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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...
159: *[[Richard Lemon Lander]] (1804-1834)
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes... - 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...
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]]
41: ...s Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Rai... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...sa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
4: ...ted [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]]. She was undoubtedly one of the most powerful women of he...
6: ...it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...o Louis, heir apparent to the king of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis X...
19: ...Parma]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Amalie (1746-1804), married [[Ferdinand of Parma|HRH Duke Ferdinand... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
3: ...pril 1]], [[1776]] – [[June 27]], [[1831]]) was a [[France|French]] [[mathematician]].
5: She was born to a middle-class merchant family in [[Pari...
7: ...paper that he asked to meet Le Blanc, and Germain was forced to reveal her identity to him. Lagrange a...
9: ...heard of her. She then wrote to him admitting she was female, to which he responded:
15: However, in [[1808]] Gauss was appointed professor of astronomy at the [[Univer... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...e.750pix.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Great Western Railway]] No. 6833 ''Calcot Grange'', a [[4-6-0]] [[GWR ...
3: A '''locomotive''' is a [[railway]] [[vehicle]] that provides the motive power for...
11: ... train's power systems away from passengers. This was particularly the case for the '''steam locomotiv...
13: * ''Efficiency'' - idle trains do not waste expensive motive power resources. Separate lo...
21: ...ost common type of locomotive until after [[World War II]]. The age of steam correlates highly to the ... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ... all of Europe, where they were primarily hung on walls or used on tables. Only with the opening of t...
3: ...peting'''. In this usage, the latter are wall-to-wall and are often woven in strips. In the real est...
8: [[Image:Swatches of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...'flatweave''' carpet is created by interlocking [[warp]] (vertical) and [[weft]] (horizontal) threads....
14: ...ngle. This supplementary weft is attached to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form ... - 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]]. - 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... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...r 17]], [[1780]]–[[November 19]], [[1850]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives|Repre...
5: ...he Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War.
7: ...mber 10]], [[1819]] to [[March 3]], [[1829]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829...
9: ... Roads and the Committee on Military Affairs. He was selected as [[Martin Van Buren]]'s Vice Presiden...
11: Johnson was a member of the state House of Representatives i... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[November 23]], [[1804]]
18: ...urned down several important positions. Later, he was nominated for president as a "[[dark horse]]" ca...
20: ...nfederacy]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: ...cope with a changing America. In addition, Pierce was hounded by guilt, temptation, and just plain bad...
25: ...wo-time [[governor of New Hampshire]]. His mother was Anna Kendrick. Pierce had six older and two you... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
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39: ... of [[New Sweden]], which included parts of [[Delaware]] and southeastern [[Pennsylvania]]. These terr...
41: ...ds who had been loyal through the [[English Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|Sir George Carteret]] and [... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
48: *[[Washington Allston]] ([[1779]]-[[1843]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
134: *[[Wilhelm Bendz]] ([[1804]]-[[1832]])
147: *[[Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa]] ([[1857]]-[[1893]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...us to fall into the sea, killing him. The legend was designed to be a cautionary tale about attemptin...
5: ...olled by moving your entire body ([[glider]]s) or warping the planes' wings ([[Wright brothers]]). Mo...
15: ...dern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo also sketched designs for a helic...
17: ...vation that powering the aircraft through the air was the crux of flying. Sufficiently light and powe...
19: ... wind took it. For the first flight, the balloon was tethered, and ultimately reached a height of 26 ... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada...
36: ...1-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
37: *[[Walter Houser Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-invento...
48: *[[Wallace Carothers]], (1896-1937) — [[Nylon]]
49: *[[George Washington Carver]], (1860-1943), plant scientist - 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...
26: *[[1799]] - [[George Washington]] dies
38: *[[1804]] - [[Twelfth Amendment to the United States Cons...
39: *[[1804]] - [[Essex Junto]]
40: *[[1804]] - New Jersey abolishes slavery - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...2]], January 1 was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth N...
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
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. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...lute monarchy]] and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While [...
8: ... [[bourgeoisie]], allied with aggrieved peasants, wage-earners, and individuals of all classes who had...
13: ...ntment of the [[seigneurial system]] by peasants, wage-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeois...
23: ... France's financial situation, determined that it was not sustainable, and proposed a uniform land tax...
25: ...new taxes. The King, seeing that Calonne himself was now a liability, dismissed him and replaced him ... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ... [[Conquest|conquering]] most of Europe; the fall was also rapid, beginning with the disastrous invasi...
5: ...ely these days) referred to as the [[Great French War]].
7: ==Political effects of the wars==
9: The Napoleonic Wars brought some great changes upon the face of Eur...
11: * France was no longer a dominant power in Europe, as it had ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
15: *[[Antoine Baum]], (1728-1804), French chemist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
40: * Sir [[James Dewar]]
42: * [[Edward Doisy]], (1893-), American biochemist, winner o...
134: *[[Wilhelm Ostwald]], (1853-1932), [[1909]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemi...
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