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- Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...pic mouth of the [[Nile]] (now dry) was 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city...
19: ...in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that the city would prosper, pa...
21: ...with exact knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frighten...
23: ...e five native villages scattered along the strip between Lake Mareotis and the sea, according to a his...
25: ...ion, Alexander left Egypt for the East and never returned to his city. His general, Ptolemy (later [[P... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...outh along the [[Danube]] River. Romania has a stretch of sea coast on the [[Black Sea]] and the easte...
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55: ''Main article: [[Etymology of Romania]]'' - Utah (29154 bytes)
83: ...n about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Some left [[petroglyph]]s and [[pictography|pictograph]]s which e...
87: ...up led by two [[Roman Catholic]] priests—sometimes called the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition&mda...
91: ===Mormon settlement===
92: ... Utah|Fillmore]] was designated the capital. In [[1856]], Salt Lake City replaced Fillmore as the territ...
94: ...nt to admit a state the size of the proposed Deseret into the union, opposed the polygamous practices ... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
82: ...uth Dakota after a dispute between Euro-American settlers in northern and southern regions over the lo...
120: between the northern and southern territories
124: his [[Secretary of State]] [[James Blaine]] to shuffle
128: ... roughly, by population. 11-67 are numbered alphabetically.
130: ...]], in the [[Black Hills]], is the highest point between the [[Rocky Mountains]] and the French [[Alps... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
10: ... 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]? - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...[[Jacobs]], 1821; later editions by [[Hirschig]], 1856; [[Hercher]], 1858. There are translations in man...
3: ...lished in 1567, then in the ''Uranologion'' of [[Petavius]], with a Latin translation, 1630. Nothing d... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
5: ==Alphabetical list==
26: *[[Arnold O. Beckman]], (1900 - 2004), [[pH]] meter
32: *[[Katherine Blodgett]], (1898-1979) — nonreflective [[glass]]
36: ...]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
40: ...Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
14: ...]]; Adams immediately appoints Clay his new [[Secretary of State]], which Jackson calls their "[[Corru...
21: ...] becomes President, appoints his "[[Kitchen Cabinet]]"
90: ...cle Tom's Cabin|''Uncle Tom's Cabin'']] by [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]] is published for the first time
95: *[[1856]] - [[Sack of Lawrence, Kansas]]
96: *[[1856]] - [[Pottawatomie Massacre]] - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
6: ...y between free and slave territory in the region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi...
12: ...octrine]]. Calhoun demands that the North keep quiet about slavery in order to maintain peace.
15: ...denouncing the notion that Americans must choose between liberty and union. "Liberty and Union, now an...
24: ...ionism|abolitionist]] [[American Anti-Slavery Society]] is founded.
33: ...es]] adopts a gag rule, by which all antislavery petitions presented to the House would be immediately... - Labour Day (7088 bytes)
3: ...ion, and eight hours for rest. On [[April 21]], [[1856]] Stonemasons and building workers on building si...
7: ...]] holiday. With the event of Chicago's [[Haymarket riots]] in early May of [[1886]], president [[Gro...
11: ...s view it as the last weekend for parties before returning to [[school]].
19: ...posed to [[Symbol|symbolize]] the newfound unity between the state and the working classes. [[Irony|Ir...
21: ...liday"'' in 1990. See [[Holidays in Poland]] for details. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
14: *[[Neil Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemis...
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemist
37: *[[Henrik Carl Peter Dam]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemi...
39: *[[Peter Debye]], (1884-1966) - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
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35: The first [[Europe]]ans to settle in San Francisco were the [[Spain|Spanish]], i...
37: ...came a [[Underground culture|counterculture]] magnet in the second half of the 20th century. It was a ... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
2: ... a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. Right: detail of a steamer]]
6: A '''steamboat''' or '''steamship''', sometimes called a '''steamer''', is a boat or vessel t...
15: ...707]] he constructed a paddle-powered boat, but whether it was full-size and steam-powered or not is u...
21: ...[[James Rumsey]] built a pump-driven boat (water-jet) that successfully steamed upstream on the [[Poto...
23: ...d boats propelled by cranked paddlewheels placed between the hulls, and he engaged the engineer [[Will... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...lence]] committed at [[sea]], on [[water]], or sometimes on [[shore]]. It does not normally include cr...
4: ... |last=D.Archibugi |url=http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/piracy-challenges-global-governance |titl...
10: ...their voyages the [[Phoenicia]]ns seem to have sometimes resorted to piracy, and specialized in kidnap...
12: ...ts. After the ransom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and had them p...
18: ..., and Gothic pirates landed on [[Cyprus]] and [[Crete]]. In the process, the Goths seized enormous boo... - John Hanning Speke (2178 bytes)
5: In [[1856]], Burton was asked to make a voyage to East Afri...
7: Speke returned to England before Burton, and made their voy...
9: ...to [[Gondokoro]] in southern [[Sudan]], where he met [[Samuel Baker]], then back to England.
11: ...e they were the same river. A debate was planned between the two on [[September 16]], [[1864]], but Sp...
13: *The complete text of [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3284 The Discovery Of The Source Of The Nile] ... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: ...]] – The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
13: *[[1852]] – [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' is pu...
21: ...he first [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]], is completed.
22: ...h he says: "I came out of [[Bataan]] and I shall return".
27: *[[1966]] – The [[Jules Rimet trophy|World Cup]] is stolen from [[Central Hall]... - Lincoln, Nebraska (9126 bytes)
9: founded = [[1856]] |
12: area = 195.2 [[square kilometer|km²]] (75.4 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
17: metro pop = |
29: ...International]]). These [[public broadcasting]] networks reach throughout the state (with the excepti...
30: ...e.jpg|left|thumb|Lincoln's, Skyline from 27th Street]] - Concord, New Hampshire (5290 bytes)
9: founded = [[1856]] |
12: area = 174.9 [[square kilometer|km²]] (67.5 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
17: metro pop = |
30: ...state capitol in which the legislative branches meet in their original chambers.
32: ...mford''' (as part of the [[colony]] of [[Massachusetts]]) and '''Penacook'''. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ted below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
32: *[[Kenneth Appel]] (? - ?)
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]])
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