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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic ...
30: ... ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, trave...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] explorer
34: *[[Moric Benovsky]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
13: === Abba - Abbe ===
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
16: ...ge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
23: *[[Ernst Abbe|Abbe, Ernst]], (1840-1905), physicist
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey|Abbey, Edwin Austin]], (1852-1911), artist, painter - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
6: *[[Bernard Accama|Accama, Bernard]] (1697-1756), Dutch painter
9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
32: ...ermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
33: ...ian Benedict Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
41: ...Francis Adams, Jr.|Adams, Charles Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and presid...
67: ...cott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip
98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...er Emanuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
29: *[[S.Y. Agnon|Agnon, S.Y.]], (1888-1970), [[Nobel]] prizewinning author
32: *[[Benjamin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater
53: *[[Ruben Aguirre|Aguirre, Ruben]], (born 1934), Mexican actor - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
4: *[[Bertie Ahern|Ahern, Bertie]], (born [[1951]]), [[Taoiseach|Irish prime m...
6: *[[Alf Ahlberg|Ahlberg, Alf]], Swedish writer
9: *[[Olof Ũlstr?hlstr?Olof]] ([[1756]]-[[1835]]), composer - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
1: '''Rani Lakshmi Bai''' (born-[[19 November]] [[1835]]- died [[18 June]] [[1858]]), the queen of [[Jh...
5: Lakshmi Bai was born on [[19 November]] [[1835]] at [[Kashi]] (Presently known as [[Varanasi]])....
7: .... But Maharaja Gangadhar Rao expired on [[21 November]] [[1853]], when Lakshmi Bai was 18 years old.
17: ...itish left the fort, they were massacred by the rebels. Although the massacre probably occurred withou...
19: In September and October of 1857, the Rani led the successful defense of ... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ...f Lovelace''' ([[December 10]], [[1815]] - [[November 27]], [[1852]]) is mainly known for having writt...
6: ...chose Annabella. On [[January 16]], [[1816]], Annabella left Byron, taking 1-month old Ada with her. O...
8: ...active member of [[London]] society, she was a member of the [[Bluestockings]] in her youth.
11: ..., Annabella ([[Lady Anne Blunt]]) born [[22 September]] [[1837]] and Ralph Gordon born [[2 July]] [[18...
15: ...k for amendment. The evidence and correspondence between Lovelace and Babbage indicate that he wrote ... - Pansy (10101 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox begin | color = lightgreen | name = Pansy}}
3: {{Taxobox begin placement | color = lightgreen}}
17: ...rt of the common name of a number of wild flowers belonging, like the cultivated Pansy, to the [[viole...
20: ... varieties were available. By 1841 the pansy had become a favorite show plant.
30: Pansies are edible and have been used to dye mordanted fabric. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...de routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europ...
3: ...home improvement industries a distinction is made between carpet (or carpeting) and rug. The former i...
14: ...ached to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the carpet.
16: ...ral stripes sewn together. Moquette carpets have been used on floors, tables, as furniture upholstery...
18: ...s of berber carpet.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of Berber carpet]] - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...teg頯f [[Thomas Jefferson]]. In this capacity he became a prominent figure in [[Virginia]] state poli...
23: ...ature]]. When the issue arose of how states would be represented in the new Congress, Madison was one ...
25: ... notes from the Constitutional Convention are the best documentary evidence we have as to the thinking...
29: ...be necessary. In forming a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficult...
31: ...ocratic-Republicans]], who followed Jefferson and believed strongly in limiting centralized power. - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil...
22: ...ld carry all his life. This [[anglophobia]] would be combined with a distrust and dislike of Eastern a...
24: .... He became a colonel in the state militia, which began his military career.
26: ... was popular with his troops and was said to have been "tough as old hickory" wood on the battlefield,...
32: ...voters believed the man of the people had been robbed by the corrupt aristocrats of the East. He won a... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</td></tr>
22: '''Martin Van Buren''' ([[December 5]], [[1782]] – [[July 24]], [[1862]]), ni...
27: ...chools and at Kinderhook Academy. In [[1796]] he began the study of [[law]], completing his preparati...
29: ...entered the state Senate, and he also became a member of the [[Court for the Correction of Errors]], t...
33: ...y-general, an office which he held, still as a member of the Senate, until [[1819]], when he was displ... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...n Dallas''' ([[July 10]], [[1792]] – [[December 31]], [[1864]]) was a [[United States Senate|U.S...
5: ...1]] to [[March 3]], [[1833]], when he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of t...
7: ...s attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1833 to [[1835]]. He was appointed by President [[Martin Van Bu...
14: ...f Philadelphia]]|before=[[Joseph Watson]]|after=[[Benjamin W. Richards]]|years=1828-1829}}
15: ...torney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]|before=?|after=?|years=1829-1831}} - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
26: ...ked his way up through the Whig party, eventually being selected as [[Zachary Taylor]]'s running mate....
29: ...n-American War]]. Taylor wanted the new states to be free states, while Fillmore supported slavery in ...
31: ...s death, he intimated to him that if there should be a tie vote on Henry Clay's bill, he would vote in...
37: ... Fillmore at once appointed [[Daniel Webster]] to be Secretary of State, thus proclaiming his alliance...
41: ...a message to Congress recommending that [[Texas]] be paid to abandon her claims to part of New Mexico.... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
8: [[Image:Lincoln.jpg|Abe Lincoln]]
42: ...called '''Abe Lincoln''' and nicknamed '''Honest Abe''', the '''Rail Splitter''', and the '''Great Ema...
44: ...idential election]] further polarized the nation. Before his [[inauguration]] in [[March]] of [[1861]]...
46: ...omatic handling of the border slave states at the beginning of the fighting, in his defeat of a congre...
48: ... social institutions. The most important may have been setting the precedent for greater centralizatio... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
17: | '''Date of Birth''' || [[December 29]], [[1808]]
23: | '''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee]]
40: '''Andrew Johnson''' ([[December 29]], [[1808]] – [[July 31]], [[1875]]) was...
42: ...]] him in [[1868]]; he was the first President to be impeached. He was subsequently acquitted by a sin...
45: ...ded any type of school; his wife has historically been credited with teaching him to read and write. - Finland (29511 bytes)
33: ...ussia]]<br/>[[6 December]] [[1917]]<br/>[[22 December]] [[1917]]
51: ...However, [[hunting]] and [[fishing]] continued to be important parts of the subsistence economy, espec...
53: ...s not much written information of Finnish history before the 13th century AD, if we discount the obcsc...
55: ...reds of years before. [[Finland-Swedish|Swedish]] became the dominant language of administration and e...
57: ...ish debate and in Russian propaganda promising "liberation from Swedish oppression". - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
1: ...nion]], bordered by [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[Belgium]].<br>
53: ...autonomy to Luxembourg, the country was disputed between [[Prussia]] and the [[Dutch kingdom]].
55: Luxembourg declared independence in [[1835]]. It was however not until [[1867]] that Luxembo...
57: ..., the [[United Nations]]. In [[1957]], Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the [[Eu...
64: ...zens appointed by the Grand Duke, advises the Chamber of Deputies in the drafting of legislation.[http... - Flag of Texas (2443 bytes)
6: ...previous national flag (the [[Bonnie Blue Flag]]) became an [[infantry]] [[standard|battle standard]]....
8: ...] on [[December 29]], [[1845]], its national flag became the [[Flags of the U.S. states|state flag]]. ...
14: ...g law requires that the flag of the United States be given [[precedence]] over the Lone Star flag in t...
24: ...penflgs.htm Flags of Texas Independence Movements 1835-1836]
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