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- Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...nes one hour apart. However, the one hour separation is not universal and, as the map below shows, t...
6: ...inct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Greenwich.
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
12: *[[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00...
18: ...e of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day later or earlier. Some examples: - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey]] ([[1852]]-[[1911]])
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...killing him. The legend was designed to be a cautionary tale about attempting to reach heaven, simila...
5: The modern history of aviation has had several broad trends. [[Aircraft]] desi...
15: ...lew. However, a considerable amount of interpretation of his design, with modern knowledge of aerodyna...
17: ... or leg." Swedenborg was prescient in his observation that powering the aircraft through the air was t...
19: ...ding the first detailed understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...entions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
23: ...ird]], (1888-1946), [[Scotland]] — [[television]]
25: ...[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]]
38: *[[Louis Braille]], (1809-1852)
56: ...ullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]] - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
6: ...undary between free and slave territory in the region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Missis...
9: ...tatehood, the [[Missouri Compromise]] makes provisions for the future admittance of slave states and f...
12: ...nd Protest]]'' outlines [[nullification|nullification doctrine]]. Calhoun demands that the North keep ...
15: ... choose between liberty and union. "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!" he cries...
20: ... the Nat Turner uprising, and the rise of [[abolitionism]], Southern defenders of slavery start seeing... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
6: ... the [[Vote of No Address]], breaking off negotiations with [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] an...
11: * [[1852]] - [[United Kingdom]] recognizes the independenc...
15: * [[1899]] - The [[United States]] takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
17: ...sociation of America|Professional Golfers Association]] (PGA) is formed.
18: ... - The [[United States]] pays [[Denmark]] $25 million for the [[U.S. Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]]. - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...ory of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...hen with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technolog...
11: ...dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago.
13: ...icas|European explorers]] and [[European colonization of the Americas|settlers]] appeared, they found ...
16: ===European exploration=== - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ...t took the vows. His life was described in [[Giorgio Vasari]]'s ''Vite''.
5: == Biography ==
7: ...after his death, but was not properly [[beatification|beatified]] until [[1984]].
9: ...hether he had previously been a painter by profession is not certain, but appears probable. The painte...
13: ...gin'' in the convent of Fiesole, and the ''Deposition of Christ'' executed for the Church of the [[Hol... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
31: ...ka-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiation physicist
37: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
42: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
47: ...mist, winner of the [[1908]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
56: *[[Hermann Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with : - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Biography |
4: ...ventor]] of the telephone and innovations in aviation and hydrofoil technology |
5: quotation=A man, as a general rule, owes very little to wh...
12: ... was responsible for important advances in [[aviation]] and [[hydrofoil]] technology.
14: ==Biography== - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
20: *[[Giovanni di Balduccio]]
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
51: *[[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822)
65: *[[Clodion]] - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
6: ...der [[Andrew Jackson]] and receiving his commendation for bravery in the [[Battle of New Orleans]].
10: In [[1813]], Davis began his education together with his sister Mary, attending a [[log...
12: ...ago, Wisconsin]]. While supervising the construction and management of a [[sawmill]] in the [[Yellow ...
14: ...ering what would eventually become the state of [[Iowa]].
20: ==Marriage, plantation life and politics== - March 20 (10075 bytes)
13: *[[1852]] – [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s ''[[Uncle T...
14: ...h; Signature of [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]].
15: *[[1899]] – At [[Sing Sing Correctional Facility|Sing Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place...
17: ...tionalist party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
18: ..., the first international [[figure skating]] championship takes place. - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...rush|gold rush]], Sacramento was a major distribution point, a [[Commerce|commercial]] and [[agricultu...
10: map_caption = Location of Sacramento in California |
11: subdivision_type = [[County]] |
12: subdivision_name = [[Sacramento County, California|Sacrament...
19: population_as_of = 2000 | - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]])
124: *[[William Burnside]] (UK, [[1852]]-[[1927]])
128: *[[Eugenio Calabi]], (United States) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
117: *[[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cas...
172: *[[Giovanni Battista Donati]], ([[Italy]], [[1826]] &nda...
175: *[[John Dreyer]] ([[Ireland]], [[1852]] – [[1926]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937) - Mustard (7834 bytes)
2: ...campestris1.jpg|250px|Brassica campestris]] | caption = Wild Mustard (''Brassica campestris'')}}
5: ...x_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: ...xobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
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22: ...grows 90% of all the mustard seed for the international market. - List of Governors of Wisconsin (3807 bytes)
5: ...ited States Democratic Party|Democrat]]<td>1848 - 1852
6: ...Farwell]]<td>[[United States Whig Party|Whig]]<td>1852 - 1854 - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
3: == Foundation and early history ==
5: ...]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were given permission by the [[Caliph]] Haroun el Raschid of [[Egypt]]...
9: ...]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], subdivided into [[bailiwick]]s, which in t...
15: ... eventually pushed the Knights out of their traditional holdings in Jerusalem. After the fall of the K...
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