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- Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
10: In [[1837]], on an expedition to the South Polar regions, h...
14: ...t d'Urville Station]] on Antarctica is also named after him. - Steel (28384 bytes)
34: ...e]] with an iron blade and gold-decorated bronze haft were both found in the excavation of [[Ugarit]] ...
36: ...ts, bronze remained in widespread use there until after Egypt's conquest by [[Assyria]] in [[663 BC]].
60: ...ach batch. These larger furnaces required more draft than could be provided by human power, and forgi...
66: ...aster, and [[Peter Baude]], a [[France|French]] craftsman in [[Henry VIII]]'s employ, cast the Weald's...
68: ... ore contained some calcareous material, and soon after, Dutch ironmasters introduced the use of limes... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...|Queen of the United Kingdom]] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her d...
14: ...mother and her governess, during her early years. After she became three years old however, she was sc...
20: ...hat Albert's and now her own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha a...
25: ...V died at the age of seventy-two on [[20 June]] [[1837]], leaving the throne to Victoria. As the young q...
27: ...ingdom faced an insurrection (see [[Rebellions of 1837]]), and in [[Jamaica]], the colonial legislature ... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
6: ...[[Regency England|Regency London]]. Ada was named after Byron's [[half-sister]], [[Augusta Leigh]], by...
8: ...e claims that her mother dominated her life, even after marriage; another claims she never knew either...
11: ...lla ([[Lady Anne Blunt]]) born [[22 September]] [[1837]] and Ralph Gordon born [[2 July]] [[1839]]. The ...
17: Ada Lovelace died at 36 after being bled to death by her physicians; she had... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
7: ...ombaia' in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], she was named after the city of her birth, as was her older sister...
9: ...o be a [[divine]] calling (first experienced in [[1837]] at the age of 17 at [[Embley Park]] and later t...
27: ... On [[October 21]], [[1854]], Nightingale and a staff of 38 women volunteer nurses, trained by Nightin...
31: ...ers being badly cared for by overworked medical staff in the face of official indifference. [[Medicine...
35: ...nd curtains. The carriage was returned to England after the war and subsequently given to the Nighting... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
29: ...in Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] have chosen to affirm rather than swear. The oath is traditionally ...
38: ...cretary of Veterans Affairs|Secretary of Veterans Affairs]].
40: ... office of President or merely act as President. After the death of [[William Henry Harrison]], howev...
51: ...ember 5]], [[1782]], was the first president born after the [[United States Declaration of Independenc...
52: ...arch 29]], [[1790]], was the first president born after the adoption of the [[United States Constituti... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1837]]
16: ... Calhoun]] (1829-1832) [[Martin Van Buren]] (1833-1837)
18: ...the [[United States]], serving from [[1829]] to [[1837]]. Until his election, every President had either...
24: ...mmediate family. He came to [[Tennessee]] shortly after [[1800]], as a young lawyer. Since he was not ...
32: ...on himself favored reform of the electoral system afterwards, including abolishing the [[U.S. Electora... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: ...><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
22: ...[United States]]. He was the first President born after the signing of the [[United States Declaration...
29: .... Livingston]] and Aaron Burr. Federalist control after [[1799]] depended upon coalition with one or o...
35: ...recognized procedure in national, state and local affairs. Van Buren did not originate the system, but...
43: After the election, he sought to bring the Crawford ... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
9: ... woman. He served as vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
11: ...1850, but he died in [[Frankfort, Kentucky]] soon after taking his seat. He is interred in the Frankf...
15: After his first two wives died, the old [[Jacksonian...
23: ...h District of Kentucky|before=[[Thomas Sandford]]|after=At-Large districts|years=1807-1813}}
24: ...sman from Kentucky|before=Single Member Districts|after=Single Member Districts|years=1813-1815}} - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
21: ...nited States]]. He was the second President born after the signing of the [[United States Declaration...
25: ...llowed his father as governor ([[1825]]-[[1827]]) after a stint in the House of Representatives. Duri...
54: ...ngest child, Pearl, died almost exactly 100 years after the death of his eldest daughter, Mary.
58: ...xpelled from the Whig Party in 1841, a few months after taking office, and the entire cabinet he had i...
67: ...tter declined to offer an opinion on the internal affairs of Rhode Island: "They are questions of muni... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ...ction. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs.
7: ...ary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from [[1837]] to [[1839]], when he was recalled at his own re...
14: ...[Mayor of Philadelphia]]|before=[[Joseph Watson]]|after=[[Benjamin W. Richards]]|years=1828-1829}}
15: ...r the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]|before=?|after=?|years=1829-1831}}
16: ...r from Pennsylvania]]|before=[[Isaac D. Barnard]]|after=[[Samuel McKean]]|years=1831-1833}} - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
62: ...]]. He died at 11:10 p.m. on March 8, 1874 of the after effects of a [[stroke]] with his last words a...
130: ...nd District of [[New York]] | before=''(none)'' | after=[[Thomas Cutting Love]] | years=1833-1835}}
131: ...ing Love]] | after=[[William A. Moseley]] | years=1837-1843}}
132: ...nor of [[New York]] | before=[[Luther Bradish]] | after=[[John Young (U.S. politician)|John Young]] | ...
133: ...] candidate | before=[[Theodore Frelinghuysen]] | after=[[William A. Graham]] | years=[[U.S. president... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
20: ...ection]], and was replaced by [[James Buchanan]]. After losing the Democratic nomination, Pierce conti...
22: ... her aristocratic, nervous ways and show her true affection. He was one of the most popular men in New...
29: ...its and graduated in [[1824]] third in his class. After graduation he in [[1826]] entered a [[law scho...
34: ...sses]]([[March 4]], [[1833]]–[[March 3]], [[1837]]). At the time he was only 27 years old, the you...
36: ...United States Senate, serving from [[March 4]], [[1837]], to [[February 28]], [[1842]], when he resigned... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
55: ...to whom Buchanan was once engaged died a few days after she broke off the engagement, and Buchanan the...
57: ...from [[December 6]], [[1834]]; was reelected in [[1837]] and [[1843]], and resigned on [[March 5]], [[1...
61: ...853]] to [[1856]], during which time he help to draft the [[Ostend Manifesto]] which proposed the purc...
82: ...ance from Fort Sumter, it turned back to New York after suffering minor damage. As a result of the op...
156: ...trict of Pennsylvania| before=[[Jacob Hibshman]]| after=[[John Phillips]]| years=[[1821]] – [[18... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
48: ...ral government reverted to its customary weakness after Reconstruction and the modern administrative s...
50: His [[assassination]], shortly after the end of the Civil War, made him a [[martyr]...
53: ... of economic difficulty in Kentucky. In [[1830]], after economic and land-title difficulties in Indian...
59: ... New Salem during the [[Black Hawk War]], writing after being elected by his peers that he had not had...
61: ...is|Sangamon County]], beginning in [[1834]]. In [[1837]] he made his first protest against slavery in th... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
48: ...State House of Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. He was elected to th...
109: ...for which Stanton had Thomas arrested. Three days after Stanton's removal, the House passed a resoluti...
137: ...ict of Tennessee|before=[[Thomas Dickens Arnold]]|after=[[Brookins Campbell]]| years=[[1843]] – ...
138: ...nor of Tennessee]]|before=[[William B. Campbell]]|after=[[Isham G. Harris]]| years=[[1853]] – [[...
139: ...nator from Tennessee]]|before=[[James C. Jones]]| after=[[David T. Patterson]] <sup>(a)</sup>| years=[... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
17: ...r><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[March 18]], [[1837]]</td></tr>
29: '''Stephen Grover Cleveland''' ([[March 18]], [[1837]] – [[June 24]], [[1908]]) was the 22nd ([[...
40: ...ity because he was the only bachelor among them). After Cleveland's election as President, newspapers ...
44: ...e second President to be married while in office (after [[John Tyler]]), and the only President to be ...
60: ...in the [[Spanish-American War]] in 1898, one year after he left office. - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ...River|Limpopo]] rivers. It is bordered by [[South Africa]] to the south, [[Botswana]] to the west, [[Z...
48: As of [[1837]] the Shona were frequently raided by the [[Ndebe...
52: ...and their territory (named "Rhodesia" in [[1895]] after Cecil Rhodes) and promoted the colonization of...
54: ...olicy of NIBMAR - No Independence Before Majority African Rule.
60: ...rate accord with three black leaders who offered safeguards for whites headed by Bishop [[Abel Muzorew... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...u]] (also known under his Greek name ''Cheops''), after whom it is often called '''Khufu's Pyramid''' ...
11: ...hafre's successor, which is about half as tall. Khafre's pyramid appears the tallest on some photograp...
19: [[Image:Giza_4.jpg|thumbnail|300px|left|[[Khafre's Pyramid]]. Image courtesy of
26: ... large angular doorway or niche, and two narrow shafts, about 20 centimeters wide, extending from the ...
28: ...0.45 by 5.20 metres and 5.80 metres high, bears shafts similar to those in the middle chamber. It has ... - Texas (39610 bytes)
43: ...ate nickname]] — '''The Lone Star State''' (after the single star on several historical flags of...
52: ..., Texas forms the second-largest US state in size after [[Alaska]] and the largest state in the contig...
80: After [[Mexico|Mexican]] independence in 1821, Texas...
130: ...ed the capital to [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] in [[1837]].
131: ...volution. They soon headed back to the Rio Grande after briefly occupying San Antonio.
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