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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
16: | vicepresident=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|George Cli...
18: ...ulturalist]], [[Horticulture|horticulturist]], [[Property|land owner]], [[architect]], [[Archaeology|a...
23: ...]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virginia]] for sev...
25: ..., [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unani...
27: The [[Library of Congress]] was founded from the sale of his collection (the Library was foun... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[James Monroe]]
21: ...Thomas Jefferson]]. In this capacity he became a prominent figure in [[Virginia]] state politics, help...
23: ...ted in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state representation depending ...
25: ...the political thought of [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu]].
27: Madison wrote thirty of the eighty-five essays that comprise ... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it. It is one of the [[Earth sci...
3: ...]] and [[coal]], as well as [[metals]] such as [[iron]], [[copper]], and [[uranium]]. Additional econo...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic pr...
7: ...used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict de Saussure...
10: ...ocean, he inferred that the land was formed by [[erosion]] of the [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (g... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...ve arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the con...
3: ... of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Ge...
8: ...of Canada|territories]]. Initially constituted through the [[British North America Acts|British North...
15: ...overnor General of Canada]], who exercises the prerogatives of the head of state (the monarch), and th...
21: ...deposits, [[nuclear energy]] generation, and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Econo... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...ish]] [[mathematician]] and [[engineer]] whose improvements to the [[steam engine]] were a key stage i...
10: ...ne]], which started him thinking about ways to improve the engine.
11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', com...
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
14: ...m, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved [[Watt steam engine]]. - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...ant]], a [[shrub]] native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the [[Old World]] and the [[...
3: ...ng-in-a-field.jpg|thumb|none|550px|Cotton plants growing in field]]
4: ...se is arranged in a way that gives cotton unique properties of strength, durability, and absorbency. E...
9: ... [[feather]]s and [[fur]]) which dated back to approximately 7,000 years ago. There is clear archaeolo...
11: ...rote about Indian cotton: "There are trees which grow wild there, the fruit of which is a [[wool]] exc... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...ctical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where the...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
10: * 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...nu;δρος}} ("Megas Alexandros"), King of [[Macedon]] ([[336 BC]]-[[323 BC]]), ...
6: ...n in which he appears as a towering legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
9: ...e]] was Alexander's tutor; he gave Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature and stimul...
11: ...anus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Achilles]].
14: ...of Persia. [[Plutarch]] mentions an irate letter from Alexander to Darius III, where Alexander blames ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
1: <!-- To edit the text of this article, scroll down past the table -->{| border="2" cellpaddin...
15: ...pan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
18: ...70,972,220 [[kilometre|km]]<br>19.191 263 93 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
88: !align="left"| Rotation period
89: | [[retrograde motion|−]]0.718 333 333 d (17 h 14 min... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...k|This article covers the History of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyon...
3: ...e known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...49, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-tech...
11: ... Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early i...
13: ...othills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...tself has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the tenure of [[Pope Sir...
6: ...[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the...
21: | rowspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint P...
23: | rowspan="2" | <small>Simon Peter</small><br>'''—... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
5: ==Introduction==
7: ...n [[North Yorkshire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born to Grac...
8: ... start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...nd]], which brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
14: ...to the Antarctic circle repeatedly and exploring around the [[Great Barrier Reef]]), ability to lead m... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...er)|Alexander Mackenzie]], the first European to cross North America by land north of Mexico, in [[179...
5: ...eutenant]] at the time, but Lewis concealed this from the men and shared the leadership of the expedit...
7: ...d. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did Lewis and Clark feel ...
9: ...e [[Columbia River]], past [[Celilo Falls]] and through what is now [[Portland, Oregon]] until they re...
10: ...e men prepared for the trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting elk and other wildlife. Mostl... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
6: ...[[Tiberius]]' will and proclaims [[Caligula]] emperor.
7: *[[1229]] - [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during ...
9: ...nios of Ethiopia|Sissinios]] formally crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]]
10: *[[1673]] - [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New ...
16: ...t-wave radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[ham radio]] operator. - March 23 (10340 bytes)
10: ...angle]]d, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.
11: *[[1806]] - After traveling through the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and reaching the [[...
13: ...ew Zealand|Dunedin]], [[New Zealand]]. [[Otago]] province is founded.
14: ... Otis]]'s first [[elevator]] is installed at 488 Broadway, [[New York City]].
18: *[[1903]] - The [[Wright Brothers]] apply for a [[patent]] on their invention ... - 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: ...uide on his arctic overland journey, massacred a group of unsuspecting [[Inuit]]; this would be known ...
7: ...ch under [[Jean-Fran�ois de La P�rouse|La P�rouse]] in 1782. He returned to England in [[1787]] ... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
49: **[[Operation Provide Comfort]] (1991–1996)
55: *'''[[War on Terrorism]]''' (2001—)
93: *[[Rogue River Wars]] (1855–1856)
126: ==Ethnic cleansing and control==
138: *[[Gabriel Prosser]]'s Rebellion (1800) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
3: ...rs to the [[century]] that lasted from [[1701]] through [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]].
5: ...nd the start of the [[French Revolution]]. In [[Europe]], the principal nations of this period (in ter...
9: ...way from the west and create new competition in Europe other than France, England, and Spain.
11: ..., where civil war enabled the British to take control of the entire sub-continent.
13: ...isual arts, the [[Rococo]] style replaced the [[Baroque]], then was succeeded by the [[Neoclassical]] ...
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