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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ion. Successive [[Dynasties in Chinese history|dynasties]] developed systems of bureaucratic control, w...
14: ...sties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三É...
16: === Xia Dynasty ===
18: ...match the Shang [[oracle bones]] or the [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings...
20: === Shang Dynasty === - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
7: ...) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South Ameri...
9: ...s voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the existence of the [[New Worl...
33: ...e post [[São Jorge da Mina]] at the [[Guinea]] coast.
39: ...[Indies]] (then roughly meaning all of south and east [[Asia]]) by sailing west across the Ocean Sea (t... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...caba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
38: ...ann Adam Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Adam]] (1780-1853)
62: *[[Loren Acton|Acton, Loren]], (born 1936), US astronaut - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...f India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years — longer than...
9: ...l change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successo...
41: ... from [[Slough railway station]] (near [[Windsor Castle]]) to Bishop's Bridge, near [[Paddington]] (in ...
55: ...arty, described this decision as having proved disastrous to the monarchy and British rule in Ireland.
57: Victoria paid her last visit to Ireland in [[1900]], when she came to ap... - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
7: ...haraja Gangadhar Rao expired on [[21 November]] [[1853]], when Lakshmi Bai was 18 years old.
22: ... Jhansi and the death of Rani Lakshmibai was the last series of the resistence to [[British Raj]] under...
27: ...nistration of Undivided India passed on from the East India Company to the British crown. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
25: On [[August 12]], [[1853]], Nightingale took a post of superintendent at t...
33: ...tance from the doctors and officers, her changes vastly improved conditions for the wounded and by Apri...
39: ...are of her patients in Crimea earned her the everlasting respect and affection of the common soldier.
83: ...in the graveyard at [[St. Margaret Church]] in [[East Wellow]], England.
85: Florence Nightingale's lasting contribution has been her role in founding the... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: ...artners. Schumann is credited with refining the tastes of audience through her presentation of works b...
14: ...nds birthday, the three Romances were composed in 1853 and dedicated to Joseph Joachim who performed the... - Painting (4567 bytes)
16: *[[Impasto]]
43: ...astel]], including dry pastels, oil pastels, and pastel pencils
98: *[[Vincent Van Gogh|Vincent van Gogh]] ([[1853]]-[[1890]]) - Wagner tuba (1858 bytes)
4: ...is instrument after a brief visit to [[Paris]] in 1853, when he had dropped by the shop of [[Adolphe Sax... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
12: ... time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have been a resident of the ...
35: ...utive branch of the federal government — a vast organization numbering about 4 million people, in...
116: || [[1850]] || [[1853]] || [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] || ''non...
120: || [[1853]] || [[1857]] || [[Democratic Party (United State...
291: ... Secret Service until the President's death. The last President to have lifetime Secret Service protect... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
50: *Lyon Gardiner Tyler ([[August 24]], [[1853]] - [[February 12]], [[1935]]).
71: The last year of Tyler's presidency was marred by a freak ...
73: Tyler's last act in office was perhaps the most significant: h...
117: ...t"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Francis Granger]]'... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
6: ...'''</td><td>[[July 9]], [[1850]] - [[March 4]], [[1853]]</td></tr>
20: ...d to the presidency in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig Party|Whi...
62: ...4 of the after effects of a [[stroke]] with his last words alleged to be, upon being fed some soup, "t...
64: To this day Millard Fillmore remains the last U.S. president who was neither a [[United States ...
79: ...'[[Millard Fillmore]]'''||align="left"|1850–1853 - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1853]]
18: ...[President of the United States]], serving from [[1853]] to [[1857]]. Pierce was a [[United States Democ...
27: ...r [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], with whom he formed a lasting friendship, and [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]...
40: ...hus]]. Benjamin "Bennie" Pierce ([[1841]]–[[1853]]) died in a tragic railway accident at the age o...
53: The election of 1852 would be the last presidential contest in which the Whigs would fie... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
32: | [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
50: ...t overall and the general [[populace]] rated him last as well[http://home.nyc.rr.com/taranto/presidents...
53: ...itted to the bar in [[1812]] and practiced in Lancaster. He was one of the first volunteers in the [[W...
61: ...rved as Minister to the [[United Kingdom]] from [[1853]] to [[1856]], during which time he help to draft...
86: ...He was interred in Woodward Hill Cemetery, in Lancaster. "Wheatland" should not be confused with the [... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
48: Lincoln had a lasting influence on U.S. political and social institu...
73: *'''Thomas "Tad" Lincoln''' : b. [[April 4]], [[1853]] in Springfield, Illinois - d. [[July 16]], [[18...
89: In addition, Lincoln worked in at least one criminal trial in [[1857]] when he defended [...
93: ... sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Many eastern Republicans had urged the nomination of Dougla...
95: ...[Jesus]] in Matthew 12:25.) The speech created a lasting image of the danger of disunion due to slavery... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
48: ...ngresses ([[March 4]], [[1843]] to [[March 3]], [[1853]]). He was chairman of the Committee on Public E...
51: ...f Tennessee. He was Governor of Tennessee from [[1853]] to [[1857]], and was elected as a Democrat to t...
86: ...t"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[William Dennison]]...
111: ...n the resolution and the trial before the Senate lasted three months. Johnson's defense was based on a...
137: ...r=[[Brookins Campbell]]| years=[[1843]] – [[1853]]}} - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
7: ...ul candidate for [[Governor of Massachusetts]] in 1853. In [[1855]] he was elected to the [[United Stat... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
48: ...he north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] in the northeast and [[Chile]] in the west. It's the second larges...
57: ...stablished, and the constitution promulgated in [[1853]].
61: ...sion of agriculture and foreign investment in infrastructure. Conservative forces dominated Argentine p...
80: ...or a third term or more after an interval of at least one term. The president appoints [[cabinet (gover...
88: ...rly known as ''capital federal''), marked with an asterisk: - Arizona (24367 bytes)
9: Seal = Arizonastateseal.jpg |
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82: ...(United States)|Four Corners]] states, south and east of the [[Colorado River (U.S.)|Colorado River]], ...
96: ... the end of the [[Mexican War]] in [[1848]]. In [[1853]] the land below the [[Gila River]] was acquired ...
115: ...ent Franks]] (R-2), [[John Shadegg]] (R-3), [[Ed Pastor]] (D-4), [[J.D. Hayworth]] (R-5), [[Jeff Flake]... - California (63989 bytes)
63: Dance = [[West Coast Swing]]; folk - [[Square dance]] |
89: ...d on the [[West Coast of the United States|west coast]] of the [[United States]]. California is the thi...
93: ...daries of the [[Sea of Cortez]] and the Pacific coast were only partially explored and California was s...
98: ...ds, tribes, tribelets, and on the resource-rich coasts large chiefdoms, such as the Chumash, Pomo and S...
100: The first [[European]] to explore parts of the coast was the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] [[Juãn ...
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