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- American Civil War (47733 bytes)
24: ...]. 35 stars, after the admission of [[West Virginia]]).''<br />
36: |[[Abraham Lincoln]]
46: |'''[[KIA]]:''' 110,070<br />'''Total dead:''' 359,528<br /...
47: |'''KIA:''' 74,524<br />'''Total dead:''' 198,524<br />''...
53: ...ing in the secession of four more states: [[Virginia]] ([[April 17]], [[1861]]), [[Arkansas]] ([[May 6... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
16: *[[1733]] - [[Province of Georgia]] founded.
18: *[[1735]] - [[John Peter Zenger]] trial on freedom of the press issues.
22: ...1740]] - [[King George's War]] ([[War of the Austrian Succession]]) begins
28: *[[1759]] - [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]], part of the [[Battle of Quebec (1759)]]
49: ...y/United_States/Colonial_America Pictures of Colonial America] - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
6: ...slave territory in the region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
18: | + [[William Lloyd Garrison]] begins publishing ''The Liberat...
19: ...a [[slave revolt]] in [[Southampton County, Virginia]]. <br>
30: ...upreme Court]]. Taney asserts the principle of social responsibility of private property as a basis to...
33: ...ry petitions presented to the House would be immediately tabled, without discussion. [[John Quincy Ad... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
7: ...e:National-atlas-1970-1860.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1860]]
11: *[[1861]] - [[Abraham Lincoln]] becomes President
25: ...n counties become sovereign state of [[West Virginia]]
30: *[[1864]] - [[Maximilian Affair]]
32: *[[1865]] - [[Abraham Lincoln]] [[assassin]]ated - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
4: ...e:National-atlas-1970-1900.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1900]]
10: *[[1901]] - [[William McKinley]] assassinated
28: *[[1905]] - [[Niagara Falls conference]]
29: *[[1905]] - [[Industrial Workers of the World]] (IWW) formed
33: *[[1906]] - Theodore Roosevelt negotiates [[Treaty of Portsmouth]], receives [[Nobel Pea... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ell on its way to taking its place among the imperial powers of the age. This economic boom was accom...
7: ... but the immense human cost of the war and the social changes wrought by it led [[United States Congre...
11: ...icts. Governments that had been established under Abraham Lincoln's plan were abolished; the first Reconstr...
19: ...n as the "[[Compromise of 1877]]". Not all historians agree with this theory; in any case, Reconstruc...
21: ...ther military intervention in the South. The initial flurry of civil rights measures were rapidly ero... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
14: In the [[U.S. presidential election, 1920]] the [[United States Republican ...
23: ...stitution]] in an attempt to alleviate various social problems; this came to be known as "Prohibition"...
27: ...nstitutional amendment that directly regulated social activity. The 18th Amendment, then, represented...
36: ... to a full term of his own in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1924]] under the slogan "Keep Cool Wit...
38: ...idge declined to run again in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1928|1928 election]]; the Republican P... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = IL |
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
39: ...icago and its [[suburb]]s. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is '''IL'''.
44: ===Pre-Columbian===
45: ...re replaced in Illinois by the [[Potawatomi]], [[Miami]], [[Sauk]], and other tribes. - April (9790 bytes)
3: ...fourth]] [[month]] of the [[year]] in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] and one of four with the length of 30...
9: ...nd had 29 days. [[Julius Caesar]]'s calendar [[Julian calendar|reform]] in [[45 BCE]] resulted in Apri...
62: *President [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s Assassination (April 14,1865)
73: ==Trivia==
76: *April's [[birthstone]] is the [[diamond]]. - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...20th century and beyond, see [[History of California (20th century)]].}}
3: ...eans that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
7: ...thumb|325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...n, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: '''Christianity''' is the world's largest religion. It is bas...
6: ...k]] translation for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' means "belonging to Christ" or "of Christ".
8: ... as thousands of diverse beliefs and sects. Christianity is generally grouped into three main branches...
10: #[[Orthodox Christianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Orie... - List of religions (13836 bytes)
5: ...hat all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.
7: ===[[Abrahamic religions]]===
8: ...onsider themselves descendants of the patriarch [[Abraham]].''
58: **Jewish messianic movements
60: ***[[Sabbatai Zevi|Sabbatians]] - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ... [[moral code]]s, practices and institutions associated with such belief. In its broadest sense some ...
5: ...thumb|right|Fishers of men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Venne]] ([[1614]])]]
33: *Beliefs regarding the appropriate means and methods for relating to the divine, t...
37: ...purpose in life, and the identification of appropriate goals for life;
63: ...b|The syllable [[Aum]] or ॐ is the ''primordial mantra'' in [[Vedas|Vedic]] tradition.]] - Lightning (33113 bytes)
10: ...ng a spire which was being erected in [[Philadelphia]] but while waiting for its completion, he got th...
16: ...was Professor Richman, of [[Saint Petersburg, Russia]]. He had created a setup similar to Franklin's, ...
24: ... electrical energy stored in the e-field flows radially inward into the conductive filament.
26: ...If the e-field is high enough a discharge can initiate from the ground. This discharge is called a [[...
39: ...transfers a charge of 5 [[coulomb]]s, has a potential difference of about 100 [[volt|megavolts]], diss... - Presidents' Day (4386 bytes)
7: ...ring other presidents, and the holiday was colloquially referred to as Presidents' Day.
17: ...onoring the prominent figures like Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Presidents' Day recognizes the contribut...
28: '''Presidents' Day''', officially known as '''Washington's Birthday''', is a nat...
30: ...lly former Presidents [[George Washington]] and [[Abraham Lincoln]].
36: ...onth never falls later than the 21st, so the official holiday now never occurs on his actual birthday. - Donatello (10376 bytes)
7: ...and eventually construct the cupola of [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] in Florence, while Donatello acquired...
10: ... Guild of Linen-weavers. It aroused public enthusiasm, however, when placed in situ, and at a later d...
14: ...pied from life with all their angularities and deviations from the lines of beauty.
16: ...iovanni]] in [[Siena]], which [[Jacopo della Quercia]] and his assistants had begun in [[1416]]. Thoug...
23: ...llaboration with Michelozzo, a veritable bacchanalian dance of half-nude putti, pagan in spirit, passi... - National League (4871 bytes)
5: ...[[Philadelphia Athletics (19th century)|Philadelphia Athletics]], and the [[Cincinnati Reds]] (not the...
18: *[[Philadelphia Phillies]]
34: *[[Arizona Diamondbacks]]
38: *[[San Francisco Giants]]
43: *[[William Hulbert|William A. Hulbert]] [[1877]]-[[1882]] - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
7: ...American Association (19th century)|American Association]]. Moved to [[National League]] in [[1892]].
15: :'''American Association pennants won''' (4): [[1885]], [[1886]], [[18...
18: .... Louis received a wild card berth. Many St. Louisians were unhappy with this decision and refer to th...
24: ...under flamboyant owner [[Chris von der Ahe]]. Initially they were known as the "Brown Stockings", whic...
26: ... Maroons, which had come in from the [[Union Association]]. The Maroons had the misfortune of arriving... - Gerardus Mercator (3294 bytes)
9: ... from [[1535]] to [[1536]] to construct a terrestrial [[globe]]. Later, Mercator produced a map of [[P...
15: ...o describe a collection of maps, and encouraged [[Abraham Ortelius]] to compile the first modern world atla... - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
7: ...awe for the scheme that is manifested in the material universe - all of these show through in his work...
16: ...onsidered a slow learner, possibly due to [[dyslexia]], simple [[shyness]], or the significantly rare ...
20: ...l examinations, before rejoining his family in Pavia. He convinced the school to let him go with a med...
24: ...(an acquaintance of [[Nikola Tesla]]) started initially as a medical student at the [[University of Zu...
33: ...nfluence on Einstein's work is a highly controversial and debated question.
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