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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...n area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 ...
15: ...s formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neighbor [[Niter, f...
17: The exact place of Rio's foundation is at the feet of now world famous Sugar Loaf mountain (P㯭de-A...
21: ...e city remained mostly a colonial capital until [[1808]], when the Portuguese Royal Family and most of t...
23: ...Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his new empire, yet the city region was losing importance - economic ... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
8: ...children. Her youngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be promised in marriage to Louis, h...
12: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the titl...
17: ...Austria|HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth]] (1743-1808)
26: *[[Marie Antoinette|HM Queen Marie Antoinette of France]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Antoni...
29: ...itionally, the army was weak and the treasury depleted due to two wars near the end of her father's re... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
5: ...profession'. Several years later, she managed to get some lecture notes from several courses at [[ɣol...
7: ... was so impressed by the paper that he asked to meet Le Blanc, and Germain was forced to reveal her id...
9: ...y, a friend of hers, personally ensure Gauss's safety. The general explained to Gauss that Germain had...
12: ...evertheless in surmounting these obstacles and penetrating the most obscure parts of them, then withou...
15: ...ed mathematics]], and he stopped replying to her letters. - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
2: ... commanded a [[pirate]] fleet and fought in a [[Vietnam]]ese rebellion on the side of the [[Tay-son]]....
4: ...arried him, cementing the family's hold on the fleet.
6: ...o be given by anyone except the leaders of the fleet. That was considered a capital offense along with...
8: ...granted. Ching Shih also sought pardon for her fleet in [[1810]], now that the government could concen... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...hich part of Genesis is read and how it is interpreted. Depending on which tradition is believed, she ...
11: ...t]] and [[Painting|painter]] [[William Blake]] ([[1808]]).]]
20: ... of Eden, making it possible for [[humanity]] to return to Paradise.
22: ...tation of how long a "year" is meant to be interpreted is the subject of much debate). [[Judaism]] hol...
26: ...s who are not named. Cain later marries Aw⮠and Seth marries Az?But according to [[Genesis Rabba]] an... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
23: ...& Mary]] — where he was a member of the secret [[Flat Hat Club]] — before founding his own...
25: ...]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare th...
27: ...nitive book on the original buildings, or [http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/grizzard Academical Vil...
29: ...ght|250px|Letter to Col. Skipwith, concerning millet seed]]
30: ...mon practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. Instead, he cut a wedge out of th... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
18: ...ist of people known as the father or mother of something|Father of the]] [[United States Constitution]...
21: ...[[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton University]] (it was called the ''College of Ne...
35: ...Congress; in [[1801]] he became Jefferson's [[Secretary of State]].
38: ...he [[U.S. presidential election, 1808|election of 1808]], Madison ran for president in his own right, an...
42: === Cabinet === - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ... bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
24: ...[Prussia]] in [[1797]]. While serving abroad, he met [[Louisa Catherine Johnson]], the daughter of an ...
26: ...d from [[March 4]], [[1803]], until [[June 8]], [[1808]], when he resigned, a successor having been elec...
28: ...ssador) to [[Russia]], in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] from [[1809]] to [[1814]], a member of t... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ...come to the [[New World]] in [[1631]] from the [[Netherlands]]. Martin's father was Abraham van Buren ...
27: ...ity|New York]], where he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawy...
29: ...olumbia County, New York|Columbia County]] from [[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. In [[1812]...
33: ... Jackson|Jackson's]] [[United States Cabinet|cabinet]] in [[1829]].
39: ...suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether consistent, though in this respect he is not t... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
13: ...f the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler]] (1st wife)<br>
25: ...is father, who became [[Governor of Virginia]] ([[1808]]-[[1811]]), and followed his father as governor ...
29: ... on [[April 6]]. The [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]] and [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congre...
33: ...ried twice, firstly to [[Letitia Christian Tyler|Letitia Christian]] on [[March 29]], [[1813]]. They h...
36: ...ecember 3]], [[1877]]). He was married to [[Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper]] who served as [[First Lady of... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
17: | '''Date of Birth''' || [[December 29]], [[1808]]
23: | '''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee]]
33: ...y|Democratic]]<br/>(elected on National Union ticket)
40: '''Andrew Johnson''' ([[December 29]], [[1808]] – [[July 31]], [[1875]]) was the sixteenth...
42: ...ory policies towards the defeated rebels and his vetoes of [[civil rights]] bills embroiled him in a b... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ... world. Also known as LSAC. Spanning a vast area between central [[South America]] and the [[Atlantic ...
8: ...united to Portugal's Crown. Then prince-regent [[Peter I of Brazil|Dom Pedro I]] declared independence...
10: ...ash;[[1934]] and [[1937]]–[[1945]] under [[Get?Vargas]], and [[1964]]–[[1985]] under a suc...
15: ... he also appoints the [[cabinet (government)|cabinet]].
35: *[[List of major cities in Brazil]] (metropolitan areas and major regional cities) - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
10: ...nter" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Sierra Leone|In Detail]])
22: | [[Freetown]]
28: ... by area|Ranked 116th]] <br> 71,740 [[square kilometre|km?]] <br> 0.2%
45: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
54: ...source for [[slave|slaves]], but in [[1787]] [[Freetown]] was established as a city for former slaves ... - Finland (29511 bytes)
9: ...enter width=130px| ([[Coat of Arms of Finland|In Detail]])
38: | [[Eastern European Time|EET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)<br>[[Eas...
42: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.fi]]
51: ...ge, possibly even among the first [[Mesolithic]] settlers. The arrival of the [[Battle-Axe]] Culture (...
59: ...ic]], the [[Kalevala]], in [[1835]]; and Finnish getting a legally equal status with Swedish in [[1892... - Spain (36498 bytes)
42: time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]]<sup>3</sup> |
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48: ...up>2</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[peseta|Spanish Peseta]]<br><sup>3</sup> Except in the Canary Islands, ...
58: ...e [[Iberian peninsula]] through the Pyrenees and settled throughout the peninsula, becoming the [[Celt... - 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]]? - 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]]) - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
42: *[[1804]] - [[Lewis and Clark]] set out
50: *[[1808]] - U.S. [[slave trade]] with [[Africa]] ends
57: *[[1810]] - ''[[Fletcher v. Peck]]'' 10 US 87 1810 marks first time [[...
65: *[[1814]] - [[Treaty of Ghent]] settles [[War of 1812]] - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...[[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th century]] and [[1752]], January 1 ...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
15: ...nce|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
18: ...reat Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...], and Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dyna...
5: ...0]], [[1792]], until [[November 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely these days) referred to as the...
13: ...due process]] in courts, abolition of privileges, etc.) had left a mark. Even though Napoleonic rule w...
15: ... European state, and, although Napoleon's defeat set the thought of a unified Europe back over one and...
18: ...es with a large proportion of mercenaries that sometimes fought for foreign states against their nativ...
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