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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]] - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ony of Padua, ''Josepha'' in honour of her elder brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna''...
6: ...d Ferdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ... one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
11: ...a]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand of the [[Naple...
15: ...heir was his grandson, Louis-Auguste, and it was proposed that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa ... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...6]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[English literature|English novelist]] wh...
5: ...to seek medical attendance, but so rapid was the progress of her malady that she died there two months...
7: ...took the form of socially conscious comedies of errors. These, especially ''[[Emma]]'', are often cit...
12: ...ich people's chief concern is obtaining socially prominent marriages, to be unliberated and disquietin...
14: ... she began and completed her novels is different from that of their publication. They are: - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
4: ... in the marshes of the western Delta, broke away from the central authority to form the [[Fourteenth d...
6: ...fteenth Dynasty. This dynasty was succeeded by a group of Hyksos princes and chieftains, who ruled in ...
8: ...ppear to be only ephemeral monarchs under the control of a powerful line of [[vizier]]s, and indeed it...
10: ...would eventually lead the war of liberation that drove the Hyksos back into Asia. The two last kings o... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...blic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
26: ...nia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack ...
31: ...eventually became the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[Europe]].
33: ...tion]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]].
37: ...n. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[Continental Congress]] a... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his signature this way.
8: ...f his uncle's business. Shortly after his return from England, his uncle died and he inherited the for...
10: ... ethically and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and ho...
15: ... lead, paper and tea. In [[1768]], upon arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was impounded...
19: ...ear, he was unanimously elected president of the Provisional Congress of Massachusetts, and presided o... - 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... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
7: ...cing=0 width=250 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
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43: | From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[August 31]], [[19...
45: | '''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' (PPP) <br> - Total ([[2003]]) <... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
43: ...permanently in Connecticut were English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, t...
47: ... of town. One, [[Naugatuck]], is a merged town-borough.
49: ...rently has five [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Connecticut|representatives in the House]].
54: The Connecticut River cuts through the center of the state, flowing into Long Isl...
56: ... up the coast near New London. Many towns center around a small park, known as a "green", ''e.g.'' [[N... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
38: ...te state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...ylor]] round out the list of American Presidents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footno...
44: ...]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [[Saponi]], and [[Cherokee]].
46: ...me incorporated as a [[joint stock company]] by a royal charter drawn up on [[April 10]], [[1606]]. I...
48: ...ed by Virginia [[History of Washington, DC|was retroceded to Virginia]] effective [[1847]], and is no... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] ...
5: ...r [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...s of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, i...
15: ... tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surfaces... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: [[Image:map of territorial growth 1775.jpg|thumb|300px|Before the Revolution: Th...
2: ...volution was effected before the War commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the mind...
4: ... event, producing significant changes that had a profound impact on world history. Most current interp...
10: ...sidered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as people...
16: ...he proper form of government have roots in this European Enlightenment and were a source for ideas reg... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
6: *[[1760]] - [[King George III]] crowned
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
19: *[[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]]
40: ...|right|thumb|The extent of America's territorial growth as of 1775.]] - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820]] to [[1859]]'''.
5: *[[1820]] - [[Missouri Compromise]]
10: *[[1822]] - [[Cumberland Road]] Bill
11: *[[1823]] - [[Monroe Doctrine]] declared
15: ...'[[Gibbons v. Ogden]]'' cements Congressional control over [[interstate commerce]] - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
5: ... X of France|Charles, comte d'Artois]] - younger brother of Louis XVI and one of the first émigrés.
6: ...e|Charles Pierre François Augereau]] - officer throughout the Revolutionary era and [[First French Em...
9: *[[François-Noël Babeuf]] - proto-[[socialism|socialist]], guillotined in [[1797]...
10: ... Bastille]], guillotined during the [[Reign of Terror]]
17: ...c Safety]], more radical [[Maximilien Robespierre|Robespierre]], but survived on [[9 Thermidor]]; was ... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: ...'' refers to the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
4: ...h of [[socialism]]. It is matched by the high [[baroque]] and classical eras in music, and the [[neo-c...
6: ...losophers such as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing inst...
10: ...t is thought of as a long period). Furthermore, [[Romanticism]] followed the Enlightenment.
14: ...became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jefferson. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German invento...
28: *[[Heinrich Caro]], (1834-1910), German chemist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemi... - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...urdens. The rebellion started on [[August 29]], [[1786]].
3: ...ding to the rebellion was precipitated by credit problems incurred after the [[American Revolutionary ...
5: Furthermore, when [[Massachusetts]] rewrote its constitution in [[1779]], the towns of West...
7: ...trong control of the government because of the [[property eligibility requirement]]s for office at the...
9: ...ms from the [[Springfield Armory]]. [[Militia]] groups called out to fight the Regulators often switc... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
2: ...right|thumb|240px|Left: original [[paddlewheel]] from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. Right: ...
6: ...l that is propelled by [[steam]] power driving a propeller or paddlewheel. The term '''steamboat''' is...
15: ...same time. One of the first to propose the idea (around [[1690]]) was the physicist [[Denis Papin]] wh...
17: ...in a boat. The boat sank, and while he made an improved model he does not seem to have had much succes...
19: ... engine failed, but bureaucracy thwarted further progress. - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
1: ...en Colonies]] and later of the [[United States]] from [[1774]] to [[1789]], a period that included the...
4: ...mmon opposition to Britain grew. It lasted only from [[September 5]], 1774, to [[October 26]], 1774, ...
8: ...the help of the Continental Congress?s guidance throughout the war, the colonists prevailed.
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786
29: *Nov. 6, 1786- Oct. 30, 1787
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