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Encyclopedia - 1828: Encyclopedia - 1828
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sati Practice: Encyclopedia Ii - Sati Practice - Prevalence
Records exist of sati across most of the subcontinent. However, there seem to have been major differences historically, in different regi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sam Houston: Encyclopedia Ii - Sam Houston - Early Life
Houston was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia to Major Samuel Houston and Elizabeth Paxton and was one of nine children. His father was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikolay Muravyov-amursky: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolay Muravyov-amursky - Memory
In 1891, a bronze statue of Muravyov was erected on one of the Amur River's cliffs near Khabarovsk. In 1929, it was taken off and replace...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aspirin: Encyclopedia Ii - Aspirin - Discovery
Hippocrates, a Greek physician, wrote in the 5th century BC about a bitter powder extracted from willow bark that could ease aches and pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Douglas Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - James Douglas Governor - Early Life And Fur Trader
Douglas was born in Demerara, British Guiana, the illegitimate son of a Scottish sugar planter and a "free coloured woman". In 1812 he wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Hispanics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Hispanics - Artists
List of Hispanics - Architects. Luis Barragán (1902–1988), 1980 Pritzker Prize Laureate. Ricardo Bofill (b. 1939), one of the mai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joseph Smith Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's Legacy
Joseph Smith Jr. - After Smith's death. Smith's death created a crisis. Their charismatic founder was dead and their hierarchy was scat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - May 18: Encyclopedia Ii - May 18 - Births
May 18 - 1048 to 1899. 1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet (d. 1123) 1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218) 1474 - I...   » Read the article

Article - Peace On Earth: Time To Rekindle Passion For Unity
In India, many civilisations have come together over the years, creating new patterns of universal oneness. Raja Ram Mohan Roy ushered...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagorno-karabakh: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagorno-karabakh - Soviet Era
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Karabakh became part of the Transcaucasian Federation, but this soon dissolved into separate Armeni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Armstrong Custer: Encyclopedia Ii - George Armstrong Custer - Family Tree
George Armstrong Custer - First generation. George Armstrong Custer was a fifth-generation descendant of Arnold Kuster and his third wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tobacco Smoking: Encyclopedia Ii - Tobacco Smoking - Legal Issues & Regulation
In many countries (including the United States, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia), it is illegal to sell tobacco products to minors. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Henry Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - William Henry Harrison - Short Presidency
As Harrison arrived in Washington he focused on showing that he was still the stalwart hero of Tippecanoe. He was to take the oath of off...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tobacco: Encyclopedia Ii - Tobacco - History
Native Americans used tobacco before Europeans arrived in America, and early European settlers in America learned to smoke and brought th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Religious And Political Beliefs
Tolstoy's Christian beliefs were based on the Sermon on the Mount, and particularly on the phrase about turn the other cheek, which he sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Fitzroy: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Fitzroy - Background
Robert FitzRoy was born at Ampton Hall, Suffolk, England into the upper echelons of the British aristocracy and a tradition of public ser...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hazelwood Missouri: Encyclopedia Ii - Hazelwood Missouri - History
Hazelwood's colorful history began in 1673 with the discovery of the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers by French explorer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tram: Encyclopedia Ii - Tram - History
Appearing in the first half of the 19th century, trams were at first pulled by horses. The first trams, known as streetcars or horsecars,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catholic Apostolic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Catholic Apostolic Church - Adventist Theology
John S. Davenport explained their theology by saying that the changes which attend the Coming of the Lord will not be such as will attrac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aspirin: Encyclopedia Ii - Aspirin - How It Works
In a piece of research for which he was awarded both a Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1982 and a knighthood, John Robert Vane, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hungary: Encyclopedia Ii - Hungary - Culture
Main article: Culture of Hungary Hungarian culture is diverse and varied. The music of Hungary consists mainly of traditional Hungarian f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakers: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakers - Shaker Music
The Shakers considered music to be an essential component of the religious experience, and created some of the most tuneful, idiosyncrati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexandria: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexandria - Ancient Remains
Very little of the ancient city has survived into the present day. Much of the royal and civic quarter has sunk beneath the harbour due t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Micronation: Encyclopedia Ii - Micronation - Recent Examples
One of the most recent examples of a micronation is the "Königreich Kreuzberg" (Kingdom of Kreuzberg) which was founded in 2002 by Chris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northumberland: Encyclopedia Ii - Northumberland - Media
Having no large population centres, the county's mainstream media outlets are served from nearby Tyne and Wear, including radio stations ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Journalist: Encyclopedia Ii - Journalist - Origin And Scope Of The Term
In the early 19th century, journalist simply meant someone who wrote for journals, such as Charles Dickens in his early career. In the pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - São Paulo: Encyclopedia Ii - São Paulo - Economics
São Paulo is the financial and industrial centre of Brazil. The city is said to have more German companies than any other single city ou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoo: Encyclopedia - Zoo
A zoological garden or zoo is a place where animals are restricted within artificial environments and exhibited to the public. The first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quaker History: Encyclopedia Ii - Quaker History - 18th Century
In 1691 George Fox died. Thus, the Quaker movement went into the 18th Century without one of its most influential early leaders. Thanks t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - Early History
Portugal has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, first by Neanderthals and then by homo sapiens. In the early first millennium BCE...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United States Capitol: Encyclopedia - United States Capitol
The United States Capitol is the capitol building which serves as home for Congress, the legislative branch of the United States federal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Babbage: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Babbage - Life
Charles Babbage was born in England most likely at 44 Crosby Row, Walworth Road, London. There is quite a discrepancy over the date of Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson: Encyclopedia Ii - Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson - Command
In 1784, Nelson was given command of the 28-gun Boreas, and assigned to enforce the Navigation Act in the vicinity of Antigua. This was d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Craiova: Encyclopedia - Craiova
- at 2002 - Density  inh/km² Craiova (/kra'jo.va/, formerly spelled Krajova) is a Romanian city, the capital of the county of Dol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris - Economy
Paris - Size. The metropolitan area of Paris is one of the engines of the global economy. In 2003 the GDP of the metropolitan area of P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christopher Columbus: Encyclopedia Ii - Christopher Columbus - Columbus' Campaign For Funding
Columbus first presented his plan to the court of Portugal in 1485. The king's experts believed that the route would be longer than Colum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Spaniards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Spaniards - Musicians
List of Spaniards - Classical. Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), composer. Pau Casals (1876–1973), cello player and conductor. Manuel de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Art: Encyclopedia - Chinese Art
Life in the People's Republic of China Chinese art is art, whether modern or ancient, that originated in or is practiced in China or by C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gregor Macgregor: Encyclopedia Ii - Gregor Macgregor - Cazique Of Poyais
Gregor MacGregor came from Latin America to London, England, in 1820 and pronounced that he had been created cazique (or prince) of the P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christopher Columbus: Encyclopedia Ii - Christopher Columbus - Early Life
There are various versions of Columbus's origins and life before 1476. (See Columbus's National Origin.) The account that has traditional...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1828: Encyclopedia Ii - 1828 - Births
1828 - Exact month/day of birth unknown. Clinton B. Fisk, American temperance movement leader (d. 1890) ... See also:1828, 1828 - E...   » Read the article