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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]]) - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]...
3: ...explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the ...
5: ...ess than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe...
7: ...s of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United Stat...
9: ...he first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - 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: 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 - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...z|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
18: *[[Mehmet Ali Agca|Agca, Mehmet Ali]], (born 1958), failed assassin of [[...
19: ...gee|Agee, James]], (fl. early 20th century), American poet
28: ...yes Agnew|Agnew, David Hayes]], (1818-1892), American surgeon
32: ...amin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: *[[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architect
5: *[[Gregor Aichinger|Aichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
9: ...al writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
16: ...[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
24: *[[George Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - 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. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
1: ...zabethCadyStanton.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot.]]
2: '''Elizabeth Cady Stanton''' ([[November 12]], [[1815]] – [...
4: ...so proposed a resolution, that was voted upon and carried, demanding voting rights for women.
6: .... Stanton was its first president, serving until 1892. They also began the women's rights newsletter '...
8: ...thCadyStanton-Veeder.LOC.jpg|left|thumb|Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her later years.]] - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ..."the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ... melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...ther of [[Cecil B. DeMille]], who was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], w...
9: ...nt film era and the sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but ret...
11: ...-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple w... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...0;аева) ([[October 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia...
8: ... fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristo...
10: ...Quarrels between the children were frequent and occasionally violent. There was considerable tension b...
12: ...Tsvetaeva's mother contracted [[tuberculosis]]. Because it was believed that a change in climate could...
14: ...g Man'. Voloshin came to see Tsvetaeva and soon became her friend and mentor. - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...892]] – [[October 19]], [[1950]]) was a lyrical poet and playwright and the first woman to recei...
3: ... and family), Norma, and Kathleen then moved to [[Camden, Maine]]. Millay rose to fame with her poem "...
5: ...e, during which time her great popularity in America was attained. She won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Po...
7: ...ived in Austerlitz, New York, at a farmhouse they called Steepletop. The marriage was an [[open marria...
9: ...d War II]]. Merle Rubin noted: "She seems to have caught more flak from the literary critics for suppo... - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
1: ...pril 30]], [[1926]]) was the first [[African American]] woman to become an [[airplane]] pilot. She wa...
6: ...h women were better than African-American women because French women were pilots already.
8: ...auty to promote his newspaper, and to promote her cause.
10: ...not gain admission to American flight schools because she was black and a woman. Coleman was the on...
12: In [[September]] of [[1921]], she became a media sensation when she returned to the Unit... - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
2: ...d States|US]] [[Army]] nurse nicknamed ''the American [[Florence Nightingale]]''.
6: ...an Hospital]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York]] from 1892-1921.
8: In the [[Spanish American War]] she organized nurses for the military. Thr...
12: With Amy E. Pope she wrote a textbook: ''Practical Nursing''. Maxwell Hall ([[1928]]-[[1984]]) at P... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: ..., she also met violinist [[Joseph Joachim]] who became one of her frequent performance partners. Schu...
9: ...rankfurt am Main]], a post which she held until [[1892]], and in which she contributed greatly to the mo...
11: ...o | pianoforte]] music, at a time when such technical ability was considerably rarer than in the prese...
14: ... the three Romances were composed in 1853 and dedicated to Joseph Joachim who performed them for King ...
19: [[Category:1819 births|Schumann, Clara]] - 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... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
33: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
34: | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
42: ... from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]].
44: ...r boundaries. These events soon led to the [[American Civil War]].
46: ....S. presidential election, 1864|1864 presidential campaign]]. - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
3: ...on><font size="+1">'''Grover Cleveland'''</font></caption>
18: ...Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Caldwell, New Jersey|Caldwell]], [[New Jersey]]</td></tr>
23: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic P...
29: ...ublican]] political domination between the [[American Civil War]] and the election of [[Woodrow Wilson...
34: ...ical opponents would later hold this against him, calling him the "Buffalo Hangman." Cleveland stated ... - Tuvalu (11893 bytes)
4: | align=center colspan=2 | [[Image:LocationTuvalu.png]]
22: | '''[[Capital]]s'''
49: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
55: ...]]. The population may evacuate during the next decades to [[New Zealand]], or [[Niue]], a small Pacif...
60: ...ago. During pre-contact times, there was frequent canoe voyaging between the nearer islands. - Finland (29511 bytes)
14: ...kground:#f9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationFinland.png|Location of Finland]]
18: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Helsinki]]
32: | style="vertical-align: top;" | '''[[Independence]]'''<br /> ...
33: | style="vertical-align: top;" | From [[Russia]]<br/>[[6 December]...
44: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' || +358
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