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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explore...
75: *[[Alexandra David-Néel]], (1868-1969), French explorer, visited [[...
83: *[[David Douglas]], Scottish explorer, botanist
100: *[[Edmund Fanning]], (1769-1841), "Pathfinder of the Pacific", discoverer of...
104: ...s Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for [[President of the United States]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
4: | order=Third President
16: | vicepresident=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|...
18: ...sh;[[1809]]) [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]] and an American [[s...
20: ...s Jefferson dined alone." Achievements of his presidency include the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Madison
4: | order=4th President
16: ...orge Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]; [[Elbridge Gerry]]
18: ...sh;[[1817]]) [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was co-author, ...
21: ...e Madison spent most of his childhood years. In [[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton U... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...ed into [[tectonic plates]] that move over a [[rheid|rheic]] upper [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] ([[asth...
18: [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and ...
26: ... believed in uniformitarianism, the idea was not widely accepted at the time.
36: ...geology. Many of these involve the ability to provide the relative ages of strata or the manner in whi...
46: ...on of modern marine and nonmarine sediments in a wide variety of environments supports this generaliza... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the consen...
3: ...To keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of the many "...
15: ..., who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
18: ...]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and is widely spoken in [[New Brunswick]].
86: ...] expeditions occurred around AD [[1000]], with evidence of settlement at [[L'Anse aux Meadows]]. - James Watt (5070 bytes)
11: ...asgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', comes upon the idea of a separate condensing chamber for the steam ...
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for s...
26: ...n Hornblower]] who tried to develop engines that did not fall foul of his 'catch-all' patents. Boulton...
33: .... (Without it, humans might have continued to provide power.) It was also essential in later [[transpo...
38: ...[[Lunar Society Moonstones|Moonstones]], two individual statues, and a [[Boulton, Watt and Murdoch|sta... - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: ...ogether and interlocked. This interlocked form is ideal for [[spinning]] into a fine [[yarn]].
9: ... 7,000 years ago. There is clear archaeological evidence that people in South America and India domest...
17: ... ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production of cotton cloth ...
28: ...n chemicals such as [[fertilizer]]s and [[insecticide]]s, although some farmers are moving towards an ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
54: ...d]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
70: ...Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
99: ...280s]]: [[Glasses|Eyeglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]] - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...s known in some eastern traditions such as the [[Middle-Persian]] literature as '''Alexander the Curse...
6: ...Alexander died, probably of [[malaria]] or [[typhoid]]. His conquests ushered in centuries of Greco-M...
9: ...ympias was impregnated not by Philip, who was afraid of her and her affinity for sleeping in the compa...
16: ...marched south with his armies in a campaign to solidify control of Greece and confront the Persian Emp...
23: ...e most vivid story, Alexander proclaimed that it did not matter how the knot was undone, and hacked it... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-)
144: *[[George Biddle]] ([[1885]]-[[1973]])
162: *[[David G. Blythe]] ([[1815]]-[[1865]])
170: *[[David Bomberg]] ([[1890]]-[[1957]]) - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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142: | [[Carbon monoxide]]<br>[[Hydrogen sulfide]]
149: ... [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]] minus the massive liquid [[metallic hydrogen]] envelope. It appears that U...
153: ...y whilst the other pole faces away. At the other side of Uranus' orbit the orientation of the poles to...
158: ...perhaps during the formation of the planet it collided with an enormous protoplanet, resulting in the ... - History of California (38344 bytes)
13: ...[[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to make the flour edible.
19: ...bout [[1530]], [[Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán]] (President of [[New Spain]]) was told by an Indian slave ...
23: ...n as the peninsula of [[Baja California]]), and laid out and founded the city that was to become LaPaz...
50: ...e's, which they reinforced, and which remained valid when the colonies became states. These territori...
67: * [[1683]]: [[Ysidro Otondo]] - List of popes (77758 bytes)
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17: ! width="12%" | Place of Birth - James Cook (14770 bytes)
7: ...ton]] in [[North Yorkshire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born ...
18: ...eaving in [[1768]], he arrived on [[April 13]], [[1769]] in [[Tahiti]], where he built a small [[Fortifi...
20: ...tensive knowledge of Pacific [[geography]], Cook did reach [[New Zealand]], becoming only the second [...
26: ...into the English language from the local Guugu-Yimidhirr name for a Grey Kangaroo, which was ''gangaro...
30: ...]—under punishment of [[flogging]] if they did not comply—although no one yet understood w... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...few weeks after the purchase, [[United States President]] [[Thomas Jefferson]], an advocate of western...
7: ...Not only did Lewis and Clark feel that she could aid them in translation, but they thought that when t...
10: ...the party. The party agreed to camp on the south side of the river (modern Astoria, OR) , building [[F...
16: ... They had to act largely as diplomats for the President because when they met an Indian tribe, they ha...
62: *Private [[John Shields]] (1769 – 1809) - March 18 (10594 bytes)
14: *[[1871]] - President of the [[France|French]] government [[Thiers]]...
21: *[[1925]] - The [[Tri-State Tornado]] hits the Midwestern states of [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]], and ...
28: *[[1959]] - American President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs a bill into law...
35: *[[1971]] - A landslide at [[Chungar]], [[Peru]] crashes into [[Lake Yan...
39: ...my]] is found in the [[Great Pyramid of Giza|Pyramid of Cheops]]. - March 23 (10340 bytes)
16: ...[Land run]]: [[President of the United States|President]] [[Benjamin Harrison]] opens [[Oklahoma]] to ...
19: ...re Roosevelt]] leaves [[New York]] for a post-presidency [[safari]] in [[Africa]]. The trip is sponsor...
30: ...nitiative]]: [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] makes his initial proposal...
32: *1989 - A 1,000-foot diameter [[Near-Earth asteroid]] misses the [[Earth]] by 400,000 miles.
33: ... [[Tijuana]], [[Mexico|Mexican]] presidential candidate [[Luis Donaldo Colosio]] is assassinated by Ma... - 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: ...pewyan]] chief [[Matonabbee]] travelling as his guide on his arctic overland journey, massacred a grou... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
4: ...The bolded items are the U.S. wars most often considered to be ''major conflicts'' by historians and t...
36: *[[Mayag?cident|''Mayag?Incident]] (1975)
38: ... Sidra incident (disambiguation)|Gulf of Sidra Incidents]] (1981, 1989)
49: **[[Operation Provide Comfort]] (1991–1996)
146: *[[Creole incident|''Creole'' Incident]] (1841) - 18th century (8231 bytes)
13: ...hetic analysis, the 18th century is generally considered to be the beginning of Europe's artistic infl...
25: ...fghans]] conquer Iran, ending the [[Safavids|Safavid dynasty]].
29: ... [[Persian Empire|Persia]] and founds the [[Afsharid dynasty]]. Rules until his death in [[1747]].
46: * [[1769]]: [[Spain|Spanish]] [[missionary|missionaries]] ...
54: * [[1789]]: [[George Washington]] elected [[President of the United States]].
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