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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
100: *[[Edmund Fanning]], (1769-1841), "Pathfinder of the Pacific", discoverer of...
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl...
129: ...rlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ...athered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Achieve...
23: ...or several generations. He attended and then attempted to institute many reforms at the [[College of W...
35: ...er of [[American exceptionalism]] (see also [[exceptionalism]]).
67: *[[Embargo Act of 1807]], an attempt to force respect for U.S. [[neutrality]] by endin...
125: ...amilton's, was the most impressible, the most receptive, mind of his time in America. The range of his... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...e Madison spent most of his childhood years. In [[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton U...
118: ...c ... That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the fed...
124: ... apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved ...
137: ...brary of Congress]], approximately 12,000 items captured in some 72,000 digital images. - Geology (12007 bytes)
18: [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and ...
22: ... [[volcano]]es, as opposed to the ''[[Neptunism|Neptunists]]'', who believed that all rocks had settle...
26: ...in uniformitarianism, the idea was not widely accepted at the time.
33: ... and by [[Arthur Holmes]], but wasn't broadly accepted until the [[1960s]] when the theory of plate te... - Canada (35540 bytes)
19: ...|English]] is the majority language elsewhere except in certain communities and in [[Nunavut]], where ...
92: ...f Quebec]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] (created 1769). To accommodate the Loyalists, Britain created t...
94: ...U.S. attacked British forces in Canada in an attempt to reduce their control of North America and the ...
96: ...with the [[Act of Union (1840)]] in a doomed attempt to assimilate the French Canadians. Once the U.S....
98: ...880]] Canada included all of its present area except for [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], which joined i... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on steam engin...
22: Watt adopted the [[centrifugal governor]] to regulate the sp... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
9: ...uthorities claim that it was likely that the [[Egypt]]ians had cotton as early as 12,000 BC, and evide...
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ...
92: - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
35: ... BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
40: * [[Cement]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
41: ... River [[boat]]s in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: ...Empire]], including [[Anatolia]], [[Syria]], [[Egypt]], [[Bactria]] and [[Mesopotamia]], and extended...
11: ...his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Achilles]].
23: ...eventually forcing his opponents, the mercenary captain [[Memnon of Rhodes]] and the Persian satrap of...
27: ...the Ptolemaic dynasty after his death. Leaving Egypt, Alexander marched eastward into [[Assyria]] (now...
29: ...sia, Bactria and [[Scythia]]. In the process he captured and refounded [[Herat]] and [[Samarkand]], an... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]])
285: *[[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot]] ([[1796]]-[[1875]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
5: <small><font color="white">Click image for description</font></small>
149: ...ibuted. Uranus' [[cyan]] color is due to the absorption of [[red]] light by atmospheric [[methane]].
155: ...riptions are exactly equivalent as physical descriptions of the planet but result in different definit...
164: ...ion at relatively shallow depths within Uranus. Neptune has a similarly displaced magnetic field, sugg...
168: ...es in [[1750]], twice in [[1768]], six times in [[1769]], and one last time in [[1771]]. He was a victim... - History of California (38344 bytes)
36: ...ew Spain]]. He sailed northward and landed on [[September 28]] at [[San Diego|San Diego Bay]], claimin...
38: After Cabrillo's voyage in [[1542]] the concept of [[Alta California|Alta (upper) California]] an...
48: ...stocked his vessels, then stayed for a time and kept friendly relations with the aboriginal natives. ...
50: ...h Drake's claim to the new lands, fitting a description in Drake's own account, was discovered in [[Ma...
78: ...gged Point, California|Ragged Point]] area on [[September 13]]. On [[October 1]], de Portolà's party ... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
36: ...tionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
143: | <small>[[21 July]] [[230]] to [[28 September]] [[235]]</small>
179: ...artyr, through extreme hardship; feast day [[16 September]]</small>
279: | <small>[[17 May]] [[352]] to [[24 September]] [[366]]</small>
321: ...28 December|28]]/[[29 December]] [[418]] to [[4 September]] [[422]]</small> - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: [[Image:captainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explo...
18: ...eaving in [[1768]], he arrived on [[April 13]], [[1769]] in [[Tahiti]], where he built a small [[Fortifi...
22: ...[[British colony]] in Australia. However, when Captain [[Arthur Phillip]] arrived with the First Flee...
32: ...oseph Banks]] was a bigger hero. Banks even attempted to take command of Cook's second voyage, but re...
34: ...Image:Cookroutes.PNG|frame|center|The routes of Captain James Cook's voyages. The first voyage is show... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
5: ...f the expedition, always referring to Clark as "Captain" ([http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/v02.ap...
14: ...home on [[March 23]], [[1806]] and arrived on [[September 23]].
34: *Captain [[Meriwether Lewis]] (1774 – 1809)
35: *Captain [[William Clark]] (1770 – 1838)
62: *Private [[John Shields]] (1769 – 1809) - March 18 (10594 bytes)
39: *[[1989]] - In [[Egypt]], a 4,400-year-old [[mummy]] is found in the [[G...
75: *[[1927]] - [[George Plimpton]], writer (d. [[2003]])
107: ... Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. [[1769]])
112: *[[1965]] - King [[Farouk I of Egypt]] (b. [[1920]]) - March 23 (10340 bytes)
25: ...]: In the [[Indian Ocean]], [[Japan]]ese forces capture the [[Anadaman Islands]].
30: ... initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
46: *[[1769]] - [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]], ... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...ith a view to improving the cod fishery, and in [[1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western disco...
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)
35: *[[USS Pueblo (AGER-2)|Capture of USS ''Pueblo'']] (1968)
197: *[[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11]] (2001)
199: <!--==State and national secession attempts==
210: *[[Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket secession attempt]] (1977)
229: *[[Yankee-Pennamite Wars]] (1769–1784) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
46: * [[1769]]: [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary|missionaries]] ...
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