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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
23: | [[California]]
24: | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
109: | [[1896]] — [[1902]], [[1909]] — [[1912]] (wi... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same n...
7: ...t inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ... after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place...
13: ...Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January Rive...
15: ...ntic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built an... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
3: *[[Pieter van der Aa|Aa, Pieter van der]], (ca. 1659 - 1733), Dutch publisher
7: *[[Aaliyah]], (1979-2001), American rhythm and blues singer
11: *[[Aaron]], (ca. 1300 BC), [[Bible|Biblical]] figure
14: ...Marc Aaronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer
15: *[[Ivar Aasen|Aasen, Ivar]], (1813-1896), linguist - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...ba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: *[[Patriarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Consta...
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world ti...
6: *[[Bernard Accama|Accama, Bernard]] (1697-1756), Dutch painter
7: ...irk Acevedo|Acevedo, Kirk]] (born 1974), Puerto Rican actor - 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... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...ormality and propriety, especially during State occasions. She was the first Queen consort to attend t...
9: ...er daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]].
11: ...]]4000 plus ?4000 from her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt...
13: ...f Mecklenburg-Strelitz (n饠[[Princess Augusta of Cambridge]]). May wrote to her aunt every week witho...
17: ... whose father, HRH The [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]], was a brother of HRH The [[Prince Edwar... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
1: ... ([[1893]]). Oil on canvas. [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. ]]
2: ...[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...ore she was 10 years old, she visited many of the capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]],...
6: ...he began studying painting at the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsyl...
8: ... small town. Her father continued to resist her vocation, and paid only for her basic needs but not he... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...h;[[January 28]], [[1960]]) was an [[African-American]] [[folkloristics|folklorist]] and author. Her ...
7: ...nable for a number of reasons, cultural and political.
9: ...it embraces the dialect and culture of Black America of the early 20th century. For example ( Amy fro...
13: ... however, critics have praised her for her artful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
15: ...ith Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not sink into obscurity. - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
4: ...s acrobat at the age of 15 until a fall ended her career. In the [[Montmartre]] quarter of [[Paris]] s...
12: ...f a close friend and as [[Maurice Utrillo]], he became one of Montmartre's well known artists.
14: ...rant colors. She was, however, best known for her candid female nudes.
24: ... to her "[[Roman Catholic Church|good Catholic]]" cats on Fridays.
26: Her marriage to stockbroker Paul Mousis in [[1896]] failed, when in [[1909]] the then 44-year old V... - 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 ... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ...[[September 13]], [[1819]] – [[May 20]], [[1896]]), wife of composer [[Robert Schumann]], was one...
7: ..., she also met violinist [[Joseph Joachim]] who became one of her frequent performance partners. Schu...
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]] - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
1: ...n [[June 27]], [[1862]] in [[Whitby, Ontario]], [[Canada]] ? died [[October 22]], [[1938]] in [[New Yo...
3: [[Image:Irwin postcard.jpg|thumb|May Irwin]]
4: ...] in December of 1874. By the fall of 1877, their career had progressed to where they were booked to a...
6: ...where she made her first appearance on the theatrical stage. An immediate success she went on to make ...
8: ...production, [[The Kiss (film, 1896)|The Kiss]], became the first screen kiss in cinematic history. - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''John Tyler'''</font></caption>
17: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Whig Party|W...
25: ...ggressive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue.
27: ... and Tyler too" are among the most famous in American politics. He assumed the presidency upon Harriso...
29: ...at aspect of succession (until the [[1967]] ratification of the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United... - 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 ... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ... the Earth began soon after the formation of the Ca-Al-rich inclusions and the meteorites. Since the ...
4: ...shop [[James Ussher]] of [[Armagh]], [[Ireland]], calculated from the Bible (augmented by some [[astro...
15: ... that if two layers of rock at widely differing locations contained similar fossils, then it was very ...
17: ... Smith's nephew and student, John Phillips, later calculated by such means that the Earth was about 96...
19: ...tic, with changes brought about by intermittent [[catastrophe]]s. Many naturalists were influenced by ... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...ent]] in December 1944. Ethiopia was historically called Abyssinia.
19: ...center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationEthiopia.png|Location of Ethiopia]]
24: | '''[[Capital]]'''
40: ...m|British]]) [http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/africa/ethiopia/pankhurst/history_of_northern_ethiopia.h...
54: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...ost famous among those are the [[lemur]]s. Madagascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries not to...
6: native_name = Republique de Madagascar <br> Repoblikan'i Madagasikara |
7: common_name = Madagascar |
8: image_flag = Madagascar flag large.png |
9: image_coat = Madagascar_COA.png | - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ...r|Limpopo]] rivers. It is bordered by [[South Africa]] to the south, [[Botswana]] to the west, [[Zambi...
14: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[List of stat...
16: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationZimbabwe.png]]
20: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Harare]]<br><small>{{coor dm|17|50...
38: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' || 263 - Flag of New Jersey (1068 bytes)
2: ...e New Jersey General Assembly for [[March 11]], [[1896]], the buff color is due indirectly to [[George W...
5: ... of the New Jersey General Assembly for March 11, 1896] - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]...
36: ... that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]].
47: ...nties]] are still widely used for purely geographical purposes, ''e.g.'' in [[weather report]]s. There...
49: ...rnor of Connecticut]] is [[M. Jodi Rell]] (Republican) and the two U.S. senators are [[Christopher J. ...
52: ...o the days when the two cities shared the state's capital, and even back to when New Haven and Hartfor...
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