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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...ce of [[President of the United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run...
5: ...s generally acknowledged that Frémont became the first European American to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He ...
7: ...] the new Republican Party nominated him as their first [[President of the United States|presidential]...
15: ...dard [[Binomial nomenclature#Authorship in scientific names|botanical author abbreviation]] '''Frém.'... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
34: *[[Abigail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
41: ...ivil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
66: ...officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer
86: *[[Filippo Addis|Addis, Filippo]], (1884-1974), writer - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
12: ...ld I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Princ...
14: ...a was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language of both her mother and her governess,...
18: ...s sixteen years old. Prince Albert was Victoria's first cousin; his father was the brother of her moth...
27: ...ng unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonies. In [[Cana... - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
10: In [[1841]], she enjoyed the junko [[Northampton, Msassachu...
19: In [[1997]] the [[NASA]] [[Mars Pathfinder]] mission's robotic rover was named "Sojourne...
26: * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1044&pt=S... - Jennie Kidd Trout (1706 bytes)
1: ... when [[Emily Stowe]] completed the official qualifications. - Pansy (10101 bytes)
20: ...ular. By 1835, 400 varieties were available. By 1841 the pansy had become a favorite show plant.
34: ...]]s that normally have two-year life cycles. The first year they only produce greenery; they bear flo...
51: 2 parts finely ground copper sulphate
66: Transmitted by aphids. Fine yellow veining on young leaves, stunted growth,...
113: ==Name Origin and Significance== - Painting (4567 bytes)
34: ...st.]] Different types of paint are usually identified by the medium that the pigment is suspended or ...
48: *[[Spray paint]] ([[Graffiti]])
70: *[[Graffiti]]
80: *[[Figure painting]]
105: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...d is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was ...
7: ...head of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nation...
11: == Requirements to hold office ==
14: ...mmigrants to American society. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because ...
16: ...wo four-year terms or a maximum of ten years in office should he have succeeded to the Presidency prev... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
18: ...]. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First Lady [[Abigail Adams|Abigail Smith]].
43: |align="right"|'''OFFICE'''||align="left"|'''NAME'''||align="left"|'''TE...
78: ...humb|Adams posed for this photograph in 1843, the first taken of a US President]]
80: ...e for Governor of Massachusetts in [[1834]]. In [[1841]], Adams represented the [[Amistad]] Africans in ...
84: ...tly reinterred in the [http://www.ufpc.org United First Parish Church]. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: ...td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van Buren]]
22: ...n-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|English]...
27: ...nued in active and successful practice for twenty-five years.
29: His practice made him financially independent, and paved the way for his e... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
5: ...y|Democratic-Republican]] to the Tenth and to the five succeeding [[United States Congress|Congress]]e...
7: ...He was elected to the [[United States Senate]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[John...
9: ... vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
15: After his first two wives died, the old [[Jacksonian Democrat]...
20: ...rces/pdf/richard_johnson.pdf Senate Historical Office: Richard Mentor Johnson Biography (pdf)] - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
6: ...><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[April 4]], [[1841]] - [[March 4]], [[1845]]</td></tr>
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler...
21: ... of Independence]], and the first to assume the office of President following the death of his predece...
25: ... aggressive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue.
29: ... (until the [[1967]] ratification of the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Millard Fillmore]]
18: ...illiam R. King]] won in a landslide, beating [[Winfield Scott]] by a 50 to 44 percent margin in the po...
22: ...easy and good at the political game, charming and fine and handsome. And he was genuinely religious. A...
40: ... [[epidemic typhus]]. Benjamin "Bennie" Pierce ([[1841]]–[[1853]]) died in a tragic railway accide...
49: ...tes Whig Party|Whig]] candidate, [[General]] [[Winfield Scott]] of [[Virginia]], whom Pierce served un... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
12: | '''Term of office:'''
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
42: ...65]]) [[President of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican ...
46: ...f the border slave states at the beginning of the fighting, in his defeat of a congressional attempt t...
53: ...ky. In [[1830]], after economic and land-title difficulties in Indiana, the family settled on governme... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
10: | '''Term of Office:'''
27: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''
42: ...impeachment|impeach]] him in [[1868]]; he was the first President to be impeached. He was subsequently...
48: ...n of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses).
53: == National office == - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
4: ...ty auditor of [[St. Joseph County, Indiana]] in [[1841]]. He became a legislative correspondent for the...
10: He was a lecturer after leaving public office, and died in [[Mankato, Minnesota|Mankato]], [[... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ...e was a member of the state legislature between [[1841]] and [[1852]], and was owner and editor of the '...
7: ...d [[United States Democratic Party|Democrats]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Edwa... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ...d had seen it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
7: [[Image:Alexandria_egypt_6.jpg|thumb|right|Fishing Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close...
21: ...act knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the...
23: ...t of fishermen and pirates. Behind it there were five native villages scattered along the strip betwe...
51: ...erated him that he completely demolished its fortifications, although he seems to have spared the live... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
3: ...f Afghanistan|constitution]] the country is now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Rep...
21: | '''[[Official language]]s''' || [[Persian language|Persian]...
64: ...ellors, who served occasionally as regents, identified with the epithet Mohammadzay.
72: ...4]], when 10,000 people were killed from factions fighting in the Kabul area. Backed by Pakistan and h...
92: ...the [[North Zone of Afghanistan]] and appointed officials to it, defying interim president [[Hamid Kar...
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