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- Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ...ésar Dumont d'Urville''' ([[May 23]], [[1790]] – [[May 8]], [[1842]]) was a [[France|French]] [...
10: In [[1837]], on an expedition to the South Polar regions, h... - Steel (28384 bytes)
8:
32: ...copper-smelting sites on the [[Sinai Peninsula]], dated to about 3000 BC. Some iron oxides are effect...
34: ...] died in [[1323 BC]] and was buried with an iron dagger with a golden hilt. An [[Ancient Egyptian]] [...
40: ...artifact is a knife found on [[Cyprus]] at a site dated to [[1100 BC]].
46: ...and weapons. A mass grave in [[Hebei]] province, dated to the early third century BC, contains severa... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...h. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years — longer than that of any other British monarch....
12: ...future King George IV), did marry, but had only a daughter, [[Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales]]. W...
14: ...French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
20: ...f the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten-Winds...
25: ...ugustus I of Hanover|Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]], who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. ... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
1: [[image:AdaLovelace1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ada Lovelace]]
2: '''Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace''' ([[December 10]], [...
6: ...eed of Separation and left England for good a few days later. He never saw either again.
8: ...Annabella was fond of [[mathematics]] and taught Ada this art at an early stage of her life. She was p...
10: [[Image:Ada Lovelace.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Ada Lovelace]] - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
9: ...o be a [[divine]] calling (first experienced in [[1837]] at the age of 17 at [[Embley Park]] and later t...
11: ...nfirmary]] in [[London]] that became a public scandal, Nightingale became the leading advocate for imp...
19: ...46]]), a position he would hold again ([[1852]] – [[1854]]) during the [[Crimean War]]. Herbert ...
23: ...ctivity, and the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] foundations of the hospital. While at Kaiserwerth, Flore... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
7: ...nt]], the head of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world...
14: ...r Granholm]], born in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are pr...
21: ...ce]], any federal judge can administer the oath — and even judges of [[federal district court]]s...
23: On Inauguration Day, following the oath of office, the President cus... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1829]]
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1837]]
7: | preceded= [[John Quincy Adams]]
9: | date of birth= March 15, 1767
12: | date of death= June 8, 1845 - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: ...Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</t...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 24]], [[1862]]</td>...
15: <br>(daughter-in-law, widowed)</td></tr>
22: ...''Martin Van Buren''' ([[December 5]], [[1782]] – [[July 24]], [[1862]]), nicknamed '''Old Kinde... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...hard Mentor Johnson''' ([[October 17]], [[1780]]–[[November 19]], [[1850]]) was a [[United State...
7: ...March 3]], [[1829]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829.
9: ... woman. He served as vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
15: ...rom his father. Together they had two daughters, Adaline Chinn Johnson and Imogene Chinn Johnson.
28: ...none)''|after=[[William W. Southgate]]|years=1833-1837}} - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[March 29]], [[1790]]</td>...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[January 18]], [[1862]]</...
14: [[Priscilla Cooper Tyler]] (daughter-in-law)<br>
44: ... [[1842]]. John spent two years as a widower. His daughter-in-law [[Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper]] serve...
46: *David Gardiner Tyler ([[July 12]], [[1846]] - [[Sept... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
1: [[Image:GeorgeDallas.jpg|right|George M. Dallas]]
3: ...George Mifflin Dallas''' ([[July 10]], [[1792]] – [[December 31]], [[1864]]) was a [[United Stat...
5: ...arch 3]], [[1833]], when he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Committ...
7: ...ary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from [[1837]] to [[1839]], when he was recalled at his own re...
9: .... The city of [[Dallas, Texas]] and others are [[Dallas (disambiguation)|named in his honor]]. - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[January 7]], [[1800]]</td...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[March 8]], [[1874]]</td>...
14: [[Mary Abigail Fillmore]] (daughter)</td></tr>
26: ... It was thought that the obscure, self-made candidate from [[New York]] would complement Taylor, a sl...
31: ...the merits of the compromise proposals, but a few days before President Taylor's death, he intimated t... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1853]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1857]]
9: | date of birth=[[November 23]], [[1804]]
12: | date of death=[[October 8]], [[1869]]
18: ...ominated for president as a "[[dark horse]]" candidate on the 49th ballot at the [[1852 Democratic Nat... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
14: | [[March 4]], [[1857]]–[[March 4]], [[1861]]
22: | '''Date of Birth'''
28: | '''Date of Death:'''
50: '''James Buchanan''' ([[April 23]], [[1791]] – [[June 1]], [[1868]]) was the [[15]]th ([[1857...
53: ...ciary (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in [[1830]]. Buchanan served ... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
13: | [[March 4]], [[1861]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]
19: | '''Date of birth:''' || [[February 12]], [[1809]]
24: | '''Date of death:''' || [[April 15]], [[1865]]
42: ... '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President of the United States]], a...
44: ... U.S. forts and other properties within their boundaries. These events soon led to the [[American Civi... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
17: | '''Date of Birth''' || [[December 29]], [[1808]]
21: | '''Date of Death:''' || [[July 31]], [[1875]]
28: | [[Martha Patterson]] (daughter)<br />[[Eliza McCardle Johnson]]
48: ...State House of Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. He was elected to th...
51: ...n did not seek renomination, having become a candidate for the governorship of Tennessee. He was Gove... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
9: [[March 4]], [[1885]] – [[March 3]], [[1889]]<br>
10: [[March 4]], [[1893]] – [[March 3]], [[1897]]</td></tr>
17: ...r><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[March 18]], [[1837]]</td></tr>
19: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[June 24]], [[1908]]</td>...
26: [[Adlai E. Stevenson]] ([[1893]]–[[1897]])</td></tr></table> - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
32: ...]]''' || [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] +2 ([[Daylight Savings Time|DST, yes or not]])
46: ...roughly four fifths of the country's population today. Ruins at [[Great Zimbabwe]], a Shona-speaking s...
48: As of [[1837]] the Shona were frequently raided by the [[Ndebe...
83: ... [[2002]] amid allegations of vote-rigging, intimidation, and fraud. The next Presidential elections a...
108: ...icult economic problems as it struggles to consolidate earlier progress in developing a [[market-orien... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
9: The most widely accepted estimate for its date of completion is [[26th century BC|2580 BC]]; i...
15: ... Antiquity 440 Old Royal Cubits (230.5 m). Today each side has a length of approximately 227.5&nb...
24: ... between their joints along any edge even to this day. Another interesting feature is that the light r...
26: ...ructure found in several other Egyptian pyramids—and that the niche would have contained a statu...
36: ... Khnum Khufu, and that this is, in fact, the legendary king which Herodotus calls Kheops. - Texas (39610 bytes)
16: LandArea = 678,907 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 29]], [[1845]] |
25: ...untain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] <small>(part of west Texas...
30: HighestElev = [[Guadalupe Peak]], 2,667 |
41: * [[state flower]] — the [[bluebonnet]] (''Lupinus texensis'')
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