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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
23: | [[California]]
24: | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
33: | [[1872]] — [[1879]] - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three day...
10: * [[1852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Pi...
12: ... of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Un... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]...
14: ...[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
28: ..., Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
29: ...a Abbot|Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
37: *[[Emma Abbott|Abbott, Emma]], (1849-1891), American singer - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
3: *[[Pieter van der Aa|Aa, Pieter van der]], (ca. 1659 - 1733), Dutch publisher
4: *[[Andrew Aagesen|Aagesen, Andrew]], (1826-1879), Danish jurist
7: *[[Aaliyah]], (1979-2001), American rhythm and blues singer
11: *[[Aaron]], (ca. 1300 BC), [[Bible|Biblical]] figure
14: ...Marc Aaronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
37: ...w Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...a period of great social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the l...
14: ...[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her gove...
16: ...king was childless, the young Princess Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the...
20: ...ecause like most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victor...
25: ...anover|Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]], who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. As the young q... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: ...itcher Astor, Viscountess Astor''' ([[May 19]], [[1879]] – [[May 2]], [[1964]]) was a socialite po...
4: ...ress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as a 20th-century tastemaker and the own...
8: ...d on [[November 28]], [[1919]], in December she became the second woman elected, and the first to take...
10: ...s his replacement. Her son [[David Astor]], who became editor/owner of ''The Observer'' newspaper, wou...
12: ...arlene Dietrich]] song ''Lili Marlene'' that they called "The Ballad Of The D-Day Dodgers". - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
5: ...whom would make a substantial contribution to the campaign in different ways.
7: ... going on [[hunger strike]]. Her approach to the campaign did not endear her to everyone, and there w... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...tember 6]], [[1966]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[birth control]] activist. Initially meeting ...
5: ...mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] who had 11 children before dying of [[tub...
7: ...ation'', to poor women, Sanger repeatedly risked scandal and imprisonment by acting in defiance of the...
9: ...es Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Call''.
13: ...dissolution in 1937 after birth control under medical supervision was legalized in many states. In 192... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
1: ... ([[1893]]). Oil on canvas. [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. ]]
2: ...[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...ore she was 10 years old, she visited many of the capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]],...
6: ...he began studying painting at the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsyl...
8: ... small town. Her father continued to resist her vocation, and paid only for her basic needs but not he... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...own for their [[realism]] and psychological perspicacity.
5: ...private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Hen...
8: ...and was the leading journal for philosophical radicals. In [[1854]], she published a translation of F...
10: ...ic career. Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be divorce...
12: ...ss jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand Canal on their [[wedding night]]; he survived. She d... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
5: ... Schubert]] (another Academician) and had more education and "appreciation of the finer things" than h...
7: ...ding of [[partial differential equation]]s (the [[Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem]]) and essentially compl...
11: ...to have stuck for when she later took calculus it came to her very quickly, as if it had always been t...
15: ...ical study, calling her "a new [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]]" in the process. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...erable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. ...
4: Joan of Arc's campaigns were responsible for a revitalization of [...
7: ...Jeanne d'Arc''' or '''Jehanne Darc''' was born circa [[1412]] in the small village of [[Domré¹-la-Puc...
10: ... are behind her. Oil on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New Y...
12: ... Archangel]], [[Saint Catherine of Alexandria|St. Catherine]], and [[Saint Margaret the Virgin|St. Mar... - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...,[[1922]]) was an [[United States of America|American]] [[actor|actress]] and [[singer]].
5: ... serve as an inauspicious beginning to a dazzling career.
7: ...gest stars in show business. Russell's appearance caused such a stir that she stayed on with Pastor an...
9: ... only was her [[voice]] celebrated but her beauty caused quite a stir among the men and the women of t...
11: ...|opera companies]] including the company of the [[Casino Theater]] in New York and the company of [[We... - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
3: ...[[Braga]] and named after it; the [[Brazil]]ian [[cavaquinho]] is usually tuned in D-G-B-D, a G-major ...
5: ...home of Madeira Island off the coast of North Africa. Flora Fox, a great grandaughter of Manuel Nunes ...
7: In [[1879]] three 'ukulele makers arrived from Portugal in ...
11: ...y popular in vaudeville in the days before amplification. The tension and tone are a little brighter ...
13: ...it as much a tenor guitar as a ukulele. The tenor can be tuned either way, and in C tuning is sometime... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[Democratic-Republican]]
18: ...dor]] to [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|...
22: ==Biographical information==
23: ...dash; before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]]. - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
3: ...on><font size="+1">'''Ulysses S. Grant'''</font></caption>
15: ...'</td><td>[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]</td></tr>
22: ... [[Union army | Union]] [[general]] in the [[American Civil War]] and the 18th ([[1869]]–[[1877]...
24: ...s, who led an administration plagued by severe [[scandal]] and [[corruption]].
32: ... [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class of 39. At the academy, he established a reputation as a fearless an... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
3: ...plex institutions and [[Politics of Belgium|political history]].
15: ...kground:#f9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationBelgium.png|Location of Belgium]]
19: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Brussels]]
36: ... <br> - Total ([[2003]]) <br> - GDP/capita
48: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' || +32 - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: ...[landlocked]] [[country]] in central [[South America]]. It is bordered by [[Brazil]] on the north and ...
8: native_name = República de Bolivia |
12: image_map = LocationBolivia.png |
16: capital = [[La Paz]], [[Sucre]]<sup>1</sup> |
36: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $3,049 | - Peru (12264 bytes)
2: ...ogy, and is well-known as the ''cradle of the [[Inca empire]]''.
14: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
16: ...e="background:#fff;" | [[image:LocationPeru.png|Location of Peru]]
20: | '''[[Capital]] and largest city''' || [[Lima]]
24: ... Prime Ministers of Peru|Prime Minister]]''' || [[Carlos Ferrero Costa]]
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