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- Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...a|Victorian Era]] was at the height of the [[Industrial Revolution]], a period of great social, econom...
12: ...e king. At the age of fifty the Duke of Kent and Strathearn married [[Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld...
16: ... that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, would act as Regent during the queen's mi...
18: ... Victoria may have been, theirs proved to be an extremely happy marriage.
27: ...able to cope with the problems overseas, the ministry of Lord Melbourne resigned. - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: ...Austen (chopped) 2.jpg|thumb|Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
3: ...' ([[December 16]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[English literature|English ...
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) - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ... is a period in the history of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching from the establishment of the [[Eleventh d...
8: ... reign of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a palace coup by Amenemhat th...
14: ...he centralized government though) and established trade connections with Nubia and a war seems to be c...
16: ...ret II]] ([[1842 BC]] - [[1836 BC]]) improved the trade connections with Nubia en Palestine and the Le...
18: ...-king, often taking the field himself. He led his troops deep into Nubia, making that kingdom even mor... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
3: ==Introduction==
17: ...n Chronology in Relation to the Bronze Age", in Astrom (ed) ''High, Middle or Low'' (Gothengurg, 1987)...
20: ... developed by [http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology].)
166: *Montuhotep II (Nebhepetre) 1986-1956
172: *Iyibkhenetre - 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. ...
29: ...e chosen to affirm rather than swear. The oath is traditionally ended with, "So help me God," although... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1817]]
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. - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1817]]
14: | wife=[[Elizabeth Kortright Monroe]]
18: ...d States]]. He is the namesake of the [[Monroe Doctrine]], although it was his [[United States Secreta...
24: ...to [[France]] in [[1794]]-[[1796]], he displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later, with [...
30: Monroe made strong Cabinet choices, naming a Southerner, [[John C... - 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...
28: ... to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] from [[1815]] to [[1817]]. During this time, Adams and his wife lost to i...
30: ...-On�Treaty]] and helped develop the [[Monroe Doctrine]], which warned European nations not to meddle...
55: ...States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]||align="left"|'''[[Richard Rush]]'''||ali... - 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> - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ...nited States district attorney for the eastern district of [[Pennsylvania]] from 1829 to [[1831]]. He...
7: ...nted by President [[Martin Van Buren]] as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia f...
9: Dallas was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to [[United...
11: Dallas was the son of [[U.S. Treasury Secretary]] [[Alexander J. Dallas]] and is ...
15: ... States Attorney|U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]|before=?|after=?|years=1829-... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
44: ...he [[Confederate States of America]], and took control of U.S. forts and other properties within their...
48: ...akness after Reconstruction and the modern administrative state would only emerge with the [[New Deal]...
50: ...though is criticized by some for overstepping the traditional bounds of executive power.
53: ...site the following year, the 22-year-old Lincoln struck out on his own, [[canoe]]ing down the Sangamon...
59: ...Sangamon in the hopes of attracting [[steamboat]] traffic to the river, which would allow sparsely pop... - Australia (39438 bytes)
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3: common_name =Australia|
4: image_flag =Australia_flag_large.png|
6: image_map =LocationAustralia.png|290px| - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...s. Madagascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries not to use a [[decimal currency]].
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53: ...e 17th century, the [[France|French]] established trading posts along the east coast. From about [[177...
55: ...financial assistance. British influence remained strong for several decades, during which the Merina c... - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
9: ...e of a man and the body of a [[lion]]. It is 57 metres (260 feet) long, 6 m (20 ft) wide, and has a he...
11: ...Stela]] placed between the paws. It was only in [[1817]] that the first modern dig, supervised by [[Giov...
13: ...e weighing upwards of 200 tonnes were used to construct the adjoining Sphinx Temple.
15: ...Its [[Arabic language|Arabic]] name, ''Abu al-H?, translates as "Father of Terror". The Western name "...
18: ...hinx is an international symbol of mystery and controversy. It is the world's largest statue and one o... - Flag of Texas (2443 bytes)
4: ... is equal to three-fourths the width of the blue stripe.
6: ... flag (the [[Bonnie Blue Flag]]) became an [[infantry]] [[standard|battle standard]].
8: ... United States]]. Blue stands for loyalty, white strength, and red bravery.
16: ==Trivia==
18: The [[flag of Chile]], first used in [[1817]], is similar to the flag of Texas. - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
6: ...lected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. On [[January 6]], [[1817]] he married Henrietta Edwards and they had four ...
14: ... time had been extremely labor-intensive. This contributed to the economic development of the [[Southe...
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 ... - Koala (10686 bytes)
2: ...Image:Tak_koala.jpg|none|200px]] | caption = Illustration of a Koala Bear.
5: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
6: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
8: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Marsupialia]]}} - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
25: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] <small...
38: ...] ([[Sioux]]) [[Native American|American Indian]] tribe.
39: ...rth Dakota]] was admitted on the same day (see '''Trivia''', below).
41: ...]. It is one of the six states of the [[Frontier Strip]].
50: :'''[[List of U.S. state trees|State tree]]:''' Black Hills [[Spruce]] - 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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