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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...te !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
81: | [[1828]] — [[1832]], [[1889]] — [[1891]] (wi...
215: * http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/statecap/cap01.htm - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...ould be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless reg...
9: ...pecies (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and benefi...
27: ...in Khios. It is believed that this is where he recruited some of his sailors.
41: ...The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus'' ([[1828]]).
46: ....99 meters or 6,082.66 feet at the equator). The true circumference of the earth is about 40,000 km (2... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
53: ... makers of clocks and watches, and scientific instrument makers to enable them to batch-produce small ...
59: ...es for cannon boring made and worked by the [[Verbruggans]]. He later worked for [[Joseph Bramah]] on ...
74: ...ingswood coalfield near Bristol, still have adits running to this day, [[as of 2005]], almost a centur...
81: ...y iron goods were [[Sweden]] and [[Russia]], with Russia being able to command increasingly high price...
83: ...ed in his footsteps, and iron became a major construction material. - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
45: *[[Rudolph Ackermann|Ackermann, Rudolph]] (1764-1834)
58: *[[Santos Acosta|Acosta, Santos]] (1828-1901) - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
12: | date of death=[[February 23]], [[1848]]
18: ...incy Adams''' ([[July 11]], [[1767]] – [[February 23]], [[1848]]) was the sixth ([[1825]]-[[1829...
24: ...er to [[Portugal]] in [[1796]] and Minister to [[Prussia]] in [[1797]]. While serving abroad, he met [...
28: He was Minister (ambassador) to [[Russia]], in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] fro...
30: ...817]] to [[1825]], during which tenure he was instrumental in the acquisition of [[Florida]] and in ke... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
22: ...This [[anglophobia]] would be combined with a distrust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming fro...
32: ...presidential election, 1828|second attempt]] in [[1828]] as the first nominee of the [[Democratic Party ...
43: ...ms caused by the War of 1812. Both Banks were instrumental in the growth of the U.S. economy, but Jack...
51: ...xpense of farmers and laborers. After a titanic struggle, Jackson succeeded in destroying the Bank by ...
55: ...declare illegal — the tariff legislation of 1828, and more generally the right of a state to nulli... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ... Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]–[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a p...
39: In February [[1821]] he was elected to the [[United States...
43: ...rt, but voted for the measure in obedience to instructions from the New York [[State legislature|legis...
45: ...by an examination of his senatorial career. In February [[1827]], he was re-elected to the Senate by a...
47: In [[1828]] Van Buren was elected [[governor of New York]] ... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ... was mayor of Philadelphia from [[October 21]], [[1828]] to [[April 15]], [[1829]]. Dallas was United S...
7: ...voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from [[1837]] to [[1839]], when he was recall...
14: ...eph Watson]]|after=[[Benjamin W. Richards]]|years=1828-1829}}
18: ...ited States Ambassador to Russia|U.S. Minister to Russia]]|before=[[John R. Clay]]|after=[[Churchill C... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
26: ...eventually being selected as [[Zachary Taylor]]'s running mate. During that time he served in the Hous...
37: ...lmore to the Presidency in July 1850 brought an abrupt political shift in the administration. Taylor'...
59: ...roversy, it served rather as an uneasy sectional truce.
62: ...m Lincoln|President Lincoln]] and during [[Reconstruction]] supported [[Andrew Johnson|President Johns... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...ion, 1852|presidential election]], Pierce and his running mate [[William R. King]] won in a landslide,...
20: ...ratic nomination, Pierce continued his lifelong struggle with [[alcoholism]] as his marriage to [[Jane...
22: ...with her aristocratic, nervous ways and show her true affection. He was one of the most popular men in...
27: ...ntered [[Bowdoin College]] in [[Brunswick, Maine|Brunswick]], [[Maine]], where he participated in lite...
34: Pierce began his political career in [[1828]], when he was elected to [[lower house]] of the ... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
42: Johnson presided over the [[Reconstruction]] of the United States following the [[Ameri...
48: ...an alderman in [[Greeneville, Tennessee]] from [[1828]] to [[1830]] and mayor of Greeneville from [[183...
105: ...ted States Congress — which, of course, was run by the North. Johnson's public criticisms of Co...
107: ...upreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] ruled that such laws were indeed unconstitutional.)
111: ...claimed, the applicability of the Act had already run its course. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ...ng of [[Cairo]] by Egypt's mediæval Islamic rulers its status as the country's capital was ended...
27: ...ons of that body were restored by [[Septimius Severus]], after temporary abolition by [[Augustus]].
36: ...o death all youths capable of bearing arms. This brutal order seems to have been carried out even beyo...
38: ... as its main historical importance had formerly sprung from pagan learning, so now it acquired fresh i...
42: ...estruction of the pagan temples by Theophilus|Destruction of the pagan temples by Theophilus]]. - Azerbaijan (15031 bytes)
2: ...t on the [[Caspian Sea]]. It has frontiers with [[Russia]] in the north, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]...
4: ...er with strong [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] rule.
65: ...Romans]], [[Arabs]], [[Turks]], [[Mongols]] and [[Russians]].
71: ... [[1813]], and the [[Treaty of Turkmenchay]] in [[1828]].
73: After the collapse of the Russian Empire during [[World War I]], Azerbaijan de... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
163: *[[François Bocion]] ([[1828]]-[[1890]])
173: *[[Richard Parkes Bonington]] ([[1802]]-[[1828]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787) —...
67: *[[Rudolf Diesel]], (1858-1913), [[Germany]] — [[...
103: * [[William Gruber]] — [[View-master]]
114: *[[Rudolf Hell]], (1901-2002)
115: *[[John Philip Holland]], (1840-1914) — "true" submarine - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
12: *[[1823]] - Treaty with Russia
14: ...etary of State]], which Jackson calls their "[[Corrupt Bargain]]"
19: *[[1828]] - [[Tariff of Abominations]] passed
20: *[[1828]] - [[John C. Calhoun]] (Jackson's vice-president...
30: *[[1831]] - [[Cyrus McCormick]] invents the [[reaper]] - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
11: |valign=center|'''[[1828]]'''
33: ...dams]] leads an eight year battle against the gag rule, demonstrating how Slavery, as a political inte...
54: | + On [[February 2]], [[1848]], [[Mexico]] is forced sign the [...
77: ...e New York branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company, a string of financial panics and the e...
87: ...n [[Dred Scott v. Sandford|Dred Scott decision]], ruling that Congress lacks the power to exclude slav... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
69: *[[1828]] Territorial Capitol built in [[Detroit]] at a c...
81: ...dedicated in [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]]. The structure cost $1,510,130.
86: *[[1967]] [[12th Street Riot|Race riots]] struck the city of Detroit. After 5 days of rioting, ...
98: ** structure of state judicary
104: ...ate law. Cities and villages are vested with home rule powers, meaning that they can do almost anythin... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
14: ...xioms, reached its height with [[Baruch Spinoza|Baruch (Benedictus de) Spinoza]]'s Ethics, which expou...
18: ...y, where belief is that human beings apprehend a truth that is more provisional, but in that era it wa...
22: ...uman terms. The quest for the expression of this truth would lead to a series of philosophical works w...
24: The focus on law, involving the separation of rules from the particulars of behavior or experience...
39: ...For [[Voltaire]] « ''Écrasez l'infâme!'' » ("Crush Infamy!") would be a battle cry for the ideal o... - St. Valentine's Day (9989 bytes)
1: '''Valentine's Day''' falls on [[February 14]], and is the traditional day on which love...
9: ===February fertility festivals===
10: ...hens]], the period between mid January and mid February was the month of [[Gamelion]], which was dedic...
12: ...e belief that being so touched would render them fruitful and bring easy [[childbirth]].
14: ...in the early martyrologies under the date of [[February 14]]:
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