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- List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
20: ...3) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
49: *[[George Washington Carver]], (1860-1943), plant scientist
63: *[[Joseph Day]] --(1855-1946) Two Stroke Internal Combustion Engine
77: ...Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple arch dam - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of [[mass production]] to the process of [[inve...
5: ...patents, and were actually made by his numerous employees. Edison was frequently criticized for not sh...
20: Edison applied for his first patent, the electric vote record...
24: ...e invention enjoyed popularity. The "gramophone", playing [[gramophone record]]s, was invented by [[Em...
27: ...marily supervised the operation and work of his employees. - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
9: |As Western territories begin applying for statehood, the [[Missouri Compromise]] ma...
15: |[[Daniel Webster]] delivers a memorable ''Reply to Hayne'' on January 27, denouncing the notion ...
30: ...e of the Supreme Court]]. Taney asserts the principle of social responsibility of private property as ...
48: ...ew]]'', the leading Southern magazine warning the planter class about the dangers of depending on the ...
70: |valign=center|'''[[1855]]-[[1856]]''' - January 2 (10888 bytes)
15: *[[1860]] - The discovery of the planet [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] was announced at a meeting of the [...
30: ...- [[Canada]] and the [[United States]] agree on a plan to preserve [[Niagara Falls]].
41: ...ard]] performs the second successful [[heart transplant]].
49: ...ring factions in [[Bosnia]] meet to discuss peace plans.
51: ...7mm) at [[Chicago]]. In [[Chicago]], temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C), and 68 deaths are r... - Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
2: ...del of ''Archaeopteryx lithographica''<br/> on display at the [[Oxford University Museum of Natural Hi...
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28: ... ancestor of modern birds, but rather another example of the many [[theropod]] derivatives with any nu...
36: ''Archaeopteryx'' continues to play an important part in scientific debates about t... - Oceanography (3841 bytes)
1: ...thin the science: Oceanography's definition is simple, it's the study of oceans.
5: ...aphy''', which is [[marine geology]], including [[plate tectonics]] and other studies of the ocean flo...
11: ...aine Maury]]'s ''Physical Geography of the Sea'', 1855 was the first textbook of oceanography. Laying of...
15: ...onal Science Foundation to give grant money to people doing studies in the field of oceanography.
19: **Abyssal Plan - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
21: *[[Henri Braconnot]] (1780-1855), French chemist and pharmacist
142: *[[John Pople|John A. Pople]], (1925-2004), [[theoretical chemistry|theoreti...
143: *[[Roy J. Plunkett]], (1910-1984), discoverer of [[Teflon]]
171: *[[K. Barry Sharpless]]. (1941- ) [[2001]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistr... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
252: *[[François Rude]] (1784 - 1855)
325: *[[List of people by occupation]] - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
42: ...ne]] (a [[Miwok]] Indian word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between [[Point Sur...
44: European discovery and exploration of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] began in...
50: ...n_francisco_1855.jpg|thumb|300px|San Francisco in 1855.]]
56: ...od. All of the county not in the city limits was split off to form [[San Mateo County, California|San ...
58: In autumn of 1855, a ship bearing [[refugees]] from an ongoing [[ch... - USS Monitor (7466 bytes)
19: |Displacement:||987 tons
29: |Complement:||59 officers and men
41: ...as a conventional wooden vessel covered with iron plates and bearing fixed weapons.
43: ...)|USS ''Congress'']] and forcing [[USS Minnesota (1855)|USS ''Minnesota'']] aground before withdrawing. ...
49: ...[river monitor]]s and deep-sea monitors, and they played key roles in Civil War battles on the Mississ... - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
12: Jefferson Davis successfully completed his four-year term of study at West Point, an...
20: ==Marriage, plantation life and politics==
21: ...ork City]]. In [[1836]], he retired to Brierfield Plantation in [[Warren County, Mississippi]].
42: ... an elaborate one (submitted in [[February 22]] [[1855]]) on various routes for the proposed [[First Tra...
48: ...f secession in practice, Davis upheld it on principle on [[January 10]] [[1861]]. On the 21st of that ... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
7: *[[1687]] - Explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], searching fo...
12: ... for the first time but was not recognized as a [[planet]].
13: *[[1916]] - Eight American planes take off in pursuit of [[Pancho Villa]], the ...
19: ...S ''Franklin'']], killing 800 of her crew and crippling the ship.
24: ...rk, New York|New York]], [[New York]] kills 24 people. - March 20 (10075 bytes)
15: ...ectional Facility|Sing Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place]] becomes the first woman executed in an [[ele...
18: ...ternational [[figure skating]] championship takes place.
21: ... the first [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]], is completed.
26: *[[1965]] – In [[Naples]], [[Italy]], [[France Gall]] wins the tenth [[...
36: ...h; A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bomb explodes in [[Warrington, Warrington|Warrington]], nor... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
35: ...:sacramento_ca_1855.jpg|thumb|300px|Sacramento in 1855.]]
37: ...diet was dominated with [[acorn]]s taken from the plentiful [[oak]] trees in the region and by eating ...
39: The Spanish explorer [[Gabriel Moraga]] discovered and named the S...
42: ... increasing the population. John Sutter, Jr. then planned the City of Sacramento, against the wishes o...
52: ...l]] style [[California State Capitol]] was not completed until [[1874]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
70: *[[Eric Temple Bell]] (Scotland, USA, [[1883]] - [[1960]])
280: *[[Carl Friedrich Gauss]] (Germany, [[1777]] - [[1855]])
386: *[[Johannes Kepler]] (Germany, [[1571]] - [[1630]])
420: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] (France, [[1749]] - [[1827]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
224: ...riedrich Gauss]] ([[Germany]], [[1777]] – [[1855]])
318: *[[Johannes Kepler]] ([[Germany]], [[1571]] – [[1630]])
346: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] ([[France]], [[1749]] – [[1827]])
364: *[[Percival Lowell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1855]] – [[1916]])
463: *[[Philip Plait]] ([[United States|USA]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
391: *[[Frederick Copleston]], (1907-1994)
896: *[[David Kaplan (philosopher)|David Kaplan]], (born 1933){{fn|O}}
897: *[[Mordecai Kaplan]], (1881-1983){{fn|R}}
907: *[[Johannes Kepler]], (1571-1630){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
910: *[[S?Kierkegaard]], (1813-1855){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Crimean War (7100 bytes)
3: The majority of the conflict took place on the [[Crimea|Crimean peninsula]] in the [[B...
14: ...[1855]]. The city was captured in [[September]] [[1855]].
25: ...vessels with their precious cargoes of medical supplies, food, clothing and other necessaries. The sca...
30: * Some action also took place on the Russian Pacific coast, [[Asia Minor]], ...
31: ...The Great Game]]). Conflicts over control of holy places in [[Jerusalem]] led to aggressive actions in... - Mormon Trail (35249 bytes)
12: ...tte River|Platte]] and [[North Platte River|North Platte]] rivers was chosen to avoid potential confli...
14: ...ed sixteen weeks—nearly three times longer than planned. It was apparent that the Latter-day Saints...
17: ...raft animals, and livestock and carried enough supplies to provision the group for one year. On April...
25: ...ce of the valley and declared ''This is the right place, drive on.''
27: ...ember 1847, more than two thousand Mormons had completed the journey to the Salt Lake Valley. - Sidon (4751 bytes)
4: ... skill of its craftsmen in producing glass and purple dyes. It was also from here that a colonising pa...
6: In [[1855]], the sarcophagus of King [[Eshmunazar|Eshmun...
18: The [[Bible]] describes Sidon at various places:
23: ...its "virgin daughter" (Isaiah 23:12), rose to its place of pre-eminence.
24: ...and thus their form of idolatrous worship found a place in the [[land of Israel]] (1 Kings 11:1, 33).
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