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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 === - 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... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
13: In [[1885]], the Tecks returned to [[London]] and were give...
75: ...stminster Hall]], where crowds of mourners filed past her coffin. She is buried at [[St. George's Chape... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
9: ...dbeater's advice to young boys to [[masturbation|masturbate]]. At the time such advice was highly contr...
15: ...ended up disbanding the Order of the Star of the East, which had been founded to support him and of wh...
24: * Autobiographical Sketches (1885) - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...lish language|English]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of living in [[Kenya]...
23: * ''Last Tales'' (1957)
34: * [[3318 Blixen|Asteroid 3318 Blixen]], named after the novelist - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
4: When she was 24 her husband É´ienne du Castel died, and Pizan became a court writer employed ...
9: ...les V]]. At fifteen Christine married É´ienne du Castel, who became Charles's notary and secretary. Aft...
13: ...f France]] (1396), took her elder son, [[Jean du Castel]] (b. 1384), and reared him as his own; the boy...
19: ...'Livre de la paix'' (1412-1413), but after the disasters of the [[battle of Agincourt|campaign of Aginc...
25: ...) by Stephen Scrope for his stepfather, Sir John Fastolf, and is preserved in a manuscript at Longleat.... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
8: ...ame year that she posed for ''City Dance.'' In [[1885]] Renoir painted her portrait again as ''Girl Bra...
16: ...x|''The Bath''. ([[1908]]). [[Suzanne Valadon]]. Pastel. 60x49 cm. Grenoble: [[Musé¥ des Beaux Arts]].]...
26: ...Utter in [[1914]], but the marriage also did not last. - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: ...artners. Schumann is credited with refining the tastes of audience through her presentation of works b...
9: ...ption of four seasons, until [[1882]]; and from [[1885]] to [[1888]] she appeared each year. In [[1878]... - Snowdrop (3046 bytes)
21: ...ora von Deutschland, Ö³terreich und der Schweiz'' 1885</small>]] - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
3: ...th Virginia Wallace Truman''' ([[February 13]], [[1885]] – [[October 18]], [[1982]]), often known ...
5: ...dge") Gates and David Wallace on [[February 13]], 1885 in [[Independence, Missouri]]. Christened Elizabe...
11: ... found the [[White House]]'s lack of privacy distasteful. As her husband put it later, she was "not es... - 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...
148: || [[1881]] || [[1885]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republic...
152: || [[1885]] || [[1889]] || [[Democratic Party (United State...
255: ...ormer president would die until Grant did so in [[1885]] although incumbent President [[James Garfield]]... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
48: ...s]] to the fisheries along the British-American coast should be recognized. Eventually the American neg...
57: ...kney]], the other Federalist in the contest (at least in part so that Jefferson would not become vice p...
64: ... Adams died at Quincy, after uttering the famous last words "Thomas Jefferson still survives." (Unbekno...
69: *J. T. Morse, ''John Adams'' (Boston, 1885: later edition, 1899), in the ''American Statesme...
102: ...t"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Joseph Habersham]]... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
11: ...r><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 23]], [[1885]]</td></tr>
22: ...'' ([[April 27]], [[1822]] – [[July 23]], [[1885]]) was a [[Union army | Union]] [[general]] in th...
43: ...ppi]], in [[1863]] is considered one of the most masterful in military history; it split the Confederac...
48: ...w general called "that of a bulldog". Although a master of combat by out-maneuvering his opponent (such...
50: ... which the destruction of an enemy's economic infrastructure that supplied its armies was as important ... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: ...' ([[March 23]], [[1823]]–[[January 13]], [[1885]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1885]]
18: ...of the United States|President]], serving until [[1885]].
31: ...ioned as inspector general, and appointed quartermaster general with the rank of brigadier general, and...
56: Arthur served as president until [[March 3]], [[1885]]. He returned to New York City where he died [[N...
66: ...[[Chester A. Arthur]]'''||align="left"|1881–1885 - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
9: [[March 4]], [[1885]] – [[March 3]], [[1889]]<br>
12: [[Chester A. Arthur]] ([[1885]])<br>
25: [[Thomas A. Hendricks]] ([[1885]], [[List of leaders who died in office|died in o...
29: ...]] – [[June 24]], [[1908]]) was the 22nd ([[1885]]–[[1889]]) and 24th ([[1893]]–[[1897...
34: ...in 1870 and, while in that post, carried out at least two hangings of condemned criminals. Political op... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...tion]] in the [[Indian Ocean]], off the eastern coast of [[Africa]]. Madagascar is the [[List of islan...
53: ...ench]] established trading posts along the east coast. From about [[1774]] to [[1824]], it was a favori...
55: ...ver the major part of the island, including the coast. In [[1817]], the Merina ruler and the [[United K...
57: ...ion of a French protectorate over Madagascar in [[1885]] in return for eventual control over [[Zanzibar]...
76: ...federalists to disrupt [[ballot]]ing in several coastal areas. - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
48: ...ran]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and has a coastline on the [[Caspian Sea]].
54: ...ligion and incorporating the Turkmen into Middle Eastern culture. It was around this time that the famo...
58: ...ndence when [[Genghis Khan]] took control of the eastern Caspian Sea region on his march west. For the ...
60: ... and annexed by [[Russia]] between [[1865]] and [[1885]], by 1894 [[imperial Russia]] had taken control ...
70: Foreign companies seeking Turkmenistan's vast national gas resources have had to cooperate with... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
53: ...t and Northeast of the country has an extensive coastline with the [[Red Sea]]. Having achieved indepen...
62: ...ialism|colonised]] by the [[Italy|Italians]] in [[1885]]. The Italians remained in power until they were...
89: ...east by the [[Red Sea]]. Off the sandy and arid coastline, the [[Dahlak Archipelago]] are situated, an ...
91: ...Asmara]], the port town of [[Assab]] in the southeast, as well as the towns of [[Massawa]] and [[Keren]...
100: ...ea's economic future depends upon its ability to master fundamental social problems like [[illiteracy]]... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
3: ...er of [[German language|German]] speakers in the east. This cultural and linguistic diversity is reflec...
55: ...m is at the crossroads of Europe, and during the past 2,000 years has witnessed a constant ebb and flow...
57: ... were rather short-lived, as the [[Carolingian Dynasty]] soon took over. After [[Charles Martel]] count...
59: ...nding of religious communities and [[monastery|monasteries]], [[church]]es and [[pilgrimage]]s.
69: ...Leopold II]] in the [[Conference of Berlin]] in [[1885]]. He made the land his private property and call...
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