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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
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...
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
210: ...entury]] [[Portuguese]] explorer and adventurer, was among the first [[Europeans]] to reach [[Japan]]... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War
74: ...crombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed at Bunker Hill. - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
43: ...mann|Ackermann, Marie Magdalene Charlotte]] (1757-1775)
49: *[[Edward Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Edward]] (1810-1887) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...ed a group of troops to the palace in which Peter was residing. He immediately fled to a distant castl...
9: ...ion representing all classes except the [[serf]]s was created to make this document the law, but she d...
11: ...sant revolt. This process reached completion in [[1775]]. The reform created provinces and districts whi...
17: ... succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in [[1781]] was dismissed.
21: ...usso-Turkish War]] during Catherine's reign. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of J... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriage in [[1770]]]]
2: ...f [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis XVII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolu...
4: ...ristened Maria-Antonia-Josepha-Johanna. ''Maria'' was in honour of the [[Virgin Mary]], ''Antonia'' in...
6: Maria-Antonia was brought up in the company of her closest sister,...
7: ... for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political f... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...ember 16]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[English literature|English noveli...
5: ...r malady that she died there two months later and was buried in the [[Winchester_Cathedral|cathedral]]...
9: ...ell received when they were published, with [[Sir Walter Scott]] in particular praising her work:
12: ...er one should bear in mind that a "good marriage" was then the only available form of social security ...
26: *The Watsons (incomplete novel) - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
2: '''Ching Shih''' [[1775]]-[[1844]] first became known as a [[China|Chines...
6: ...nd was caught, one of his ears was cut off and he was shown off through the squadron as an example.
8: ...t a pardon for his men from the government and it was granted. Ching Shih also sought pardon for her f... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
15: | wife=[[Martha Washington]]
19: ...l Army]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) and later the first [[President...
21: ...tarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him to retain that power for life (as [[monar...
24: ... the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Bea... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...show that Hancock always wrote his signature this way.
8: ...d received a business degree in [[1754]], when he was 17. Upon graduation, he worked for his uncle. Fr...
10: ...and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor.
15: ... arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was impounded by British customs officials for viola...
19: ...ngly condemning the British. In the same year, he was unanimously elected president of the Provisional... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
18: ... United States]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825...
22: ...o [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...se of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to write out, at len...
26: ...h]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]]. - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...fifty states, [[Alaska]], an [[exclave]], and [[Hawaii]], an [[archipelago]], are not contiguous with ...
13: capital = [[Washington, D.C.]] |latd=38|latm=53|latNS=N|longd=77...
21: percent_water = 4.66% |
34: sovereignty_type = [[American Revolutionary War|Independence]] |
52: ...ce]]. However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed in [[1788]] when the states r... - Romania (19812 bytes)
24: percent_water = 3% |
39: established_dates = [[Romanian War of Independence]]<br/>[[10 May]], [[1877]]<br/>[...
57: ...the Romanian name of the former principality of [[Wallachia]].
62: ...Romanians lived in three distinct principalities: Walachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania.
64: ...n part [[Bukovina]] to the [[Austrian Empire]] in 1775 and its south-eastern part [[Bugeac]] to the Otto... - Flag of North Carolina (1696 bytes)
4: ...ning in black letters this inscription "May 20th, 1775," and that below the star there shall be a simila...
8: ...burg Declaration of Independence]] ([[May 20]], [[1775]]) and of the [[Halifax Resolves]] ([[April 12]],... - Flag of South Carolina (934 bytes)
2: ... state flag after the end of the [[American Civil War]]. - Arizona (24367 bytes)
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51: Butterfly = [[Two-Tailed Swallowtail]] |
52: Insect = [[Two-Tailed Swallowtail]] |
75: Waltz = None | - California (63989 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] (R)|
20: WaterArea = 20,047 |
21: PCWater = 4.7 |
45: ....gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=06487414661+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
78: Waltz = none - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
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18: PCWater = 12.6 |
36: ...the wealthiest states in the country. Connecticut was one of the [[13 colonies|thirteen colonies]] tha...
38: [[USS Connecticut|USS ''Connecticut'']] was named in honor of this state.
43: ...urrent constitution]], the third for Connecticut, was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviatio... - Washington (20186 bytes)
2: Name = Washington |
3: Fullname = State of Washington |
4: Flag = Washington state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Washington]] |
6: Seal = Washington state seal.png | - Vermont (39851 bytes)
17: WaterArea = 949 |
18: PCWater = 3.8 |
38: ...er the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products an...
42: ... it the 43rd largest in land area and the 47th in water area.
44: ...tate's geographic center is [[Washington, Vermont|Washington]], three miles east of [[Roxbury, Vermont... - 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]]
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