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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]] - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more ...
12: ...tranged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the...
14: ...oria's uncle, the Prince of Wales, inherited the Crown, becoming King George IV. Though she occupied a...
16: ...the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent ...
18: ...sons for marrying Victoria may have been, theirs proved to be an extremely happy marriage. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
1: [[Image:Florence Nightingale - Project Gutenberg 13103.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|A y...
7: ...led woman, Florence rebelled against the expected role for a woman of her status, which was to become ...
9: ... in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...m of the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
15: == Rejection of marriage proposal == - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
2: ...]], [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]], [[Prohibition|prohibitionist]], [[Secret agent|spy]], [[prisoner of...
8: ...ert Miller, and they set up a joint practice in [[Rome, New York]]. The practice did not flourish, as...
10: ...worked as an unpaid field surgeon near the Union front lines, including the [[Battle of Fredericksburg...
12: ...], [[1864]], she was captured by [[Confederate]] troops and arrested as a spy (there appears to be som...
14: Sections from the citation accompanying the medal read: - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...e they have payload space or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
5: ...s in one direction, and are controlled from a control cab at the opposite end of the train in the othe...
8: ...ly isolated in a locomotive, rather than in self-propelled vehicles. These include:
10: ...easier to maintain one locomotive than many self-propelled cars.
11: ...n safer to locate the train's power systems away from passengers. This was particularly the case for t... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: ...States House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[Indiana]] and the 17th [[Vice President of the...
6: ... to the six succeeding Congresses ([[March 4]], [[1855]]-[[March 3]], [[1869]]). He was elected [[Speak...
13: ...=[[Galusha A. Grow]] | after=[[Theodore Medad Pomeroy]] | years=[[December 7]], [[1863]] – [[Mar... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
3: ...[[1875]]) was a [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]] and the eighteenth [[Vice Pres...
5: ...as owner and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]].
7: ...] and [[1871]], and served from [[January 31]], [[1855]], to [[March 3]], [[1873]], when he resigned to ...
9: ...t with President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1873]], until his death in the [[... - Australia (39438 bytes)
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[19...
44: ...otes=<sup>1</sup>There are some minor variations from these three timezones, see [[Australian States a...
48: ...were explored, six self-governing [[Crown Colony|Crown Colonies]] were established within Australia. O...
50: ...ing access for traditional uses of the waterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[To...
54: ...ology and Botany of New Holland'', in which they wrote of "the vast island, or rather continent, of Au... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
10: ...al_anthem = [[Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free]] |
39: time_zone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] |
49: ... joined in the 19th century by [[Ngoni]] peoples from the south. By the latter part of that century, t...
51: ...David Livingstone]], in [[1855]], was the first European to see the magnificent waterfalls on the [[Za...
53: ...the British [[Colonial Office]] in [[1924]] as a protectorate. Mining began in the [[Copperbelt]] in 1... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
45: ...acques Marquette]] are believed to be the first Europeans to visit Iowa. They described Iowa as lush,...
46: *Iowa has been home to approximately 17 different tribes. Today, only the [[M...
47: ...in June [[1833]]. Primarily, they were families from [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New York]], [[Indi...
49: ...e completion of five major railroads across Iowa brough major economic changes as well as travel oppor...
53: *Iowa had been a large supporter of alcohol [[prohibition]]. - Kansas (21369 bytes)
37: '''Kansas''', derived from the [[Sioux|Siouan]] word Kansa meaning "People ...
44: ...ry's first election and forced the election of a pro-[[slavery]] legislature.
46: ...19]], [[1861]] it became the first U.S. state to prohibit all [[alcoholic beverage]]s.
48: ...l's Raid'' into [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] destroying much of the city and killing many people.
52: ...]], and [[Carrie Nation]]. Famous sport athletes from Kansas include [[Barry Sanders]], [[Gale Sayers]... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Mike Rounds]] |
41: ...[Montana]]. It is one of the six states of the [[Frontier Strip]].
53: ..., rocks, stones and gemstones|State mineral]]:''' Rose [[quartz]]
58: :'''[[List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones|State gemstone]]:''' Fa...
66: *[[Brookings, South Dakota|Brookings]] - 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]] - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
15: *[[Ettore Ximenes|Ximenes, Ettore]], ([[1855]]-[[1919]]), Italian painter - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...sh by [[Anthony Hodges]], 1638, and [[R. Smith]], 1855.)
3: ... in his ''Matheseos libri, iv. 10, 17'' (''ed.'' Kroll), he must have lived long before the author of ... - Alcman (1163 bytes)
5: ...' (maidens' songs), hymns, paeans, ''prosodia'' (processionals), and love-songs, of which he was consi...
7: ...siderable being part of a ''Parthenion'' found in 1855 on an [[Egypt]]ian [[papyrus]]; some later discov... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...ngly awkward. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region to the same...
6: ...sured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Gre...
12: ...5 (e.g. if it is 11:00 UTC, then it is 06:00 in Toronto)
18: ...nes results in a time the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day la...
19: ...23:00 UTC on Monday 15 March, then the time in Cairo is 01:00, Tuesday 16 March) - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ... [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science in that, while both the [[Natural scienc...
11: ...work, looking closely at the ways in which they "produce" and "construct" scientific knowledge. Since ...
13: ...progressive, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any othe...
21: ...s a direct outgrowth of [[religion]], often as a project of a particular religious community.
23: ...hat would describe nature as it was in the world around them. - 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]])
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