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- Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...uering]] most of Europe; the fall was also rapid, beginning with the disastrous invasion of [[Russia]]...
5: ...warfare from [[April 20]], [[1792]], until [[November 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely these da...
11: ...s no longer a dominant power in Europe, as it had been since the times of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis ...
14: ..., and the end of others. The map of Europe was to be re-drawn in the next hundred years following Napo...
15: * On the other hand, another concept had been brought about — that of Europe. Napoleon ... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...y, superstition, and tyranny (which they believed began during a historical period they called the "[[...
6: ...nce of a supreme being. In this period, piety and belief were integral parts in the exploration of [[n...
14: ...universe where God and Nature were one. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton thro...
18: ...me in the present-day, where belief is that human beings apprehend a truth that is more provisional, b...
20: ...tion of a "clockwork god" or "god the watchmaker" became prevalent, as many in the time period saw new... - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
3: ...05]], the only person in [[U.S. history]] to have been the [[governor]] of two different [[U.S. state|...
5: ...was severely injured at the [[Battle of Horseshoe Bend]] in March [[1814]]. Following his recovery he ...
7: ...n [[Andrew Jackson]] and was widely considered to be Jackson's political protegé.
9: ...is wife to enter [[Mexico|Mexican]] Texas in December [[1832]].
11: ...de a [[Major General]], of the Texas Army in November [[1835]], then [[Commander-in-Chief]] in March [... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...ey were to study the [[Native Americans|Indian tribes]], [[botany]], [[geology]], Western Terrain and ...
7: ...m westward. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did Lewis and Cl...
9: ..., Lewis spotted [[Mt. Hood]], a mountain known to be very close to the ocean.
14: ... on [[March 23]], [[1806]] and arrived on [[September 23]].
16: ...ndian Country much too soon, and there would have been total chaos. - March 22 (9294 bytes)
1: '''March 22''' is the [[81 (number)|81]]st day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calen...
11: *[[1809]] - [[Charles XIII of Sweden|Charles XIII]] succe...
12: ...becomes the first governor of a [[U.S. state]] to be removed from office by [[impeachment]].
16: ...]] signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of [[beer]] and [[wine]].
18: *[[1941]] - [[Washington]]'s [[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate [[electricity]]. - Honolulu, Hawaii (19495 bytes)
25: ...refers to the District of Honolulu (see Geography below). According to latest [[U.S. Census]] estimate...
33: ...ws the Ko‘olau crestline, so Makapu‘u Beach is in the Ko‘olaupoko District. On the w...
35: ... ridges. Within Honolulu proper can be found a number of [[volcanic cone]]s: [[Punchbowl]], [[Diamond ...
37: ...]] are the only two US state capitals that cannot be reached by road from the rest of the country, or ...
41: ...;]] in [[1804]]. His court later relocated, in [[1809]], to where [[downtown Honolulu]] now stands. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...sted below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]])...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
22: *[[Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]]) - Sweden (27111 bytes)
3: ...lost within a century. Since [[1816]], Sweden has been at peace, adopting a policy of armed neutrality...
5: ...20th century]]. The country is today defined by liberal tendencies and a strong national quest for equ...
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73: ...inland was a part of Sweden from [[1362]] until [[1809]].
76: ...a single monarch. After several wars and disputes between the nations, the King [[Gustav I of Sweden]]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...t in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Harp (23216 bytes)
2: ...are referred to ''open harps''. Their strings can be of [[nylon]] (sometimes [[copper]]-wound), [[gut]...
6: The [[Aeolian harp]] is not technically a harp because its strings are not perpendicular to the sou...
20: ...Depending on finger position, different tones can be produced: a fleshy pluck (near the middle of the ...
24: ... widest point. The notes range from three octaves below middle C to three and a half octaves above, us...
26: ... a single-action mechanism that allows strings to be sharpened. - Cherokee (38956 bytes)
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17: |related=[[Tuscarora (tribe)|Tuscarora]]
22: ...the tribes referred to as the [[Five Civilized Tribes]].
25: ...Cherokee Indians]]). State-recognized Cherokee tribes have headquarters in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Geor...
27: ...monial dance grounds in Oklahoma and these either belong to the Keetoowah tradition or the Four Mother... - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
12: |Result||''[[Status quo ante bellum]]'' (a [[stalemate]])
54: ...812''' was a conflict fought in [[North America]] between the [[United States]] and [[British Empire|G...
58: ...d in a [[stalemate]] and is often only dimly remembered, the war had many effects on the futures of th...
76: ...nt-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px;" |[[Macon's Bill Number 2]]
84: ...ians, and thus ended these conflicts for the time being. - Viking (18085 bytes)
12: ...mposite image made from several sides of the [[Ledberg Runestone]] having illustrations of what probab...
31: A number of rune stones also use the word viking as a per...
52: ...ther with other accepted professions. It may even be possible that Vikings were outlaws - several sour...
55: ...hips" has entered common usage, however, possibly because of its Romantic associations.
57: ... any "Viking" boat construction site, or harbour, been found or excavated. Thus, our knowledge of the ... - History of the periodic table (7005 bytes)
1: ==In the beginning==
3: ..., and [[copper]] from antiquity, as these can all be discovered in nature in native form and are relat...
8: ...1680 when [[Robert Boyle]] rediscovered it and it became public.
10: ...cognize patterns in the way chemicals reacted and began to devise ways to classify the elements.
13: ...d [[barium]], and that its [[atomic weight]] fell between them. He placed these three elements into a ... - Cyrus McCormick (3514 bytes)
2: ...der of McCormick Harvesting Machine Company which became part of [[International Harvester|Internation...
4: ...nia Polytechnic Institute and State University]] (better known as "Virginia Tech").
10: ...he company, McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, became part of [[International Harvester|Internation... - Louis Braille (1319 bytes)
1: '''Louis Braille''' ([[January 4]], [[1809]] - [[January 6]], [[1852]]) was the inventor of ...
3: ...left eye which also infected his right eye and he became blind.
4: ...or Blind Youth) in Paris. He played the organ and became professor of the same Institution.
5: ...by feeling raised letters but they couldn't write because the printing was made with wire letters pres...
7: Braille died of [[tuberculosis]]. - William Henry Harrison (11790 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Berkeley, Virginia|Berkeley]], [[Virginia]]
20: ...month into his term—the briefest presidency before or since.
23: ...r, [[Carter Bassett Harrison]], later became a member of the House of Representatives, representing Vi...
25: ...e's decisive victory at the [[Battle of Fallen Timbers]] in [[1794]], which brought the [[Northwest In...
27: ...est Territory. Harrison resigned from Congress to become governor of the newly formed [[Indiana Territ... - Louisa Adams (3687 bytes)
7: ...[United States]] for the first time in 1801. Then began years divided among the family home in [[Quinc...
9: ... two older sons in Massachusetts for education in 1809 when she took two-year-old [[Charles Francis Adam...
11: ... to Washington in 1817, and Louisa's drawing room became a center for the diplomatic corps and other n...
15: ...assachusetts permanently, but in 1831 her husband began 17 years of service in the [[United States Hou...
21: [[Elizabeth Kortright Monroe]]</td> - Anna Harrison (3660 bytes)
3: ...nry Harrison]] and the grandmother of President [[Benjamin Harrison]], was nominally [[First Lady of t...
7: ...(1802), John Scott (1804), Benjamin (1806), Mary (1809), Carter (1811), Anna (1813), and James (died as ...
9: ...child was born on that trip, at Richmond in September 1800. Harrison's appointment as governor of [[In...
11: ...r in 1812, the family went to the farm at [[North Bend]]. There, at news of her husband's landslide el...
13: ...he was detained by illness at their home in North Bend. When she decided not to go to Washington with ... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
2: '''Charles Robert Darwin''' ([[12 February]] [[1809]]–[[19 April]] [[1882]]) was a [[United Kin...
4: ... at university. Five years on [[the Voyage of the Beagle]] brought him eminence as a [[geology|geologi...
8: ...'s pre-eminence, he was buried in [[Westminster Abbey]], close to [[Sir William Herschel]] and [[Sir I...
15: ...fifth of six children of [[Robert Waring Darwin|Robert]] and [[Susannah Wedgwood|Susannah]] Darwin (''...
17: ... died when he was only eight and the next year he became a boarder at the ''[[Shrewsbury School]]''. A...
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