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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
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara
51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
71: ...Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
40: ...rles Francis Adams, Sr.|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1807-1886), grandson of John Adams, son of John Quincy...
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 - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
6: *[[John Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
12: *[[Louis Agassiz|Agassiz, Louis]], (1807-1873), work on [[ice age]]s, [[glacier]]s
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
16: *[[Agathon]] (c. 448-400 BCE), Athenian tragic poet - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
1: [[Image:Flora_Tristan.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Flora Tristan, grandmother of Paul Gauguin]]
3: ...賥-Henriette Tristan-Moscoso. Her father, Marino Tristᮠy Moscoso, was an [[Arequipa|Arequipa-born]]...
5: ... about her experiences in [[Peru]] during the countries' tumultuous post-independence period. The diar...
7: ...ra Tristan and her grandson [[Paul Gauguin]]'s contrasting quests for the ideal life through their exp...
9: Flora Tristan herself authored several works, the best kno... - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
2: ... By the time her husband died in a [[gale]] in [[1807]], he had united a pirate coalition numbering 400...
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... - 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... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...ent of the United States]], serving in the administration of [[Martin Van Buren]].
5: ...ited States Congress|Congress]]es ([[March 4]], [[1807]]-[[March 3]], [[1819]]). He was chairman of the...
23: ...[Thomas Sandford]]|after=At-Large districts|years=1807-1813}}
24: ...re=Single Member Districts|after=Single Member Districts|years=1813-1815}}
25: ...r the 3rd District of Kentucky|before=At-Large Districts|after=[[William Brown]]|years=1815-1819}} - 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... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
1: ...untry in [[West Africa]]. It is the smallest country within the African continent and is entirely sur...
31: ...s by area|Ranked 158th]]<br>10,380 [[square kilometre|km²]]<br>11.5%
34: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 145th]]<br> 1,367,124 (Ju...
51: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
57: ...ury]], the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] took over this trade using maritime routes. At that time, The Gambi... - 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]] - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
4: ...he right to stand for public office in [[South Australia]] in [[1894]], along with universal suffrage ...
11: ...rious countries throughout the world. In many countries women's suffrage was granted before [[universa...
13: ... the nineteenth century, starting with [[South Australia]] in [[1861]].
15: ...y permitted to stand for election) in a major country was granted in [[New Zealand]] in [[1893]].
17: ... allow women to stand for parliament was South Australia, in [[1894]]. - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
24: ...and Caribbean colonies. Both sides permitted this trade when it benefitted them, but opposed it when i...
26: ...eas trade ties. Thus, in retaliation against U.S. trade practices, Britain imposed a loose blockade of...
28: ... suspended all U.S. trade with foreign nations in 1807, hoping to get the British to end their blockade ...
32: ...he peace treaty) on many fronts. Crucially, the [[Treaty of Ghent]] which officially ended the war saw...
34: ...ral government forcibly deported the Southeastern tribes to less fertile territories to the west. The... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
6: ... term "minor planet" (or "planetoid") carries no strong suggestion about the composition of the object...
8: ...rvive passage through [[Earth's atmosphere]] and strike Earth largely intact while the smaller meteoro...
21: ... and on the details of the [[visible spectrum|spectrum]] of sunlight they reflect.
24: ...ilies are much "tighter" and result from the catastrophic break-up of a large parent asteroid sometime...
28: ===Spectral classification=== - 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]]
36: *[[1803]] - [[Louisiana Purchase]] Treaty - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ... the fall was also rapid, beginning with the disastrous invasion of [[Russia]], and Napoleon's empire ...
5: ...aterloo]] and the [[Treaty of Paris (1815)|Second Treaty of Paris]]. Collectively, the nearly continuo...
8: [[Image:Napoleon1.jpg|left|frame|Portrait of [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]]]
12: ...roughout the world, and the United Kingdom's industrial economy made it the most powerful commercial n...
13: ...es have remained: for instance, many European countries have a [[Civil law (legal system)|Civil law]] ... - Ship (18843 bytes)
4: ... the point of carrying four or five masts, also introduced the fore and aft rig to larger vessels, so ...
14: ...Because different types of water, (summer, fresh, tropical fresh, winter north Atlantic) have differen...
19: ...] that fought in the [[Peloponnesian War]] used [[trireme]]s, as did the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] conte...
21: ...ht ratio down. He had achieved publicity by demonstrating it unofficially in the 100-foot [[Turbinia]]...
23: ...n in manning owing to the removal of the need for trimmers and of stokers in the old-fashioned numbers... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...ton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
13: ...urr under his wing, and by his vigilance in the retreat from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brig...
14: ...s from both armies. Burr established a thorough patrol system, rigorously enforced [[martial law]], an...
26: ... nomination. Nevertheless, Hamilton masked his hatred of Burr for a decade, remaining outwardly frien...
28: ...p. Washington also passed Burr over for the ministry to [[France]], and turned down his application f... - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
5: ...1809]] and resided for a time with a [[Cherokee]] tribe, where he was named "the Raven". In March [[18...
7: ... He was made [[attorney general]] of Nashville district in late 1818 and also given a command in the s...
9: ...tly drinking heavily the entire time. Following a trial for assault in Washington he left the Cherokee...
14: ...tiations before retiring to the United States for treatment of an ankle wound.
16: ...ope during his first term. In his second term he strove for financial prudence and worked to make peac...
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