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- Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...ntion into a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded versio...
5: ===[[Paleolithic|Paleolithic Era]]===
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
62: ...century BC|400s BC]]: [[Catapult]] in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]
99: ...eglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: ...|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
11: *[[Yakubu Gowon]] (born 1934), military leader of [[Nigeria]]
13: ...ihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
20: ... Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: *[[Tomoyuki Yamashita|Yamashita, Tomoyuki]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant gen... - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...pirit and culture which was distinct from that of its European founders.
14: ==History of the United States (1776-1789)==
15: ''For details, see the main [[History of the United States (1776-1789)]] article.''
17: ...tablished itself as the United States of America with 13 States.
19: ==History of the United States (1789-1849)== - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...erifiable [[empirical knowledge]], a global community of [[scholar]]s, and a set of [[technique]]s for...
4: ...any place ancient [[natural philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of science.
6: ...conception). [[Technology]] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects a...
11: ...''is'', how it ''functions'', and whether it exhibits large-scale patterns and trends. The [[sociology...
15: ...ommunity and those in the social sciences or humanities (for example, the "[[Science wars]]"). - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...47]] – [[October 18]], [[1931]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and [[businessma...
5: ...s worldwide, including the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], and [[Germany]]. Edison ...
10: ...itish government gave those who had been loyal to it. In 1811, three generations of Edison's took up f...
14: ...m. Sam's family joined him and in [[1847]] grew with the birth of their seventh child, [[Thomas Alva ...
16: ...art in his schooling due to childhood illnesses. It was a late start and a poor start. His mind ofte... - Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
1: This is a '''timeline of United States history'''.
2: *[[Timeline of United States history (Before 1600)|Before 1600]]
3: *[[Timeline of United States history (1600-1699)|1600-1699]]
4: *[[Timeline of United States history (1700-1759)|1700-1759]]
5: *[[Timeline of United States history (1760-1789)|1760-1789]] - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
5: [[Military history of the United States]] <br>
6: [[Military history of the Confederate States]]
10: |Date||[[1861]]–[[1865]]
12: |Place||Principally in the southern United States; also in eastern, central and southweste...
22: ...arge 34 stars.png|100px|]]<br />''[[Flag of the United States|USA flag]] [[1861]]–[[1863]]. 34 s... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...[[1991]]. The term was popularized by the U.S. political adviser and financier [[Bernard Baruch]] in A...
5: ...ecame an ever-important arena of superpower competition.]]
7: ...e conflicts, the major powers, particularly the United States, operated in good part by arming or fund...
9: ...n in 1991, Russia lost the superpower status that it had won in the Second World War.
12: ...s between the United States and the USSR. Indeed, it was far from certain that a global nuclear war wo... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
2: ...]] for all citizens and advocating new laws to limit the effect of current discriminations.
4: ... as the [[European Convention on Human Rights]] (with forty-five countries as signatories), which enco...
8: ... the association between a bundle of rights and 'citizenship'. The term [[Human rights]] refers to a b...
10: ...vil rights attach to people by virute of their [[citizenship]] of a [[state]]. <br>
12: ...f those states in which that person resides as a citizen. <br> - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1860...
6: ====1860–1865====
7: ...Image:National-atlas-1970-1860.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1860]]
9: *[[1860]] - [[Crittenden Compromise]]
15: *[[1861]] - [[Kansas]] admitted to the Union as a [[free state]] - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...nant economic power and well on its way to taking its place among the imperial powers of the age. Thi...
5: ''Main article: [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]]''
7: ...ed by the Federal government, established the conditions and procedures for reintegrating the southern...
9: ...lure of the federal government to effectively reunite the country contributed to the government's fail...
11: ... which had been readmitted in [[1866]]) into 5 military districts. Governments that had been establish... - April (9790 bytes)
3: ...]] in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] and one of four with the length of 30 [[day]]s.
5: April begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of [[Aries]] and ends in the...
7: ...can language|Etruscan]] name ''Apru'' for [[Aphrodite]].
11: ... is called ''huhtikuu'', meaning something to do with agriculture.
15: Poets identify April with the end of winter, but they don't necessarily ag... - Dodo (9332 bytes)
9: ... | taxon = '''''Raphus'''''}}<br/>{{Taxobox authority | author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] ...
15: ...us]]. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
20: ...ow legs, and a tuft of curly [[feather]]s high on its rear end. Dodos were very large birds, weighing ...
22: ...olved to take advantage of an island [[ecology]] with no predators.
24: ...etite. Thus, in captivity with its ready availability of food, the birds would become overfed very eas... - Morse code (33777 bytes)
1: [[Image:Morse_sam.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://c...
2: ...r, making it appropriate for sending automated digital data in voice channels.
4: ...s — on and off — it was an early form of a digital code. International Morse code is composed of s...
5: # short mark, dot or 'dit' (·)
7: ...intra-character gap (between the dots and dashes within a character) - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ... of the known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
10: ...e:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...sland]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin ...
13: ...ared, they found many [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes living in the p... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
1: [[Image:Us senate seal.png|framed|[[Seal of the United States Senate|Seal of the Senate]]]]
2: ... Senate" ([[Article One of the United States Constitution|Article I]]).
4: ...merated to the House. As a result, the responsibilities of the Senate (the "[[upper house]]") are more...
6: ...uilding, in [[Washington, D.C.]], the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes in the s...
9: {{main|History of the United States Senate}} - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ... York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships.
5: ...]], the team given the home-field advantage was switched every year between the American League and th...
7: ...ams which did not qualify for the playoffs, the criteria for the latter changing at various times. Pr...
9: ...es have been made by other leagues. Attempts to pit the [[North America]]n champions against champion...
11: ...se the ''[[New York World]]'' newspaper sponsored it. Baseball researcher [[Doug Pappas]] refutes tha... - George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
2: ...]] and other [[plant]]s to increase the profitability of farming.
5: ...]] that left him with a permanently weakened constitution. Because of this, he was unable to work as a...
7: ...tchen to collect his reward. When he entered the kitchen, he saw no one. He did, however, see somethin...
9: ...ouraged the boy to continue his intellectual pursuits. When George was 12, he decided to strike out on...
11: ...Mechanic Arts, which today is [[Iowa State University]]. - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...as far north as [[Canada]], with the aid of [[abolitionists]]. Other routes led to [[Mexico]] or overs...
4: It is estimated that at its height between [[1810]] and [[1850]], nearly 100...
10: ...newspapers, and other organs disseminated the abolitionist viewpoint nationwide.
14: The Underground Railroad developed its own jargon, which continued the [[railway]] meta...
21: ...ound Railroad'' in 1872, after [[Abolitionism|Abolition]].
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