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- President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...c figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free...
7: The United States was the first nation to create the office of [[Presi...
12: ...e United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have ...
14: ...] [[Elaine Chao]], born in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; [[United States Director of National Intellig...
16: ...endment XXII]] (which took effect in [[1951]] and was first applied to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] starti... - 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]]. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
9: ...<td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</td></tr>
22: ... descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|English]].
25: ... farmer and popular [[tavern]]-keeper. His mother was Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]–[[Fe...
27: ... did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was admitted to the bar and continued in active and ...
29: ...ia County]] from [[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. In [[1812]] he entered the state Senate... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
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58: ...urpose of the act being to declare that the state was a [[republic]] rather than a form of [[constitut...
60: ... known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was retained until [[1937]].
67: ...[[World War I|Great War]]. (The war at that stage was expected to be ended by 1915, not the four years...
69: ...]] ''Saorstᴠɩreann'') with [[dominion status]] was created. The [[Dᩬ]] narrowly ratified the trea... - 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... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
48: *[[Washington Allston]] ([[1779]]-[[1843]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
143: *[[Henryka Beyer]] ([[1782]]-[[1855]])
147: *[[Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa]] ([[1857]]-[[1893]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...2]], January 1 was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth N...
24: *[[1863]] - [[American Civil War]]: The [[Emancipation Proclamation]] takes effec...
33: *[[1901]] - The British colonies of [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Vict...
46: *[[1945]] - [[Bahawalpur State]] issues its first stamps.
48: **[[United Kingdom|British]] railways are [[Nationalisation|nationalised]] to form [[... - 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... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
7: ...e charge, the ''total'' charge in the device is always zero.
9: ...rged left plate. The molecules then create a leftward electric field that partially annuls the field ...
51: ... Large-valued tunable capacitors can be made this way. Good for resonating HF antennas.
58: ...oil layers rolled into a cylinder and sealed with wax. Low values up to a few μF, working voltage u...
72: ...et chemistry and they will eventually fail as the water within the capacitor evaporates. - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...ates|American]] [[politician]] and adventurer. He was a major formative member of the [[United States ...
7: ...ghter of [[Jonathan Edwards (theology)|Jonathan Edwards]], the famous [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] [[theolo...
9: ...ich he served under [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and [[Israel Putnam]].
13: ...[[Quebec]]. Burr's courage earned him a place on Washington's staff, but the general never quite trus...
14: ...ed to the bar at [[Albany, New York|Albany]] in [[1782]], and began to practice in [[New York City]] aft... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
7: On [[December 14]], [[1782]] they succeeded in an outdoor launch of an 18 m&...
11: ...n the effects of the air at higher altitude. This was performed at [[Versailles]], before [[Louis XVI ...
15: ...r 21]], [[1783]], the first free flight by humans was made by [[Pilâtre de Rozier]] and the [[marquis...
22: ...re superseded by [[hydrogen]] gas balloons. This was followed by further flights, including a crossin... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ... colonies|thirteen North American colonies]]. The war, which eventually widened far beyond [[British N...
3: ...ctive, including the origins and aftermath of the war, see the [[American Revolution]].
5: ...ous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
10: When the war began, the thirteen American colonies did not ha...
12: ...personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000. - 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 17 (9666 bytes)
10: ...evacuate [[Boston, Massachusetts]] after [[George Washington]] places [[artillery]] overlooking the ci...
20: *[[1939]] - [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)]]: The [[Battle of Nanchang]] betwee...
21: *[[1941]] - In [[Washington, DC]], the [[National Gallery of Art]] is...
27: *[[1969]] - [[Golda Meir]] of [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], USA, becomes [[Prime Minister o...
32: ...over government plans for [[2003 invasion of Iraq|war with Iraq]]. - 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... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
8: *[[Abu'l-Wafa]] (Iran, [[940]] - [[998]])
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
27: *[[Al-Khwarizmi|Abu Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi]] (Persia, [[780]] - [[850]])
75: *[[Daniel Bernoulli]] (Switzerland, [[1700]] - [[1782]])
113: *[[Thomas Bradwardine]] (English, c. [[1290]] - [[1349]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876...
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[1989]...
51: *[[Walter Baade]] ([[Germany]], [[1893]] – [[1960...
65: *[[Edward Emerson Barnard]] ([[United States|USA]], [[185...
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
175: *[[Walter Benjamin]], (1892-1940){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
195: *[[Harry Binswanger]], (born 1944)
238: *[[Thomas Bradwardine]], (c. 1290-1349){{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}}
276: *[[Walter Burley]], (c. 1275-c. 1345){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - 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: ...Jean-Fran�ois de La P�rouse|La P�rouse]] in 1782. He returned to England in [[1787]] where he died... - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
3: .... Famed for his ability as an [[orator]], Webster was one of the most important figures in [[Politics ...
7: ...gnition of his service in the [[French and Indian War]]). His parents were [[poverty|poor]], but dedic...
9: ...ild Daniel had a deep fear of public speaking and was unable to conquer his fear sufficiently to deliv...
11: ...acticed the art of public speaking. So successful was he at overcoming his fears that shortly after hi...
17: ...ives]] on the strength of his opposition to the [[War of 1812]]. He served two terms in the House befo...
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