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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
37: *[[Andrew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
46: ...ngeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...n Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
58: *[[John Adams (Pitcairn)|Adams, John]], Patriarch Of Pitcairn
65: ...el Adams|Adams, Samuel]], (1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
1: [[Image:Sojourner_Truth_01.jpg|thumb|Sojurner Truth]]
3: ...er birth is uncertain, but is usually taken to be 1797.
5: ...g [[Elijah Pierson]] in evangelical preaching on street-corners.
7: [[image:Sojourner_Truth.jpg|thumb|left|Sojurner Truth]]
10: ...ography in [[1850]], the ''Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave''. - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
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8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Iridaceae]]}} - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...ia|Gov.]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], born in [[Austria]]; [[Florida]] [[United States Senate|Sen.]] [[...
21: ... the oath — and even judges of [[federal district court]]s have fulfilled this duty in emergenci...
23: ...ugural address which sets the tone for his administration.
25: ...es)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. ...
27: ...|'''[[George Washington]]''', 1st President (1789-1797)]] - George Washington (29551 bytes)
7: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
19: ...nder the [[U.S. Constitution]]. ([[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President of the [[1787]...
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... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
18: ...ident]] of the [[United States]], and the second (1797–[[1801]]) [[President of the United States]...
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. - 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...
37: ...of the United States, under [[John Adams]] from [[1797]] until [[1801]], achieving that position after g... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
18: ... Hamilton]], of the [[Federalist Papers]], and is traditionally regarded as the ''[[List of people kno...
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.
33: ...[Dolley Madison|Dolley Payne Todd]], who cut as attractive and vivacious a figure as he did a sickly a... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: John Quincy Adams was born in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]], (in a part of town which is n...
24: ... a foreign-born wife, Adams wed Louisa Johnson in 1797. The couple named one of their sons after George ...
28: ...a member of the commission which negotiated the [[Treaty of Ghent]] in [[1814]], and Minister to [[Uni...
30: ...-On�Treaty]] and helped develop the [[Monroe Doctrine]], which warned European nations not to meddle... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...'''" or the "'''Jacksonian Era'''" — an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between t...
22: ... This [[anglophobia]] would be combined with a distrust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming fr...
26: ... its bravery and success. He was popular with his troops and was said to have been "tough as old hicko...
38: ...bered for introducing the [[spoils system]], or patronage, to American politics. Upon his election as ...
43: ...ems caused by the War of 1812. Both Banks were instrumental in the growth of the U.S. economy, but Jac... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ... tip of the African continent. It borders the countries of [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[...
3: ...started to dismantle it in [[1990]] after a long struggle by the black majority, as well as many white...
5: ...dern [[infrastructure]] common throughout the country.
9: ...result, there are many official names for the country.
11: The country also recognises eight non-official languages: [[... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
14: ... time had been extremely labor-intensive. This contributed to the economic development of the [[Southe...
16: ...at produced cotton gins went out of business in [[1797]].
18: ... and its constituent elements should rightly be attributed to Eli Whitney; some contend that [[Catheri...
22: Whitney's greatest contribution to American industry was the development and implementation of the [[...
24: ...yle of manufacturing, where a skilled workman constructed individual items out of handmade and fitted ... - 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: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall o...
64: *[[Trisha Yearwood|Yearwood, Trisha]] (born 1964), musician
68: ...egorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...sei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
74: *[[Philip Yeo|Yeo, Philip]], industrial and systems engineer - 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]]) - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
16: *[[1795]] - [[Treaty of Greenville]]
17: *[[1795]] - [[Jay Treaty]]
20: *[[1796]] - [[Pinckney's Treaty]]
21: ...1796]] - [[Treaty with Tripoli (1796)|Treaty with Tripoli]]
22: *[[1797]] - [[John Adams]] (Federalist) inaugurated, Jeff... - New Year (5703 bytes)
7: ...]] used by most [[developed country|developed countries]]. (For more information, see [[New Year's Day...
11: ...alendar]]. Because the [[Chinese calendar]] is astronomically defined, unlike the Gregorian Calendar,...
31: ...ng of the year. In [[45 BC]], [[Julius Caesar]] introduced the [[Julian calendar]], dropping Mercedoni...
35: ...This was used in many parts of Europe until the introduction of the [[Gregorian calendar]] in [[1582]]...
38: ...[[Republic of Venice]] until its destruction in [[1797]], and in [[Russia]] until the [[14th century]]. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...ay of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. Th...
17: *[[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital ...
27: ...rdinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the [[Panama Canal]].
33: ...Federation|federate]] as the [[Commonwealth of Australia]]; [[Edmund Barton]] becomes first [[Prime Mi...
37: ...th Australia]] and transferred to Commonwealth control. - Clock (10086 bytes)
2: ...st the [[14th century]]. Clock can refer to an abstract system of time measurement (''ed.'' see [[cale...
9: ... carried; big ones are in public places, e.g. a [[train station]] or [[church]]. A small clock is ofte...
12: It may also be used to ''control'' a device according to time, e.g. an alarm clo...
27: The recurrent, periodic process (a [[metronome]]) is an [[oscillator]] and typically genera...
43: ...me telling device can be traced to antiquity. [[Vitruvius]] reports that the [[ancient Egyptian]]s use... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
9: ...- proto-[[socialism|socialist]], guillotined in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'etat|coup]]'' attempt
29: *[[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]] - French Controller-General of Finances from 1783 to 1787, whose...
30: ... under [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], chief contributor to the [[Napoleonic Code]]
33: ...son of the Duke of Orleans, he defected to the Austrians along with [[Charles Dumouriez|Dumouriez]] in...
43: ...ustin de Coulomb]] - major contributor to the [[metric system]]
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