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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...opulous [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking country in the world.
9: {{Infobox Country |
37: GDP_PPP = $1.064 trillion |
64: ... memory of [[Aztlan], the starting point of their tribes wanderings, never thought of themselves as an...
70: ...merica]] were all incorporated into Mexico from [[1822]] to [[1823]], when they declared independence, w... - 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... - 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...
6: In [[1822]] he sailed on a voyage around the world under [[...
14: ...eet in Paris, Rue Dumont d'Urville, in the 8th district near the [[Champs-Élysées]]. [[Dumont d'Urv... - 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... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: ...portable [[free reed instrument|free-reed wind instrument]] with a [[musical keyboard|keyboard]], the ...
4: ...ssible that some ancient civilisation had reed instruments. It has been suggested that they may have e...
6: Simple metal or wood reed instruments ("Maultrommel", Jews' Harp) were likely precursors.
12: Modern free-reed instruments have several aspects in common:
16: ...ugh a resonator tube (as opposed to [[woodwind instrument]]s) - 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 [...
30: Monroe made strong Cabinet choices, naming a Southerner, [[John C...
34: ...s. The [[Missouri Compromise]] bill resolved the struggle, pairing Missouri as a slave state with [[Ma... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" co...
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>18th President</td></tr>
6: ...4]], [[1869]] – [[March 3]], [[1877]]</td></tr>
7: ...>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Andrew Johnson]]</td></tr> - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Chile]]. Named after [[brazilwood]], a local tree, Brazil is home to both extensive [[agriculture...
8: ...ro I]] declared independence on [[7 September]] [[1822]], establishing the independent [[Empire of Brazi...
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''): - Elephantine (3346 bytes)
1: ...d]] in the [[Nile|River Nile]], located just downstream of the First [[Cataract]] at {{coor dm|24|05|N...
5: ...]. It was a natural transshipping point for river trade, and, as an island, also provided an excellent...
6: ...h the island: he was worshipped here as part of a triad comprising him, his wife [[Satis]], and their ...
10: ...est [[nilometer|nilometers]] in Egypt, last reconstructed in [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times and still in...
13: ...]] on the island prior to 1822, when they were destroyed by the Ottoman government, both were relative... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...cs and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural...
44: ...ourishing sedentary culture in the [[1200s]], constructing small towns in the valley of the [[Rio Gran...
46: ...s [[Coronado State Monument]] in [[1541]]. His maltreatment of the Pueblo people while exploring the u...
52: ...Diego de Vargas Zapata]] reestablished Spanish control and returned Spanish colonists in [[1692]].
54: ... of New Spain, the duke of Alburquerque. They constructed the Church of San Felipe de Ner�[[1706]]).... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Trex skull.gif|225px|]] | caption = Skull of ''[[Tyr...
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Archosauria]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_superordo_entry | taxon = '''Dinosauria'''}}<br>{{Taxobox_author... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: A '''comet''' is a small [[astronomical object]] similar to an [[asteroid]] but c...
9: ...d the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...appearance of Halley's Comet on the [[Bayeux Tapestry]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[En...
15: ...t tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surface...
17: ...electrons leading to emission of X-rays and far ultraviolet photons [http://www.kvi.nl/~bodewits]. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
2: The '''cell''' is the structural and functional unit of all [[life|living]]...
3: ...] necessary for regulating cell functions and for transmitting information to the next generation of c...
9: ...mps but each individual cell is about 10 [[micrometre]]s across.]]
11: ...as necessary. Each cell stores its own set of instructions for carrying out each of these activities.
15: ...nctioning of a cell depends upon its ability to extract and use chemical energy stored in organic mole... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...has been referred to as the "father of modern [[astronomy]]," as the "father of modern [[physics]]," a...
7: ...lty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explor...
10: ... the pitch of a stretched string. Galileo also contributed to the rejection of blind allegiance to aut...
12: ...deductively, and the experiments were merely illustrative thought experiments.
16: ==Astronomy== - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
9: *[[1822]] - [[Denmark Vesey]] executed
10: *[[1822]] - [[Cumberland Road]] Bill
11: *[[1823]] - [[Monroe Doctrine]] declared
12: *[[1823]] - Treaty with Russia
15: ...''[[Gibbons v. Ogden]]'' cements Congressional control over [[interstate commerce]] - Michigan (29427 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
25: ...per Peninsula counties bordering Wisconsin are Central time.)</small> |
40: ... [[Lake Erie|Erie]]. The town became a major fur-trading and shipping post. Most of the rest of the ...
42: ...rea. Ultimately, Congress awarded the "[[Toledo Strip]]" to Ohio, and Michigan, having received the w...
46: ... It was a development that not only transformed Detroit and Michigan, but permanently altered the soci... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
9: ...at British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[Sou...
11: ...he independence of the [[Boer]] colonies of the [[Transvaal]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United States|US]] [[Modoc War]...
19: ...gar]], first appeared in a [[newspaper]] [[comic strip]].
20: ...|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Warsaw]]. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
8: ...uista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins.
19: ...879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Sydney Cricket ...
20: ...ites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[trust]].
22: *[[1893]] - Introduction by [[Webb C. Ball]] of the General Railr... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
23: ...r]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...an chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: ...ert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
41: ...st, winner of the [[1950]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
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