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- Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...uering]] most of Europe; the fall was also rapid, beginning with the disastrous invasion of [[Russia]]...
5: ...warfare from [[April 20]], [[1792]], until [[November 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely these da...
11: ...s no longer a dominant power in Europe, as it had been since the times of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis ...
14: ..., and the end of others. The map of Europe was to be re-drawn in the next hundred years following Napo...
15: * On the other hand, another concept had been brought about — that of Europe. Napoleon ... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...he saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the [[Po River|Po]] (south) an...
6: ...acy]] or ''Repubblica Marinara'', the other three being [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its stra...
10: ...y enlightened and the citizens of such towns as [[Bergamo]], [[Brescia]], and [[Verona, Italy|Verona]]...
12: Venice became an imperial power following the [[Fourth Crus...
14: ...s (hence, the city's early production of large numbers of mercenaries for service elsewhere). - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
9: *[[Benjamin Paul Akers]] (1825 - 1861)
27: *[[John Beckley]] (1930 - )
28: *[[Wilfried Behre]]
29: *[[Hans Bellmer]] (1902 - 1975)
30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]] - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]. He is remembered not so much for his tenure as the third [[Vice...
9: ...r|Revolutionary War]], in which he served under [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and [[Israe...
13: ...for a short distance during the retreat from [[Quebec]]. Burr's courage earned him a place on Washing...
14: ...r at [[Albany, New York|Albany]] in [[1782]], and began to practice in [[New York City]] after its eva...
18: ...]], born in [[1783]], became widely known for her beauty and accomplishments. She married [[Joseph Als... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: [[Image:B franklin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroo...
2: ...w of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]...
9: ...on]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thomas Franklin, a bla...
11: ...iblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May 16]], [[1...
15: ...[[1689]]. He then remarried, to Abiah, on [[November 25]] [[1689]] in the [[Old South Church]] of Bos... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...ey were to study the [[Native Americans|Indian tribes]], [[botany]], [[geology]], Western Terrain and ...
7: ...m westward. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did Lewis and Cl...
9: ..., Lewis spotted [[Mt. Hood]], a mountain known to be very close to the ocean.
14: ... on [[March 23]], [[1806]] and arrived on [[September 23]].
16: ...ndian Country much too soon, and there would have been total chaos. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
8: ...3]] - [[Jacques Marquette]] and [[Louis Jolliet]] begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the M...
11: ...h [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] as president, becomes the [[Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)|Kingdom ...
12: *[[1845]] - The [[rubber band]] is invented
20: ...ese War (1937-1945)]]: The [[Battle of Nanchang]] between the [[Kuomintang]] and the [[Japan]]ese brea...
22: *[[1948]] - [[Benelux]], [[France]], and the [[United Kingdom]] si... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...sted below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]])...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
22: *[[Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...t in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ... The '''Sovereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ...t the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...order throughout the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] and beyond. His successor, Raymond du Puy of Provence, e...
9: ...emplar]], who were formed later in [[1119]], they became one of the most powerful Christian groups in ...
15: ...red to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the Anatolian... - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
12: |Result||''[[Status quo ante bellum]]'' (a [[stalemate]])
54: ...812''' was a conflict fought in [[North America]] between the [[United States]] and [[British Empire|G...
58: ...d in a [[stalemate]] and is often only dimly remembered, the war had many effects on the futures of th...
76: ...nt-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px;" |[[Macon's Bill Number 2]]
84: ...ians, and thus ended these conflicts for the time being. - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
3: ...ebster''' ([[January 18]], [[1782]] – [[October 24]], [[1852]]) was a [[United States]] [[United...
7: ...parents' farm (a small parcel of land granted to Ebenezer in recognition of his service in the [[Frenc...
9: ...tay at the academy is unknown but seems likely to be simply the inability of his parents to meet the f...
11: ...Thompson and then Christopher Gore) and then in [[1805]] he opened his first legal practice in [[Boscawe...
17: ...[[War of 1812]]. He served two terms in the House before leaving Congress in [[1816]] and moving to [[... - Budgerigar (5000 bytes)
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12: ...ulatus | author = [[George Shaw|Shaw]] | date = [[1805]]}}
16: ...ne-September), and the far south in summer (September-January). Populations in some areas have increas...
18: ...comes from the [[List of Australian Aboriginal tribes|Kamilaroi]] [[Australian Aborigine|Aboriginal Au... - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
5: ...idential line of succession]], the Vice President becomes the new [[President of the United States|Pre...
9: ...f the Vice President and his family has been [[Number One Observatory Circle]], on the grounds of the ...
14: ...s the President; that is, the Vice President must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, at l...
16: ...epresentatives and other government officers, has been used since 1884:
18: ...st all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I t... - White House (15373 bytes)
8: ...ern or western regions of the country, have often been called the [[Western White House]].
12: ...$232,371.83 was spent. With inflation, this would be approximately equivalent to $2.4 million today.
18: ... the public calling it the "White House" emerged, because of its white-painted stone exterior. The na...
20: ...ident to take residence in the building on [[November 1]], [[1800]]. In [[1814]], during the [[War of ...
22: ...nraged [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]] members rioted outside the White House in what was (and... - Prairie Dogs (2700 bytes)
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21: ...to public attention in the [[United States|U.S.]] because pet prairie dogs spread [[monkeypox]], a mil...
23: ...s they sometimes damage crops severely. They have been eliminated from certain areas of the [[Great Pl...
40: ...cribed by Ludvig/Louis, and was named after the [[1805]] [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] where prairie do... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...e of the United States. The items enumerated here begin with the establishment of the states in 1776, ...
4: ... items are the U.S. wars most often considered to be ''major conflicts'' by historians and the general...
8: *[[First Barbary War]] (1801–1805)
12: **[[Bear Flag Revolt]] (1846)
21: *[[Boxer Rebellion]] (1900) - History of ecology (10158 bytes)
1: ... described interrelationships between animals and between animals and their environment as early as th...
6: ... species were known, versus forty thousand at the beginning of the [[19th century]], and almost 400,00...
8: ...observed plant species and [[climate]], and described vegetation zones using [[latitude]] and [[altitu...
10: ... famous works was "Idea for a Plant Geography" ([[1805]]).
17: ...mal species, and later into communities of living beings or [[biocoenosis]]. This term was coined in ... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
10: === [[9th millennium BC]] ''(Beginning of the Neolithic time period of the Holoce...
27: ...world (according to the [[Byzantine Empire]]) and beginning of their calendar <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Dati...
46: ...he modern [[Hebrew Calendar]] occurred on [[7 October]] [[3761 BC]].
47: ...es [[creation (theology)|creation]] to [[25 September]] or [[March 29]] 3760 BC.
51: * [[35th century BC]] - beginning of desertification of [[Sahara]]. The shi... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
16: ... ([[Zero-ists]]' argument that new century should be celebrated in 1900 rejected worldwide).
17: ... [[Commonwealth of Australia]]. [[Edmund Barton]] becomes first [[Prime Minister]].
18: * [[January 1]] - [[Nigeria]] becomes a [[United Kingdom|British]] protectorate
20: ...gusher, [[oil]] discovered at [[Spindletop]] in [[Beaumont, Texas]]
21: ...nited Kingdom | Prince George]], [[Duke of York]] becomes [[Duke of Cornwall]] and [[Duke of Rothesay ...
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