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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
39: ...evens Cabot Abbott|Abbott, John Stevens Cabot]], (1805-1877), American writer
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
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7: ...adame Puisieux and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the rest of her life. His letters t...
14: ...comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any subject that he approached, that in th...
16: ...nes]]. Here he remained for three months; then he was released, to enter upon the gigantic undertaking...
25: ...ast of the letterpress was issued in 1765, but it was 1772 before the subscribers received the final v... - 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) - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
1: ...;[[May 14]], [[1847]]), later '''Fanny Hensel''', was a [[Germany|German]] [[pianist]] and amateur [[c...
3: ...as a child and began to write music. However, she was limited by prevailing attitudes of the time agai...
5: ...he married the [[painter]] [[Wilhelm Hensel]] who was a good deal more supportive of her composing. Su...
9: ...elssohn, though many scholars nowadays believe it was actually Fanny who first worked in the genre. - History of Egypt (1881 bytes)
4: ...t country to attack, which is why Pharaonic Egypt was for so long an independent and self-contained st...
6: ...o II]], deposed by the Persians in [[343 BC]], he was only exaggerating slightly.
13: *[[History of Ottoman Egypt]]: [[1517]] to [[1805]]
14: ...[Egypt under Muhammad Ali and his successors]]: [[1805]] to [[1882]] - 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... - 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... - Idaho (13962 bytes)
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38: The [[USS Idaho|USS ''Idaho'']] was named in honor of this state.
42: ...ven the made-up name when the [[Idaho Territory]] was formally created in 1863.
46: ...ion entered present-day Idaho on [[August 12]], [[1805]], at the [[Lemhi Pass]]. At that time, approxima... - 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)
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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... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
17: WaterArea = 6,177 |
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36: ...ordering the [[Pacific Ocean]], [[California]], [[Washington]], [[Idaho]], and [[Nevada]]. Its norther...
45: ... [[United States 2000 Census|population in 2000]] was 3,421,399, a 20.4% increase over 1990; [[as of 2...
49: ...st permanent white settlement in Oregon. In the [[War of 1812]], the [[Britain|British]] gained contro... - 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]] - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...velopment of an American spirit and culture which was distinct from that of its European founders.
17: ...eat Britain]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]] and established itself as the United States of...
22: ...rmers use of the important Mississippi River waterway, removed the French presence from the western bo...
24: ...s, tried to export food and raw materials to both warring [[great power]]s and to profit off transport...
26: Following the 1805 destruction of the French navy at the [[Battle of... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...y of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggreg...
5: ...ch nebulae are [[temperature|cool]] enough that [[water]] exists in a [[solid]] (rather than [[gas]]eo...
9: ... and the ion tail (gas) always pointing directly away from the Sun, since the gas is more strongly aff...
21: ... as the Sun follows its orbit through the [[Milky Way]] [[Galaxy]]; the Sun's hypothetical companion s...
25: ...ter [[1908]] due to perturbations by Jupiter, and was not found again until accidentally rediscovered ... - 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
43: *[[1805]] - [[Barbary War]]: Barbary pirates defeated in Tripoli
60: *[[1812]] - [[War of 1812]] begins
64: ...[1814]] - [[Treaty of Fort Jackson]] ends [[Creek War]] - Michigan (29427 bytes)
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36: ...ppewa]] Indian word ''meicigama'', meaning "great water." Bounded by four of the Great Lakes, Michigan...
40: Michigan was explored and settled by French voyageurs in the ...
42: ...ia maneuvered in the area. Ultimately, Congress awarded the "[[Toledo Strip]]" to Ohio, and Michigan,... - Coal mining (4145 bytes)
9: ...e [[USA]] extract [[bituminous coal]]. In South [[Wales]] opencasting for [[steam coal]] and [[anthrac...
13: ...nd the longwall known as "the goaf" caves in. Longwall mining is the principle method of underground m...
15: ...mining include continuous highwall mining and highwall auger mining. These methods are generally appli...
17: ...ped world. Improvements in mining methods ie. longwall mining, gas drainage and ventilation have reduc...
25: ...ted in 1805 and at the end of the 20th century it was bought out by its miners rather than allow it to... - 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 [[... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
15: ...iscovery of the planet [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] was announced at a meeting of the [[AcadéŠe des Sci...
25: *[[1905]] - [[Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Russia]]n fleet surrenders at [[L?ou|Po...
32: ... the bank of the [[River Taff]] in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]].
33: ... will eventually be constructed by the end of the war.
34: *[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: [[Manila]] is captured by [[Japan]]ese for...
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