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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lumbus''' ([[1451]]<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> – [[20 May]] [[1506]]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in...
5: ...led by [[João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better kno...
7: ... in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
11: ...ome – including many [[Native Americans]] – view him as responsible, directly or indirectl...
21: ...ant, and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa, the daughter of a woollens merchant. Christopher had thr... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
38: ...ann Adam Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Adam]] (1780-1853)
43: ...Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann|Ackermann, Marie Magdalene Charlotte]] (1757-1775) - 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. ... - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
7: ...haraja Gangadhar Rao expired on [[21 November]] [[1853]], when Lakshmi Bai was 18 years old.
10: ...m that Damodar Rao was their [[legal heir]]. Lord Dalhousie decided to annex the state of Jhansi under...
15: ..., [[Lala Bhau Bakshi]], [[Moti Bai]], [[Sunder-Mundar]], [[Kashi Bai]], [[Deewan Raghunath Singh]] and...
19: ...ress ramparts. The British captured Gwalior three days later. The 22 year-old Rani was cremated nearby...
25: ...pant Tambe, was captured and hanged to death, few days after fall of Jhansi. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
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...
25: On [[August 12]], [[1853]], Nightingale took a post of superintendent at t... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ...e Wieck Schumann''' ([[September 13]], [[1819]] – [[May 20]], [[1896]]), wife of composer [[Rob...
7: ...nnes Brahms]], at age twenty, met the couple in [[1853]] and his friendship with Clara lasted until her ...
11: ...bility was considerably rarer than in the present day, she was herself the composer of a few songs and...
14: ...nds birthday, the three Romances were composed in 1853 and dedicated to Joseph Joachim who performed the... - Painting (4567 bytes)
8: ...s''' are at the [[Grotte Chauvet]] in [[France]], dated at about 32,000 years old. They are engraved a...
97: *[[Salvador Dal흝, ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
98: *[[Vincent Van Gogh|Vincent van Gogh]] ([[1853]]-[[1890]])
107: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc... - Wagner tuba (1858 bytes)
4: ...is instrument after a brief visit to [[Paris]] in 1853, when he had dropped by the shop of [[Adolphe Sax... - 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... - 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... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
6: ...'''</td><td>[[July 9]], [[1850]] - [[March 4]], [[1853]]</td></tr>
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>
20: ...]], [[1874]]) was the thirteenth ([[1850]]–[[1853]]) [[President of the United States]] and the sec... - 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: ...ngresses ([[March 4]], [[1843]] to [[March 3]], [[1853]]). He was chairman of the Committee on Public E...
51: ...f Tennessee. He was Governor of Tennessee from [[1853]] to [[1857]], and was elected as a Democrat to t... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
3: '''Henry Wilson''' ([[February 16]], [[1812]]–[[November 22]], [[1875]]) was a [[United State...
7: ...ul candidate for [[Governor of Massachusetts]] in 1853. In [[1855]] he was elected to the [[United Stat...
12: ... Republican Party vice presidential nominees|candidate]]|before=[[Schuyler Colfax]]|after=[[William A....
13: ...illiam A. Wheeler]]|years=[[March 4]], [[1873]] – [[November 22]], [[1875]]}} - Argentina (30219 bytes)
35: established_dates = from [[Spain]]<br/> [[May 25]], [[1810]]<br/...
52: ...a del Plata]] – a mountain rich in silver – reached Spain around [[1524]]. Since then, the...
57: ...stablished, and the constitution promulgated in [[1853]].
59: ...'s resources—especially the western pampas—came from throughout Europe.
61: ... political change that eventually led to the ascendance of [[Juan Domingo Per (b. [[1895]]). New s... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
20: LandArea = 294,312 |
28: AdmittanceDate = [[February 14]], [[1912]] |
29: ... [[UTC]]-7<br /><small>(Arizona doesn't observe [[Daylight saving time|DST]] except in the [[Navajo Na...
67: Dance = Unknown |
82: ...iver]], bordering [[New Mexico]], [[Utah]], [[Nevada]], [[California]] and [[Mexico]], and touching [[... - California (63989 bytes)
16: TradAbbreviation = Calif. |
19: LandArea = 404,298 |
31: AdmittanceDate = [[September 9]], [[1850]] |
32: ...Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylight saving time|-7]] |
63: ... = [[West Coast Swing]]; folk - [[Square dance]] |
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