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- Virginia (23198 bytes)
46: ... Charter was officially ratified on [[May 23]], [[1609]].
48: ...ded by Virginia [[History of Washington, DC|was retroceded to Virginia]] effective [[1847]], and is n...
54: ... since [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]] when he was elected Governor of Virginia.
57: ...on]] and the cornerstone was laid by Governor [[Patrick Henry]] in [[1785]].
59: ...rtant and new. It gave Virginians a chance to control their own government for the first time. At fi... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...nch and Indian War]]. For many years, rightful control of the area was disputed by the surrounding [[1...
46: ...their relatively low altitude allows for little [[tree-line|timberline]], form a north-south spine run...
50: ...ng Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: ...ch to the presence of a particular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and cl...
58: ...the [[Iroquois]] drove many of the smaller native tribes out of Vermont, later using the area as a [[h... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
42: ...[England]], and once from the [[Native American]] tribes which lived on the land.
44: ...cluding [[William Coddington]] and [[John Clarke (1609-1676)|John Clarke]], founded the town of [[Portsm...
52: ...er, only landowners could vote. Before the [[Industrial Revolution]], when most people were employed a...
60: As the Industrial Revolution moved large numbers of workers into...
65: ... district one) and [[Jim Langevin]] (Democrat, district two). (See [[list of Rhode Island Governors]]... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...cs and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural...
44: ...ourishing sedentary culture in the [[1200s]], constructing small towns in the valley of the [[Rio Gran...
46: ...s [[Coronado State Monument]] in [[1541]]. His maltreatment of the Pueblo people while exploring the u...
52: ...Diego de Vargas Zapata]] reestablished Spanish control and returned Spanish colonists in [[1692]].
54: ... of New Spain, the duke of Alburquerque. They constructed the Church of San Felipe de Ner�[[1706]]).... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
3: ...structure in the US. The [[adobe]] walls were constructed around A.D. 1610]]
5: The elevation of Santa Fe is 2,132 metres (6,996 feet), compared with 1655.4 m for [[Denv...
7: ...gestive of the area's traditional [[adobe]] construction. Many contemporary houses in the city are b...
9: ...outiques, and [[Art gallery|galleries]] line the streets of the city center and Canyon Road.
11: ...l, art and tourism remain Santa Fe's biggest industries. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ''Note:'' Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
36: *[[Tracey Ullman|Ullman, Tracey]] (born 1959), British-born comedian
38: ...lmann|Ullmann, Liv]], (born 1938), Swedish-born actress
43: *[[Ulrich of Strassburg]], scholastic philosopher
51: *[[John Underhill|Underhill, John]], (1609-1672), Puritan colonist and soldier in America
58: ...on|Union, Gabrielle]] (born 1973) United States actress - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: The '''''Mayflower''''' was the [[ship]] which transported the [[Pilgrim Fathers]] from [[Plymouth]...
6: ... by [[Christopher Jones]], who was Captain on the trans-atlantic voyage, and based in [[Rotherhithe]]....
17: ...lymouth Colony]] in [[Massachusetts]] on a return trip to [[England]], arriving back on [[May 6]], [[1...
21: ...society took great interest in tracing their ancestry back to one of these. See [[list of passengers o...
25: ...e famous, virtually an icon of a perilous one-way trip to a new life, and many different kinds of thin... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: A '''comet''' is a small [[astronomical object]] similar to an [[asteroid]] but c...
9: ...d the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...appearance of Halley's Comet on the [[Bayeux Tapestry]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[En...
15: ...t tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surface...
17: ...electrons leading to emission of X-rays and far ultraviolet photons [http://www.kvi.nl/~bodewits]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
240: *[[Agostino Carracci]] ([[1560]]-[[1609]]) - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
6: * [[1609]] - [[Galileo Galilei]] develops an ''occhiolino'...
12: ...micrographs. He coins the word ''cell'' for the structures he discovers in [[cork (material)|cork]] b...
14: ...[[1931]] - [[Ernst Ruska]] builds the first [[electron microscope]].
15: ...]] in Physics for his invention of the [[phase contrast optical microscope]]. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...has been referred to as the "father of modern [[astronomy]]," as the "father of modern [[physics]]," a...
7: ...lty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explor...
10: ... the pitch of a stretched string. Galileo also contributed to the rejection of blind allegiance to aut...
12: ...deductively, and the experiments were merely illustrative thought experiments.
16: ==Astronomy== - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...n]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ...n to [[Rudolf II|Emperor Rudolf II]], and court astrologer to [[Albrecht von Wallenstein|General Walle...
6: ...College for Social and Economic Sciences Linz (Austria) was renamed [[Johannes Kepler University Linz]...
11: ...ompared to the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of i...
13: ...look at it." At age nine, he observed another astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]],... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...is time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
10: ...g that time, as later, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of ...
16: ...ce|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
21: ... his thoughts on philosophical reform in the lost tract, ''Temporis Partus Maximus'', but he failed to... - Microscope (8708 bytes)
1: ...] of investigating small objects using such an instrument is called [[microscopy]], and the term '''mi...
3: ...s an [[optics|optical]] [[measuring instrument|instrument]] containing one or more [[Lens (optics)|len...
11: ...r is replaced by a lamp unit providing stable, controllable illumination.
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31: </tr> - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
1: ...mb|A 19th century illustration of the Salem Witch Trials]]
12: *[[1609]]-[[Henry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores ...
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) ...
17: *[[1612]]-[[Tobacco]] cultivation introduced to [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] by [[J...
28: *[[1630]]-[[Winthrop Fleet]] travels to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...l Portrait Gallery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
4: ... very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[tragedy]] and [[comedy]].
6: ... of Shakespeare plays|chronology of the plays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific ou...
14: ...s also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of England.
16: ...earebirthplace.JPG|left|thumb|230px|The house in Stratford known as 'Shakespeare's Birthplace' (althou... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
9: ....jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mosaic of a [[Trireme|Roman Trireme]] in [[Tunisia]].]]
10: ...Parliament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Economy and Trade].</ref> By the 1st century BC, there were pira...
22: In the Roman province of Britannia, [[Saint Patrick]] was captured and enslaved by [[Ireland|Irish...
24: ...their [[hit-and-run tactics]] - a safe place to retreat to if the battle turned against them.
27: ...s far as the Black Sea and Persia. The lack of centralized powers all over [[Europe]] during the [[Mid... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
5: In [[1608]] he tried again, this time sailing farther to the east a...
7: ...' (''Half Moon''). The ship headed north in May [[1609]], but was forced to turn back before reaching No...
9: ...ntilist]] laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released.
13: ...e the eastern shores. In November the ship became trapped in the ice in [[James Bay]], and the crew mo... - Carson City, Nevada (3897 bytes)
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32: ...ed at 39°9'39" North, 119°45'14" West (39.160949, -119.753877){{GR|1}}.
34: ...son City has a total area of 403.2 [[square kilometre|km²]] (155.7 [[square mile|mi²]]). 37...
41: The city's age distribution is: 23.40% under the age of 18, 7.90% from...
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