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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
47: | [[Hawaii]]
48: | [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
63: | [[Iowa]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
210: ...entury]] [[Portuguese]] explorer and adventurer, was among the first [[Europeans]] to reach [[Japan]]... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
32: *[[William Abbot|Abbot, William]], (1798-1843), British actor
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
5: {{House of Stewart(Scotland)}}
7: ...7]]), better known as '''Mary, Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], ...
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[S...
17: ...gn over Scotland. Instead, through Mary's son, it was the beginning of their reign over a united Scotl...
19: ... Mary to be married to [[Edward VI of England | Edward]], son of King [[Henry VIII of England ]] in [[... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...sa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
4: ...ted [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]]. She was undoubtedly one of the most powerful women of he...
6: ...it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...o Louis, heir apparent to the king of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis X...
16: ...ny]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Christine (1742-1798), married HSH Prince Albert of Saxony (1738-1822)... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...ember 16]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[English literature|English noveli...
5: ...r malady that she died there two months later and was buried in the [[Winchester_Cathedral|cathedral]]...
9: ...ell received when they were published, with [[Sir Walter Scott]] in particular praising her work:
12: ...er one should bear in mind that a "good marriage" was then the only available form of social security ...
26: *The Watsons (incomplete novel) - Cairo (12536 bytes)
6: ...daa" meaning "subduer of the enemies". This title was given to the city as many armies were destroyed ...
11: ...0617.jpg|thumb|left|200px|This Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focused ov...
18: Extensive water systems have also allowed the city to expand e...
20: ...ies were Cairo's ancient predecessors, when Cairo was still in this approximate geographical location.
26: ...], which was the capital of [[Ancient Egypt]] and was founded in around [[3100 BC]] by [[Menes]] of [[... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
15: | wife=[[Martha Washington]]
19: ...ontinental Army]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) and later the first ...
21: ...tarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him to retain that power for life (as [[monar...
24: ... the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Bea... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
18: ... United States]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825...
22: ...o [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...se of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to write out, at len...
26: ...h]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]]. - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
10: | place of birth= [[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws area]] of [[North Carolina]]
18: ...[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
22: ...y the [[British]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. When he refused to clean the boots of a Briti...
24: ...ortly after [[1800]], as a young lawyer. Since he was not of a distinguished family, he had to make hi...
26: ...the battlefield, which gave him his nickname. The war, and particularly his command at the [[Battle of... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...o]]. The Canopic mouth of the [[Nile]] (now dry) was 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near th...
3: ...slamic rulers its status as the country's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by...
5: ... [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated in [[2001]]]]
15: * The Arab city from [[641]] until [[1798]] when Napoleon arrived (yellow).
16: * The modern city from [[1798]] (red). - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
19: ...,285|area_rank=132nd|area_magnitude=1 E10|percent_water=4.2|
44: ... of [[Canton of Uri|Uri]], [[Schwyz]], and [[Unterwalden]] signed the [[Federal Charter of 1291|Federa...
46: ... order. The Swiss victory in a war against the [[Swabian League]] in [[1499]] amounted to de facto ind...
48: ...tion of invincibility acquired during the earlier wars, suffered a first setback in [[1515]] with the ...
50: ...formation]] in some cantons led to inter-cantonal wars in [[1529]] and [[1531]] (''Kappeler Kriege'').... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
22: percent_water = 1.3% |
52: ...Officially recognised regional languages:<br>in [[Wales]]: [[Welsh language|Welsh]]; and in [[Scotland...
54: ...ich — the ancient nations of [[England]], [[Wales]] and [[Scotland]] — are located on the ...
58: ...which, until 1949, the King of the United Kingdom was also King of Ireland). This state later became t...
62: ...o refer officially to Scotland and to England and Wales as, respectively, "North Britain" and "South B... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
2: ...December 8]], [[1765]] - [[January 8]], [[1825]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and m...
6: ...On [[January 6]], [[1817]] he married Henrietta Edwards and they had four children.
18: ...such as [[George Washington|George]] and [[Martha Washington]]).
22: ...[musket]]s for the U.S. Government beginning in [[1798]] in a factory on the border between [[New Haven,...
24: ...manufactured cheaply, because the supply of goods was no longer limited by the number of skilled artis... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
34: ...ntury BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
55: * [[Water clock]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
142: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
48: *[[Washington Allston]] ([[1779]]-[[1843]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
147: *[[Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa]] ([[1857]]-[[1893]])
330: *[[Eugène Delacroix|Eugène Delacroix]] ([[1798]]-[[1863]]) - Crusade (28507 bytes)
7: ...s was somewhat successful, but trained warriors always sought an outlet for their violence. A plea for...
9: ...g to Spanish [[Christianity|Christians]] in their wars against the [[Muslim]]s, granting both a papal ...
11: ...ramatic religious controversy. The result was an awakening of intense Christian piety and public inter...
13: ...ans were not much concerned with the loss of far-away [[Jerusalem]] when, in the ensuing decades and c...
15: ...n countries|West]] about the cruelty of Muslims toward Christian pilgrims; these rumors then played an... - Printmaking (6788 bytes)
1: ...nsfer of ink from the surface upon which the work was originally drawn or otherwise composed. The arti...
11: ... away the parts of the block that he/she does not want to receive the ink. The raised parts of the bl...
36: A [[waxy acid-resist]], known as a [[ground]], is applie...
38: ...s then completely submerged in an acid that eats away at the exposed metal.
40: The waxy resist protects the [[acid]] from biting the pa... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ... [[French and Indian War]], and the orange region was claimed by [[Spain]]. Note that this map does no...
2: ...commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
4: ...The opposite view is that the American Revolution was a unique and radical event, producing significan...
10: ...ican]] lands east of the [[Mississippi River]]. A war against France's former Indian allies—[[Po...
19: ... of [[Baptist]] views throughout the colonies. It was also the first event that swept through all the ... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
8: |Conflict||'''American Civil War'''
16: !colspan="2"|'''[[Battles of the American Civil War]]'''
50: ...tles (see the article [[Naming the American Civil War]]).
53: ... Abraham Lincoln in 1860]] – even before he was inaugurated. They were [[South Carolina]] ([[De...
55: ...d the state capital of [[Jefferson City]] when it was attacked by northern Gen. [[Nathaniel Lyon]] on ...
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