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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[1810]]<br>[[Sep...
68: On [[September 16]], [[1810]], independence from Spain was declared, by [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costil...
70: ...merica]] were all incorporated into Mexico from [[1822]] to [[1823]], when they declared independence, w...
72: ...uila y Tejas]] to hundreds of immigrant families from the United States, on the condition that the set...
74: ... one-third of the country's remaining territory, from which were formed the modern states of [[Califor... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...r the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema b...
5: ...thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...Portuguese]]) is the name of both a [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|state]] and a city in southeastern [[Braz...
9: ...area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 mi... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
3: ...Dumont-d'Urville.web.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''L'Astrolabe'' making water on a floe [[February 6]], [[...
4: ...e as an ancient masterpiece that had been carved around the year [[130 BC]]. He immediately arranged ...
6: ...[[Louis Isidore Duperrey|Captain Duperrey]], and brought home a very fine collection of animals and pl...
8: ...the death of [[Jean-François de La Pérouse|La Perouse]].
16: ...ville was killed with his wife and son in a [[railroad]] accident near [[Meudon]], France. He is burie... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[Habsburg Empire]] from [[1740]]-[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of S...
3: ...MariaTheresa.JPG|frame|H.I.M. Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduc...
4: ... women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...erit his united lands on his death. While many European monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction whe...
8: ...ir apparent to the king of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]. She h... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
6: Simple metal or wood reed instruments ("Maultrommel", Jews' Harp) were likely precursors.
10: ...rough the hole in the holder, the reed vibrates, producing sound.
15: *Activation of sound through air ([[Bernoulli effect]])
16: ... tone pitch is given by the reed itself and not through a resonator tube (as opposed to [[woodwind ins...
20: ...d the standard of the contemporary technology to produce reeds, so as technology has changed, so have ... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Monroe
3: | image name=jamesmonroe-npgallery.jpg
14: | wife=[[Elizabeth Kortright Monroe]]
18: ...[[United States]]. He is the namesake of the [[Monroe Doctrine]], although it was his [[United States ...
22: ...Fredericksburg]], Virginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (bor... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2>[[Image:Uly...
9: ...r><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[April 27]], [[1822]]</td></tr>
22: '''Ulysses S. Grant''' ([[April 27]], [[1822]] – [[July 23]], [[1885]]) was a [[Union ar...
24: Grant won many important battles, rose to become general-in-chief of all [[Union army|...
26: ...e is instead mostly criticized for not taking a strong stance against the corruption, and not acting t... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
8: ...til the next emperor, [[Pedro II of Brazil|Dom Pedro II]] was deposed and a [[federation|federal]] [[...
10: Brazil attracted over 5 million [[Europe]]an and [[Japanese people|Japanese]] immigrants...
15: The [[1988]] [[constitution]] grants broad powers to the federal government, of which the ...
17: ...s'' of 513 seats, whose members are elected by [[proportional representation]] to serve four-year term...
22: * [[Coronelismo]] (reference to machine politics in the fi... - Elephantine (3346 bytes)
1: ...rovided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''Elephantine''' is an [[island]] i...
2: ... 1.2 km from north to south, and is about 400 m across at its widest.
5: ...g point for river trade, and, as an island, also provided an excellent defensive site for a city.
6: ...cataracts, who controlled the waters of the Nile from caves beneath the island: he was worshipped here...
8: ...ing on the island are a granite [[step pyramid]] from the [[Third dynasty of Egypt|third dynasty]] and... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
9: Motto = Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) |
38: ... recognized languages in the state. In [[Spain|European]] [[Spanish language|Spanish]], the state's n...
46: ...d near an excavated pueblo today preserved as [[Coronado State Monument]] in [[1541]]. His maltreatmen...
50: ...w Mexico|Acoma]] revolted against this Spanish encroachment but faced severe suppression.
52: ...iego de Vargas Zapata]] reestablished Spanish control and returned Spanish colonists in [[1692]]. - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...tion = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United States Department of the Int...
7: {{Taxobox_superordo_entry | taxon = '''Dinosauria'''}}<br>{{Taxobo...
11: [[Sauropodomorpha]]<br/>
12: [[Theropoda]]<br/>
16: ...]]ized [[bone]]s, [[feces]], [[trackway]]s, [[gastrolith]]s, [[feather]]s, impressions of skin and int... - 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... - 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]]) - Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
3: ...re composed of one or more cells; all cells come from preexisting cells; all vital functions of an org...
5: ... between [[cork (material)|cork]] cells and small rooms.
8: ===Properties of cells===
9: ...ach individual cell is about 10 [[micrometre]]s across.]]
11: ...o energy, carry out specialized functions, and reproduce as necessary. Each cell stores its own set o... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...ristotle]]. In addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early ex...
7: ...ty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explore...
10: ...ters of science and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the primar...
14: ...search into Galileo's unpublished working papers from as early as [[1604]] clearly showed the reality ...
16: ==Astronomy== - 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]]
9: *[[1822]] - [[Denmark Vesey]] executed
10: *[[1822]] - [[Cumberland Road]] Bill
11: *[[1823]] - [[Monroe Doctrine]] declared - Michigan (29427 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
36: ...ke Michigan]], which in turn is believed to come from the [[Chippewa]] Indian word ''meicigama'', mean...
40: ...the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of settlers.
44: ...was a rich and important source of [[lumber]], [[iron]], and [[copper]], which would become the state'...
46: ...It was a development that not only transformed Detroit and Michigan, but permanently altered the socio... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
7: ...ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[Jacobite]] dynasty.
8: ...ain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
9: ...leton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[South Carolina]].
10: * [[1819]] - [[Simol�r]] proclaims the Republic of [[Colombia]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United States|US]] [[Modoc War]]... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: ...the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading [[Roman Empire]].
8: ...ista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[...
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins.
19: ...ck]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] against [[England]]. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German invento...
28: *[[Heinrich Caro]], (1834-1910), German chemist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
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