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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... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...The development of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled ...
10: ...l]] are also cited as factors, as is the [[scientific revolution]] of the 17th century. But one of the...
14: ...kly from 1700 onwards, because there was a scientific and technological improvement, growth of supply ...
24: ...sed the amount of food produced and supplied a sufficient amount of food for the workers working in th...
36: ...[[Encyclopedie]]'' explained foreign methods with finely engraved plates. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...nk Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
16: ... Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
22: ...a Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
25: ...n|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
48: ...ich Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm Heinrich]] (1789-1848) - 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]]
59: *[[John Quincy Adams|Adams, John Quincy]], (1767-1848), sixth President of the United States
66: ...officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
7: *[[Ron Affif|Affif, Ron]], (born 1965), musician
9: ...Denis Auguste Affre|Affre, Denis Auguste]], (1793-1848), archbishop of [[Paris]]
10: ...al|Afonso I Henriques of Portugal]], (1109-1185), first king of Portugal in [[1139]] - 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... - Lucretia Mott (3249 bytes)
3: ...ist in the early [[1800s]] and is credited as the first "[[feminist]]", but more accurately, the launc...
5: ...he very early 1800s. Lucretia Mott was one of the first Quaker women to do advocacy work for [[aboliti...
7: ...ime and remains so, and the United States was the first country and still one of the few that allows "...
11: ...rea, that of divorce. At that time it was very difficult to obtain divorce, and fathers were given cus...
13: ...ericans the right to vote. She remained a central figure in the women's movement as a peacemaker, a cr... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
2: ...]], [[1902]]) was a social activist and a leading figure of the early [[women's rights]] movement in t...
4: ...[[Lucretia Mott]], the primary organizer of the [[1848 Women's Rights Convention]] in Seneca Falls, New ...
6: ...Anthony and [[Matilda Joslyn Gage]] published the first of three volumes of the ''[[History of Woman S...
14: ...as the daughter of Colonel James Livingston, an officer in the Revolutionary War. Elizabeth Cady Stan... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
7: ... (later Emma Coulomb), which closed after dissatisfied customers complained of fraudulent activities.
15: ...tent with new science may be considered to be the first instance of what is now called [[New Age]] thi...
59: ...by [[Manly P. Hall]]), [http://correiorosacruz.netfirms.com/blavatsky.htm]
67: ...s a man in his worldly or spiritual progress; his first duty is to be ever ready to help if he can, wi... - 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)
12: | date of death=[[February 23]], [[1848]]
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]]
84: ...tly reinterred in the [http://www.ufpc.org United First Parish Church]. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March...
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... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
6: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[April 4]], [[1841]] - [[March 4]]...
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... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Millard Fillmore '''</font></caption>
4: ...lspan=2><div style="float:center">[[Image:Millard Fillmore.jpg|250px|]]</div></td></tr>
6: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[July 9]], [[1850]] - [[March 4]],...
13: ...nited States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Abigail Fillmore]] (wife) <br>
14: [[Mary Abigail Fillmore]] (daughter)</td></tr> - 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... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
6: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1869]] – [[Mar...
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Julia Grant]]</td></tr>
32: ...nd although Grant protested the change, it was difficult to resist the [[bureaucracy]]. Upon graduatio...
34: ...t]] ([[1826]]–[[1902]]) on [[August 22]], [[1848]]. They had four children: [[Frederick Dent Grant...
39: ...e agent in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], and finally an assistant in the leather shop owned by hi... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ...er and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]].
7: ...d [[United States Democratic Party|Democrats]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Edwa... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[James A. Garfield]]
10: | place of birth=[[Fairfield, Vermont]]
18: ...sgruntled office seeker, on July 2, [[1881]]. Garfield died on September 19th, and Arthur became [[Pr...
20: ...ner, and was widely popular by the time he left office. He was also sometimes called "Elegant Arthur" ...
27: ...oubts as to his eligibility for American public office. The truth, however, was simply that Arthur was... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on...
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