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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...union, and was occasionally conquered by external ethnicities, of which many were eventually assimilat...
7: ...n show early habitation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is speculativ...
14: ... the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|Shang]] and...
18: ...) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeologists connect t...
22: ...]], [[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of ... - 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. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...oria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
5: ...mily]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially during State occasions. She was the ...
13: ...g [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany...
19: Despite this setback, Queen Victoria still favoured Princess May a...
28: ...2]]<td> married [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]] ([[4 August]] [[1900]] – [[30... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: [[Image:Annie Besant - Project Gutenberg eText 13715.png|thumbnail|right|250px|'''Annie Besan...
5: ...rsion to Theosophy came after reading ''[[The Secret Doctrine]]'' by [[H.P. Blavatsky]] in [[1889]] an...
7: ...ch of her energy not only to the Theosophical Society, but also to India's freedom and progress.
9: ...ad been elected president of the Theosophical Society in [[1907]] upon the death of the previous presi...
11: ...s on the subcontinent (see also: [[Maha Bodhi Society]]). - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: '''Isak Dinesen''' ([[April 17]], [[1885]] – [[September 7]], [[1962]]) was a [[pen ...
7: ...e plantation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
9: She returned to Denmark and began writing in earnest, pub...
30: * ''Letters from Africa, 1914-1931'' (posthumous 1981, US... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ...n their husband's absence and is therefore interpreted as a feminist push for expanded female roles; a...
9: ...etermined her to have recourse to [[literature | letters]] as a means of livelihood.
11: ...99]] she began to study the [[Latin]] poets, and between that time and 1405, as she herself declares, ...
15: ...ay of defence against those who objected to her pretensions as a moralist. [[Henry IV of England]] des...
19: ...ion of Paris by the English and Burgundians, she retired to a [[convent]]. - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
8: ...ame year that she posed for ''City Dance.'' In [[1885]] Renoir painted her portrait again as ''Girl Bra...
10: ... acclaim and some financial success during her lifetime.
28: ...[April 7]], [[1938]] and was interred in the [[Cimeti貥 de Saint-Ouen]] in Paris. Amongst those in at...
30: ...Centre Georges Pompidou]], in Paris and at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]]. - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: ... composers including those of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven as well as those of Robert Schumann and Brah...
9: ...ption of four seasons, until [[1882]]; and from [[1885]] to [[1888]] she appeared each year. In [[1878]...
11: As an artist she will be remembered, together with Joachim, as one of the first executants w... - Snowdrop (3046 bytes)
16: ... summer, depending on the species ? with all six petals in the flower the same size, though it should ...
18: ...twin-scaling" to increase the stock of choice varieties quickly.
19: ...ist. There are numerous cultivars (cultivated varieties), single and double, differing particularly in...
21: ...ora von Deutschland, ֳterreich und der Schweiz'' 1885</small>]] - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
3: ...th Virginia Wallace Truman''' ([[February 13]], [[1885]] – [[October 18]], [[1982]]), often known ...
5: ...5 in [[Independence, Missouri]]. Christened Elizabeth Virginia, she grew up as "Bessie." Harry Truman,...
7: ...where their daughter [[Margaret Truman|Mary Margaret]] was born in [[1924]].
13: ... wanted to do after her husband left office was "return to Independence" although she had briefly ente...
15: ... for the reelection campaign of Sen. [[Thomas Eagleton]] ([[United States Democratic Party|D]]-[[Misso... - 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 Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...grated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boy...
24: ... [[James Otis]] in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the legality of [[Writs of Assistance]]. ...
26: ...ngregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[17... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
11: ...r><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 23]], [[1885]]</td></tr>
22: ...'' ([[April 27]], [[1822]] – [[July 23]], [[1885]]) was a [[Union army | Union]] [[general]] in th...
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 ...
39: ...eracruz]]. He was twice [[brevet (military) | brevet]]ted for bravery: at [[Battle of Molino del Rey |... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: ...' ([[March 23]], [[1823]]–[[January 13]], [[1885]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives...
8: ...sident of the United States on the Republican ticket headed by Gen. [[Ulysses S. Grant]], inaugurated ...
10: ...ounty, Minnesota]]. He is interred in the City Cemetery, [[South Bend, Indiana]]. The town of [[Colfa... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1885]]
18: ...of the United States|President]], serving until [[1885]].
20: ...nged pants several times a day. He was called "Chet" by family and friends. Interestingly, Chester A...
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... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
9: [[March 4]], [[1885]] – [[March 3]], [[1889]]<br>
12: [[Chester A. Arthur]] ([[1885]])<br>
20: ...of Death:'''</td><td>[[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], [[New Jersey]]</td></tr>
25: [[Thomas A. Hendricks]] ([[1885]], [[List of leaders who died in office|died in o...
29: ...publican Party|Republican]] political domination between the [[American Civil War]] and the election o... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
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53: ... island after his ship became separated from a fleet going to [[India]]. In the late 17th century, the...
55: ...h had been important in Madagascar's economy. In return, the island received British military and fina...
57: ...ench protectorate over Madagascar in [[1885]] in return for eventual control over [[Zanzibar]] (now pa... - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
10: ...r width=148 | ([[Coat of Arms of Turkmenistan|In Detail]])
28: ...rea|Ranked 51st]]<br/> 488,100 [[square kilometer|km²]]<br/> Negligible
34: | From [[Soviet Union]]<br/> [[October 27]], [[1991]]<br/>&n...
45: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
48: ...'', once known as the ''[[Turkmen SSR|Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic]]'' is a country in [[Central ... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
9: ...n="center" width="130px" | ([[Flag of Eritrea|In Detail]])
10: ...gn="center" width="130px" | ([[COA of Eritrea|In Detail]])
27: ...y area|Ranked 97th]] <br /> 121,320 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br /> Negligible
36: | From [[Ethiopia]]<br /> [[May 29]], [[1991]]<br />&nbs...
47: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' - Belgium (31774 bytes)
1: ...country in [[Western Europe]], bordered by the [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]], [[France]...
3: Belgium is at a cultural crossroad between [[Germanic language|Germanic]] Europe and [[R...
10: ...nter width=130px | ([[Coat of Arms of Belgium|In Detail]])
42: | [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1)<br>[[Cen...
46: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.be]]
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