Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ... in [[1962]], saying, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge...
25: ... of Independence]], and a source of many other contributions to American political and civil culture. ...
32: ...n Virginia, to say nothing of the rest of the country.
35: ... agricultural nation of [[yeoman]] farmers, in contrast to the vision of [[Alexander Hamilton]], who e...
41: Jefferson's portrait appears on the U.S. [[United States Two dollar... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
18: ... Hamilton]], of the [[Federalist Papers]], and is traditionally regarded as the ''[[List of people kno...
21: ...e Madison spent most of his childhood years. In [[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton U...
23: ...nted in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state representation depending...
29: ...e governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
31: ...ed Jefferson and believed strongly in limiting centralized power. - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...e]] and study of the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the proc...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic p...
7: ... used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict de Saussur...
10: ...ssil]] [[animal shell|shell]]s in a geological [[stratum]] in a mountain hundreds of miles from the oc...
12: ...until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translated into [[Latin]] and the other languages of... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ... believe you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wai...
3: ...is already too long and should serve only as an introduction for Canada. To keep this overview article...
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the northern-most in the w...
21: ...heavily on the abundance of natural resources and trade, particularly with the [[United States|U.S.]],...
37: ..., Saskatchewan|Regina]]||-7 (Mountain),<br>-6 (Central) - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...e [[steam engine]] were a key stage in the [[Industrial Revolution]].
5: ...iety]]. Many of his papers are in [[Birmingham Central Library]].
9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument making in [[London]] before returning to [[G...
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on steam engine. - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...lant]], a [[shrub]] native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the [[Old World]] and the [...
4: ... in a way that gives cotton unique properties of strength, durability, and absorbency. Each fiber is m...
9: ...ake very fine lightweight [[cloth]] in areas with tropical climates for millennia. Some authorities cl...
11: ...[[sheep]]. The Indians make their clothes of this tree wool".
13: ...uage|German]] ''Baumwolle'', which translates as "tree wool". - 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]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...of the ancient world. He is known in some eastern traditions such as the [[Middle-Persian]] literature...
6: ...e appears as a towering legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
9: ...s Alexander's tutor; he gave Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature and stimulated h...
14: ...assassinated at the wedding of his daughter Cleopatra to [[Alexander I of Epirus|King Alexander of Epi...
16: ...outh with his armies in a campaign to solidify control of Greece and confront the Persian Empire. - 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]])
287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
15: ...span="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
18: ...870,972,220 [[kilometre|km]]<br>19.191 263 93 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
21: | 18.029 [[Tera|T]][[metre|m]]<br>120.515 AU
23: !align="left"| [[Eccentricity (orbit)|Eccentricity]]
71: ...5 km2|8.084×10<sup>9</sup>]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]]<br>(15.849 Earths) - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ... populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and wealth, first...
11: ...and, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the la...
13: ...ada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tan...
19: ...ries of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with [[Amazons|A...
30: ... applied in the account of this voyage. It can be traced back to a series of romances that were very p... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: [[Image:treimann.summi_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jp...
6: ...aly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus ...
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small>
28: | '''Petrus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...t.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime...
5: ==Introduction==
8: ...ebra]], [[trigonometry]], [[navigation]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command h...
12: ...phy and was responsible for mapping much of the entrance to the [[Saint Lawrence River]] during the si...
14: ...xtent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]]. - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...erence of British and French-Canadian hunters and trappers who were already well established in the ar...
7: ...hought that when they got to that part of the country, she could take them to her native home.
10: ...e wintering at the fort, the men prepared for the trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting el...
16: ...s from the East would have stormed the Indian Country much too soon, and there would have been total c...
24: *Opened American fur trade in the West - March 18 (10594 bytes)
10: ...[1673]] - [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [...
15: ... the [[United States]] granting exclusive [[trade|trading]] rights.
16: ...]] - [[Einar Dessau]] uses a [[short-wave radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[h...
21: *[[1925]] - The [[Tri-State Tornado]] hits the Midwestern states of [[...
32: ...] for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to [[Extra-vehicular activity|walk in space]]. - March 23 (10340 bytes)
9: *[[1775]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Henry]] delivers his famous speech - "[[give m...
10: ...uck with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Pala...
11: *[[1806]] - After traveling through the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and rea...
19: ...r a post-presidency [[safari]] in [[Africa]]. The trip is sponsored by the [[Smithsonian Institution]]...
21: ...war Dutt]] embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot b... - 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: ...17]] [[1771]], [[Chipewyan]] chief [[Matonabbee]] travelling as his guide on his arctic overland journ... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...incomplete, in-development) list are somewhat arbitrary: Not all of these events were military, some w...
53: *[[Operation Infinite Reach]] (strikes on [[Sudan]] and [[Afghanistan]], 1998)
126: ==Ethnic cleansing and control==
129: **[[Trail of Tears]] (1838–1839)
143: *[[Patriot War]] (1837–1838) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...s of [[industry|industrial]] capacity) were: [[Austria]], [[Britain]], [[France]], [[Prussia]], and [[...
9: ...ower of [[theology]]. The rise of nations like Austria, Russia, and Prussia began to shift the balance...
11: ...], where civil war enabled the British to take control of the entire sub-continent.
13: In a strictly aesthetic analysis, the 18th century is gene...
24: * [[1721]]: [[Treaty of Nystad]] signed, ending the [[Great Northe...
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).