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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ... machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufacture of more prod...
3: ... [[ship]]s, and [[railway]]s, and later in the nineteenth century the growth of the [[internal combust...
5: ... of the world. The impact of this change on [[society]] was enormous and is often compared to the [[Ne...
10: ...ernational [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumulation of [[Capital (economics)|capi...
12: ...ritain. In other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often impo... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
16: ... Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
56: ...abbar|Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem]], (born 1947), US athlete
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the cente...
103: ...ahams, Harold]], (1899-1978), track and field athlete
104: *[[Joze Abram|Abram, Joze]], (1875-1938), poet - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
11: ...ean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
48: ...ich Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm Heinrich]] (1789-1848)
51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist
52: *[[Milton Acorn|Acorn, Milton]], (1923-1986), poet
57: *[[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Acosta, Oscar Zeta]] (1935-1974) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government ministe...
42: ...les Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary
59: *[[John Quincy Adams|Adams, John Quincy]], (1767-1848), sixth President of the United States
60: *[[Leonie Adams|Adams, Leonie]], (born 1899), poet
65: ...22-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
9: ...Denis Auguste Affre|Affre, Denis Auguste]], (1793-1848), archbishop of [[Paris]]
17: ...poet)|Lucius Afranius]], (died 60 BCE), Roman [[poet]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...oria''' (Alexandrina Victoria [[Wettin (dynasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) (...
18: Princess Victoria met her future husband, [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobur...
20: ... [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[...
25: ...t Augustus of Hanover. As the young queen was as yet unmarried and childless, Ernest Augustus was also...
29: ...y resigned his commission, allowing Melbourne to return to office. - Lucretia Mott (3249 bytes)
1: [[image:lucretiamott.jpg|right|]]
3: '''Lucretia Mott''' ([[January 3]], [[1793]] – [[Nove...
5: ...litionist]] movement in the very early 1800s. Lucretia Mott was one of the first Quaker women to do ad...
11: ...was Mott's mentoring of Stanton and their work together that organized the event. Mott parted with the...
18: *[http://www.mott.pomona.edu/index.htm The Lucretia Mott Papers] - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
1: ...:ElizabethCadyStanton.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot.]]
2: '''Elizabeth Cady Stanton''' ([[November 12]], [[1815]] &ndas...
4: ...[[Lucretia Mott]], the primary organizer of the [[1848 Women's Rights Convention]] in Seneca Falls, New ...
6: ...il 1892. They also began the women's rights newsletter ''The Revolution'', which included frequent co...
8: ...zabethCadyStanton-Veeder.LOC.jpg|left|thumb|Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her later years.]] - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ... - [[May 8]], [[1891]] [[London]], [[England]]), better known as '''Helena Blavatsky''' or '''Madame B...
5: ...sian Empire]]), the daughter of [[Colonel|Col.]] Peter Alexeivich von Hahn and Elena Fadeev. Her mothe...
7: ... herself. It was in Cairo that she formed the Societe Spirite for [[occult]] phenomena with Emma Cutti...
11: ...piritualist]] phenomena. Soon they were living together in the "Lamasery" (alternate spelling: "Lamast...
13: ...e was not consummated either. She separated from Betanelly after a few months, and their divorce was l... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...es. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world,...
12: ...stitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to become President. The president must ...
14: ... remove or amend this requirement, but none have yet been successful.
16: ...orge W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the completion of his current term in 2008.
21: ...ary. Since 1933, with the ratification of [[Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Amen... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
12: | date of death=[[February 23]], [[1848]]
18: ...([[July 11]], [[1767]] – [[February 23]], [[1848]]) was the sixth ([[1825]]-[[1829]]) [[President ...
22: ... bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
24: ...[Prussia]] in [[1797]]. While serving abroad, he met [[Louisa Catherine Johnson]], the daughter of an ... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ...come to the [[New World]] in [[1631]] from the [[Netherlands]]. Martin's father was Abraham van Buren ...
27: ...ity|New York]], where he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawy...
33: ... Jackson|Jackson's]] [[United States Cabinet|cabinet]] in [[1829]].
39: ...suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether consistent, though in this respect he is not t...
43: ...rmation as [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] notwithstanding the "corrupt bargai... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
13: ...f the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler]] (1st wife)<br>
29: ... on [[April 6]]. The [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]] and [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congre...
33: ...ried twice, firstly to [[Letitia Christian Tyler|Letitia Christian]] on [[March 29]], [[1813]]. They h...
36: ...ecember 3]], [[1877]]). He was married to [[Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper]] who served as [[First Lady of...
38: *Letitia Christian Tyler ([[May 11]], [[1821]] - [[Dec... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
29: ...e the South. In his own words: "God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we...
37: ...re at once appointed [[Daniel Webster]] to be Secretary of State, thus proclaiming his alliance with t...
39: ...xtension of slavery, without any progress toward settling the major issues.
45: ...llmore's pressure from the White House to give impetus to the Compromise movement. Breaking up Clay's ...
48: *Settle the Texas boundary and compensate her. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
42: ...2]], [[1809]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]), sometimes called '''Abe Lincoln''' and nicknamed '''Hon...
46: ...of a congressional attempt to reorganize his cabinet in [[1862]], in his many speeches and writings wh...
48: ...ar measure which would set the stage for the complete abolition of the institution.
53: ...d land-title difficulties in Indiana, the family settled on government land along the [[Sangamon River...
81: ...orship of the [[Oregon]] Territory. He declined, returning instead to [[Springfield, Illinois]] where,... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
30: ...y moved to the village of [[Georgetown, Ohio|Georgetown]] in [[Brown County, Ohio]], where Grant spent...
32: At the age of 17, Grant received a cadetship to the [[United States Military Academy]] at ...
34: ...t]] ([[1826]]–[[1902]]) on [[August 22]], [[1848]]. They had four children: [[Frederick Dent Grant...
39: ...eracruz]]. He was twice [[brevet (military) | brevet]]ted for bravery: at [[Battle of Molino del Rey |...
41: ...ernor felt that a West Point man could be put to better use and appointed him [[colonel]] of the 21st ... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
3: ... [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]] and the eighteenth [[Vice President of the Un...
5: ...er and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]].
7: ...nd commanded the Twenty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
9: ...ngton, DC]]. He was interred in Old Dell Park Cemetery, Natick. - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
20: ...nged pants several times a day. He was called "Chet" by family and friends. Interestingly, Chester A...
29: ...[Union College]], [[Schenectady, New York]], in [[1848]]. He became principal of an academy in North Po...
33: ...ed it with more employees than it really needed, retaining some for their loyalty as party workers rat...
37: ...[[United States Republican Party|Republican]] ticket with President [[James Garfield]] for the term be...
40: ...he indignation of the Stalwart Republicans, the onetime Collector of the Port of New York became, as P... - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ... [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
8: ...archy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
52: ...]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
70: ...ry, Alberta]].<br> See [[List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada]], [[List of the 100 lar...
75: ...Iroquoian]] word ''Kanata'', meaning "village", "settlement", or "collection of huts" [http://www.cana...
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