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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
32: ...[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
39: *[[James Bruce]]
40: *[[William S. Bruce]], (1867-1921) Scottish explorer of Antarctica
41: *[[Cornelis de Bruijn]], (1652-1727), Dutch traveler and artist
77: *[[Simon Dezhnev|Semyon Dezhnev]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed throug... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
23: ...;[[August 17]], [[1757]]) and Jane Randolph ([[February 20]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), ...
39: ...dential election, 1800]]. It was resolved on [[February 17]], [[1801]] when Jefferson was elected Pres...
123: ...erect and sinewy. He had angular features, a very ruddy complexion, sandy hair and hazel-flecked, grey...
147: ...clergy unresponsive to the people and leads to corruption within religion. Erecting the 'wall of separ...
175: ...lina]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. In [[1769]], as a member of the state legislature, Jefferso... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...e Madison spent most of his childhood years. In [[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton U...
87: |align="left"| ||align="left"|'''[[Richard Rush]]'''||align="left"|1814–1817
118: ...mited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting the compact; as no further valid...
124: ...ce agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was ... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...]] and study of the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the proce...
3: ...hosphere]], which includes the [[Crust (geology)|crust]], is fragmented into [[tectonic plates]] that ...
7: ...etween earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
18: [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and ...
38: ...rock. There are a number of different types of intrusions, including stocks, [[laccolith]]s, [[batholi... - Canada (35540 bytes)
6: ...the world and the second largest in area (after [[Russia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], its terr...
18: ...uage of [[Quebec]] and is widely spoken in [[New Brunswick]].
46: ...align=left|[[New Brunswick]]||[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]]
90: ...d [[Hudson Bay]]. As these colonies expanded, a struggle for control of North America took place betwe...
92: ...e Loyalists, Britain created the colony of [[New Brunswick]] in [[1784]] and divided Quebec into [[Low... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument making in [[London]] before returning to [[Gl...
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...s around the seeds of the [[cotton plant]], a [[shrub]] native to the tropical and subtropical regions...
11: ...ton: "There are trees which grow wild there, the fruit of which is a [[wool]] exceeding in beauty and ...
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ...
28: .... Historically, one of the most economically destructive pests in cotton production has been the [[bo... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
53: * [[Rubber]] in [[Mesoamerica]]
74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
76: * [[132]]: Rudimentary [[Seismometer]]: [[Zhang Heng]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: ...d in centuries of Greco-Macedonian settlement and rule over non-Greek areas, a period known as the [[H...
9: ... the son of King Philip II of Macedon and of [[Epirus|Epirote]] princess [[Olympias]]. According to [[...
11: ... [[Junianus Justinus|Justin]], and [[Plutarch]]), rumors spread that the Oracle had revealed Alexander...
14: ...([[Pausanias (assassin)|Pausanias]]), who held a grudge against Philip because the king had ignored a ...
25: ...xander passed near but probably did not visit [[Jerusalem]]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
210: *[[Rush Brown]] ([[1948]]-)
211: *[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] ([[1568]]-[[1625]])
212: *[[Jan Brueghel the Younger]] ([[1601]]-[[1678]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
168: ...es in [[1750]], twice in [[1768]], six times in [[1769]], and one last time in [[1771]]. He was a victim...
186: ...|| August 27th, 2004 || November 12th, 2004 || February 22nd, 2004
188: ... September 1st, 2005 || November 16th, 2005 || February 25th, 2005 - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ...nd of opportunity and wealth, first with the Gold Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lan...
23: On [[May 3]], [[1535]], Cortés claimed "Santa Cruz Island" (now known as the peninsula of [[Baja Ca...
45: ...l flags to fly over California: that of England, Russia, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of California, a...
55: ...]]. He found good ports with rich pearl beds and fruitful islands, and re-established the city of [[La...
71: ...e threat of invasion by [[Imperial Russia|Tsarist Russia]] in [[1765]], however, that King [[Charles I... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...tan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small>
28: | '''Petrus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
29: ...Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair of Peter]]) [[22 February]]</small>
74: ...''[[Pope Telesphorus]]'''<br><small>Saint Telesphorus</small> - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...es Cook''' ([[October 27]], [[1728]] – [[February 14]], [[1779]]) was a [[Kingdom of Great Brita...
14: ...tent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]].
18: ...ever, due to the lack of precise [[scientific instrument]]s, there was no way to accurately measure it...
30: ...forced his men to eat such foods as [[citrus]] [[fruit]]s and [[sauerkraut]]—under punishment of...
41: ...hip. He then travelled south again, in a second fruitless attempt to find the supposed continent, bri... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
12: ...''Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia'' by C.M. Russell]]
46: *Private [[Pierre Cruzatte]] (dates unknown)
62: *Private [[John Shields]] (1769 – 1809) - March 18 (10594 bytes)
7: ...himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade]].
14: ...Paris]], a [[Paris_Commune|socialist]] government rules the city.
19: ...e]] emigrates to France. Famine kills millions of Russians.
35: *[[1971]] - A landslide at [[Chungar]], [[Peru]] crashes into [[Lake Yanahuani]] killing 200.
37: *[[1980]] - On [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]] in [[Russia]] 50 persons were killed at an explosion of a... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
10: *[[1801]] - [[Tsar]] [[Paul I of Russia]] is struck with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally t...
16: *[[1889]] - [[Land run]]: [[President of the United States|President]] ...
21: ...ar Dutt]] embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by...
36: *[[2001]] - The [[Russia]]n ''[[Mir]]'' space station is disposed of, ...
46: *[[1769]] - [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]], ... - 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: ...esertion of his Indians; his second (from [[23 February]] [[1770]]) through the breaking of his quadra... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
23: ...ion of Veracruz, Mexico (1914)|Occupation of Veracruz, Mexico]] (1914)
28: **[[Polar Bear Expedition]] ([[Russian Civil War]]) (1918–1919)
229: *[[Yankee-Pennamite Wars]] (1769–1784)
242: *[[War on Drugs]] (~1972—) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...ia]], [[Britain]], [[France]], [[Prussia]], and [[Russia]].
9: ...]. The rise of nations like Austria, Russia, and Prussia began to shift the balance of power away from...
11: ...luences from Europe were beginning to shake the structures of old empires, especially [[India]], where...
17: ...y [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russia|Russian]] [[capital]] until [[1918]].
29: ...ire|Persia]] and founds the [[Afsharid dynasty]]. Rules until his death in [[1747]].
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