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- President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...a]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but non...
16: ...e served two full terms: [[Dwight Eisenhower]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Bill Clinton]]. Incumbent Pre...
19: ...e person receiving the greatest number of votes (provided that such a number was a majority of elector...
21: ...mendment XII]] in [[1804]] changed the electoral process by directing the electors to use separate bal...
25: ...ess is concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
22: ...eration descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in ...
24: ...758]], he was admitted to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing d...
28: ...[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through his work as a constitutional lawyer. Impetuous...
31: ...which he pronounced the Stamp Act invalid on the ground that Massachusetts, being without representati...
35: ...f a series of committees to study naval matters. From that time onward, Adams championed the establish... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2>[[Image:Mar...
9: ...<td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</td></tr>
22: '''Martin Van Buren''' ([[December 5]], [[1782]] – [[July 24]], [[1862]]), nicknamed '''Ol...
25: ...[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
27: ...1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron Burr]]'s second in the duel with [[Alexander Ham... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...[[developed country|developed economy]] and an approximate population of slightly more than four milli...
40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21 January]...
41: currency = [[Euro]] (€)<sup>1</sup> |
58: ..."Republic of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name ''Rep...
67: ...ea temporarily excluded. Though it received the [[Royal Assent]], the Third [[Home Rule Act 1914]]'s i... - 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...
14: ...m, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved [[Watt steam engine]].
15: * [[1781]]: Converted reciprocal engine motion to rotary motion. - 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]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...n about 1450 and 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated in [[1582]] did ''not'' specify that Janu...
7: ...404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
9: *[[1438]] - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] is crowned King of [[Hungary]].
11: *[[1651]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
14: *[[1707]] - [[John V of Portugal|John V]] is crowned King of [[Portugal]] - 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... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...ducting plates (usually made of metal) stacked or rolled to form a compact device, but '''every''' mul...
7: ...e, the ''total'' charge in the device is always zero.
9: [[Image:Dielectric.png|frame|The electrons in the molecules shift toward the positively ch...
13: ...fference]] or ''voltage'' (''V'') which appears across the plates:
16: ...acitors are usually expressed in microfarads (µF), nanofarads (nF) or picofarads (pF). - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
1: ...mage:AaronBurr-flipped.jpg|thumb|Vice President Aaron Burr]]
3: ...cratic-Republican party]] in [[New York]] and a strong supporter of Governor [[George Clinton (politic...
7: ...rn in [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]], to the Rev. [[Aaron Burr, Sr.]], who was the second president of the...
9: ...aw in the celebrated law school conducted by his brother-in-law, [[Tapping Reeve]], at [[Litchfield, C...
13: ...rom [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture. - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
3: The '''Montgolfier brothers''', '''Joseph-Michel Montgolfier''' ([[Augus...
5: ...t only got them more burnt, so they were scarred from the fire for the rest of their life.
7: On [[December 14]], [[1782]] they succeeded in an outdoor launch of an 18 m&...
13: An ascent in a fixed balloon took place around [[October 15]] (12 or 14 according to Montgolf...
15: ...t free flight by humans was made by [[Pilâtre de Rozier]] and the [[marquis d'Arlandes]], who flew al... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ... [[British North America]], resulted in the overthrow of British rule in the thirteen colonies and the...
3: ... refers solely to the military campaign; for the broader perspective, including the origins and afterm...
5: ...own as ''The Spirit of '76''. Often imitated or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating...
10: ...ly lacked the training and discipline of regular troops, but could be effective when led by talented o...
12: ...regular troops with short-term colonial militia throughout the war. Although as many as 250,000 men ma... - 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 17 (9666 bytes)
7: ...ation of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back to the New World for more gold
9: ... in [[New York City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
13: *[[1861]] - The Kingdom of [[Italy]] is proclaimed.
14: *[[1886]] - [[Carrollton Massacre]]: 20 [[African American]]s are kil...
21: ...President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. - 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. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[...
18: *[[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] ([[Germany]], [[1912]] – [[1954]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &n...
23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...ns of the [[Hudson Bay]] coasts with a view to improving the cod fishery, and in [[1769]]-[[1772]] he ...
5: ...uide on his arctic overland journey, massacred a group of unsuspecting [[Inuit]]; this would be known ...
7: ...Jean-Fran�ois de La P�rouse|La P�rouse]] in 1782. He returned to England in [[1787]] where he died... - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
3: ...ke [[Henry Clay]], he had a predisposition to compromises marked by a passionate patriotic devotion to...
9: ...he simply refused to stand up and returned to his room in shame and in tears. The reason for his short...
11: ...y (US)|Independence Day]] oration. On graduating from Dartmouth he took a legal apprenticeship (firstl...
17: From this point on his reputation as a lawyer grew qu...
21: .../www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/speeches/dartmouth-peroration.html] was both emotional and well-reasoned....
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