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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
100: *[[Edmund Fanning]], (1769-1841), "Pathfinder of the Pacific", discoverer of...
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
141: *[[Alexander von Humboldt]], (1769-1859), German naturalist, explored [[Central Amer... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: | wife= None; wife [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he too...
18: ...pril 13]], [[1743]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the third ([[1801]]–[[1809]]) [[President ...
23: ...he [[College of William & Mary]] — where he was a member of the secret [[Flat Hat Club]] —...
25: Jefferson was the primary author of the [[United States Declar...
27: ...nded from the sale of his collection (the Library was founded in [[1800]]; Jefferson sold his third li... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Port Conway, Virginia]]
18: ...d States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was co-author, with [[John Jay]] and [[Alexander Ham...
21: ...plantation to attend [[Princeton University]] (it was called the ''College of New Jersey'' at the time...
23: ...would be represented in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state represen...
25: ... as to the thinking of what Thomas Jefferson (who was in France at the time) called an "assembly of de... - Geology (12007 bytes)
7: ...n the year [[1779]]. An older meaning of the word was first used by [[Richard de Bury]]. He used it to...
10: ...f miles from the ocean, he inferred that the land was formed by [[erosion]] of the [[mountain]]s and b...
12: ...ned until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translated into [[Latin]] and the other language...
14: ...nd [[alum]], and administrative issues. The book was published in [[1556]].
18: [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and ... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...ntrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the consensus changes before making the e...
15: ...ad of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
37: |align=left|[[Saskatchewan]]||[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]||-7 (Mountain),<br>-6 (Central)
52: ...Prince Edward Island]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
70: ... Quebec]]; [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]; [[Ottawa, Ontario]]; [[Edmonton, Alberta]] and [[Calgary, ... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
2: <div style="float:right">[[image:James Watt small.jpg]]</div>
3: ...ary 19]], [[1736]]–[[August 19]], [[1819]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[mathematician]] and [[...
5: ...ved and worked in [[Birmingham]], [[England]]. He was a key member of the [[Lunar Society]]. Many of h...
10: ...[steam engine]], which started him thinking about ways to improve the engine.
11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Co... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: ...re [[cellulose]]. This cellulose is arranged in a way that gives cotton unique properties of strength,...
9: ...tes for millennia. Some authorities claim that it was likely that the [[Egypt]]ians had cotton as earl...
13: ...knowledge of what it came from other than that it was a [[plant]]; people in the region, familiar only...
15: ... century BC, cotton was cultivated throughout the warmer regions in [[Africa]], [[Eurasia]] and [[the ...
17: ...in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. Production capacity was further improved by the invention of the [[cotto... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
34: ...ntury BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
55: * [[Water clock]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
142: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...s"), King of [[Macedon]] ([[336 BC]]-[[323 BC]]), was one of the most successful military commanders o...
9: ...ould have the character of a lion. [[Aristotle]] was Alexander's tutor; he gave Alexander a thorough ...
11: ...d that the Oracle had revealed Alexander's father was [[Zeus]], rather than Philip. According to Pluta...
14: ...Bagoas]] for his father's murder, stating that it was Darius who had been bragging to the rest of the ...
16: ...ter the death of Philip, Alexander, then aged 20, was acclaimed by the army as the new king of Macedon... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
48: *[[Washington Allston]] ([[1779]]-[[1843]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
147: *[[Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa]] ([[1857]]-[[1893]])
471: *[[John William Godward]] ([[1861]]-[[1922]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
145: ...argest by diameter and fourth largest by mass. It was named after the [[Greek mythology|Greek god]] [[...
149: ...us (like [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]]) is in many ways similar to the cores of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupi...
153: ...e of Uranus' orbit the orientation of the poles towards the Sun is reversed. Between these two extreme...
155: ...ger 2]]'s passage in [[1986]], Uranus' south pole was pointed almost directly at the Sun. Note that th...
164: ...ectrically conductive, super-pressurized ocean of water and ammonia once thought to lie between the co... - History of California (38344 bytes)
11: The coast of California was an inviting pathway even for the earliest inhabitants of [[North Ame...
13: ...al tribes were a major source of trading beads ([[wampum]]), which were produced from [[mussel]] shell...
19: ... and silver. About the same time, Hernán Cortés was attracted by stories of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]]...
23: ...fornia]]), and laid out and founded the city that was to become LaPaz later that spring.
28: In July [[1539]], moved by the renewal of those stories, Cortés sent Francisco de Ullo... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1091: | <small>1st Term; abdicated for financial reward</small>
1865: | <small>[[6 July]] [[1758]] to [[2 February]] [[1769]]</small>
1872: | <small>[[19 May]] [[1769]] to [[22 September]] [[1774]]</small>
1981: | <small>[[Wadowice]], [[Poland]]</small>
2000: ...clude him and claim that the previous German pope was [[Pope Stephen X]].) Oldest to become pope since... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map maker]].
7: ...hire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born to Grace and James, Sr...
8: ...n collier in 1755 on the eve of the [[Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level in the Brit...
12: ...ed a talent for [[surveying]] and cartography and was responsible for mapping much of the entrance to ...
18: ... precise [[scientific instrument]]s, there was no way to accurately measure it. - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
1: ...Lewis and Clark expedition''' ([[1804]]-[[1806]]) was the first [[United States]] overland expedition ...
3: ...ion was not the first to cross North America, but was roughly a decade after the expedition of [[Alexa...
5: ...en and shared the leadership of the expedition, always referring to Clark as "Captain" ([http://lewisa...
7: ..., joined the group from there and guided them westward. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came ...
9: ...e [[Rocky Mountains]] and descended by the [[Clearwater River]], the [[Snake River]], and the [[Columb... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
11: ...] repeals the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
13: *[[1865]] - [[American Civil War]]: The Congress of the [[Confederate States of A...
15: *[[1874]] - [[Hawaii]] signs a treaty with the [[United States]] gra...
16: *[[1909]] - [[Einar Dessau]] uses a [[short-wave radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broad...
18: *[[1915]] - [[World War I]]: Three [[battleship]]s are sunk during a fai... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
7: ...568]] - [[Peace of Longjumeau]] ends the [[Second War of Religion]] in [[France]]. Again [[Catherine d...
8: *[[1708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of Forth]].
9: *[[1775]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Henry]] delivers his famous speech ...
14: ...s]]'s first [[elevator]] is installed at 488 Broadway, [[New York City]].
21: *[[1931]] - [[Bhagat Singh]] and [[Batukeshwar Dutt]] embrace the gallows during the Indian str... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: ...mber [[1792]]), [[England|English]] [[explorer]], was born in [[London]].
3: ...ving the cod fishery, and in [[1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western discovery, searching e...
5: ... but in his third (December 1770 to June 1772) he was successful, not only discovering the [[copper]] ...
7: - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
4: ...ar]]) participated. The bolded items are the U.S. wars most often considered to be ''major conflicts''...
6: *'''[[American Revolutionary War]]''' (1775–1783)
7: *[[Quasi-War]] (1798–1801)
8: *[[First Barbary War]] (1801–1805)
9: *'''[[War of 1812]]''' (1812–1815) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
9: ... and Prussia began to shift the balance of power away from the west and create new competition in Euro...
11: ...of old empires, especially [[India]], where civil war enabled the British to take control of the entir...
13: ...e [[Rococo]] style replaced the [[Baroque]], then was succeeded by the [[Neoclassical]] movement.
16: * [[1701]]-[[1714|14]]: [[War of the Spanish Succession]]
23: * [[1721]]: [[Robert Walpole]] becomes the first [[Prime Minister of the ...
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