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- Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
3: ...nt-d'Urville.web.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''L'Astrolabe'' making water on a floe [[February 6]], [[1838...
4: ...earthed statue as an ancient masterpiece that had been carved around the year [[130 BC]]. He immediat...
10: In [[1837]], on an expedition to the South Polar regions, h... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...g steel. Steel with increased carbon content can be made harder and [[tensile strength|stronger]] tha...
5: ...ion is that steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (poun...
8: ...results in an alloy containing too much carbon to be called steel.
10: ...left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in steel production.]]
11: ...[pearl]]-like appearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]]. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...han that of any other British monarch. As well as being [[Monarch|queen]] of the [[United Kingdom of G...
9: ...onarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Cob...
12: ...er of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] an...
14: ... her governess, during her early years. After she became three years old however, she was schooled in ...
16: ...rovision for a child monarch, Victoria would have been eligible to govern the realm as would an adult.... - 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: ...lla ([[Lady Anne Blunt]]) born [[22 September]] [[1837]] and Ralph Gordon born [[2 July]] [[1839]]. The ...
15: ...k for amendment. The evidence and correspondence between Lovelace and Babbage indicate that he wrote ... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
1: [[Image:Florence Nightingale - Project Gutenberg 13103.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|A young '''Flor...
3: ...0]] – [[August 13]], [[1910]]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pi...
7: ...or a woman of her status, which was to become an obedient wife.
9: ...o be a [[divine]] calling (first experienced in [[1837]] at the age of 17 at [[Embley Park]] and later t...
11: ...in the reform of the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...erson on Earth, and is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the [[Cold War]], ...
12: ...s adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.
14: ...move or amend this requirement, but none have yet been successful.
16: ...on]]. Incumbent President [[George W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the completion of his current t...
19: ...ent, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President. - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1837]]
16: ... Calhoun]] (1829-1832) [[Martin Van Buren]] (1833-1837)
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. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: ...><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
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... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...Johnson''' ([[October 17]], [[1780]]–[[November 19]], [[1850]]) was a [[United States House of R...
5: ...was admitted to the bar in [[1802]], and was a member of the state House of Representatives from [[180...
7: ...enden]], and was reelected and served from [[December 10]], [[1819]] to [[March 3]], [[1829]]. He was...
9: ... woman. He served as vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
11: Johnson was a member of the state House of Representatives in 1850, b... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
25: ... During his time as U.S. Senator, Tyler, who had begun as a strict state-rights Democrat, grew increa...
36: ...December 3]], [[1877]]). He was married to [[Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper]] who served as [[First Lady o...
38: ...ia Christian Tyler ([[May 11]], [[1821]] - [[December 28]], [[1907]]).
39: *Elizabeth Tyler ([[July 11]], [[1823]] - [[June 1]], [[18...
42: *Tazewell Tyler ([[December 6]], [[1830]] - [[January 8]], [[1874]]). - 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: ...ary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from [[1837]] to [[1839]], when he was recalled at his own re...
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.... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[November 23]], [[1804]]
12: | date of death=[[October 8]], [[1869]]
18: ...ted States Electoral College|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
22: ...n ''The American President'' what many historians believe about Pierce: that he was "a good man who di...
25: ...overnor)|Benjamin Pierce]], a frontier farmer who became a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary ... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
50: ...War]] and as a result, he is widely considered to be the worst president in [[U.S. History]]. In a sur...
53: ... defense of [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representativ...
55: ...ationship began at the time and have periodically been revived by historians, but there isn't any deci...
57: ...from [[December 6]], [[1834]]; was reelected in [[1837]] and [[1843]], and resigned on [[March 5]], [[1...
59: ...ary in the western U.S. No Secretary of State has become President since James Buchanan. - 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. - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
13: [[Benjamin Harrison]] ([[1893]])</td></tr>
15: [[Benjamin Harrison]] ([[1889]])<br>
17: ...r><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[March 18]], [[1837]]</td></tr>
29: ...epublican Party|Republican]] political domination between the [[American Civil War]] and the election ...
34: ... As a lawyer in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], he became notable for his single-minded concentration u... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ...the [[continent]] of [[Africa]], between the [[Zambezi]] and [[Limpopo River|Limpopo]] rivers. It is b...
22: ...sident of Zimbabwe|President]]''' || [[Robert Mugabe]]
28: ...Rhodesian Civil War]]<br>''(as Rhodesia)'' [[November 11|Nov. 11]], [[1965]]<br>''(as Zimbabwe)'' [[Ap...
34: ...| ''[[Kalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe]]'' ("Blessed be the land of Zimbabwe")
46: ...opper]] for [[cloth]] and [[glass]]. It ceased to be the leading Shona state in the mid-[[15th century... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ... pyramid, it is presumed by egyptologists to have been built as a tomb for the [[Fourth dynasty of Egy...
11: ...mid of Khafre]], one of Khufu's successors who is believed to have built the [[Great Sphinx of Giza|Gr...
15: ...m2|5.5 hectares]] (55,000 m?) at its base. As has been proven by papyrus documents, each side measured...
17: ...allest structures|world's tallest building]], not being surpassed until the 160-metre tall spire of [[...
22: ...ting smooth sides; they have since fallen out, or been recycled for other building projects, leaving t... - Texas (39610 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 29]], [[1845]] |
36: ... States|United States of America]] as its 28th member [[U.S. state|state]] in [[1845]]. It has the [[U...
70: ... Tribes of Texas, the [[Kickapoo]] Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the [[Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo]] of Te...
76: ...panish [[conquistador]] [[?var N?Cabeza de Vaca]] became the first known European to set foot on Texas...
80: ...er [[Mexico|Mexican]] independence in 1821, Texas became a part of Mexico. See [[Mexican Texas]].
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