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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...] of the [[Victorian era]], now best remembered because of his meeting with [[Henry Morton Stanley]] w...
6: ... of Glasgow]]. While working in [[London]], he became attracted by the example of another Scot, Rober...
8: ...one made the one convert that he ever made in Africa. Within 6 months, they had rejected Christianity....
12: ...ade and missions to be established in central Africa.
17: ...igable past the [[Kabrabasa rapids]], a series of cataracts and rapids that Livingstone had failed to ... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three day...
10: * [[1852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Pi...
12: ... of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Un... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]...
14: ...[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey|Abbey, Edwin Austin]], (1852-1911), artist, painter
28: ..., Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
29: ...a Abbot|Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
37: ...w Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
6: ..., brother-husband, and son. However, in all these cases, her co-rulers were king in title only, with h...
9: ...she named her eldest son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV [[Caesarion]] ([[44 BC|44]]–[[30 BC]]).
11: ...). After a short war, Ptolemy XIII was killed and Caesar restored Cleopatra to her throne, with Ptolem...
13: ... boy his heir, naming his grand-nephew [[Augustus Caesar|Octavian]] instead.
15: ...tolemy XIV died mysteriously. Cleopatra then made Caesarion her co-regent. She may have poisoned her b... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...a period of great social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the l...
14: ...[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her gove...
16: ...king was childless, the young Princess Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the...
20: ...ecause like most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victor...
25: ...anover|Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]], who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. As the young q... - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
3: ...civil rights]] leader who, along with [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], led the effort to grant women the ri...
7: ...1856]] the agent for New York state of the [[American Anti-Slavery Society]].
9: ...ognized as one of the ablest and most zealous advocates of the complete legal equality of the two sexe...
13: ...s health and lives, opposed [[abortion]] on practical and moral grounds and hoped that greater equalit...
15: ...ganization in [[1869]] until [[1892]], when she became president. - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ...' ([[December 10]], [[1815]] - [[November 27]], [[1852]]) is mainly known for having written a descripti...
3: ...mechanical general-purpose computer, the [[analytical engine]].
6: ...s Augusta who encouraged Byron to marry to avoid scandal, and he reluctantly chose Annabella. On [[Jan...
15: ...d correspondence between Lovelace and Babbage indicate that he wrote all of the programs in the notes ...
17: ... being bled to death by her physicians; she had [[cancer]] of the [[uterus]]. She left two sons and a ... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...], [[1820]] – [[August 13]], [[1910]]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', wa...
9: ...oncerned with the appalling conditions of medical care for the legions of the poor and indigent. She a...
11: ...]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
13: ...d was greatly impressed by the quality of medical care and by the commitment and practises of the sist...
17: ...ge would interfere with her ability to follow her calling to nursing, Nightingale continued to reject ... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...hrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
14: ...lm]], born in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed t...
19: ...t, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President.
21: ...residential [[oath of office]], any federal judge can administer the oath — and even judges of [...
25: ...[[Election Day (United States)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their view... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
3: ...n><font size="+1">'''Millard Fillmore '''</font></caption>
16: ..._of_political_parties_in_the_United_States |Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Whig Party|...
26: ...York. It was thought that the obscure, self-made candidate from [[New York]] would complement Taylor,...
29: ...ories taken from [[Mexico]] in the [[Mexican-American War]]. Taylor wanted the new states to be free s...
37: ... political shift in the administration. Taylor's Cabinet resigned and President Fillmore at once appo... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...d States Electoral College|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
20: ...States of America|Confederacy]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[ci...
22: ...ed mind which could not cope with a changing America. In addition, Pierce was hounded by guilt, tempta...
25: ...n Pierce]], a frontier farmer who became a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] soldier, s... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ..., and was owner and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]].
7: ...cted as a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] in [[1859]], [[1865]] and [[1871]], and served...
9: ... [[1873]], until his death in the [[United States Capitol]] Building at [[Washington, DC]]. He was in...
12: ...:U.S. Republican Party vice presidential nominees|candidate]]|before=[[Schuyler Colfax]]|after=[[Willi... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ... the [[Black Sea]] and the eastern and southern [[Carpathians]] mountains run through its center.<!--
11: image_map = LocationRomania.png |
16: capital = [[Bucharest]] |
20: ...s = [[Traian Basescu|Traian Băsescu]] <br> [[Calin Popescu-Tariceanu|Călin Popescu-Tări...
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 8,258 USD | - California (63989 bytes)
2: Name = California|
3: Fullname = State of California ! |
4: Flag = California state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of California]] |
6: Seal = California state seal.png | - Oregon (26551 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] |
36: ...2/5 of the state is notably rainy; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. In fact, on av...
38: ...]}} is also common, but considered incorrect by locals.
41: ...at may be the future for all [[United States|Americans]]: simple living, [[conservation]], and [[urban...
49: ...n's earliest residents were several [[Native American]] tribes, including the [[Bannock (tribe) | Bann... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...e there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ... Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
37: * 3500 BC: [[Carts]] in [[Sumer]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
39: ...hyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] patient
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
146: *[[Andrew Young|Young, Andrew]], (b. 1932), American civil rights activist & diplomat
148: ...Brigham Young|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader
149: ...oung|Young, Charles Augustus]], (1834-1908), American astronomer - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...owballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[d...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ...ails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ... omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese ...
13: ...etorbit.png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]]
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