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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: ...resident of the United States|presidential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election,...
9: ...val from command in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a different post (in [[...
13: ...ty, Colorado|Colorado]], [[Fremont County, Idaho|Idaho]], [[Fremont County, Iowa|Iowa]] and [[Fremont ... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...p year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
11: * [[1861]] - The [[University of Washington]] opens in [[S...
35: ...�tien]] takes office as [[Prime Minister of Canada]]. - Eleonora di Arborea (2091 bytes)
7: Eleanora was the daughter of Mariano IV, who had become 1346 ''giudic...
11: ...n Sardinia until [[Italy|Italian]] unification in 1861. - 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. ... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: ...Mary Stevenson Cassatt''' ([[May 22]], [[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|...
4: ...ittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], she was the daughter of a well-do-to businessman. Cassatt grew u...
6: ...he Fine Arts]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] (1861-1865). Tired of patronizing instructors and fello...
42: ...ortrait of Madame Sisley 1873.jpg|''Portrait of Madame Sisley'' (1873) - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
5: ...vate life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Henry ...
8: Mary Ann Evans was the daughter of an estate agent in [[Warwickshire]], bor...
10: ...career. Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be divorced, ...
21: ...[Middlemarch]]''. By the time of ''[[Daniel Deronda]]'', Eliot's sales were falling off, and she fade...
27: * ''[[Adam Bede]]'' (1859) - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ...she was born the day before Christmas, the 24th)–[[April 12]], [[1912]]) was a pioneer American ...
6: Clara Barton was born on Christmas Day 1821 to Stephen and Sarah Barton in [[Oxford, Ma...
17: ...h all I had, even with my life if need be; as the daughter of an accepted [[Mason]], he bade me seek a...
21: ...aredness of the Army Medical Department. In April 1861, after the [[First Battle of Bull Run]], she esta...
41: ...Imperial Russia and the International Red Cross Medal. Her final act was founding the National First A... - 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...
31: ...arly in November [[1854]]. In [[Scutari]] (modern-day [[ܳk? in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]) Nightingale ... - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
2: ...y|surgeon]] and the only woman to receive the [[Medal of Honor]].
6: ...nd Vesta Walker, she believed the fashions of the day, which included such binding clothing as [[corse...
10: ...t Battle of Bull Run]] (Manassas), [[July 21]], [[1861]] and at the Patent Office Hospital in [[Washingt...
12: ...drew Johnson]] signed a bill to present her the medal, specifically for her services at the First Batt...
14: Sections from the citation accompanying the medal read: - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...'' ('''Helen Louise Leonard''') ([[December 4]],[[1861]] - [[June 6]],[[1922]]) was an [[United States o...
5: ...his would serve as an inauspicious beginning to a dazzling career. - 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... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
6: | date1=[[April 30]], [[1789]]
7: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
9: | succeeded=[[John Adams]]
10: | date of birth=[[February 22]], [[1732]]
13: | date of death=[[December 14]], [[1799]] - James Madison (15187 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1809]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1817]]
9: | date of birth=[[March 16]], [[1751]]
12: | date of death=[[June 28]], [[1836]]
18: ... [[June 28]], [[1836]]) was the fourth ([[1809]]–[[1817]]) [[President of the United States|Pres... - 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]]. - 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: ...[June 1]], [[1868]]) was the [[15]]th ([[1857]]-[[1861]]) [[President of the United States|President]] o...
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]]
38: *[[Hannibal Hamlin]] ([[1861]]-[[1865]])
42: ... '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President of the United States]], a... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
6: ...erm of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1869]] – [[March 3]], [[1877]]</td></tr>
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[April 27]], [[1822]]</td>...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 23]], [[1885]]</td>...
17: ;[[Schuyler Colfax]] ([[1869]]–[[1873]])
18: ;[[Henry Wilson]] ([[1873]]–[[1875]])</td></tr>
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