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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
66: *[[Christopher Columbus]], (1451-1506), reached [[the Am...
77: ...ns|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed through [[Bering Strait]]
100: *[[Edmund Fanning]], (1769-1841), "Pathfinder of the Pacific", discoverer of...
141: *[[Alexander von Humboldt]], (1769-1859), German naturalist, explored [[Central Amer...
230: *[[John Rae]], (1813-1893), travelled widely through the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
32: ...ce]] ([[1784]]-[[1789]]) he took extensive trips through [[France|French]] and other [[Europe]]an wine...
131: ...ellectual. He was singularly sweet-tempered, and shrank from the impassioned political bitterness that...
137: ...[[religion]], but to be understood, if possible, through [[reason]] and [[science]].
141: ...first submitted in [[1779]], and was one of only three accomplishments he put in his own epitaph. Virg...
143: ...rines to the standard of reason, justice & philanthropy, and to inculcate the belief of a future state... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...e Madison spent most of his childhood years. In [[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton U...
40: ... England]] [[Federalists]] [[Hartford Convention|threatened secession]] if the war was not ended. In [...
113: ...g/resources/will.htm] Madison was a slaveholder throughout his entire life.
115: ...ssued between [[1861]] and [[1946]], and all but three had James Madison. Madison also appears on the ...
124: ...excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the p... - Geology (12007 bytes)
12: The work on rocks ''Peri lithōn'' by [[Theophrastus]], a student of [[Aristotle]], remained auth...
18: [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and ...
26: ...tes that slow geological processes have occurred throughout the Earth's history and are still occurrin...
40: ...e whether the fault is a [[normal fault]] or a [[thrust fault]].
50: ...ocks. As organisms exist at the same time period throughout the world, their presence or (sometimes) a... - Canada (35540 bytes)
8: ... of Canada|territories]]. Initially constituted through the [[British North America Acts|British Nort...
23: Canada has ten provinces and three territories.
92: ...f Quebec]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] (created 1769). To accommodate the Loyalists, Britain created t...
98: ...create a federal union. On [[July 1]], [[1867]], three colonies—Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Bru...
100: ... assumed full control of its own foreign affairs through the [[Balfour Declaration 1926|Balfour Declar... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', co...
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
22: ...or to measure steam pressure in the [[cylinder]] throughout the working cycle of the engine, so showin...
24: ...-acting engine, a counter, an indicator, and a [[throttle]] valve) made the steam engine his life's wo... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
2: ...orld]]. The fiber is most often spun into [[yarn|thread]] and used to make a soft, breathable [[textil...
11: ...]]. Cotton has been grown in India for more than three thousand years, and it is referred to in the [[...
15: ...nd of the 16th century BC, cotton was cultivated throughout the warmer regions in [[Africa]], [[Eurasi...
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ...
19: In the [[United States]], growing the three crops, cotton, [[indigo dye|indigo]] and [[toba... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
124: * [[1657]]: [[Pendulum clock]]: [[Christiaan Huygens]]
128: ... [[Seed drill]]: [[Jethro Tull (agriculturist)|Jethro Tull]]
133: ...14]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
143: * [[1769]]: [[Steam engine]]: [[James Watt]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
11: ...ranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Achilles]].
14: ...uestion Alexander's succession to the Macedonian throne. In 338 BC, Philip created The [[League of Co...
23: ...mbled but did not storm the city. At the ancient Phrygian capital of [[Gordium]], Alexander "undid" th...
29: ...nst Bessus and his successor Spitamenes took him through [[Medes|Media]], [[Parthia]], Aria, Drangiana...
41: ... his forces back to Persia by the southern route through the [[Gedrosia]] (modern Makran in southern P... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
83: *[[Leonard Bahr]] ([[1905]]-[[1990]])
167: *[[Aaron Bohrod]] ([[1907]]-[[1992]])
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
263: *[[Anthony Christian]] ([[1945]]-) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
168: ...es in [[1750]], twice in [[1768]], six times in [[1769]], and one last time in [[1771]]. He was a victim...
172: ...e]], as editor of the ''Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch'', opted for ''Uranus'', after the [[Greek my... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...nk|This article covers the History of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyo...
28: ...tories, Cortés sent Francisco de Ulloa out with three small vessels. He made it to the mouth of the C...
30: ...ries of romances that were very popular in Spain throughout the 15th, 16th and 17th century.
31: ...of Spain, Esplandian, the son of Amadis, travels through an island called "California" or "Califerne".
71: ...olonization of these lands. It was not until the threat of invasion by [[Imperial Russia|Tsarist Russi... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...[[Bishop]] of [[Rome]], [[Vicar]] of [[Jesus]] [[Christ]], Successor of [[St. Peter]], [[Prince]] of t...
179: | <small>Died a martyr, through extreme hardship; feast day [[16 September]]<...
696: ...rt of the Vatican's official list of popes. Died three days after his election, prior to his consecrat...
1865: | <small>[[6 July]] [[1758]] to [[2 February]] [[1769]]</small>
1872: | <small>[[19 May]] [[1769]] to [[22 September]] [[1774]]</small> - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...[explorers|explorer]] and [[navigator]]. He made three voyages to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its ...
18: ...eaving in [[1768]], he arrived on [[April 13]], [[1769]] in [[Tahiti]], where he built a small [[Fortifi...
28: He then sailed through [[Torres Strait]] between Australia and [[New...
51: ...sable, although he made several attempts to sail through it. Cook became increasingly frustrated on t...
55: ... the expedition and made a final attempt to pass through the Bering Strait. The ''Resolution'' and ''... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
9: ...he [[Columbia River]], past [[Celilo Falls]] and through what is now [[Portland, Oregon]] until they r...
30: *Made themselves heroes throughout the country and big names in Early America...
62: *Private [[John Shields]] (1769 – 1809)
77: ...dst magnificent scenery, and a difficult passage through the snow clad [[Bitterroot Mountains]] of Wes... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
18: *[[1915]] - [[World War I]]: Three [[battleship]]s are sunk during a failed [[Unit...
22: ...37]] - The [[New London School explosion]] kills three hundred, mostly children.
50: *[[1813]] - [[Christian Friedrich Hebbel]], German writer (d. [[186...
72: *[[1922]] - [[Egon Bahr]], politician
107: ... Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. [[1769]]) - March 23 (10340 bytes)
11: *[[1806]] - After traveling through the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and reaching the [...
46: *[[1769]] - [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]], ...
49: *[[1878]] - [[Franz Schreker]], composer (d. [[1934]]) - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
3: ...ith a view to improving the cod fishery, and in [[1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western disco...
5: ...ians; his second (from [[23 February]] [[1770]]) through the breaking of his quadrant; but in his thir... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
215: *[[Kingdom of Hawaii#Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai'i|Hawaiian Coup]] (1893...
229: *[[Yankee-Pennamite Wars]] (1769–1784) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
3: ...ers to the [[century]] that lasted from [[1701]] through [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]].
9: ...ife. [[The Enlightenment]] was in full bloom and threatened the power of [[theology]]. The rise of nat...
46: * [[1769]]: [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary|missionaries]] ...
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