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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minis...
37: *[[Andrew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
41: ...s Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Rai... - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ...er birth is uncertain, but is usually taken to be 1797.
8: ...ovement. Perhaps one of her most famous speeches was "[[Ain't I a Woman?]]," a short but well pointed...
13: ..., D.C.]], after the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] was issued to work with former slaves. She also met ...
15: ...k Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek. In [[1983]], she was inducted into the [[Michigan Women's Hall of Fam...
19: ...ASA]] [[Mars Pathfinder]] mission's robotic rover was named "Sojourner" after Sojourner Truth. - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
25: ...ove the [[ovary]]. The [[flower|styles]] divide towards the apex into petaloid branches (see : pollina...
28: ...d open in texture. The earliest to bloom are the dwarf forms of Iris pumila, which blossom during Marc...
58: ... They are best planted in September or October in warm sunny positions, the rhizomes being lifted the ...
62: ...being left to putrefy, when [[chalk]] or [[alum]] was added.
68: ... 4 ft. long, and half an inch to an inch broad. Towards the latter part of the year they are eaten by ... - 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... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
7: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
15: | wife=[[Martha Washington]]
19: ...nder the [[U.S. Constitution]]. ([[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President of the [[1787]...
21: ...tarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him to retain that power for life (as [[monar... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
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... - 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... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Washington, D.C.]]
18: ...d States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First La...
22: ...ected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[...
24: .... The couple named one of their sons after George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. Pres...
26: .... House of Representatives]] in the same year. He was elected as a [[United States Federalist Party|Fe... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
10: | place of birth= [[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws area]] of [[North Carolina]]
18: ...[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
22: ...y the [[British]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. When he refused to clean the boots of a Briti...
24: ...ortly after [[1800]], as a young lawyer. Since he was not of a distinguished family, he had to make hi...
26: ...the battlefield, which gave him his nickname. The war, and particularly his command at the [[Battle of... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...[[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Swaziland]]. [[Lesotho]] is an independent [[nation]]...
3: ...ing the general election of [[1948]]; however, it was the same party under the leadership of [[Frederi...
9: ..., [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], and [[Venda language|Venda]]. In this regard...
13: ...lect]]s stretching northward into Namibia and Botswana, and elsewhere. These people, who are a physica...
24: ... around [[1050]]. The furthest south they reached was the [[Fish River]], in today's [[Eastern Cape Pr... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
2: ...December 8]], [[1765]] - [[January 8]], [[1825]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and m...
6: ...On [[January 6]], [[1817]] he married Henrietta Edwards and they had four children.
16: ...at produced cotton gins went out of business in [[1797]].
18: ...such as [[George Washington|George]] and [[Martha Washington]]).
22: ...nufacturing]] and the [[assembly line]], which he was the first to use when producing [[musket]]s for ... - 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]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
24: *[[Jimmy Yancey|Yancey, James Edwards "Jimmy"]] (c. 1898-1951), US boogie-woogie mus...
75: ...-Thomas|Yeo-Thomas, Edward]] (1901-1964), [[World War II|WW2]] SOE agent
116: *[[Yoannis XVIII of Alexandria]], ([[1770]]-[[1797]]), Coptic Pope
130: *[[Yoshikawa Eiji|Yoshikawa, Eiji]], ([[1892]]-[[1962]]), novelist
131: *[[Yoshikawa Takeo|Yoshikawa, Takeo]] - 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]]) - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
13: ...- ''[[Chisholm v. Georgia]]'' 2 US 419 1793 paves way for passage of [[Eleventh Amendment to the Unite...
22: *[[1797]] - [[John Adams]] (Federalist) inaugurated, Jeff...
23: *[[1797]] - [[XYZ Affair]]
26: *[[1799]] - [[George Washington]] dies
43: *[[1805]] - [[Barbary War]]: Barbary pirates defeated in Tripoli - New Year (5703 bytes)
16: ...ted from [[April 13]] to [[April 15]] by throwing water.
26: ...brated usually two days after the festival of [[Diwali]].
34: ...ing the new year started on [[25 December]]. This was used in [[Germany]] and [[England]] until the [[...
35: ...r that period it gradually fell out of favour and was replaced by Circumcision Style.
36: ...sadvantage of this system was that because Easter was a [[movable feast]] the same date could occur tw... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...2]], January 1 was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth N...
17: *[[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital ...
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. - Clock (10086 bytes)
3: [[Image:Montinari Milano.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A watch]]
9: Clocks are in homes and offices; smaller ones ([[watch]]es) are carried; big ones are in public place...
11: The main purpose of a clock is not always to ''display'' the time.
33: ... requires accurate measurement of time. This need was a major motivation for the development of accura...
43: ...d [[clepsydras]], a time mechanism run by flowing water. Historians disagree over the [[Antikythera me... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
9: ...- proto-[[socialism|socialist]], guillotined in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'etat|coup]]'' attempt
17: ...e|Robespierre]], but survived on [[9 Thermidor]]; was later deported to [[French Guiana]]
19: ...f the Assembly of the 500 at the time of the coup was invaluable to his brother's success. Later fell...
24: *[[Jacques Pierre Brissot]] de Warville - [[Girondist]] (faction), (Girondists are ...
38: ... After the [[9 Thermidor|Thermidorian Reaction]], was deported to French Guiana, where he died
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