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- Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820]] to [[1859]]'''.
3: === [[1820s]] ===
4: ...as-1970-1820.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1820]]
5: *[[1820]] - [[Missouri Compromise]]
6: *[[1820]] - [[Land Act]]
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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. - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ... explored the south and western [[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Antarctica]].
3: ...:Dumont-d'Urville.web.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''L'Astrolabe'' making water on a floe [[February 6]], [...
4: ...]]. On that expedition, D'Urville recognized the true value of a recently unearthed statue as an anci...
14: ...eet in Paris, Rue Dumont d'Urville, in the 8th district near the [[Champs-Élysées]]. [[Dumont d'Urv...
18: ...enty-four volumes, with six large volumes of illustrations. - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
3: '''Susan Brownell Anthony''', ([[February 15]], [[1820]] – [[March 13]], [[1906]]) was an [[United...
11: :''"The true republic — men, their rights and nothing ... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ... [[mathematician]] and a student of [[Karl Weierstrass]] in [[Berlin]]. In [[1881]] she was appointed...
5: ...[Fyodor Ivanovich Schubert]] (mathematician and astronomer of the [[St Petersburg Academy of Sciences]...
7: Sofia Kovalevskaya contributed to the understanding of [[partial different...
11: ...a spent many hours of childhood scrutinising the strange scribbles. Something of it seems to have stuc...
13: ...Pyotr Vasilievich Krukovsky]], a self-taught eccentric with especial fondness for mathematics. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...htingale,''' [[Order of Merit|OM]] ([[May 12]], [[1820]] – [[August 13]], [[1910]]), who came to b...
7: ...ld city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-willed woman, Florence rebelled against the ex...
9: ... family in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
19: ...ey became life-long close friends. Herbert was instrumental in facilitating Nightingale's pioneering w...
23: ... of Kaiserwerth. She undertook the training over strenuous family objections concerning the risks and ... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
2: ... [[feminist]] and fundraiser, all as part of the struggle for liberation from [[slavery]] and [[racism...
5: ...seer hurled a two-pound weight in her direction, striking her in the head. As a result of the blow, sh...
9: ...never captured. And she guided hundreds of people trapped in slavery up to the free states, during the...
15: ...outhbound train, successfully gambling that the retreat into enemy territory would never be anticipate...
17: ...ould be shot dead to prevent the dissenter from betraying the group. - Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
1: ...'labrosones'', literally meaning "lip-vibrated instruments" (Baines, 1993).
3: ... of wood, like the [[cornett]], and [[woodwind instrument]]s made of brass, like the [[saxophone]].
5: === [[Brass instrument]]s ===
10: * [[Bazooka (instrument)|Bazooka]]
25: * [[Serpent_(instrument)|Serpent]] - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
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 [...
28: ... [[U.S. presidential election, 1820|re-elected in 1820]]. Monroe, the last American [[Revolutionary War]...
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: ...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...
32: ...sidential election, 1820|presidential election of 1820]]. [[President of the United States|President]] [... - 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> - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
20: ... [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputation by declaring support for the [...
22: ... with her aristocratic, nervous ways and show her true affection. He was one of the most popular men i...
25: ...|Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]], part of the [[Transcendental Generation]]. The site of his birth i...
27: ...cademy in spring [[1820]]. Later that year he was transferred to [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] to prepar...
38: ...in [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]]. He was district attorney for New Hampshire, and declined the a... - 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... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
4: ...xts such as the "Pauper's Bibles" emphasized illustrations and used words sparsely. As a new block had...
6: ...ina until the European style printing press was introduced in relatively recent times (thus bringing t...
8: ...nvention of the press. The claim that Gutenberg introduced or invented the printing press in Europe is...
14: ...lamic world, where calligraphic traditions were extremely important, and also in the Far East.
16: ...d expansion shows not only a higher level of industry (fueled by the high-quality European paper mills... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...ic mouth of the [[Nile]] (now dry) was 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city ...
3: ...diæval Islamic rulers its status as the country's capital was ended, and it fell into a long dec...
19: ...[[Deinocrates of Rhodes]]. Ancient accounts are extremely numerous and varied, and much influenced by ...
23: ...nd the sea, according to a history of Alexander attributed to the author known as [[Alexander Romance|...
25: ...t became a famous tourist destination for ancient travellers. - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
6: ... accepted sighting of the continent occurred in [[1820]] and the first verified landing in [[1821]]. A [...
15: ...h. [[Weather pattern|Weather front]]s rarely penetrate far into the continent, leaving the center col...
26: See also: [[Extreme points of Antarctica]]
30: ...ce due to the [[Antarctic Treaty System|Antarctic Treaty]] which came into effect in 1961, but continu...
32: ...and, which is the northern limit of the Antarctic treaty. The southern border of all sectors collapses... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
31: ...by area|Ranked 162nd]] <br> 10,360 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> Negligible
34: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 154th]] <br> 817,052 <br>...
51: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
59: ...hort-term settlements by nomadic tribes. Bearing tribal monikers such as the Al Khalifa and the Al Sa...
61: ...to negotiate with Colonel Pelly was a respected entrepreneur and long-time resident of [[Doha]], Muha... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
1: '''Jamaica''' is a country in the [[Caribbean Sea]], located south of [[Cub...
33: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 159th]] <br> [[1 E10 m?|10,991 ...
38: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 135th]]
59: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]'''
65: The name of the country derives from the name Xaymaca, meaning land of w... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
39: ...ecies]] capital of the world and is the only industrial producer of [[coffee]], and [[chocolate]] in t...
44: ...er]], [[state gem]], [[state mammal]] and [[state tree]]. Included are the two statues representing H...
46: ...the [[Union Jack]] and features eight horizontal stripes representing the eight major Hawaiian Islands...
56: ... be found on high islands located in and near the tropics has resulted in a vast array of [[endemic]] ...
64: ...edatory rivals. Warfare was endemic. The general trend was towards chiefdoms of increasing size, even... - Maine (17312 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Pine Tree State |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 15]], [[1820]] |
38: ..., when it was moved to the more geographically central city of [[Augusta, Maine|Augusta]].
45: ...ratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] in four straight elections, casting its votes for [[Bill Clin...
51: ...inner in each of the state's two congressional districts. - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
38: ...Its state bird is the [[purple finch]]. Its state tree is the [[Paper Birch|American white birch]], al...
44: ...ire International Speedway]] (formerly Loudon Racetrack), home of the [[Loudon Classic]], the longest-...
51: ...tories: the founding of the [[Republic of Indian Stream]] on its northern border with [[Canada]] over ...
60: ...utive Council's duties include voting on state contracts worth more than $5,000, on nominations made b...
66: ...der links, with the only two interstate school districts in the United States.
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