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- January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...ius became [[Pope]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the...
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] fo...
19: *[[1879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Syd...
21: *[[1890]] - [[Alice Sanger]] becomes the first female staffer for the [[White House]].
27: *[[1921]] - The first religious [[radio]] broadcast ([[KDKA AM]] in ... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...s the [[Age of Reason]]. The term also more specifically refers to a historical intellectual movement...
16: ...observation, resulted in a coherent system of verifiable predictions and set the tone for much of what...
18: ...If the previous era was the age of reasoning from first principles, Enlightenment thinkers saw themsel...
20: ...s shift united the pure empiricism of Renaissance figures such as Sir [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Fr...
24: ... reflected the intrinsic quality of a person as defined by the philosophers of the age. [[John Locke]]... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ... Constitution not granted to the House; most significantly, the [[President of the United States|Presi...
10: ...which each state was equally represented. The inefficacy of the federal government under the Articles ...
12: ... Senate's purpose as "A necessary fence against...fickleness and passion". [[George Washington]], in a...
14: ...e [[slavery|slaveholding]] South. For most of the first half of the 19th century, a balance between No...
16: ...achieved their objective in [[1913]] with the ratification of the [[Seventeenth Amendment to the Unite... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
56: *[[Hermann Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with :
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
58: *[[Hans Fischer]], German organic chemist, [[1930]] [[Nobel ...
64: *[[Johan Gadolin]], (1760–1852), [[Finns|Finnish]] chemist
96: *[[Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe]], (1818-1884) - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
3: ...[[1793]] – [[July 26]], [[1863]]) was a key figure in the history of [[Texas]], and, [[as of 200...
5: ...ent to the Cherokees. He left the army in March [[1818]].
7: ...[attorney general]] of Nashville district in late 1818 and also given a command in the state militia. In...
9: ...on to Congress and instead ran for and won, the office of [[governor of Tennessee]], defeating former ...
16: ...ependence of Texas and its extension to the [[Pacific Ocean]]. - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
19: ...edge to serve only one term, and for becoming the first "[[dark horse]]" (a candidate who unexpectedly...
21: ... [[Washington Monument]], and the issuance of the first [[postage stamp]]s in the United States.
24: Polk, the first of ten children, was born on his family's 250 ...
28: ...l|University of North Carolina]]. He graduated in 1818, returning to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] ...
31: ...rters of [[Thomas Jefferson]]. The first public office he held was that of Chief Clerk of the Senate o... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...Age]] rock shelters decorated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements appeared 9,000 yea...
8: ...do-Scythian]] and [[Indo-Parthian]] kingdoms, and finally of the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd cen...
11: ...blishment of a number of indigenous dynasties. We find reference, in the edicts of the Mauryan Emperor...
18: ...Image:Lightmatter vishnu1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|A figurine of [[Vishnu]], a [[Hindu]] god, in the ''Na...
20: ...in [[1857]] popularly known as the [[Sepoy Mutiny|First War of Indian Independence]], resulted in Indi... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
8: ... private tutors after leaving the academy. Of the first, a clergyman near Cambridge, Charles said, "I ...
21: *Geogiana Whitmore Babbage (born [[17 July]] [[1818]])
29: ... [[Blaise Pascal]] and [[Gottfried Leibniz]]. He first discussed the principles of a calculating engi...
38: ...gutenberg.org/etext/4238] in [[1832]]. It was the first publication on what we would now call [[operat...
44: ...rk continued, but Charles would have continual difficulty getting money from the treasury. - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
6: ...Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as an [[infantry]] officer. His older brothers also served. During the [[...
10: ...son College]] at [[Washington, Mississippi]] in [[1818]], and to [[Transylvania University]] at [[Lexing...
12: ...nfantry]] and stationed at [[Fort Crawford]]. His first assignment, in [[1829]], was to supervise the ...
14: ...] from lands claimed by [[Native Americans]]. His first combat assignment was during the [[Black Hawk ...
16: In [[1833]], Davis was promoted to [[First Lieutenant]] of the [[U.S. 1st Dragoon Regimen... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
10: ...nt]] passes the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], the first direct tax levied from [[England]] on the Amer...
12: ...governor of a [[U.S. state]] to be removed from office by [[impeachment]].
14: *[[1894]] - The first playoff game for the [[Stanley Cup]] starts.
15: *[[1895]] - First display (a private screening) of [[motion pict...
23: ...onard Schawlow]] & [[Charles Townes]] receive the first [[patent]] for a [[laser]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
30: *[[Adolf Anderssen]] (Germany, [[1818]] - [[1879]])
195: *[[Bruno de Finetti]] (Italy, [[1906]] - [[1985]])
254: *[[Leonardo of Pisa|Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci]] (Italy, [[1170]] - [[1250]])
255: *[[John Charles Fields]] (Canada, [[1863]] - [[1932]]) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ... the United States]], and is seen as the second [[First Lady of the United States]], though that term ...
25: <td>[[October 28]], [[1818]]</td>
33: <td>[[First Lady of the United States]]</td>
50: ...]. After 1785, she filled the role of wife of the first United States Minister to the [[Kingdom of Gre...
52: ... good friend to [[Martha Washington]] helped in official entertaining, drawing on her experience of co... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
29: *[['Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]], ([[Persia]], [[903]] – [[986]])
205: *[[Erwin Findlay-Freundlich]] ([[1885]] – [[1964]])
375: *[[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]])
402: *[[Maria Mitchell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1818]] – [[1889]])
437: *[[Liisi Oterma]] ([[Finland]], [[1915]] – [[2001]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
135: *[[Alexander Bain]], (1818-1903){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}
267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
272: *[[Jacob Burckhardt]], (1818-1897){{fn|O}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]] - Leather (7695 bytes)
14: ...[drum]] heads where it does not need to flex significantly; it is also cut up into cords for use in la...
22: ...a" and grow more beautiful each passing year. The finest furniture, and footwear are made from Full Gr...
24: ...e all of the natural grain sanded off, and an artificial grain applied. Top grain leather must be heav...
28: ...ewark, New Jersey based inventor Seth Boyden in [[1818]]. Modern patent leather usually has a plastic co...
33: ...terial makes ensuring a precise thickness very difficult. Other leather manufacturers state the thickn... - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
39: <u>First Nations</u>: 3,500
56: ...itia]]. Additionally, many [[Native Americans]]/[[First Nations]] fought in the war for reasons of the...
84: ...dditionally, Great Britain had not abandoned fortifications in the [[Great Lakes region (North America...
86: ...the [[Monroe-Pinkney Treaty]], but it was not ratified in the United States because it did not address...
88: ...itish ship [[HMS Leopard (1790)|HMS ''Leopard'']] fired on and boarded the American ship [[USS Chesape... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...fer to the season of the church year, lasting for fifty days, which follows this holiday and ends arou...
4: ...ed by Jesus and his [[disciples]] before his crucifixion is generally thought of as a Passover [[seder...
6: ...] [[Eostre]]. The [[Easter Bunny]] is often identified as a remnant of this fertility festival, althou...
59: ...oveable feast]]s'', in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the [[Gregorian calendar | Gregorian]]...
61: ...]] during the reign of [[Charlemagne]], when they finally adopted the Alexandrian method. Since wester... - Lithium (11359 bytes)
44: | [[Electron configuration]]
68: | 13.02 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre ...
87: | [[Specific heat capacity]]
137: Because of its large [[specific heat]] (the largest of any [[solid]]), lithium i...
153: ...eden]]. In [[1818]] [[Christian Gmelin]] was the first to observe that lithium salts give a bright re... - Thulium (8549 bytes)
45: | [[Electron configuration]]
63: | 1818 [[Kelvin|K]] (2813 [[Fahrenheit|?F]])
69: | 19.1 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre ...
88: | [[Specific heat capacity]]
175: ...th care. Metallic thulium in dust form presents a fire and explosion hazard. - Octopus (12952 bytes)
9: ...uthor = [[William Elford Leach|Leach]] | date = [[1818]]}}
12: 14 in two suborders, see [[Octopus#Classification|text]].
17: ...n the less familiar [[Cirrina]] suborder have two fins and an internal shell, making them a little les...
19: ...mimic other, more dangerous animals such as [[lionfish]] and [[eel]]s.
21: ...lized, the female lays roughly 200,000 eggs (this figure dramatically varies between species). The fem...
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