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17 matches to Ask
Alaska. 1741 Bering explores. 1799 Russian America. 1867 US buys for $7.2M. 1959 State.
Ask. First man in Norse mythology. Embla.
Aske, Robert. -1537. Led Pilgrimage of Grace against Henrician Reformation.
Bering, Vitus. 1681-1741. Danish explorer of Alaska for Russia 1728-.
Cowper, William. 1731-1800. English poet. The Task.
Dewar, James. 1842-1923. Scottish physicist: liquified helium1898, vacuum flask. Abel.
Embla. First woman in Norse mythology. Ask.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. 1810-65. Social novelist. Mary Barton 1848.
Haskala. 18-19C Cultural movement to move European Jews from ghettos into mainstream.
Man in the Iron Mask. Anonymous Bastille prisoner 1698-1703.
Maskeyline, Nevil. 1732-1811. English astronomer. Longitude from moon position 1763. Nautical Almanac 1766.
Naismith, James. 1861-1939. Canadian/US inventor of basketball 1891.
Northwest Rebellion. 1885. Saskachewan natives and Métis for land rights. Defeated. Riél.
Riel, Louis. 1844-85. Organized Métis rebellions in Red River 1869-70, Saskatchewan 1884-5. Hung.
Seward, William. 1801-72. Anti-slavery US statesman. “Seward’s Folly”-bought Alaska 1867.
United States of America. USA. 40,000-20,000BC Asians settle. 1492-1776 Spain, Portugal, France, Netherlands, Britain colonize. 1776 American Revolution. 1783 Thirteen Colonies independent. Manifest Destiny. 1845 +Texas. 1848 +California. 1867 +Alaska. 1898 +Hawaii, Puerto Rico.