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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
93: | [[1871]] — [[1878]]
205: ...]], [[1915]] — [[1917]] (House & senate chambers) - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
5: ...evada, it is generally acknowledged that Frémont became the first European American to view [[Lake Ta...
9: ...mont's removal from command in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a differen...
11: ... [[Governor]] of the [[Arizona Territory]] from [[1878]] to [[1881]]. He died of [[peritonitis]] in a [[...
15: ...tion]] '''Frém.''' is applied to plants he described.
21: ...lifornia|United States Senators from California]]|before=''(none)''|after=[[John B. Weller]]|years=185... - 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]]. - 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: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
67: ...cott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip
98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress
101: *[[Ada Adler|Adler, Ada]], (1878-1946), Danish scholar - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
3: ...;на) ([[February 7]],[[1693]] - [[October 28]],[[1740]]) reigned as Duchess of [[Courland]...
7: ...th the Russian resident, [[Bestuzhev-Ryumin|Peter Bestuzhev]], as her adviser. She never remarried aft...
10: ...her unexpected fortune and remain a figurehead at best, and malleable at worst. In the hope of establi...
15: ...thumb|left|250px|''Wedding at the House of Ice'' (1878).]]
19: ...Petrovich Volynsky]], was executed several months before Anna's death. Biren was sufficiently prudent ... - 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.... - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...att Caraway''' ([[February 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to s...
11: ...to the [[United States Senate]]. (''see also: [[Rebecca Latimer Felton]]'').
17: ...essful coalition of veterans, women, and union members. - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...rg eText 13715.png|thumbnail|right|250px|'''Annie Besant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophi...
2: ...nnie Besant''' ([[October 1]], [[1847]] - [[September 20]], [[1933]]) was a prominent [[Theosophy|Theo...
4: ... Besant]], and she had to leave both her children behind. She fought for the causes she thought were r...
7: Soon after becoming a member of the [[Theosophical Society]] she went to [[In...
9: ...to the fold through the agency of Besant, who had been elected president of the Theosophical Society i... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]].
6: ...ctions to her becoming a professional artist, she began studying painting at the [[Pennsylvania Academ...
12: ...too bright and that her portraits too accurate to be flattering to the subject.
14: ...ndow, though, she knew she was not alone in her rebellion against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten...
16: ...l [[1886]], she remained friends with Degas and [[Berthe Morisot]]. - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: ... Meitner''' ([[November 7]], [[1878]]–[[October 27]], [[1968]]) was an [[Austria]]n [[physics|ph...
4: ...n for 30 years, each of them leading a section in Berlin's <i>Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry</...
10: ...er]] together jumped into action, persuading [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]], who had the celebrity, to ...
12: ...lso that Siegbahn had worked against her to the Nobel committee. This was partially corrected in [[196...
17: *Otto Robert Frisch, (ed.) 1959. ''Trends in Atomic Physics:... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ...ash; [[May 20]], [[1896]]), wife of composer [[Robert Schumann]], was one of the leading [[pianist]]s...
7: ...Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven as well as those of Robert Schumann and Brahms.
9: ...[1885]] to [[1888]] she appeared each year. In [[1878]] she was appointed teacher of the piano at the [...
11: ...really played like composers. Besides being remembered for her eminence as a performer of nearly all ... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ...> - [[May 8]], [[1891]] [[London]], [[England]]), better known as '''Helena Blavatsky''' or '''Madame ...
5: ...s of Old Russia, and apparently encouraged her to believe she had supernatural powers at a very early ...
7: ...traveling the world, claiming to have entered [[Tibet]] to study with the [[Ascended Master]]s for two...
9: ... mediumship. Throughout her career she claimed to be able to perform physical and mental psychic feats...
13: ...May 25]], [[1878]]. On [[July 8]], [[1878]], she became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the [[United Sta... - 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]] - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: The '''history of ancient Egypt''' begins as the [[Ancient Egypt|ancient unified Egypti...
27: ...ming the [[Sahara]] (c.[[2500 BC]]), and early tribes naturally migrated to the Nile river where they ...
29: ...e people who settled there must have realized the benefits of a more sedentary life. Scientific analys...
31: The descendants of these people may well have begun Egyptian civilization in the Nile Valley. A re...
33: ...ed 'Dynasty 0', a new addition that brings the number of Egyptian dynasties up to 34, roughly divided ... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
5: | date1=[[September 20]], [[1881]]
9: | date of birth=[[October 5]], [[1829]]
12: | date of death=[[November 18]], [[1886]]
18: ...1]]. Garfield died on September 19th, and Arthur became [[President of the United States|President]],...
20: ...e attire. He kept 80 pairs of pants in his wardrobe,and changed pants several times a day. He was ca... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ...emaic dynasty|Ptolemaic]] rulers of Egypt quickly became one of the greatest cities of the [[Hellenist...
7: ...ts in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
19: ...ced by subsequent developments. One of the more sober descriptions, given by the historian [[Arrian]],...
21: ...of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the monsters away...
23: ...re five native villages scattered along the strip between Lake Mareotis and the sea, according to a hi... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...a]] and [[Bulgaria]] to the south along the [[Danube]] River. Romania has a stretch of sea coast on th...
3: BEGIN INFOBOX
39: ...y]], [[1878]] ([[Treaty of Berlin, 1878|Treaty of Berlin]]) |
57: ...eans "[[Romanian]]" in the [[Romanian language]], being a derivate of the word "[[Ancient Rome|Roman]]...
62: ...[[Moesia]] Superior. In [[271]] the ancient Dacia became the Kingdom of the Goths until the end of the... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ...eld to be either derived from that of southern tribes, or noting the 'glitter of the sun rising across...
49: [[Hominid]] remains and stone implements have been identified in Malawi dating back more than 1 mi...
51: ...he end of the [[19th century]]. In [[1878]], a number of traders, mostly from [[Glasgow]], formed the ...
53: ...wing [[Europe]]an and U.S.-educated African elite became increasingly vocal and politically active--fi...
55: ...]]. He assumed leadership of the NAC, which later became the [[Malawi Congress Party]] (MCP). In [[195... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[November 2]], [[1889]] |
38: ...[[Sioux]]) [[Native American|American Indian]] tribe.
39: ...] was admitted on the same day (see '''Trivia''', below).
54: ... of U.S. state insects|State insect]]:''' [[Honey bee]] - Apis Mellifera L.
65: *[[Aberdeen, South Dakota|Aberdeen]]
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