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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. - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ...sgow]]. While working in [[London]], he became attracted by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffa...
8: ...hristianity. He married in [[1844]], and his wife travelled with him for a brief time at his insistenc...
12: ...ent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
14: ...pport for his ideas, and to publish a book on his travels. At this time he resigned from the missionar...
17: ... Livingstone had failed to explore on his earlier travels. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...ntwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...der command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
10: * [[1852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the ...
12: ...bard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
16: ...ound|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
17: ...badie|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey|Abbey, Edwin Austin]], (1852-1911), artist, painter
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)
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
67: ...1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
3: [[Image:ac.cleopatra.jpg|thumb|Cleopatra]]
4: ...eopatra Thea Philopator" means "the Goddess Cleopatra, Beloved of Her Father."
6: ...ers were king in title only, with her keeping the true authority.
9: ... Since the Ptolomaic throne was transmited in [[matrilinear]] fashion, the Kings had to marry their si...
10: [[Image:The-cleopatra2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://... - 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. - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
7: ...mperance]] movements in New York, organizing in [[1852]] the first woman's state temperance society in A...
11: :''"The true republic — men, their rights and nothing ... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ...' ([[December 10]], [[1815]] - [[November 27]], [[1852]]) is mainly known for having written a descripti...
13: ... scientific author of the [[19th century]], who introduced her in turn to [[Charles Babbage]] on [[Jun...
15: ...he programs in the notes appended to the Menebrea translation. Her prose acknowledged some possibilit...
17: ...ady Anne Blunt]], is famous in her own right as a traveller in the [[Middle East]] and a breeder of [[...
21: ==Controversy over attribution== - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
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 ...
25: ....gvc.edu/nsa/nightingale.html] in Upper [[Harley Street]], London, a position she held until October [... - 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... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...[[Image:Millard Fillmore.jpg|250px|]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>13th President</td></tr>
6: ...[July 9]], [[1850]] - [[March 4]], [[1853]]</td></tr>
7: ...>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Zachary Taylor]]</td></tr> - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...onvention]]. In the [[U.S. presidential election, 1852|presidential election]], Pierce and his running m...
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... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ...r of the state legislature between [[1841]] and [[1852]], and was owner and editor of the ''Boston Repub...
7: ...nty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ... south along the [[Danube]] River. Romania has a stretch of sea coast on the [[Black Sea]] and the eas...
6: {{Infobox_Country|
20: leader_names = [[Traian Basescu|Traian Băsescu]] <br> [[Calin Popescu-Tariceanu...
39: .../>[[13 July]], [[1878]] ([[Treaty of Berlin, 1878|Treaty of Berlin]]) |
57: ..."''Ţara Romā®„ască''" (The Romanian Country) is the Romanian name of the former principality... - California (63989 bytes)
16: TradAbbreviation = Calif. |
45: ...waisgate?WAISdocID=06487414661+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
55: Fish = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
60: Tree = [[Sequoia|California Redwood]] |
76: MusicalInstrument = none | - Oregon (26551 bytes)
43: ...t its increasing population without losing what attracts people to Oregon in the first place. The sta...
49: ...[War of 1812]], the [[Britain|British]] gained control of all of the Pacific Fur Company posts.
51: ...ted the Company's Chief Factor of the Columbia District, built [[Fort Vancouver]] in 1825.
53: ...erring to the northern border of the [[Oregon Country]] at latitude 54?40′. Cooler heads prevail...
59: ...riodic fluctuations in the nation's building industry has severely impacted the state's [[economy]] on... - 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 people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall o...
64: *[[Trisha Yearwood|Yearwood, Trisha]] (born 1964), musician
68: ...egorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...sei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
74: *[[Philip Yeo|Yeo, Philip]], industrial and systems engineer - 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].
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