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- 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 - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: Rear Admiral '''Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville''' ([...
4: ... in [[1820]] during an expedition to the [[Greek islands]]. On that expedition, D'Urville recognized ...
8: ...ts of [[New Guinea]], [[New Zealand]], and other islands, and found out the probable place of the deat...
12: On his return in [[1840]], he was made [[rear admiral]].
14: ..., [[Irian Jaya]], [[Indonesia]], and [[D'Urville Island]] ([[New Zealand]]) were named after him. The... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
7: ...xplored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]...
11: ...e]]s, exploitation of the Americas by Europe, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him fo...
13: ...s surname. The Latin roots of his name can be translated "Christ-bearer, Dove". Columbus' signature re...
27: ...ent a year on a ship bound towards [[Khios]] (an island in the [[Aegean Sea]]) and, after a brief visi...
35: ...a Islands]] and owned one of them ([[Porto Santo Island]]), but died when Felipa was a baby, leaving h... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
19: ...d: Charles IX conceived a great affection for the admiral and showed signs of taking up an independent atti... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...United Kingdom|Parliament of England]] passed legislation allowing the Crown to pass to the House of [...
33: ...accession, Anne appointed her husband [[Lord High Admiral]], giving him control of the [[Royal Navy]]. Anne...
42: ...questing his removal from the office of Lord High Admiral. Anne was forced to appeal to the Duke of Marlbor...
64: ...he arms of England and Scotland, which had previously been in different quarters, were "impaled," or p... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...umbnail|200px|Grace Hopper (January 1984)]] Rear Admiral '''Grace Murray Hopper''' ([[December 9]], [[1906...
12: ...ment. She was promoted to Captain in [[1973]] by Admiral [[Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.]].
16: ...ial appointment. By [[1985]] she became a [[rear admiral]]. She retired (involuntarily) from the Navy in ...
36: ...uter bug]]'' cannot be definitively attributed to Admiral Hopper, she did bring the term into popularity. T...
38: ...econds'' visual aid. People (such as generals and admirals) used to ask her why [[satellite]] communication... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
51: ...nquest]] of Spain and eventual expulsion of the Muslim population in the 15th century. 16th-century Re...
76: ...islamicarchitecture.org/art/islamic-carpets.html Islamic carpets] - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...3;رية''', [[transliteration|transliterated]] '''al-ʼIskandariyyah''') is the ch...
3: ... founding of [[Cairo]] by Egypt's mediæval Islamic rulers its status as the country's capital wa...
23: ...e possible site, behind the screen of the Pharos island and removed from the silt thrown out by Nile m...
34: ...an influence for more than a hundred years previously. [[Julius Caesar]] dallied with [[Cleopatra VII...
58: ...port, and a flourishing city arose on the Pharos island and the Heptastadion district, with outlying s... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ... away from each other), and transform (two plates slide past one another). [[Earthquake]]s, [[volcano|...
17: ...dary|Transform boundaries]]''' occur where plates slide, or perhaps more accurately grind, past each o...
18: ...|Divergent boundaries]]''' occur where two plates slide apart from each other.
19: ...'' (or ''active margins'') occur where two plates slide towards each other commonly forming either a [...
24: ...ates and when it reaches a level that exceeds the slipping-point of rocks on either side of the transf... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
6: ...t verified landing in [[1821]]. A [[1513]] map by Admiral [[Piri Reis]], however, contains a southern conti...
32: ... not cut through any piece of land, continent or island, which is the northern limit of the Antarctic ...
34: ...[[Tierra del Fuego - Antarctica & South Atlantic Isles]] province
40: *[[Norway]]: [[Peter I Island]] at 68?50' S, 90?35'W, claimed [[1929]], the ...
43: ... west, except for the Norwegian claim to Peter I Island (see above). - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ...ine]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]. It is known locally as the ''Country of ...
57: ...gne, was favourable to the development of a great Slavonic power, and Swatopluk, ruler of Great Moravi...
61: ... name exists again with [[the Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Poland]].
69: ...lections were held for a unicameral assembly, and Admiral Horthy was subsequently elected Regent, thereby p...
71: ...o [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] and [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]], and too... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
67: ...the massive use of imported [[Africa]]n [[slavery|slave]] labor.
69: ...reat of revolt. Following a series of rebellions, slavery was formally abolished in [[1838]].
71: Jamaica slowly gained increasing independence from the [[Uni...
82: ... a bipartisan joint committee of the Jamaican legislature in 1961-62, approved in the [[United Kingdom...
94: ...rses depending upon which arm of service they are slated for. Enlisted soldiers are given basic traini... - Lepidoptera (3770 bytes)
2: ...nta1web.jpg|250px|Red Admiral]] | caption = [[Red Admiral]] (''Vanessa atalanta'')}} - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
88: ...], ([[1545]] - [[November 19]], [[1598]]), Korean admiral
178: ...Young, Simon]], (fl. mid 19th century), Pitcairn Isl. politician
207: ...[Tohir Yuldashev|Yuldashev, Tohir]], leader of [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]] [[terrorist]] group - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
9: ...hilip, who was afraid of her and her affinity for sleeping in the company of snakes, but by [[Zeus]]. ...
41: ...t to explore the [[Persian Gulf]] shore under his admiral [[Nearchus]], while he led the rest of his forces...
63: ... passions in some quarters in Greece, (former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia and diasporas thereof. P...
89: ...drome]], leading to the possibility that a helplessly paralyzed Alexander might actually have been kil...
91: ...and Macedonian nobility, who felt they were being slowly but surely phased out of power by Alexander's... - History of science (41710 bytes)
46: ...ranslations and commentaries of Aristotle by the Islamic scholar [[Averroes|Averro볝] were influentia...
49: ...e:Islamic MedText c1500.jpg|thumb|left|Sample of Islamic medical text]]
50: ''See also: [[Islamic science]]''
52: ... together people and new ideas from all over the Islamic world.
54: ...H蠍egal蠓yntaxis'' (''The great treatise'') translated as ''[[Almagest]]''. Al-Batani also improved ... - World War I (62979 bytes)
6: ... east and laid the basis for a modern democratic Islamic state, Turkey. Activity by the French and Bri...
8: ...s commonly called "The Great War" (a title previously used to refer to the [[Napoleonic Wars]]) or som...
19: ... room to maneuver, as the last weeks of July 1914 slipped away. Frantic diplomatic efforts to mediate ...
24: ...sia]] would back Serbia to annex [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] areas of Austria-Hungary. The feeling was t...
52: ...n August 11, [[Australia]]n forces landed on the island of [[New Britain|Neu-Pommern]], which was part... - World War II (58065 bytes)
33: .... The [[Kriegsmarine]] [[pocket battleship]] "''[[Admiral Graf Spee]]''" was sunk in South America after th...
46: ...man [[U-Boat]]s attempted to deprive the British Isles of necessary [[Lend Lease]] cargo from the Unit...
52: ===1941: Yugoslavia, Greece, Crete, Soviet Union, Continuation Wa...
54: ...41]]. Hitler's forces then invaded Greece and Yugoslavia on [[April 6]], [[1941]]. Hitler reluctantly ...
56: ...f the [[Metaxas Line]]. The rapid downfall of Yugoslavia, however, allowed German forces to pour into ... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
15: ...The [[United States]] takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
18: ...$25 million for the [[U.S. Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]].
19: ...nal character | character]] created by [[Elzie Crisler Segar]], first appeared in a [[newspaper]] [[co...
58: ...71]] - [[David Beatty|David Earl Beatty]] British admiral (d. [[1936]])
142: * [[2004]] - [[Czeslaw Niemen]], Polish musician (b. [[1939]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
15: *[[1738]] - [[Bouvet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer ...
16: ...dition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published.
18: *[[1801]] - Legislative union of [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[...
21: *[[1808]] - Importation of [[slave]]s into the [[United States]] is banned
28: *[[1892]] - [[Ellis Island]] opens to begin accepting immigrants to the [...
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