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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...plorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] ...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portugue...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
30: ...er]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
7: ...] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ...val from command in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a different post (in [[...
11: ...to [[1881]]. He died of [[peritonitis]] in a [[hotel]] in [[New York City]].
21: ...m California]]|before=''(none)''|after=[[John B. Weller]]|years=1850 – 1851}}
22: ...er=[[Abraham Lincoln]]| years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856]] (lost)}} - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: * [[1576]] - [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwer...
11: * [[1861]] - The [[University of Washington]] opens in [[S...
14: ...d States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Rep...
15: * [[1889]] - [[Menelik II of Ethiopia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large maj...
16: ...lliam Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]]. - Eleonora di Arborea (2091 bytes)
1: ...e name "Eleanor of Arborea" and not any Italian spelling.
3: [[Image:2811el.jpg|right|]]
5: '''Eleonora d'Arborea''' (or Eleanora di Arboria ?) (c [[1350]] - [[1404]]) was a...
7: ... and Ugone was murdered. Eleanora defeated the rebels and became regent to her infant son Frederick, w...
9: ...ra was able to negotiate a favourable treaty. Her eldest son Federigo died during this war, and was su... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ueen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...]] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the t...
9: ...narch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Cobu...
12: ... I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince ...
16: ...ion for a child monarch, Victoria would have been eligible to govern the realm as would an adult. In o... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ... that valued education. Her parents believed travel was a way to learn, and before she was 10 years o...
6: ...1861-1865). Tired of patronizing instructors and fellow male students, and the slow pace of her course...
8: ...copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe.
14: ...dow, though, she knew she was not alone in her rebellion against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten ...
18: ... painting to care for her mother and sister, who fell ill after moving to Paris in [[1877]]. Her siste... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
1: [[Image:george_eliot.jpg|thumb|right|George Eliot]]
3: ...e novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their [[realism]] and psychological pe...
5: ...c scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Henry Lewes]].
8: ...he was brought up with a narrowly [[low church]] religion. Charles Bray, a [[Coventry]] manufacturer,...
10: ...rried to her in name only, while he made house solely with Evans. - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
6: ... 3 syllable words, and surprised her teacher by spelling "artichoke".
14: ... French, German, ancient history, philosophy and religion. Afterward, she was appointed to a job as a ...
21: ...ng the sieges of Petersburg and Richmond. Barton delivered aid to soldiers of both the North and South...
23: ...ered lectures on her war experiences, which were well received. She met [[Susan B. Anthony]] and began...
31: ... founded on [[May 21]], [[1881]]. [[John D. Rockefeller]] gave money to create a national headquarters... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: .... Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
7: ... A brilliant and strong-willed woman, Florence rebelled against the expected role for a woman of her s...
9: ...on" who followed the armies; they were equally likely to function as [[cooks]] or [[prostitutes]]. Ni...
11: ...roved medical care in the infirmaries and immediately engaged the support of [[Charles Villiers]], the...
19: ...htingale's pioneering work in Crimea and in the field of nursing, and Nightingale became a key advisor... - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
6: ...k]], the daughter of Alvah and Vesta Walker, she believed the fashions of the day, which included such...
8: ...raduated as a doctor in [[1855]]. She married a fellow medical school student, Albert Miller, and the...
10: ...ashington, D.C.]] She also worked as an unpaid field surgeon near the Union front lines, including th...
12: ...there until [[August 12]], [[1864]] when she was released as part of a prisoner exchange. She went on...
16: ...l to the sick and wounded soldiers, both in the field and hospitals, to the detriment of her own healt... - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...'' ('''Helen Louise Leonard''') ([[December 4]],[[1861]] - [[June 6]],[[1922]]) was an [[United States o...
3: [[Image:LillianRussell.jpg|thumb|Lillian Russell]]
5: ..., she and her mother left for [[New York]] where Helen was offered a role in the [[chorus]] of [[Gilbe...
7: ...r some of the biggest stars in show business. Russell's appearance caused such a stir that she stayed ...
9: Not only was her [[voice]] celebrated but her beauty caused quite a stir among t... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
7: ...ernment in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[...
14: ...ates Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Madeleine Albright]], born in [[Czechoslovakia]]; and [...
18: ==Presidential elections==
19: ...es (provided that such a number was a majority of electors) became President, while the individual who...
21: ...ffice on [[January 20]] of the year following the election, an event called [[Inauguration Day]]. Alt... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: ...e of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
21: ... other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he voluntarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him...
24: ...nial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Beach]] in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]].
26: ...te from the [[College of William and Mary]]) and helped survey the [[Shenandoah Valley]] in Virginia. ...
29: ... Peale]], and shows Washington in uniform as colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment.]] - James Madison (15187 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Montpelier]], [[Virginia]]
16: ...[[George Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]; [[Elbridge Gerry]]
21: ... politics, helping to draft their declaration of religious freedom and persuading [[Virginia]] to give...
23: ...onvention]], and his overall influence at [[Philadelphia]] in [[1787]] has led some historians to call...
29: ...ed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
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27: ...[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]], Tyler was elected [[Vice President of the United States|Vice P...
29: ...greed with Tyler that he was President and not merely [[Acting President]], and as the Constitution wa...
36: ... - [[December 3]], [[1877]]). He was married to [[Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper]] who served as [[First L...
39: *Elizabeth Tyler ([[July 11]], [[1823]] - [[June 1]],... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...nate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]] and the eleventh [[Vice President of the United States|Vice ...
5: ...[1833]], when he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval...
7: ... when he was recalled at his own request. He was elected Vice President of the United States on the D...
9: ...m [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Philadelphia, and died there. He is interred in St. Peter...
11: ...great-granduncle of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Claiborne Pell]] of [[Rhode Island]]. He is also the uncle of ... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...54 to 42 in the [[United States Electoral College|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president u...
20: ...s his marriage to [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputation by declaring ...
22: ...ming and fine and handsome. And he was genuinely religious. And yet he was a timid man with a shallow,...
27: ... a lasting friendship, and [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]. He also met [[Calvin E. Stowe]], [[Sargent ...
29: ...r Governor [[Levi Woodbury]] and later Judges Samuel Howe and Edmund Parker in [[Amherst, New Hampshir... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
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14: | [[March 4]], [[1857]]–[[March 4]], [[1861]]
50: ...l and the general [[populace]] rated him last as well[http://home.nyc.rr.com/taranto/presidents.htm].
53: ...epresentatives from [[1814]] to [[1815]]. He was elected to the Seventeenth and to the four succeedin...
55: ...nd speculation that the two had a [[homosexual]] relationship began at the time and have periodically ... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
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13: | [[March 4]], [[1861]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]
38: *[[Hannibal Hamlin]] ([[1861]]-[[1865]])
42: ... and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President of the United State...
44: ...on. Before his [[inauguration]] in [[March]] of [[1861]], seven Southern [[slave state]]s [[secession|se... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
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34: ...nt Grant]], Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr., Ellen (Nellie) Grant, and Jesse Root Grant.
39: ... bravery: at [[Battle of Molino del Rey | Molino del Rey]] and [[Battle of Chapultepec | Chapultepec]]...
41: ...he 21st Illinois Infantry (effective [[June 17]], 1861). On [[August 7]], Grant was appointed a [[brigad...
43: ...e of Shiloh]], but with grim determination and timely reinforcements, Grant turned a serious reverse i...
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