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- American Civil War (47733 bytes)
5: [[Military history of the United States]] <br>
6: [[Military history of the Confederate States]]
12: |Place||Principally in the southern United States; also in eastern, central and sou...
16: !colspan="2"|'''[[Battles of the American Civil War]]'''
22: .... 34 stars, after the admission of [[Kansas]] to the Union''<br /> - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
14: ... new [[Secretary of State]], which Jackson calls their "[[Corrupt Bargain]]"
20: ...un]] (Jackson's vice-president) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'' arguin...
21: ... Jackson]] becomes President, appoints his "[[Kitchen Cabinet]]"
29: *[[1831]] - ''[[The Liberator]]'' begins publication - Illinois (27007 bytes)
8: Nickname = Land of Lincoln, The [[Prairie]] State |
31: HighestElev = 376 |
37: ...n the area. The word ''Illiniwek'' means simply "the people".
39: ...s [[suburb]]s. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is '''IL'''.
41: The [[USS Illinois|USS ''Illinois'']] was named in ho... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
1: ...h day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 348 days remaining (349 in [[leap year]]s).
5: ... - [[France]] recognized the [[Huguenot]]s under the [[Edict of St. Germain]].
6: ...hereby setting the scene for the second phase of the [[English Civil War]].
7: ... unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[Jacobite]] dynasty.
8: ...James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]]. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
1: ... day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 363 days remaining (364 in [[leap year]]s).
6: *[[366]] - [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading [[Rom...
7: ...first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
8: *[[1492]] - [[Reconquista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], s...
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]],... - Computer (32773 bytes)
1: [[image:powermacG5_large.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[computer case|tower]] of a [[personal computer]...
3: ...lly solve the problem or predict the behavior of the system.
4: The discipline which studies the theory, design, and application of computers is calle...
8: ... particles or any other well-understood physical phenomenon. Although computers have been built out o...
10: ... signal|analog]]'' computers were once common in the 1960s but are now rarer. - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ... [[Canada]], with the aid of [[abolitionists]]. Other routes led to [[Mexico]] or overseas.
4: ...ur million slaves who were to eventually escape. The Underground Railroad has captured public imaginat...
10: ...Books, newspapers, and other organs disseminated the abolitionist viewpoint nationwide.
14: ...ilroad developed its own jargon, which continued the [[railway]] metaphor:
15: *people who helped slaves find the railroad were "agents" - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]]
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
103: *[[Daniel Chester French]] (1850 - 1931)
108: *[[Henri Gaudier-Brzeska]] (1891 - 1915) - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
3: ...the only person in [[U.S. history]] to have been the [[governor]] of two different [[U.S. state|states...
5: ...ned as an Indian agent to the Cherokees. He left the army in March [[1818]].
7: ...| House of Representatives]] for Tennessee, where he was a staunch supporter of fellow Tennesseean [[A...
9: ...e to enter [[Mexico|Mexican]] Texas in December [[1832]].
11: ...ch [[1836]]. He negotiated a settlement with the Cherokee in February 1836. - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
1: ...|The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
3: ...αρθένος'' (parthenos), a virgin.
5: ...the [[Delian League]], which later became the [[Athenian Empire]].
8: ...jpg|thumb|right|300px|The western face of the Parthenon remains relatively intact.]]
9: ...d from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]] to the Acropolis In [[454 BC]]. - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ...fectly. It was built to tolerances achievable in the [[19th century]], indicating that Babbage's machi...
5: ...nmouth]], and Charles' father became a warden of the nearby St. Michael?s Church.
8: ...Oxford tutor from whom Charles learned enough of the Classics to be accepted to Cambridge.
10: ...orge Peacock]], and several other friends formed the [[Analytical Society]].
12: ...t Peterhouse, but failed to graduate with honors. He instead received an honorary degree without exami... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
1: ...[[Gregorian Calendar]] (80th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 286 days remaining.
7: *[[1413]] – [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] becomes King of [[England]].
8: ...dash; The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
9: ...dia]] and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]].
10: *[[1760]] – The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]]... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
1: ...[Gregorian Calendar]] (82nd in [[Leap year]]s). There are 284 days remaining.
6: ...lony]] sign a peace treaty with [[Massasoit]] of the [[Wampanoag]]s.
7: ...tlers around [[Jamestown, Virginia]], a third of the colony's population.
8: *[[1630]] - [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the possession of cards, [[dice]], and gaming tables.
10: ... the first direct tax levied from [[England]] on the American colonies. - Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
24: ...]] census, it has a population of 18,560. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Kennebec County, Maine|Kenne...
28: ...ighest tidal eddy. Around that time it was given the name "Cushnoc" (or "Coussinoc" or "Koussinoc").
30: ...ica is located on the Kennebec River in Augusta. The fort was built in 1754 and was called ''Fort West...
32: ...orated as a separate town called Harrington, but the name was changed to "Augusta" in August of that y...
34: ...until completion of the new capitol building in [[1832]]. Augusta was chartered as a city in [[1849]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ...es]], though that term was not coined until after her death.
3: ...regational]] ministers, leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem.
33: <td>[[First Lady of the United States]]</td>
39: mother of [[John Quincy Adams]]
48: ...and rights of women as well as of men in forming the new country. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - July 24 (8660 bytes)
1: ...5th day (206th in [[leap year]]s) of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 160 days remaining.
5: ...|Mary Queen of Scots]] is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son [[King James I|King James VI]].
8: ...neville]] leads the first [[wagon train]] across the [[Rocky Mountains]] by using [[Wyoming]]'s [[Sout...
9: ...n]] pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of [[Salt Lake City]].
10: ...rook]] in an effort to keep Yankees out of the [[Shenandoah Valley]]. - Samuel F. B. Morse (8859 bytes)
3: ...historic scenes; he is most famous for inventing the electric [[telegraph]] and [[Morse code]].
9: ... earned money by painting portraits. In [[1810]], he graduated from Yale University. Morse later accom...
11: ...e, Lucretia, died suddenly. She was buried before he returned to New Haven.
13: ...ould bring a legal case over the telegraph, which he would ultimately lose.) Morse [[prototype]]d an [...
15: ...cording telegraph with a moving paper ribbon. At the beginning of [[1836]], Morse demonstrated his rec...
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