Encyclopedia - 1859: Encyclopedia - 1859
1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calend...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1859: Encyclopedia Ii - 1859 - Events
1859 - January. January 2 - Erastus Beadle publishes The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette. January 24 - Wallachia and Moldavia are uni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1800: Encyclopedia Ii - Events
1800 - Ongoing events. French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815)-Second Coa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1952: Encyclopedia - 1952
1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). 1952 - Events. January 8 - West Germany has 8 mill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1947: Encyclopedia - 1947
1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1947 - Events. January 1 - British mines nat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nyingma: Encyclopedia - Nyingma
The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism (the other three being the Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug). "Ny...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1954: Encyclopedia - 1954
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1954 - Events. January 1 - Soviet Union no longer demand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1906: Encyclopedia - 1906
1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). 1906 - Events. January 8 - Landslide in Haverstraw, New York...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1916: Encyclopedia - 1916
1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) 1916 - Events. January 1 -The first successful blo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1923: Encyclopedia - 1923
1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1923 - Events. January 1 - Grouping of all UK ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1920: Encyclopedia - 1920
1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) 1920 - Events. January 7 - Forces of Russian White ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1887: Encyclopedia - 1887
1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1800: Encyclopedia - 1800
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1914: Encyclopedia - 1914
1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. (see link for calendar) 1914 - Events. January 4 - 77 seal hunters freeze to deat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1933: Encyclopedia - 1933
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1933 - Events. January 3 - Japanese troops occ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1925: Encyclopedia - 1925
1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1925 - Events. January 3 - Benito Mussolini an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1938: Encyclopedia - 1938
1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). 1938 - Events. January 3 - The March of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1940: Encyclopedia - 1940
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1940 - Births. See also Category:1940 births January...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1936: Encyclopedia - 1936
1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1936 - Events. January 7-10 - Second Italo-Aby...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1930: Encyclopedia - 1930
1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. 1930 - Events. January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1927: Encyclopedia - 1927
1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). 1927 - Events. January 1 - Cristero War erup...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cesare Lombroso: Encyclopedia - Cesare Lombroso
Cesare Lombroso (Verona, November 6, 1835 - Turin, October 19, 1909) was a historical figure in modern criminology, and the founder of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zürich: Encyclopedia - Zürich
Zürich ▶ (help·info) (German pronunciation IPA: [ˈtsyrɪç]; in English often Zurich, without the umlaut) is the largest city in Swi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Hodge: Encyclopedia - Charles Hodge
Charles Hodge (1797-1878) was the principal of Princeton Theological Seminary between 1851 and 1878. He was one of the greatest exponents...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Peirce: Encyclopedia - Charles Peirce
Charles Sanders Santiago Peirce (pronounced purse), (September 10, 1839, Cambridge, Massachusetts – April 19, 1914, Milford, Pennsylvan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cecil Spring-rice: Encyclopedia - Cecil Spring-rice
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice (February 27, 1859 - February 14, 1918) was a British diplomat. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cattaraugus County New York: Encyclopedia - Cattaraugus County New York
Cattaraugus County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population was 83,955. The county name comes from a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cecil Sharp: Encyclopedia - Cecil Sharp
Cecil James Sharp (1859-1924) was the founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early twentieth century, and many of Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chancellor Of The Exchequer: Encyclopedia - Chancellor Of The Exchequer
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British cabinet minister responsible for all financial matters. Often simply cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centre College: Encyclopedia - Centre College
Centre College is an accredited, private, four-year liberal arts college located in Danville, Kentucky, USA, a community of about 15,000 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yosemite National Park: Encyclopedia - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park (pronounced "Yo-SEM-it-tee", IPA [joʊˈsɛməti]) is a national park largely in Mariposa County, and Tuolumne Cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Hamilton Smith: Encyclopedia - Charles Hamilton Smith
See Charles Smith for other people with that name Charles Hamilton Smith (1776–1859) was a British artist, naturalist, antiquary, soldi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Xv Of Sweden: Encyclopedia - Charles Xv Of Sweden
Carl XV (Carl Ludvig Eugén) (May 3, 1826 – August 19, 1872) was King of Sweden and Norway (where he was known as Charles IV (Carl IV))...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Wheatstone: Encyclopedia - Charles Wheatstone
Sir Charles Wheatstone (February 6, 1802 - October 19, 1875) was the British inventor of many innovations including the English concerti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuan Shikai: Encyclopedia - Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai (Courtesy Weiting 慰亭; Pseudonym: Rong'an 容庵　Traditional: 袁世凱; Simplified: 袁世凯; Hanyu Pinyin: Yuán Shì...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles George Gordon: Encyclopedia - Charles George Gordon
Charles George Gordon, C.B. (January 28, 1833 - January 26, 1885), known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Wisconsin: Encyclopedia - University Of Wisconsin
The Seal of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The University of Wisconsin was founded in 1848 and is the largest university in the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chartism: Encyclopedia - Chartism
Chartism is also an alternative term for technical analysis Chartism was a movement for social and political reform in the United Kingdom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin: Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin (February 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882) was a British naturalist who achieved lasting fame by establishing the fact ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg: Encyclopedia - Charles Etienne Brasseur De Bourbourg
Abbé Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg (8 September 1814 – 8 January 1874) was a noted French writer, ethnographer, historian and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Augustin Sainte-beuve: Encyclopedia - Charles Augustin Sainte-beuve
By category Medieval 16th Century - 17th Century 18th Century -19th Century 20th Century - Contemporary Chronological list Writers by cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brassiere: Encyclopedia - Brassiere
A brassière or bra is a foundation garment for women which covers and supports the breasts. Brassiere - Need for brassières. The femal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowling Green New York City: Encyclopedia - Bowling Green New York City
Bowling Green is a small public park in Lower Manhattan at the foot of Broadway next to the site of the original Dutch fort. It is the ol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Raj: Encyclopedia - British Raj
The British Raj (also simply known as the Raj) was a historical period during which most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Ornithologists' Union: Encyclopedia - British Ornithologists' Union
The British Ornithologists' Union (BOU) aims to encourage the study of birds ("ornithology") in Britain, Europe and throughout the world,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Royal Albert Bridge: Encyclopedia - Royal Albert Bridge
The Royal Albert Bridge (sometimes called the Brunel Bridge or Saltash Bridge) spans the River Tamar in the U.K. between Plymouth, on the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowen Queensland: Encyclopedia - Bowen Queensland
Bowen is a town and Local Government Area on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. Bowen Queensland - Geography. Bowen is located ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boulogne-billancourt: Encyclopedia - Boulogne-billancourt
2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military pers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bologna: Encyclopedia - Bologna
Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po Rive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boltzmann Distribution: Encyclopedia - Boltzmann Distribution
In physics, the Boltzmann distribution predicts the distribution function for the fractional number of particles Ni / N occupying a state...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star Catalogue: Encyclopedia - Star Catalogue
In astronomy, many stars are referred to simply by catalogue numbers. There are a great many different star catalogues which have been pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Boole: Encyclopedia - George Boole
George Boole [buːl], (November 2, 1815 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England – December 8, 1864 Ballintemple, County Cork, Ireland) was a mat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burakumin: Encyclopedia - Burakumin
Burakumin (部落民: buraku, community + min, people), or hisabetsu buraku (被差別部落 "discriminated communities") are a Japanese ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Henry Cardinal Newman: Encyclopedia - John Henry Cardinal Newman
The Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman (February 21, 1801 – August 11, 1890) was an English convert to Catholicism, later made a card...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Sydney: Encyclopedia - University Of Sydney
The University of Sydney, established in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia, and it is located in Sydney, the capital city of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Heinrich Bloch: Encyclopedia - Carl Heinrich Bloch
Carl Heinrich Bloch (May 23, 1834 – February 22, 1890) was a Danish painter. He was born in Copenhagen and studied with Wilhelm Marstra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canute: Encyclopedia - Canute
Canute (anglicized form of Knut, from Old Norse knútr meaning "knot", sometimes Cnut; Danish Knud) is the name of several kings of medie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caddo: Encyclopedia - Caddo
A Caddo solar cross, a religious symbol of both the sun and fire. circa 1700: 8,000  North American natives   Southeast n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chechnya: Encyclopedia - Chechnya
- total - % water - 15,500 km² - negligible - Total - Density - est. 1,103,686 (2002) - est. 71.2/km² The Chechen Republic (Russian: Ч...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Supreme Court Of California: Encyclopedia - Supreme Court Of California
The Supreme Court of California is the state supreme court in California. It is headquartered in San Francisco, and regularly holds sessi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carnatic Music: Encyclopedia - Carnatic Music
Carnatic music, known as karnātaka sangīta (कर्णाटक सङ्गीतं) in Indian languages (Telugu కర్నా�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Williams College: Encyclopedia - Williams College
Williams College is a private, coeducational, highly-selective liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. As of 2005, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victoria Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Victoria Of The United Kingdom
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 Ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cornwall: Encyclopedia - Cornwall
Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county on England's south west peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. In the 20th century th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warren De La Rue: Encyclopedia - Warren De La Rue
Warren De la Rue (18 January 1815 - 19 April 1889) was a British astronomer and chemist, most famous for his pioneering work in astronomi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colorado Springs Colorado: Encyclopedia - Colorado Springs Colorado
Location in the state of Colorado Colorado Springs is a mid-sized city located just east of the geographic center of the state of Colora...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victor Hugo: Encyclopedia - Victor Hugo
Novelist, poet, playwright, dramatist, essayist and statesman, Victor-Marie Hugo (February 26, 1802–May 22, 1885) is recognized as one ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walter Camp: Encyclopedia - Walter Camp
Walter Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was a football coach known as the the "Father of American Football". He is generally regar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valparaiso University: Encyclopedia - Valparaiso University
Valparaiso University is a university located in Valparaiso, Indiana. The university is affectionately called by the abbreviation "Valpo"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secretary Of State For The Colonies: Encyclopedia - Secretary Of State For The Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet official in charge of managing the various British ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victorian Era: Encyclopedia - Victorian Era
The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. It i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colorado Gold Rush: Encyclopedia - Colorado Gold Rush
The Colorado Gold Rush was the boom in the prospecting and mining of gold in present-day Colorado in the United States that began in 1859...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blacks And Mormonism: Encyclopedia - Blacks And Mormonism
In general, the relationship of the Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism) with black people has more or less mirrored the sentiments of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vicksburg Mississippi: Encyclopedia - Vicksburg Mississippi
Vicksburg is a city located in Warren County, Mississippi. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26,407. It is the co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Common Descent: Encyclopedia - Common Descent
A group of organisms is said to have common descent if they have a common ancestor. In biology, the theory of universal common descent pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Welland Canal: Encyclopedia - Welland Canal
The Welland Canal is a ship canal that runs 43.4 km (27.0 mi) from Port Colborne, Ontario on Lake Erie to Port Weller, Ontario on Lake On...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Connecticut: Encyclopedia - Connecticut
Joe Lieberman (D) Connecticut (pronounced /kəˈnɛtɪkət/; the second C is silent) is a state of the United States, part of the New Eng...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Webster's Dictionary: Encyclopedia - Webster's Dictionary
Webster's Dictionary is a common title given to English language dictionaries in the United States, deriving its name from American lexic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Controversial Non-fiction Books: Encyclopedia - List Of Controversial Non-fiction Books
This is a list of controversial non-fiction books aimed at the general reader which discuss controversial issues, or are (or were at the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copley Medal: Encyclopedia - Copley Medal
The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. It is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comstock Lode: Encyclopedia - Comstock Lode
The Comstock Lode was a massive body of silver ore discovered under what is now Virginia City, Nevada in 1859. Between 1859 and 1878 it y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Kennet Long Barrow: Encyclopedia - West Kennet Long Barrow
The West Kennet Long Barrow is a Neolithic tomb, situated on a prominent chalk ridge, near Silbury Hill, one-and-a-half miles south of Av...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Petroleum Jelly: Encyclopedia - Petroleum Jelly
Petroleum jelly or petrolatum is a byproduct of the refining of petroleum, made from the residue of petroleum distillation left in the st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Irving: Encyclopedia - Washington Irving
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. He is perhaps best known for hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whig: Encyclopedia - Whig
While the Whigs (along with the Tories) are often described as one of the two political parties in late 17th to mid 19th century Great Br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westminster Review: Encyclopedia - Westminster Review
The Westminster Review was founded in 1823 by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill as a journal for philosophical radicals, and was published fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valentine Aker Pasha Baker: Encyclopedia - Valentine Aker Pasha Baker
Valentine Aker Pasha Baker (1827—1887), British soldier, was a younger brother of Sir Samuel Baker. He was educated at Gloucester and i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colin Campbell Geologist: Encyclopedia - Colin Campbell Geologist
Colin J. Campbell, Ph.D., (born 1931) is a retired petroleum geologist who predicts that oil production will peak by 2007. The consequenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virginia City Nevada: Encyclopedia - Virginia City Nevada
Virginia City is a city located in Storey County, Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of approximately 1,500. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virginia Military Institute: Encyclopedia - Virginia Military Institute
The Virginia Military Institute (VMI), located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state military college in the United States and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Craighead County Arkansas: Encyclopedia - Craighead County Arkansas
Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2000, the population is 82,148. The county has two county seats...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vincent Van Gogh: Encyclopedia - Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest painters in Euro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clipper: Encyclopedia - Clipper
A clipper was a very fast multiple-masted sailing ship of the 19th century. Generally narrow for their length, limited in their bulk frei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civil Code: Encyclopedia - Civil Code
A civil code is a systematic compilation of laws designed to comprehensively deal with the core areas of private law. Civil code - Histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cimetière Du Montparnasse: Encyclopedia - Cimetière Du Montparnasse
The Cimetière du Montparnasse is a famous cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, France. It is in the 14 th arrondissement. Crea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Trail: Encyclopedia - Cherokee Trail
The Cherokee Trail was a historic trail in the present-day U.S. states of Colorado and Wyoming that was used from the late 1840s up throu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chester A. Arthur: Encyclopedia - Chester A. Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American politician who served as 21st President of the United States....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alton Railroad: Encyclopedia - Alton Railroad
The Alton Railroad was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago, Illinois to Alton, St. Louis, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wyatt Earp: Encyclopedia - Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848–January 13, 1929), was a sometime buffalo hunter, officer of the law, gambler, and saloon-keeper...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin: Encyclopedia - William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin
The Right Honourable William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, GCVO, OM, PC, PRS (26 June 1824–17 December 1907) was a Scottish-Irish mathemat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Tecumseh Sherman: Encyclopedia - William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, and author. He served as a genera...   » Read the article