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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its...
15: ...ilt and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - n...
17: ...ore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an...
19: ...ahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio.
21: ...ope. Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arr... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ''This page is about Maria Theresa of Austria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ru...
3: ..., Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
4: ...owerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...ued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...ng to adulthood. She made him co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the p... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
5: ...hematics]] at age thirteen, despite her parents' strong attempts to dissuade her from engaging in a 'm...
9: ...meticae]]'' ([[1801]]). He eventually learned her true identity in [[1806]], when [[Napoleon Bonaparte...
12: ...o flattering and less equivocal manner that the attractions of this science, which has enriched my lif...
15: ...r, in [[1808]] Gauss was appointed professor of astronomy at the [[University of Gottingen|University ...
19: ...etter to Gauss, became quite significant as it restricted the possible solutions of [[Fermat's last th... - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
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... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...ead and how it is interpreted. Depending on which tradition is believed, she may or may not have been ...
11: ...t]] and [[Painting|painter]] [[William Blake]] ([[1808]]).]]
12: ...|200px|thumb|right|Traditional woodblock print portraying Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden with many...
13: ... means "red earth"), and God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and gave him dominion over...
15: ...oy its fruits under this one prohibition: "Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt no... - 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...
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...
26: ...d from [[March 4]], [[1803]], until [[June 8]], [[1808]], when he resigned, a successor having been elec...
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... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...r" colspan=2>[[Image:Martin Van Buren.jpg]]</td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
6: ...h 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
7: ...>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Andrew Jackson]]</td></tr> - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...resdent.jpg|200px|Presidential Seal]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>10th President</td></tr>
6: ...April 4]], [[1841]] - [[March 4]], [[1845]]</td></tr>
7: ...owed:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr> - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
17: | '''Date of Birth''' || [[December 29]], [[1808]]
40: '''Andrew Johnson''' ([[December 29]], [[1808]] – [[July 31]], [[1875]]) was the sixteenth...
42: Johnson presided over the [[Reconstruction]] of the United States following the [[Amer...
45: ... Johnson and Mary McDonough on [[December 29]], [[1808]]. At the age of 4 his father died. At the age o...
51: ... He was chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Thirty-sixth Congress).... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Chile]]. Named after [[brazilwood]], a local tree, Brazil is home to both extensive [[agriculture...
8: ...Work in the colony was based on [[slavery]]. In [[1808]] King [[John VI of Portugal|Jo㯠VI of Portugal]...
10: ...se]] immigrants. That period also saw Brazil industrialise and further occupy its interior. Brazilian...
17: ...which three members from each state or federal district are elected according to the principle of majo...
29: ...singular ''estado'') and 1 federal district (''distrito federal''): - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
1: ..., on the coast of the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The country is bordered by [[Guinea]] in the north and [[Lib...
28: ...by area|Ranked 116th]] <br> 71,740 [[square kilometre|km?]] <br> 0.2%
31: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 102nd]]<br> 5,426,618<br>...
48: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
54: ...uguese]] explorers first landed and named the country "Lion Mountains". [[Europe]]ans used the land as... - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ...ken Finland'') is a [[Nordic countries|Nordic country]] in northeastern [[Europe]], bordered by the [[...
27: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 63th]] <br>[[1 E11 m?|338,145 k...
30: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 109th]] <br>5,211,311<br>...
44: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' || +358
51: ...ally in the northern and eastern parts of the country. - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...entral]] and [[South America|South American]] countries.<!--
6: {{Infobox Country |
12: national_motto = ''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br>([[Latin]]: "Further Beyond") |
42: time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]]<sup>3</sup> |
44: time_zone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | - 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 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 - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...ay of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. Th...
21: *[[1808]] - Importation of [[slave]]s into the [[United S...
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. - 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]] ...
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