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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    30: ...]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to ...
    34: *[[Moric Benovsky]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]]
    53: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[Atlantic]] islands)
    66: ... to the [[Indies]]; discovered various lands and islands and established a colony on [[Hispaniola]]
    67: ...Pacific]], discovering or mapping many lands and islands
  2. Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
    24: ...ily]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1752-1814), married [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies|HM Ki...
    43: ...'', Hungarian/Slovak: ''MᲩa Ter麩a'', Croatian/Slovenian: ''Marija Terezija''.
  3. Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
    7: While her first novel, the posthumously published ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'', pokes fun at...
    12: ...of gentle but keen satire: she appeals rarely and slightly to the deeper feelings; and the enforcement...
    18: * ''[[Mansfield Park]]'' (1814)
  4. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
    18: ...itect]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], [[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[Univer...
    25: ...t R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the ...
    68: *Abolition of the external [[slave trade]] in [[1808]]
    123: ...-one-half inches (189 cm) in height, large-boned, slim, erect and sinewy. He had angular features, a v...
    127: ...th to prepare to learn [[Gaelic]] in order to translate [[Ossian]], and sent to [[James Macpherson]] f...
  5. James Madison (15187 bytes)
    23: ... strong central government with a [[bicameral legislature]]. When the issue arose of how states would ...
    40: ...atened secession]] if the war was not ended. In [[1814]], the [[Treaty of Ghent]] ended the war. The [[B...
    55: ...'''[[Elbridge Gerry]]'''||align="left"|1813–1814
    61: ..."|'''[[James Monroe]]'''||align="left"|1811–1814
    65: ...''[[Albert Gallatin]]'''||align="left"|1809–1814
  6. James Monroe (11107 bytes)
    34: ...e state with [[Maine]], a free state, and barring slavery north and west of Missouri forever.
    114: ...[[April 2]], [[1811]] &ndash; [[September 30]], [[1814]];<br>[[February 28]], [[1815]] &ndash; [[March 4...
    115: ..., Jr.]] | after=[[William H. Crawford]] | years=[[1814]]&ndash;[[1815]]}}
  7. John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
    28: ...ion which negotiated the [[Treaty of Ghent]] in [[1814]], and Minister to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] fro...
    32: ...on]] remained the only American president unanimously chosen by the [[U.S. Electoral College|electoral...
    80: ...nish ship where they were being held as illegal [[slave]]s, should not be returned to [[Spain]], but r...
    114: ...am Short]]| after=[[James A. Bayard]]| years=1809-1814}}
  8. George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
    5: ...r|Minister]] to [[Russia]]. Dallas returned in [[1814]] and practiced law in [[New York, New York|New Y...
    11: ...f [[U.S. Senator]] [[Claiborne Pell]] of [[Rhode Island]]. He is also the uncle of [[Alexander Dallas...
  9. James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
    50: ...zed for failing to prevent the [[country]] from [[sliding]] into [[schism]] and the [[American Civil W...
    53: ...ennsylvania State House of Representatives from [[1814]] to [[1815]]. He was elected to the Seventeenth...
    66: ...Court was considering the legality of restricting slavery in the territories, and two justices hinted ...
    70: ... the majority in that case to uphold the right of slave property.
    72: ...herners. Buchanan, meanwhile, was by now tremendously unpopular in the North.
  10. Printing press (12986 bytes)
    8: ...uced into [[Europe]] from [[China]] by way of [[Muslims]], who had a paper mill in operation in [[Bagh...
    12: Previously, books were copied mainly in [[monasteries]], or...
    14: ... resistance was later encountered in much of the Islamic world, where calligraphic traditions were ext...
    18: ... in a Muslim territory opened in [[Andalusia]] (Muslim Spain) in the 1480s. This printing press was ru...
    23: ...lishment of a community of [[scientists]] (previously scientists were mostly isolated) that could easi...
  11. Australia (39438 bytes)
    48: ...alian Aborigine|Aboriginal]] and [[Torres Strait Islander]] peoples. Eastern Australia was claimed by ...
    50: ... by Papua New Guinean people and [[Torres Strait Islander]]s.
    54: ... New Holland'', in which they wrote of "the vast island, or rather continent, of Australia, Australasi...
    56: The name Australia was popularised by the 1814 work "A Voyage to Terra Australia" by the navigat...
    63: ...es Strait Islands]] and parts of far north [[Queensland]], they have distinct cultural practices and p...
  12. Canada (35540 bytes)
    52: ... Edward Island]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
    92: ...-1791)|Province of Quebec]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] (created 1769). To accommodate the Loyalists...
    94: ...4. The [[Treaty of Ghent]] was signed in December 1814. It was only after the French and Napoleonic wars...
    96: ...es of [[British Columbia]] in 1848 and Vancouver Island in 1849. By the late-1850s, politicians in the...
    111: ...ion (CFS) Alert on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island &ndash; latitude 82.5&deg;N &ndash; just 834 k...
  13. Germany (46412 bytes)
    62: ...This was the second German ''Reich'', usually translated as "empire", but also meaning "realm".
    68: ===Restoration and revolution (1814-1871)===
    71: ...'s fall, the [[Congress of Vienna]] convened in [[1814]] in order to restructure Europe. In Germany, the...
    89: ...[Enabling Act]] gave Hitler's government full legislative power. A centralised [[totalitarian]] state ...
    95: ... [[Bohemia]] and [[Moravia]] were annexed and a [[Slovakia]]n independent [[state]] was created. To av...
  14. Guyana (12153 bytes)
    62: ...th century]] and were finally ceded the area in [[1814]]. The three became a single British colony known...
    64: The abolition of [[slavery]] in [[1834]] led to black settlement of urb...
    76: [[Legislative]] power rests in the [[unicameral]] Guyanese...
    78: ... is not directly elected; each party presenting a slate of candidates for the assembly must designate ...
    94: * [[Essequibo Islands-West Demerara]]
  15. Nepal (22444 bytes)
    14: ...327;&#2352;&#2367;&#2351;&#2360;&#2367;<br />(transliteration: Ja'nani Jan'mabhumis'hcha Swar'gadapi G...
    60: ...[Prithvi Narayan Shah]], captured Kathmandu. In [[1814]], Nepal fought the [[Anglo-Nepalese War]] with t...
    160: ... traditions). About 4.2% of the population is [[Muslim]] and 3.6% of the population follows the indige...
    163: ... (7.1%), [[Tamang]] (5.6%), [[Newar]] (5.5%), [[Muslim]] (4.3%), Kami (3.9%), [[Rai (Ethnic Group)|Rai...
    316: *[http://www.newslookmag.com Newslook Magazine]
  16. Spain (36498 bytes)
    1: ...de Alhucemas|Alhucemas]], and the tiny [[Parsley Island]] ([[Disputed territories|disputed]]). Due to ...
    48: ...sh Peseta]]<br><sup>3</sup> Except in the Canary Islands, which are in the [[GMT]] time zone ( [[Coord...
    72: === Muslim Spain ===
    73: ...h centuries, the Iberian peninsula was ruled by Muslims who had crossed over from North Africa. Much o...
    89: ...ependence|War of Independence]] ([[1808]]&ndash;[[1814]]), a series of revolts and armed conflicts betwe...
  17. Delaware (15006 bytes)
    42: ... the "three lower counties" gained a separate legislature, and in 1710 a separate executive council.
    48: ...h]]. The [[Big August Quarterly]] which began in 1814 is still celebrated and is the oldest such cultur...
    50: ...stitution and so voted unsuccessfully to continue slavery beyond the Civil War. Delaware ratified the ...
    54: ...ecutive, judicial and legislative bodies. The legislative body consists of a House of Representatives ...
    139: #[[Fenwick Island, Delaware|Fenwick Island]]: $44,415
  18. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    45: * [[sledges]] - [[Scandinavia]]
    119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]]
    181: * [[1814]]: Steam [[Locomotive]] ''([[Blucher]])'': [[Geor...
    281: * [[1877]]: [[Induction motor]]: [[Nikola Tesla]]
    303: ...]) [[electric motor|induction motor]]: [[Nikola Tesla]]
  19. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    125: *[[Zdzislaw Beksinski]] ([[1929]]-)
    131: *[[George Wesley Bellows]] ([[1882]]-[[1925]])
    221: *[[Louis Buvelot]] ([[1814]]-[[1888]])
    302: *[[Boleslaw Cybis]] ([[1895]]-[[1957]])
    305: *[[Wladyslaw Czachorski]] ([[1850]]-[[1911]])
  20. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    151: *[[Elijah McCoy]] &mdash; son of former slaves, patented many [[lubrication]] devices
    173: *[[Slavoljub Eduard Penkala]], (1871-1922), [[Croatia]]...
    186: ...]], [[United States|USA]] &mdash; automatic bread-slicing machine
    191: *[[Adolphe Sax]], (1814-1894) &mdash; [[saxophone]]
    206: ...ication]], [[robot]]ics, [[logic gate]]s, the [[Tesla turbine|bladeless turbine]], radio and [[VTOL|V...

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