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- 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. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
17: ...badie|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
71: ...Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
74: ...crombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed at Bunker Hill.
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...ba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: ...iarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
14: ...illas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
43: ...mann|Ackermann, Marie Magdalene Charlotte]] (1757-1775)
62: *[[Loren Acton|Acton, Loren]], (born 1936), US astronaut - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ... a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported ...
11: ...le status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Cather...
13: ...courage the modernization of agriculture and industry. Second, she encouraged foreign investment in ec...
19: ...titions of Poland|partitions]] among Russia, [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]] (1772, 1793 and 1795).
21: ...gn. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], which legitimated the Russian cla... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...ber]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis ...
4: ...r) of the Austrian empress, [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emp...
7: ...ther, the Empress Maria-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's b...
15: ...that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabri...
19: ... a Thanksgiving Mass was held in her honour. The streets of the city where covered in flowers, which M... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: ...Austen (chopped) 2.jpg|thumb|Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
3: '''Jane Austen''' ([[December 16]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[...
5: ...sease]], the cause of which was then unknown. She travelled to [[Winchester, Hampshire|Winchester]] to...
12: ...y. Her view of life seems largely genial, with a strong dash of gentle but keen satire: she appeals ra...
39: Reference: David Cecil, ''A portrait of Jane Austen'' (1978) - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
2: '''Ching Shih''' [[1775]]-[[1844]] first became known as a [[China|Chines...
6: ... them. It was a capital offense to steal from the treasury. Raping female captives was a capital offen...
8: ... in [[1810]], now that the government could concentrate on her men and ships, and received it. Chang P... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...l Army]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) and later the first [[President...
26: ...[[Chotank]] in King George County. As a youth, he trained as a [[surveyor]] (obtaining his certificate...
29: ... 1772.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Ch...
31: ...irginia Regiment, led a mission into the Ohio Country. He ambushed a [[French Canadian]] scouting part...
33: ...nd showed coolness under fire in organizing the retreat. In Virginia, Washington was acclaimed as a he... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
2: ...f Hancock [[:Image:JohnHancockLarge.jpeg|(full portrait)]]]]
8: Hancock was born in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]] (Now [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]...
13: ...Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading.
17: ...istance to British authority and his financial contributions led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Ada...
19: ...ary of the [[Boston Massacre]], he gave a speech strongly condemning the British. In the same year, he... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...Old Style]], [[Julian Calendar]]), 1735 in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]]. His father, a farmer, also na...
24: ...length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
31: ... to the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authorit...
33: ...our colonists during the [[Boston Massacre]]. The trial resulted in an [[acquittal]] of the officer wh... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...fty [[U.S. state|states]] located primarily in central [[North America]]. The United States has land b...
4: {{Infobox Country |
9: ...>([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One")<br>''[[In God We Trust]]'' ([[1956]]–present) |
52: ...ence|Declaration of Independence]]. However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed...
58: ...ion|Constitution]] in [[1789]], forming a more centralized [[federalism|federal]] government. Prior to... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ... south along the [[Danube]] River. Romania has a stretch of sea coast on the [[Black Sea]] and the eas...
6: {{Infobox_Country|
20: leader_names = [[Traian Basescu|Traian Băsescu]] <br> [[Calin Popescu-Tariceanu...
39: .../>[[13 July]], [[1878]] ([[Treaty of Berlin, 1878|Treaty of Berlin]]) |
57: ..."''Ţara Romā®„ască''" (The Romanian Country) is the Romanian name of the former principality... - Flag of North Carolina (1696 bytes)
4: ...ning in black letters this inscription "May 20th, 1775," and that below the star there shall be a simila...
8: ...burg Declaration of Independence]] ([[May 20]], [[1775]]) and of the [[Halifax Resolves]] ([[April 12]],... - Flag of South Carolina (934 bytes)
2: ... represents the defense of [[Fort Moultrie]] (constructed of palmetto logs) on [[Sullivan's Island]] f... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
50: Fish = [[Trout|Arizona Trout]] |
56: Tree = [[Palo Verde]] |
61: Fossil = [[Petrified wood]] |
62: StateRock = [[Petrified wood]] |
72: Ships = U.S.S. Arizona (Destroyed 1941) | - California (63989 bytes)
16: TradAbbreviation = Calif. |
45: ...waisgate?WAISdocID=06487414661+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
55: Fish = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
60: Tree = [[Sequoia|California Redwood]] |
76: MusicalInstrument = none | - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
36: ...gland and one of the wealthiest states in the country. Connecticut was one of the [[13 colonies|thirte...
43: ...ird for Connecticut, was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviation of the state's name is "Con...
56: ...rners of the state contrast sharply with its industrial cities, located along the coastal highways fro...
65: ...sidents go for years or even decades without ever traveling to other regions of the state, considering...
77: ===Transportation=== - Washington (20186 bytes)
45: ...d [[whale]] hunting. In the east, nomadic tribes travelled the land and missionaries such as the Whit...
47: ...in|Spanish]] Captain [[Don Bruno de Heceta]] in [[1775]] on board the ''Santiago'', part of a two-ship [...
49: ...harles W. Barkley]]. Further explorations of the straits were performed by Spanish explorers [[Manuel ...
51: ...ia river]] and, beginning in 1792, he established trade in [[Sea Otter]] pelts. In [[1805]] the [[Lewi...
53: ...ritain ceded their claims to this land with the [[Treaty of Oregon]]. - 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... - 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]]
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