold or released most of the team?s star players. In his book ''To Every Thing a Season'', Br...
26: ...17 (.235) in 1916. The team would finish in last place every year after that until 1922, when it fini...
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