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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ... United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of opposi...
5: ...evada]]. During his expeditions in the Sierra Nevada, it is generally acknowledged that Frémont becam...
7: ...e, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
13: ...ty, Colorado|Colorado]], [[Fremont County, Idaho|Idaho]], [[Fremont County, Iowa|Iowa]] and [[Fremont ...
15: ... discovery of the [[Single-leaf Pinyon]]. The standard [[Binomial nomenclature#Authorship in scientifi... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
1: [[image:david_livingstone.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone]]
3: '''David Livingstone''' ([[March 19]], [[1813]] – [[May 1]], [[1873]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish...
6: ...the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[London M...
8: ...f the Moffats – although she was pregnant – but returned to [[England]] with their childre...
11: ...orial at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone memorial at [[Victoria Falls]]]] - Steel (28384 bytes)
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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... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
12: ...ward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
38: *[[Johann Adam Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Adam]] (1780-1853)
43: ...Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann|Ackermann, Marie Magdalene Charlotte]] (1757-1775) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
3: ==Ada==
4: === Adac - Adal ===
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and ...
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
3: ...Brownell Anthony''', ([[February 15]], [[1820]] – [[March 13]], [[1906]]) was an [[United States...
5: She was born in [[Adams, Massachusetts]], the daughter of [[Quaker]]s. Soon after her birth, the A...
7: ... temperance society in America, and becoming in [[1856]] the agent for New York state of the [[American ...
11: :''"The true republic — men, their rights and nothing more; women, the...
13: ...any early feminists, aware of how the procedure endangered women's health and lives, opposed [[abortio... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ...e Wieck Schumann''' ([[September 13]], [[1819]] – [[May 20]], [[1896]]), wife of composer [[Rob...
7: ...rly age with her father, the well-known piano [[pedagogue]] [[Friedrich Wieck]]. She had a brilliant c...
9: ...erpretation of her husband's works, but when in [[1856]] she first visited [[England]] the critics recei...
11: ...bility was considerably rarer than in the present day, she was herself the composer of a few songs and...
14: ...r violin and piano. Inspired by her husbands birthday, the three Romances were composed in 1853 and de... - Dye (6033 bytes)
1: ...s an [[aqueous solution]], and may require a [[mordant]] to improve the fastness of the dye on the fib...
9: ...d by [[William Perkin|William Henry Perkin]] in [[1856]]. Many thousands of dyes have since been prepare...
17: ...pecially useful for black and navy shades. The mordant, [[potassium dichromate]], is applied as an aft...
19: ...n affinity for the textile fibre. Subsequent [[oxidation]] reforms the original insoluble dye.
29: ...ple]] (vat dye), [[kermes]] and [[cochineal]] (mordant dyes) and [[techelet]]. - Sarrusophone (1431 bytes)
1: ...trument]] invented by [[Pierre-Louis Gautrot]] in 1856 to compete with the [[saxophone]] as a replacemen...
5: ...to]]'s ''[[Nerone]]'' (1924). These parts are nowadays often played on the [[contrabassoon]]. - Nile (13738 bytes)
2: ...[Africa]]|the [[Mediterranean]]||[[Uganda]] - [[Sudan]] - [[Egypt]]}}
8: ...from the word ''Neilos'' (Νειλος), a Greek name for the Nile. A...
12: ...m its halfway mark at the [[Atbara River]] in [[Sudan]] all the way to the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
14: If the remote headstream — the Ruvyironza — is taken as the beginning and followed to the ...
24: [[Lake Victoria]], which lies between [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] is considered to be... - 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 Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
3: | image name=johnadamsvp.flipped.jpg
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1801]]
9: | date of birth=[[October 30]], [[1735]] - 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... - 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: Dallas resumed the practice of law. He was attorney...
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...
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