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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
85: *[[Jules Dumont d'Urville]], (1790-1842), explorer of the [[Pacific]] and [[Antarctica]]
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
105: *[[Louis de Freycinet]], (1779-1842), explored coastal regions of [[Western Australia...
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl... - History of China (45919 bytes)
14: ...e [[13th century BC]] and takes the form of inscriptions of divination records on the bones or shells ...
50: ...89. "South China under the Later Han Dynasty" (Chapter One from ''Generals of the South: the Foundatio...
51: ...Han for the years 189 to 220 AD as recorded in Chapters 59 to 69 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang, ...
55: ....'' Draft annotated English translation.[http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/hhshu/hou_han...
56: ...'' Draft annotated English translation. [http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/weilue/weilue... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ...lle''' ([[May 23]], [[1790]] – [[May 8]], [[1842]]) was a [[France|French]] [[List of explorers|ex...
6: ...around the world under [[Louis Isidore Duperrey|Captain Duperrey]], and brought home a very fine colle... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
16: ... Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the throne. Since the law at that time ma...
25: ...hildless, Ernest Augustus was also the heir-presumptive to the British throne.
27: ... the [[Whig]] Party, which had been in power, except for brief intervals, since [[1830]]. The Whig Pri...
37: ...tributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King of Hanover. These conspiracy theorie...
39: ... Eight more children would be born during the exceptionally happy marriage between Victoria and Prince... - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
7: ... about four months old. After this, the couple adopted Damodar Rao as their son. But Maharaja Gangadha...
10: ...aj|British India]]. Though little Damodar Rao, adopted son of late Maharaja Gangadhar Rao and Rani Lak...
19: ...le riding on the fortress ramparts. The British captured Gwalior three days later. The 22 year-old Ran...
25: *Her father, Moropant Tambe, was captured and hanged to death, few days after fall of J...
26: *Her adopted son, Damodar Rao, was given a pension by the [[... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ...852]]) is mainly known for having written a description of
11: ...36]], Annabella ([[Lady Anne Blunt]]) born [[22 September]] [[1837]] and Ralph Gordon born [[2 July]] ...
15: During a nine-month period in 1842-1843, Ada translated for Babbage Italian mathemat...
23: ...as to whether Lovelace understood deeply the concepts behind programming Babbage's engine, or was more... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ... granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[192...
24: ...us behavior -- fueled by a two-bottle-a-day consumption of [[bourbon whiskey|Old Grand Dad]] -- contin... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
2: ...irst observed by [[Karl Wilhelm von N䧥li]] in [[1842]] and their behavior later described in detail by...
19: ...example, genes with similar functions are often kept close together in the nucleus, even if they are f...
23: ...:''' Examples of chromosome numbers (diploid).</caption>
192: ...also known as [[mongolism]] or [[trisomy 21]]. Symptoms are decreased muscle tone, asymmetrical skull,...
193: ... Syndrome. It is a trisomy of chromosome 18. Symptoms include mental and motor retardation. - Harmonium (4268 bytes)
9: ...nium was invented in [[Europe]] in [[Paris]] in [[1842]] by [[Alexandre Debain]], though there was concu... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
1: {{Egyptian Dynasty list}}
2: ...ty]] to the end of the [[Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasty]], roughly between [[1986 BC]]...
5: ... between the Eleventh and [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth dynasties]], and date the Middle Kingdom ...
6: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Clipart provided by <br> [...
8: ... same man as Amenemhat, the (Vizier) of (Upper Egypt), under the reign of Mentuhotep IV. This explains... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
5: ...ypt|ancient Egypt]], taking into account well accepted developments during the 20th century but not in...
9: ...s proposed by these two authors. There is no attempt to remove this in the combined chronology present...
15: ...ncescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt].
16: ...are from Baines and Malek, ''Atlas of Ancient Egypt'' (Oxford, 1980). - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
3: ...><font size="+1">'''Martin van Buren'''</font></caption>
41: ...es of America|vice-president]]; but he shrewdly kept out of the acrimonious controversy which followed...
43: ...te|Secretary of State]] notwithstanding the "corrupt bargain" charge. At the same time he opposed int...
53: ...er to [[England]], and arrived in [[London]] in September. He was cordially received, but in February ...
55: ... which existed in many states. No platform was adopted, the widespread popularity of Jackson being rel... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
3: ...aption><font size="+1">'''John Tyler'''</font></caption>
36: *Robert Tyler ([[September 9]], [[1816]] - [[December 3]], [[1877]]). H...
44: ...e United States]] but died on [[September 10]], [[1842]]. John spent two years as a widower. His daughte...
46: ...David Gardiner Tyler ([[July 12]], [[1846]] - [[September 5]], [[1927]]).
47: ...John Alexander Tyler ([[April 7]], [[1848]] - [[September 1]], [[1883]]). - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
22: ...ica. In addition, Pierce was hounded by guilt, temptation, and just plain bad luck."
29: ...w school]] in [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], [[Massachusetts]], studying under Governor [...
36: ...from [[March 4]], [[1837]], to [[February 28]], [[1842]], when he resigned. He was chairman of the [[U....
45: ...etermine the nominee, a [[party platform]] was adopted, opposing any further "agitation" over the slav...
47: ...his views on slavery, which allowed him to be acceptable to all factions. He also had served in the Me... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
46: ...e fighting, in his defeat of a congressional attempt to reorganize his cabinet in [[1862]], in his man...
59: ...93 p704 quoting Lincoln; Talk--> He served as a captain in a company of the [[Illinois]] [[militia]] d...
69: On [[November 4]], [[1842]], Lincoln married [[Mary Todd]]. President Linco...
87: ...ered its opinion upholding the tax exemption, accepting Lincoln's arguments.
93: ...the Buchanan administration's push for the [[Lecompton Constitution]] which would have admitted Kansas... - Texas (39610 bytes)
125: ...xas "Declaration of Independence", making an attempt at a clear break from Mexican rule.
128: ... de Santa Anna|Santa Anna]] himself passed into captivity.
131: * [[5 March]] [[1842]]: A Mexican force of over 500 men, led by Rafael...
132: ...42]]: 1,400 Mexican troops, led by Adrian Woll, captured San Antonio again. They retreated, as before,...
134: * [[9 September]] [[1850]]: The [[Compromise of 1850]] strip... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
42: ... declared it a place of religious freedom for [[Baptist]] settlers. Historically, the land is unique b...
52: ... charter was used as the state constitution until 1842.
54: In 1664 the seal of the colony was adopted. It pictured an anchor and the word 'HOPE.'
62: ...made to address this problem, but none passed. In 1842 [[Thomas Dorr]] drafted a liberal [[constitution]...
108: ...Protestant denominations in Rhode Island are: [[Baptist]] (6% of the total state population), [[Episco... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
43: That description still applies over a quarter-century later. [...
53: ...fused the region with new settlers, starting in [[1842]]-[[1843|43]], after the U.S. agreed to jointly s...
97: ...-cleft.jpg Oregon geology: Abert Rim (image description)]</small>
103: ...mary election]] to select party candidates was adopted in [[1904]], and in [[1908]] the [[Oregon Const...
117: ...roes from moving into the State in the vote to adopt its Constitution ([[1858]]). This ban was not off... - 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]] - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...age | image = [[Image:Trex skull.gif|225px|]] | caption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' fr...
7: ...ority | author = [[Richard Owen|Owen]] | date = [[1842]]}}
18: ...e [[pelycosaur]] ''[[Dimetrodon]]'', the winged [[pterosaur]]s, and the aquatic [[ichthyosaur]]s, [[pl...
20: ...mage of dinosaurs as sluggish, [[cold-blooded]] reptiles. [[Vertebrate paleontology]] has also become ...
27: ...("lizard" or "reptile"). Contrary to popular perception, the name was chosen to express Owen's awe at ...
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