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- John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...ce of [[President of the United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run...
5: ...s generally acknowledged that Frémont became the first European American to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He ...
7: ...] the new Republican Party nominated him as their first [[President of the United States|presidential]...
15: ...dard [[Binomial nomenclature#Authorship in scientific names|botanical author abbreviation]] '''Frém.'... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
12: ...ld I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Princ...
14: ...a was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language of both her mother and her governess,...
18: ...s sixteen years old. Prince Albert was Victoria's first cousin; his father was the brother of her moth...
27: ...ng unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonies. In [[Cana... - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
10: ...and Industry. When the association disbanded in [[1846]], she remained in [[Florence, Massachusetts|Flor...
19: In [[1997]] the [[NASA]] [[Mars Pathfinder]] mission's robotic rover was named "Sojourne...
26: * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1044&pt=S... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
8: ...es. She translated Strauss' ''Life of Jesus'' ([[1846]]) and began contributing to the ''[[Westminster ...
10: In [[1857]], she published "Amos Barton," the first of the "Scenes of Clerical Life" in ''[[Blackw...
15: ...of uneven teeth and a chin and jawbone ''qui n'en finissent pas''... Now in this vast ugliness reside...
49: She also wrote a considerable amount of fine poetry. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
9: ...t to nursing, a career with a poor reputation and filled mostly by poorer women. Traditionally, the ro...
11: ...ading advocate for improved medical care in the infirmaries and immediately engaged the support of [[C...
13: In [[1846]] she visited [[Kaiserwerth]], a pioneering hospi...
19: ...ightingale's pioneering work in Crimea and in the field of nursing, and Nightingale became a key advis...
27: ...ts began to filter back to Britain about the horrific conditions for the wounded. On [[October 21]], [... - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
7: ...icially revealed to the public in the patent of [[1846]] (which was granted to him on [[May 17]]). He ma...
9: ...s the most likely origin (doing so results in a definitely saxophone-like sound). Sax worked in his fa...
11: ...re or modify the instruments. After 1866 many modifications were introduced by a number of manufacture...
16: With a simple fingering system, the modern saxophone is commonly c...
25: ...ich more easily "cuts through" a big band or amplified instruments. While high baffles (and the resul... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
6: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[April 4]], [[1841]] - [[March 4]]...
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler...
21: ... of Independence]], and the first to assume the office of President following the death of his predece...
25: ... aggressive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue.
29: ... (until the [[1967]] ratification of the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
13: | '''Term of Office:'''
37: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
50: ...[[resident]] of [[Pennsylvania]] to hold that [[office]]. He has been criticized for failing to preve...
53: ...hairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomin...
57: ...c Party|Democrat]] to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Willia... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
12: | '''Term of office:'''
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
42: ...65]]) [[President of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican ...
46: ...f the border slave states at the beginning of the fighting, in his defeat of a congressional attempt t...
53: ...ky. In [[1830]], after economic and land-title difficulties in Indiana, the family settled on governme... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
12: ! Term of Office:
46: ...1867]] and [[1868]], and was elected to the Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses ([[Marc... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
28: | office vacant since February 1, 2005
36: | '''Unification'''
58: ... Buddhist empire was displaced by resurgent Hindu fiefdoms such as the Licchavi dynasty.
62: ...tional reforms. In May [[1991]], Nepal's held its first election in nearly 50 years. The Nepali Congre... - Flag of California (3028 bytes)
3: The '''flag of California''' was first flown during the [[Bear Flag Revolt]] and was ...
5: ... time in [[Sonoma, California]] on [[June 18]], [[1846]], by the "Bear Flaggers" led by [[William B. Ide...
9: ...a grizzly subspecies that is now [[extinct]]. The five-point star is a nod to the [[Republic of Texas]...
11: ... claims on the lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific, "from sea to sea" in the [[1600s]].
13: [[Image:firstbearflag.jpg|right|thumb|The first Bear Flag, photographed in 1890.]] - California (63989 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
32: ...Zone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylig...
44: ...tate symbols please verify your changes against official California Government Code sections 420-429.8...
55: ... = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
89: ...]]; see [[economy of California]]). The state's official nickname is "The Golden State" in reference t... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 28|Dec 28]], [[1846]] |
36: ...e state is "State of Iowa", and the [[U.S. Post Office]] abbreviation for the state is '''IA'''.
45: ... and [[Jacques Marquette]] are believed to be the first Europeans to visit Iowa. They described Iowa ...
47: *The first white settlers officially moved to Iowa in June [[1833]]. Primarily,... - Washington (20186 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
25: ...imeZone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]: [[UTC]]-8/[[Daylight saving time|-7]] |
36: ...hington''' is a [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[Pacific Northwest]] of the [[United States]]. The state ...
45: ... Prominent among their industries were [[salmon]] fishing and [[whale]] hunting. In the east, nomadic...
47: The first [[European]] record of a landing on the Washin... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
36: ... the [[Mid-Atlantic_States|Mid-Atlantic]]. Its official name is the '''Commonwealth of Virginia'''; i...
40: ...n]] and [[Zachary Taylor|Taylor]] died while in office.)
46: ...n [[1607]]. Its Second Charter was officially ratified on [[May 23]], [[1609]].
48: ...United States|U.S. Congress]] dated [[July 9]], [[1846]], the area south of the Potomac that had been c... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
25: ...Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]] is in Pacific)</small> |
36: ...ited States]]' northwest, and bordering the [[Pacific Ocean]], [[California]], [[Washington]], [[Idaho...
43: ...hout losing what attracts people to Oregon in the first place. The state has pioneered some innovativ...
49: ...ritain|British]] gained control of all of the Pacific Fur Company posts. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] and [[Span...
38: ...|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Sp...
46:
50: ... Spain]] to his remote colony. O was made the first governor of the new [[Province of New Mexico]]...
62: ...ssouri]], for Santa Fe early in [[1822]] with the first party of traders. Wagon caravans thereafter ma... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
13: ...nnual Fiesta when Santa Feans burn [[Zozobra]], a fifty-foot puppet also called "Old Man Gloom."
54: ...age:Santa_fe_nm_1846_47.jpg|thumb|300px|Santa Fe, 1846-1847]]
60: ...ian]], 0.08% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 15.29% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|oth... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: Colonial America was defined by ongoing battles with Native Americans, a se...
24: ...nies. Both sides permitted this trade when it benefitted them, but opposed it when it did not.
32: ...ronts. Crucially, the [[Treaty of Ghent]] which officially ended the war saw the end of the British al...
38: In May 1846 Congress declared war on [[Mexico]]. The U.S. def...
45: ... Confederate General [[Pierre Beauregard]] opened fire upon [[Fort Sumter]]. - Comet (30542 bytes)
9: ...the solar wind than dust is, and follows magnetic field lines rather than an orbital trajectory. Whil...
21: Comets are classified according to their orbital periods. ''Short per...
33: Until [[1994]], comets were first given a provisional designation consisting of ...
35: ...}} So Halley's Comet, the first comet to be identified as periodic, has the systemic designation 1P/16...
43: ...planets, on the grounds that while the planets confined their motion to the circle of the [[Zodiac]], ... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...estigating the [[universe]] known as the [[scientific method]]. The '''history of science''' traces th...
4: ...al that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still, many place ancient [[natural philosoph...
6: ...e, notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an external ...
11: ...owledge, and to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-fr...
13: ...; and [[Paul Feyerabend]], who argued that scientific knowledge is not cumulative or progressive, and ... - Anemometer (11426 bytes)
7: ...has been that wind velocities published in many official publications have often been in error by near...
9: ... vane|wind vane]] or some other contrivance to fulfill the same purpose must be employed. In cases wh...
15: ...on the west coast of England, where in the winter fierce gales often occur; a pressure of 30 lbf/ft&su...
17: ...nging from the end of 30 or 40 ft (about 10 m) of fine sewing cotton has been employed to measure the ...
21: ...but in the ordinary form of recording anemometer (fig. 2), any wind capable of turning the vane which ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
41: *[[Edwin Beard Budding]], (1795-1846) England — [[lawnmower]] and [[adjustable s...
73: ..., (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — roll film
83: *[[Adolf Eugen Fick]], (1829-1901) — [[contact lens]]
137: ...ited States|USA]] — [[Polaroid]] polarizing filters and the [[Land Camera]]
139: *[[Irving Langmuir]], (1851-1957), gas filled incandescent lamp, hydrogen welding - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
3: ... The treaty with the United Kingdom in [[1783]] defined the original borders of the [[United States]].
11: ...pansion, won the presidency, but before he took office, Congress approved the annexation of Texas on [...
13: ...]''', ceded to the U.S. by the Great Britain in [[1846]] under the [[Oregon Treaty]], the two countries ...
27: ...[[January 17]], [[1917]] during the [[World War I|First World War]]. Virgin Islands inhabitants became... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
55: ...d not secede, and one seceding state split; these five are known as the [[Border States (Civil War)|Bo...
62: ...ssippi and the state open. California gold helped finance the Union war effort.[http://www.militarymus...
71: ...s in 1845, with five free states admitted between 1846 and 1859. Kansas's admission as a slave state had...
75: ...cotton, or "King Cotton," as it was touted, solidified the South's dependence on the plantation system...
82: ...] during the [[War of 1812]], and the 1832 [[Nullification Crisis]] with regard to tariffs. - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political convention...
20: ...tion and Protest'' arguing that states can [[nullification|nullify]] certain federal laws
34: *[[1832]] - [[Ordinance of Nullification]] passed by [[South Carolina]]
50: ...[Oberlin College]] enrolls first female students, first [[coeducation]] in United States
63: *[[1844]] - [[Fifty-Four Forty or Fight]] - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
1: This is a timeline of significant events leading to the [[American Civil War]]....
12: ...ion and Protest]]'' outlines [[nullification|nullification doctrine]]. Calhoun demands that the North ...
23: | + The Compromise Tariff of 1833 ends the [[Nullification crisis]].<br>
47: |valign=center|'''[[1846]]'''
61: | + [[George Fitzhugh]]'s ''The Pro-Slavery Argument'' is publish... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
46: ...of the automotive industry, with [[Henry Ford]]'s first plant in the [[Highland Park, Michigan|Highlan...
55: ... from [[Grenoble]], [[France]], were probably the first white men to see [[Lake Superior]].
56: ...] established [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]], the first European settlement in Michigan
64: ...] appointed as governor. Detroit was destroyed by fire. - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
12: | [[September 23]], [[1846]]
144: ... methane, ammonia, and water as it approaches and finally blends into the liquid interior. Comparing ...
146: ... planet's physical center. Comparing the magnetic fields of the two planets, scientists think the extr...
152: ...o the ''extremely'' slow motion of ''any'' random fixed star found in the [[night sky]].
154: ...o Sir [[George Airy]], who asked Adams for a clarification; Adams began to draft a reply but never sen... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...lennia, the lack of a written record and the significant marginalization in the population of native i...
5: ...agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
7: [[Image:california_poppies.jpg|thumb|325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppie...
13: When the first [[European colonization of the Americas|Europe...
21: ...nied expeditions in [[1534]] and [[1535]] without finding the sought-after city. - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1199 bytes)
2: ...ty]] that ended the [[Mexican-American War]] of [[1846]] to [[1848]]. Under the treaty, [[Mexico]] surre...
6: ...he north of [[Mexico City]], and subsequently ratified by the [[United States Senate]] on [[March 10]]... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: [[Image:treimann.summi_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jpg|thumb|Popes buried...
4: ...holic Church]]. The title itself has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church si...
13: ! width="18%" | Pontificate
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) ...
167: ! width="18%" | Pontificate - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
5: ...his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was seized by customs officials and he was charged with [[smuggling]]. He wa...
7: ...a large part in the boycott and it was one of the first times women collectively attempted to influenc...
11: ...heir shoes, swept the decks, and made each ship's first mate attest that they had destroyed only the t...
13: This act drew criticism from colonial and British figures. For instance, [[Benjamin Franklin]] stated...
18: ... (PD)] -- [http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/fi/00000016.htm large version] - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
22: timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]] |
24: timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] |
31: ...Farallon Islands]] 27 miles offshore in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
35: The first [[Europe]]ans to settle in San Francisco were ... - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
3: ...[[1793]] – [[July 26]], [[1863]]) was a key figure in the history of [[Texas]], and, [[as of 200...
5: ... In March [[1813]] he joined the [[U.S. Army]] to fight the [[United Kingdom|British]] in the [[War of...
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]].
22: ...k]]. Houston served there from [[February 21]], [[1846]] until [[March 4]], [[1859]]. He was considered ... - 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 ...
31: ...rters of [[Thomas Jefferson]]. The first public office he held was that of Chief Clerk of the Senate o...
33: ...e of Representatives to select the victor. In his first speech, James Polk expressed his belief that t... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
8: ... private tutors after leaving the academy. Of the first, a clergyman near Cambridge, Charles said, "I ...
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.
46: ...e new workshop and demanded more money for the difficulty of traveling across town to oversee construc... - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
6: ...Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as an [[infantry]] officer. His older brothers also served. During the [[...
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...
21: ...[New York City]]. In [[1836]], he retired to Brierfield Plantation in [[Warren County, Mississippi]]. - Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
3: ... is often considered one of the most gifted battlefield commanders in American history, and his death ...
8: ... was buried in an unmarked grave in a homemade coffin in a small town along the [[James River and Kana...
14: ...driving teams of [[oxen]] and helping harvest the fields of wheat and corn. Formal education was not e...
16: ...aduated 17th out of 59 students in the Class of [[1846]].
20: ...r situation. His judgment proved correct, earning field promotion to the temporary rank of major. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
9: ... Day]] is celebrated in [[New York City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
17: ...ther Gulick]] and his wife Charlotte found [[Camp Fire Girls]] (formally announced in [[1912]]).
21: ...ngton, DC]], the [[National Gallery of Art]] is officially opened by President [[Franklin Delano Roose...
26: ...erranean]], the [[DSV Alvin|Alvin]] [[submarine]] finds a missing American [[hydrogen bomb]].
28: ...ssacre]]: The [[United States Army]] charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the i... - Jackson, Mississippi (21073 bytes)
29: ... lasted to the present day. The state legislature first met in Jackson on [[December 23]], 1822.
31: ...839]], Jackson was the site of the passage of the first state law that permitted married women to own ...
33: Jackson was first linked with other cities by rail in [[1840]]. ...
37: ...onfederate forces in Jackson built defensive fortifications encircling the city while preparing to mar...
39: ...ng a road near downtown Jackson now known as Fortification Street. - Trenton, New Jersey (12026 bytes)
27: ... York Yankees]], and the [[Trenton Titans]], an affiliate of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]. The New Jers...
32: ...[[Handsworth, South Yorkshire|Handsworth]], [[Sheffield]], UK. Quakers were being persecuted in [[Engl...
36: ...site of [[George Washington|George Washington's]] first military victory. On [[December 26]], [[1776]]...
40: In [[1896]] the first professional [[basketball]] game was played in...
48: ...New Jersey state capitol building in Trenton, ca. 1846]] - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
78: ...Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] (Germany, [[1784]] - [[1846]])
195: *[[Bruno de Finetti]] (Italy, [[1906]] - [[1985]])
254: *[[Leonardo of Pisa|Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci]] (Italy, [[1170]] - [[1250]])
255: *[[John Charles Fields]] (Canada, [[1863]] - [[1932]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
29: *[['Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]], ([[Persia]], [[903]] – [[986]])
54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[1916]])
71: ...Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]])
86: *[[Lewis Boss]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1846]] – [[1912]]) - Johann Gottfried Galle (1693 bytes)
1: ...Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] on [[September 23]], [[1846]].
10: ==First Neptune observation==
11: ...r asked him to look at a certain region of sky to find a predicted new planet, which would explain the...
12: ... fitting the description was found, and it was confirmed as being a planet over the next two evenings. - Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
3: ...k]]s. [[LaMarcus Adna Thompson]] [[patent]]ed the first roller coaster on [[January 20]], [[1885]]. I...
9: ...omes [[kinetic energy]] as the cars race down the first downward [[slope]]. Kinetic energy is converte...
17: ...ith 2 trains, is to hold train #1, which has just finished the ride, right outside the station, releas...
21: ...bly also built in Paris from an English design in 1846, with a single-person wheeled sled running throug...
23: ... the concept of the "lift hill." By [[1912]], the first [[underfriction]] coaster was developed by [[J... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
237: *[[F. H. Bradley]], (1846-1924){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
387: *[[Lady Anne Finch Conway]], (1631-1679){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
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