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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...nderstanding]], [[knowledge]] or [[wisdom]] on fundamental matters as diverse as [[reality]], [[knowle...
16: ...ontinuous project - the one still being pursued today - is [[Socrates]], who studied under several Sop...
29: ...aused first cause, and this is God. Aquinas also adapted this argument to prove the goodness of God. E...
42: ...author might write from the perspective that 1600-1800 is essentially one continuous evolution, and ther...
48: ...nd in philosophers such as [[Adam Smith]], but fundamentally challenged established conceptions. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
3: The dating of the Industrial Revolution is not exact, bu...
10: ... institutional changes wrought by the end of [[feudalism]] in [[Great Britain]] after the [[English Ci...
22: ...able as there was privilege and monopoly. The abundant supply of coal and iron ore made the making of ...
30: ...udy tour, gathering information where he could. Today this is called [[industrial espionage]], with mo...
59: ...ed about the need for stability and precision he adapted to the development of machine tools, and in h... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
23: ...ntinue to be quoted and referenced to the present day). For example, an oft-repeated claim is that th...
25: ...though Ireland has references going back to the [[Dark Ages]]. An explosion of popularity seems to ha...
38: ...d often Irish) emigrant populations, namely [[Canada]], [[United States|America]], [[Australia]], [[Ne...
42: ...n Ireland before the [[1700]]s, but in the late [[1800]]s a number of Irish pipers revived it in Ireland... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure
114: ...], (circa 1000 BC), Biblical figure, third son of David
115: *[[Absalon]], (circa 1128-1201), Danish archbishop - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Eli...
7: ...s]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guin...
15: ... of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of...
17: As a granddaughter of the British sovereign in the male line, ...
20: ...[[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Archbi... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...кая) ([[January 15]], [[1850]]–[[February 10]], [[1891]]) was a [[Russia]]n [...
3: ...er father was [[Vasily Vasilievich Kriukovskoi]] (1800-1874), an artillery officer of Belarusian ("''Pol...
5: ...a Fyodorovna Schubert]] (1820-1879). She was granddaughter of [[Theodor Schubert]] aka [[Fyodor Ivano...
19: ...ings pieces of which I'll try to slip in here one day =)--> - Rose (15436 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
10: ...box authority | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]| date = [[1753]] }}
27: ...d, but a few (e.g. ''Rosa pimpinellifolia'') have dark purple to black hips. Each hip comprises an out...
29: ...reduce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown [[sand]] and so reduce ...
33: ...originates from [[Persian language|Persian]] *''vrda''- via Greek ''rhodon'' "rose" (Aeolic ''wrodon''... - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
9: ...re were in fact more accurately written for the pedal clavichord.
11: ...[organ (music)|organ]] from the period circa 1400-1800 can be played on the clavichord; however, it is t...
15: ...sh;used in funk and [[Rock and roll|rock music]]—is essentially an electric clavichord which use... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
6: ...y of the name evolved into the title "Qahirat Al Adaa" meaning "subduer of the enemies". This title wa...
11: ...g|thumb|left|200px|This Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focused over the ...
18: ...idges link the Nile islands of [[Gezira]] and [[Roda]], where many government buildings are located an...
32: ...et [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] which was rising on the day the city was founded.
34: ...ol remains a major center for [[Islamic]] study today. The [[Seljuk]]s caputured Cairo in the mid 1100... - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
5: ...ge:Bb-trumpet-large-01.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A standard B♭ trumpet]]
16: ...lled [[pedal tone]]s in the octaves below the standard F♯. Several trumpeters have achieved fam...
19: ...ften limited to very short periods of playing per day. Many piccolo trumpets have four valves instead...
25: ...; trumpet. The bell is usually smaller than a standard B♭ trumpet, and the tubing is more tightl...
28: ...larly after the addition of valves (after about [[1800]]), and its use and instruction became much more ... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
20: ...r organs. People used their knowledge and the standard of the contemporary technology to produce reeds...
22: .... It is thought that a traveler to China in the [[1800s]] brought this idea back to Europe. However, the...
28: ...s, one-row, '''diatonic accordions''', and so on. Damian's instruments were much smaller than modern v...
31: ...[[1854]] by [[Anthony Faas]]. It is not in use today.
37: ... accordion''' was developed in Europe in the late 1800s and has become the most common type of accordion... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
5: ...Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth dynasties]], and date the Middle Kingdom to the beginning of that dyn...
10: ...his capital is unknown but presumably the present-day [[el-Lisht]], although [[Manetho]] claims that t...
26: * [[1800 BC]] - [[Timeline of mathematics|Berlin Papyrus]]
27: * [[1800 BC]] - [[Moscow Papyrus|Moscow Mathematical Papyr...
34: ...y 63 years. A few of the kings and their possible dates include: - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
5: ... As Dr. Robert A. Hatch of the University of Florida puts it:
7: ...yptian calendar with attested dates in other calendaric systems, for example, Greek, Jewish, Assyrian,...
9: ...ite]]s," adding that [[Ramses II]]'s accession is dated by various [[Egyptology|Egyptologist]]s to 130...
11: ==Dating and eras==
13: ...odern Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
7: ...nt]], the head of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world...
14: ...r Granholm]], born in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are pr...
21: ...ce]], any federal judge can administer the oath — and even judges of [[federal district court]]s...
23: On Inauguration Day, following the oath of office, the President cus... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
3: | image name=johnadamsvp.flipped.jpg
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1801]]
9: | date of birth=[[October 30]], [[1735]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1801]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1809]]
7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
9: | date of birth=[[April 13]], [[1743]]
12: | date of death=[[July 4]], [[1826]] - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1829]]
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1837]]
7: | preceded= [[John Quincy Adams]]
9: | date of birth= March 15, 1767
12: | date of death= June 8, 1845 - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: ...Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</t...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 24]], [[1862]]</td>...
15: <br>(daughter-in-law, widowed)</td></tr>
22: ...''Martin Van Buren''' ([[December 5]], [[1782]] – [[July 24]], [[1862]]), nicknamed '''Old Kinde... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
9: ...><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[January 7]], [[1800]]</td></tr>
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[March 8]], [[1874]]</td>...
14: [[Mary Abigail Fillmore]] (daughter)</td></tr>
20: '''Millard Fillmore''' ([[January 7]], [[1800]] – [[March 8]], [[1874]]) was the thirteent...
26: ... It was thought that the obscure, self-made candidate from [[New York]] would complement Taylor, a sl...
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