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- President of the United States (42878 bytes)
12: ...d States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have been a ...
51: * [[Martin Van Buren]], born [[December 5]], [[1782]], was the first president born after the [[Unite...
52: ...er 24]], [[1784]], before the Constitution was adopted).
264: ...ts or ex-presidents have died in every decade except four: the [[1800s]], [[1810s]], [[1950s]], and [[...
272: | [[September 24]], [[1789]] ||align=right| $25,000 - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events and impressions of men. The earlies...
37: ...se resolutions before the Congress until their adoption on [[July 2]], [[1776]].
39: ...cupied the foremost place in the debate on its adoption. Before this question had been disposed of, Ad...
46: ... with Great Britain and again sent to Europe in September [[1779]]. The [[France|French]] government, ...
48: ...is trip he also negotiated a loan and, in October 1782, a treaty of amity and commerce, the first of suc... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
3: ...><font size="+1">'''Martin van Buren'''</font></caption>
9: ...<td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</td></tr>
22: '''Martin Van Buren''' ([[December 5]], [[1782]] – [[July 24]], [[1862]]), nicknamed '''Ol...
41: ...es of America|vice-president]]; but he shrewdly kept out of the acrimonious controversy which followed...
43: ...te|Secretary of State]] notwithstanding the "corrupt bargain" charge. At the same time he opposed int... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ... ''Poblacht na hɩreann'') is the official "description" of an independent state which covers approxim...
58: ...]]. Today while ''Republic of Ireland'' is an accepted term for the state, ''Ireland'' is used for off...
67: ...mentary Party]] moved to prominence with its attempts to achieve [[Home Rule]], which would have given...
69: ...ublic]] remained unrecognised internationally except by Lenin's Russian Republic. Nevertheless the Rep...
71: ...he ''[[Government of Ireland Act 1920]]'') could opt out and choose to remain part of the United Kingd... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
16: * [[1782]]: Invented double-acting engine.
18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on steam engin...
22: Watt adopted the [[centrifugal governor]] to regulate the sp... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
143: *[[Henryka Beyer]] ([[1782]]-[[1855]])
251: *[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] ([[1699]]-[[1779]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregoria...
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
15: ...discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
28: *[[1892]] - [[Ellis Island]] opens to begin accepting immigrants to the [[United States]].
50: ...Sudan]] achieves independence from the [[Egypt|Egyptian Republic]] and the [[United Kingdom|United Kin... - History of California (38344 bytes)
36: ...ew Spain]]. He sailed northward and landed on [[September 28]] at [[San Diego|San Diego Bay]], claimin...
38: After Cabrillo's voyage in [[1542]] the concept of [[Alta California|Alta (upper) California]] an...
48: ...stocked his vessels, then stayed for a time and kept friendly relations with the aboriginal natives. ...
50: ...h Drake's claim to the new lands, fitting a description in Drake's own account, was discovered in [[Ma...
78: ...gged Point, California|Ragged Point]] area on [[September 13]]. On [[October 1]], de Portolà's party ... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
62: *[[PTFE]] or [[Teflon]] ™: higher performing and ...
72: ...t]] else the oxide layer will break down and be ruptured, causing the capacitor to fail. In addition, ...
74: ...gnal coupling), this type of specification is acceptable.
82: ...lectrolyte, with the voltage of each puck being kept below 1 volt. Current is carried through the non-...
96: ... two electrodes which are immersed in a varying depth of liquid. - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ... Burr, Jr.''' ([[February 6]], [[1756]]–[[September 14]], [[1836]]) was an [[United States|Ameri...
13: ...Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture.
14: ...ed to the bar at [[Albany, New York|Albany]] in [[1782]], and began to practice in [[New York City]] aft...
38: ...resentatives|House of Representatives]]. The attempts of a powerful faction among the Federalists to s...
46: ...ed with a challenge to a duel, which Hamilton accepted. Both men had been noted duelists in the past,... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
7: On [[December 14]], [[1782]] they succeeded in an outdoor launch of an 18 m&...
11: The subsequent test on September 19 sent up the fourth living beings in a bas...
16: ... Karl Friedrich Meerwein in 1781 with his "ornithopter", a flapping device, probably preceded this eve... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
19: ... entered the war against Great Britain in an attempt to dilute Britain's super power status. France of...
41: ...ns that had been [[Battle of Ticonderoga (1775)|captured by the Americans]] at [[Fort Ticonderoga]] we...
46: ...m Fort Ticonderoga with about 1,700 militiamen, capturing [[Montreal]] on [[November 13]]. General [[G...
48: ...m [[Fort Western]] (present day [[Maine]]) on [[September 25]]. The expedition was a logistical nightm...
52: Another attempt was made by the Americans to push back towards Qu... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
5: ...f the expedition, always referring to Clark as "Captain" ([http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/v02.ap...
14: ...home on [[March 23]], [[1806]] and arrived on [[September 23]].
34: *Captain [[Meriwether Lewis]] (1774 – 1809)
35: *Captain [[William Clark]] (1770 – 1838)
37: *Sergeant [[Charles Floyd]] (1782 – 1804) - March 17 (9666 bytes)
18: *[[1921]] - The [[Second Republic of Poland]] adopts the [[March Constitution]].
104: *[[1782]] - [[Daniel Bernoulli]], mathematician (b. [[170... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
39: *[[1989]] - In [[Egypt]], a 4,400-year-old [[mummy]] is found in the [[G...
49: *[[1782]] - [[John Calhoun]], [[Vice President of the Uni...
75: *[[1927]] - [[George Plimpton]], writer (d. [[2003]])
112: *[[1965]] - King [[Farouk I of Egypt]] (b. [[1920]]) - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
75: *[[Daniel Bernoulli]] (Switzerland, [[1700]] - [[1782]])
114: *[[Brahmagupta]] (India, [[598]]-[[668]])
141: ...àro]] (Italy, [[March 12]], [[1859]] - [[September 12]], [[1906]])
211: *[[Diophantus]] of Alexandria (Ptolemaic Egypt, circa [[298 BC|298 B.C.]] - [[214 BC|214 B.C.]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]])
155: *[[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] ([[France]], [[1749]] &ndas...
240: *[[Benjamin Apthorp Gould]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1824]] &nda...
313: *[[Jacobus Kapteyn]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1851]] – [[1922]])
472: *[[Ptolemy]] of Alexandria ([[Roman Egypt]], circa [[85]] – [[165]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
891: *[[Henry Home, Lord Kames|Lord Kames]], (1696-1782){{fn|R}}
967: *[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]], (1744-1829){{fn|O}}
1304: *[[Ptolemy]], (c. 85-c. 165){{fn|R}} - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
5: His first attempt (from 6 November 1769) failed through the deserti...
7: ...Jean-Fran�ois de La P�rouse|La P�rouse]] in 1782. He returned to England in [[1787]] where he died... - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
3: '''Daniel Webster''' ([[January 18]], [[1782]] – [[October 24]], [[1852]]) was a [[Unite...
27: ... This was the first of several unsuccessful attempts at gaining the presidency.
31: ...rison only a month after his inauguration. In [[September]] [[1841]] there was an internal division am...
55: *[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/ In-dept Dartmouth College page on their most famous alumn...
57: *[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000238 Congressional biogra...
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