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- Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
3: ...dent]] of the [[Confederate States of America]] throughout the [[American Civil War]] (also known as t...
6: ...ed. During the [[War of 1812]], three of Davis's brothers fought the [[British Empire|British]], two o...
10: ...er Mary, attending a [[log cabin]] school a mile from their home. Two years later, Davis entered the C...
14: ...vis's duties during this time was to keep miners from illegally entering what would eventually become ...
16: ...resident]]. On [[June 30]], 1835, Davis resigned from the U.S. Army. - Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
8: ...oblems. Then, after giving birth to Thomas' half-brother, she died of complications, leaving her three...
12: ...ed up to Cummins as a schoolteacher. Their older brother, Warren, went to live with other relatives on...
14: ...ite, but nevertheless, Jackson taught the man as promised. In his later years at Jackson's Mill, Thoma...
16: ...aduated 17th out of 59 students in the Class of [[1846]].
20: ...tion. His judgment proved correct, earning field promotion to the temporary rank of major. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
7: ...ation of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back to the New World for more gold
9: ... in [[New York City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
13: *[[1861]] - The Kingdom of [[Italy]] is proclaimed.
14: *[[1886]] - [[Carrollton Massacre]]: 20 [[African American]]s are kil...
21: ...President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. - Jackson, Mississippi (21073 bytes)
1: ...sus, its population is 184,256. The Jackson [[metropolitan area]], including its suburbs and Hinds, M...
19: metro pop = 510,000|
29: ...od water, abundant timber, navigable waters, and proximity to the [[Natchez Trace]]. And so, a legisla...
31: ... married women to own and administer their own [[property]].
33: ...r commerce. Instead, railroads would later spark growth of the city in the decades after the [[America... - Trenton, New Jersey (12026 bytes)
17: metro pop = |
25: ...Delaware Valley]] than it does with [[New York metropolitan area|New York]] It is the [[county seat]]...
27: ...m security units and houses the state's most dangerous criminals, is also located in Trenton.
28: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
29: ...s an anchor city for the [[Delaware Valley]] [[metropolitan area]]. Trenton and its immediate suburbs... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[...
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
18: *[[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] ([[Germany]], [[1912]] – [[1954]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &n... - Johann Gottfried Galle (1693 bytes)
1: ...Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] on [[September 23]], [[1846]].
4: ... (now [[Wrocław]]) to become professor of astronomy and the director of the local observatory.
6: ...iously discovered three comets in the short span from [[December 2]],[[1839]] to [[March 6]],[[1840]].
11: ...ived an answer a year later on [[September 18]],[[1846]]. It reached Galle on [[September 23]] and in it... - Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
1: ...ge:Roller_coaster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A typical roller coaster]]
3: ...cars hooked together is referred to as a [[Train (roller coaster)|train]].
7: ...er_Coaster-Movie_World_Australia.jpg|left|thumb|A roller coaster at Movie World, Australia]]
9: ...wards through the same course. And there are even roller coasters which are powered by a kind of locom...
11: ...circuit is the most common method of bringing the roller coaster ride to a stop. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Navajo Nation (14007 bytes)
2: ...and, slightly smaller than [[Maine]] or [[South Carolina]]) over part of three states, and is the larg...
7: ... of government is located at the town of [[Window Rock, Arizona]].
9: ...avaho''. Navajo call themselves ''Din駧, a term from the [[Navajo language]] that means ''people''. T...
11: ...(''Navajo'' '''Ooz魧'' or '''Ayahkinii''' 'underground-house-people') reservation within the Navajo N...
13: ...e the former shared lands. Another Din頡nd Hopi group lives on the [[Colorado River Indian Tribes]] [... - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
32: New York Iroquois: 600
54: ...he '''British-American War''', to distinguish it from the concurrent British involvement in the [[Napo...
58: ...most consequentially, the war marked the end of European alliances with American Indians in the United...
62: ! style="padding: 0 5px; background: #B0C4DE; text-align: center;" |Origins of<br>...
66: ... 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #ECECEC;" |[[Monroe-Pinkney Treaty]] - Mormon Trail (35249 bytes)
1: ...the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] traveled from [[1846]]-[[1857]]. Today the Mormon Trail is a part of ...
3: ==Background==
4: .... They were finally forced to abandon Nauvoo in [[1846]].
10: ...nted and felt the isolated [[Great Basin]] would provide the Saints with many advantages.
12: ...entral gathering point in the Great Basin. A new route on the north side of the [[Platte River|Platte... - Mexican-American War (9503 bytes)
9: |Date||1846–1848
39: ...en the [[United States]] and [[Mexico]] between [[1846]] and [[1848]]. It is also called the '''U.S.-Mex...
41: ==Background==
42: ...and [[Texas]]. After having won its independence from Mexico in [[1836]], the [[Republic of Texas]] wa...
44: ... [[Province of New Mexico, Mexico|Nuevo M鸩co]] from Mexico. - Sargon II of Assyria (8855 bytes)
1: ...en found in a wicker basket, a child of a temple prostitute and an unknown father. Sargon is the name ...
3: ...bitants of the towns of [[Assur]] and [[Harran]] from taxes.
4: ...p of the new Elamite king [[Ummanigash]] and was crowned king in 721.
6: ...ad [[Samaria]] rebuilt as the capital of the new province of Samerina and settled it with Arabs.
8: ...s. Sargon took the capital Izirtu, and stationed troops in Parsuash (original home of Persian tribe, o... - Aluminium (26079 bytes)
1: ...eft=[[magnesium]] | right=[[silicon]] | above=[[boron|B]] | below=[[gallium|Ga]] | color1=#cccccc | co...
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21: {{Elementbox_electroneg_pauling | 1.61 }} - Niobium (10560 bytes)
7: | rowspan="3" valign="center" | <br>[[Vanadium | V]]<b...
22: | [[periodic table group|Group]], [[periodic table period|Period]], [[periodic...
23: | [[group 5 element|5]], [[period 5 element|5]], [[d-bloc...
31: ..."2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0" | '''Atomic properties'''
45: | [[Electron configuration]] - Technetium (32113 bytes)
7: | rowspan="3" valign="center" | [[Manganese|Mn]]<br>
22: | [[periodic table group|Group]], [[periodic table period|Period]], [[periodic...
23: | [[group 7 element|7]], [[period 5 element|5]], [[d-bloc...
31: ..." bgcolor="#ffc0c0" | <font color="black">Atomic properties</font>
45: | [[Electron configuration]] - Zachary Taylor (11484 bytes)
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20: ...es|President]] of the [[United States]], serving from [[1849]] to [[1850]]. Taylor was noted for his e...
23: ... in a [[log cabin]] to Richard Taylor and Sarah Strother in Barboursville, [[Virginia]], though his fa...
27: ...ring the Seminole War he gained the nickname "Old Rough and Ready" after the [[Battle of Lake Okeechob...
29: ...ena Vista|Buena Vista]] and became a [[national hero]]. - Pilot Whale (5993 bytes)
10: ..._entry | taxon = '''''G. melas'''''<br>'''''G. macrorhynchus'''''}}
12: ... | color = pink | binomial_name = Globicephala macrorhynchus}}
21: ...the skeleton that the whale had a large beak ("macrorhynchus" in [[Latin]]).
23: Birth weight is about 60 kg. Adult weight varies from 1,000 to 3,000 kg. They may be between four and ...
25: ...active and will frequently lobtail, spyhop and approach boats.
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