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- Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
1: {{Egyptian Dynasty list}}
2: ...ry of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching from the establishment of the [[Eleventh dynasty of Egypt|Eleventh ...
5: ...sty of Egypt|Tenth dynasty]] in the 14th year of his reign to reunite Egypt, bringing an end to the [[...
8: ...Upper Egypt), under the reign of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a pala...
10: ...ed useful experienced by the time he would start his sole reign. The co-regencies lasted throughout th... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
5: ...0th century but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that tim...
7: ...ies as possibilities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies between dates shown here and in article...
9: ...is the “Conventional Chronology” that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''A Test of Time'' (1...
15: * Predynastic Egypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Lat... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-NJ |
36: ...named after the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
38: == History==
39: ...den|Swedes]] in the mid-1600's as part of the Swedish colony of [[New Sweden]], which included parts o...
41: ... two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|Sir George Carter... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...i in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in Christendom and often used by the Pope.]]
2: ...hop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below the baldochino and [[altar]]. [[Pope]]s ha...
4: ... namesake when he led the Roman church, but which is no longer used. These are the sources of the con...
6: ==History==
8: ...eviously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christians. - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...1590]] - Dutch spectacle-makers,Hans Janssen and his son [[Zacharias Janssen]], claimed by later write...
7: ...[[Poland|Polish]] king [[Sigismund I of Sweden|Sigismund III]].
9: * c.[[1622]] - Drebbel presents his invention in [[Rome]].
10: ..., founder of the ''Accademia dei Lincei'' (in English, ''The [[Linceans]]'').
12: ...He coins the word ''cell'' for the structures he discovers in [[cork (material)|cork]] bark. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
10: *[[1608]]-Popham Colony dissolved
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
30: ...[[Roger Williams (theologian)|Roger Williams]] banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony
32: *[[1636]]-[[Rhode Island Colony]] founded by Roger Williams - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...des [[David Hume]] and [[George Berkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbe...
6: ...ere, he obtained admission to the college of [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. The dean of the college at the...
8: ...sed with Locke and pressed him to become part of his retinue.
10: ...he household physician. In London, Locke resumed his medical studies, under the tutelage of [[Thomas S...
12: ...vived and prospered, crediting Locke with saving his life. - History of India (31279 bytes)
1: {{HistoryOfSouthAsia}}
8: ...entral Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India of the [[Indo-Greek]], [[I...
11: ...gion]], and [[Indian philosophy|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...he 13th century AD, followed almost without intermission by the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which decline...
18: ...er vishnu1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|A figurine of [[Vishnu]], a [[Hindu]] god, in the ''Narasimha Avatar'... - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
4: ...when Mansfield was captured and killed by the Spanish shortly afterwards, Morgan was chosen by the buc...
6: ... claimed ignorance about this, whilst Morgan and his crew returned to their base at [[Port Royal]], Ja...
8: ...turn to Jamaica he was again reproved, but not punished by Modyford.
10: ...ounds. The fame of this brilliant exploit was tarnished by the habitual cruelty of Morgan's crews.
12: ...ieutenant Governor. He remained in Jamaica until his death. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...in, and scientific observer. He was the first Englishman to explore or map parts of [[New Holland (Aus...
4: ... [[Battle of Schooneveld]] in June [[1673]]. In [[1674]] he worked as a plantation manager on [[Jamaica]...
7: ...oast of that isthmus; the pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the ...
9: ...anila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]], the [[Spice Islands]], and [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland...
11: ...e of Good Hope]], penniless but in possession of his journals. - Guitar (36953 bytes)
4: ...], or a [[plectrum]] ([[guitar pick]]). The sound is produced by [[vibrating string]]s, which in turn ...
14: ==History==
16: ...eaning "music." The second half of the word "tar" is purely Persian and means "chord" or "string."
17: ...Arabic name for these lutes, that is, ''qitara,'' is obviously rooted in Persian. The name "guitar" wa...
18: ...hree strings but today has four. The Chitra Veena is depicted in Indian artwork as the official instru... - Hyksos (23575 bytes)
2: ...sty of Egypt|Sixteenth Dynasties]] of Egypt, (ca. 1674-1548 B.C.E. See [[Egyptian chronology]]), ruling ...
4: ...ogists think of the Canaanites as being indistinguishable from the [[Phoenicia|Phoenicians]]. The Hyks...
6: ...arabs and other small objects, and [[Manetho]]'s history of Egypt, written during the time of [[Ptolem...
9: ...ey are specifically called Hyksos by Manetho. It is generally agreed that these six Hyksos kings of E...
11: ... this period. However, today the Hurrian hypothesis finds few if any supporters, and the Hyksos are w... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...ey have had the most lasting importance to World History.
7: ... France on [[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: ...yal]] (which had been located with Champlain's assistance), where Champlain lived until 1607 while he ...
13: ...hich he embarked on periodically for the rest of his life.
15: The first winter was difficult for the colonists. Of the twenty-five people who stayed for the w... - Jim Abbott (6907 bytes)
1: ... the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. Abbott's fielding statistics matched or even slightly bettered the league ...
3: ...ld then remove the glove and make the throw with his left hand. When batting, Abbott would swing the b...
5: ...it Tigers]] in [[1976 in sports|1976]], and he finished fifth in the year's rookie of the year voting.
7: ...2]] season, posting an even better 2.77 ERA, but his win-loss record fell to 7-15 for the sixth-place ...
11: ...gh the [[1996 in sports|1996]] season, posting a disastrous 2-18 record with a 7.48 ERA and briefly re... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
1: {{HistoryOfSouthAsia}}
8: ...entral Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India of the [[Indo-Greek]], [[I...
11: ...gion]], and [[Indian philosophy|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...he 13th century AD, followed almost without intermission by the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which decline...
18: ...er vishnu1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|A figurine of [[Vishnu]], a [[Hindu]] god, in the ''Narasimha Avatar'... - December 9 (7837 bytes)
1: '''December 9''' is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year i...
6: ...[[newspaper]], the ''American Minerva'', is established by [[Noah Webster]]
9: ...851]] - First [[YMCA]] in [[North America]] established in [[Montreal, Quebec]]
10: *[[1856]] - [[Bushehr]] surrenders to the [[British]].
13: *[[1888]] - [[Herman Hollerith]] installs his computing device at the [[United States War Depar...
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