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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
69: ...t wing), [[1879]] — [[1881]] (west wing), [[1884]] — [[1906]] (center)
141: ...]] — [[1924]], [[1931]] — [[1934]] (office tower & wing) - 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...
18: *[[Roy Chapman Andrews]], (1884-1960), US explorer
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
13: * [[1869]] - The first issue of the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is publi...
14: ...es G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
16: ...] - [[City & South London Railway]]: [[London]]'s first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway...
21: ...ish]] archaeologist [[Howard Carter]] and his men find the entrance to King [[Tutankhamen]]'s tomb in ...
22: ...ellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - 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
22: ...a Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
29: *[[Ezra Abbot|Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure - 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... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...[[World War II]]. She was a [[First-wave feminism|first-wave]] [[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active sup...
5: ...]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive...
9: ...marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived infancy. However their marriage almost...
11: Eleanor and Franklin were fifth cousins, once removed. They descended from [[C...
15: ...ok returned and lived in the White House with the first family in [[1940]]. - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
7: ...movements in New York, organizing in [[1852]] the first woman's state temperance society in America, a...
17: ...$100 [[June 18]] [[1873]], but she never paid the fine.
19: ...History of Woman Suffrage'' (4 vols., New York, [[1884]]–[[1887]]). Susan B. Anthony was also a fr...
21: Susan B. Anthony was honored as the first real (non-allegorical) [[woman]] on circulatin...
29: *[http://www.rochesterunitarian.org First Unitarian Church] - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
6: ...ing painting at the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] (1861-...
8: ...ly, but art supplies and models were difficult to find in the small town. Her father continued to resi...
12: The jury accepted her first painting for the [[Paris Salon]] in [[1872]]. ...
20: ...]]). [[Mary Cassatt]]. Oil on canvas. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].]]
21: ...orward approach. By [[1886]], she no longer identified herself with any art movement and experimented ... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
6: ...don]] stage debut at Toole's Theatre in August of 1884. In 1886 her husband of eight years, Frederick W....
8: ...n, [[The Kiss (film, 1896)|The Kiss]], became the first screen kiss in cinematic history.
12: ...performers. In 1914, she made her second [[silent film]] appearance, this time in the feature-length a... - 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]]
100: *[[Amedeo Modigliani]], ([[1884]]-[[1920]]), Italian sculptor and painter - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ing of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Wes...
3: ...d rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the latter a floor covering tha...
16: ...orming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors can be used to create the design. Moquet...
21: ... rugs. Steam power was applied to these looms in 1884. Although production continued until the mid-20t...
34: ...rtical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs). - 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... - 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...
39: ...e agent in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], and finally an assistant in the leather shop owned by hi...
41: ...r|Fort Sumter]], Captain Grant arrived in [[Springfield, Illinois]], with a company of men he had rais... - 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... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
8: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>
21: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (siste...
25: ...], [[List of leaders who died in office|died in office]])<br>
36: ...c Office is a Public Trust" as his trademark of office, and was later elected, [[Governor of New York]...
39: ...d_wedding.png|left|thumb|Grover Cleveland was the first and only President married in the White House.... - Prime Meridian (3211 bytes)
4: The meridian was agreed upon in October [[1884]]. At the behest of [[President of the United Sta...
15: Resolution 2, fixing the meridian at Greenwich, was passed 22-1 (S...
21: ...sed it as the reference meridian on their maps in 1884. Other reference meridians used previously includ...
35: ...odies, prime meridians are likewise arbitrarily defined.
37: * The prime meridian of the planet [[Mars]] is defined by the crater [[Airy-0]]. - Belgium (31774 bytes)
17: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[French language|French]], ...
57: ...f "Gallia". One of these peoples, the [[Franks]], finally installed a new kingdom under the rulers of ...
65: ...ruction in 1830 till 1935. It now serves as the office of the king.]]
67: ... After a period of alliance with France after the First World War, Belgium tried to return to neutrali...
71: ...any seeing Belgian decisions as contributing significantly to the troubles in Rwanda in the [[1990s]] ... - Togo (15373 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
57: ...ecame a German colony. The Germans brought scientific cultivation to the country's main export crops (...
59: ...al groups on both sides began to agitate for reunification. Hopes for unity were dashed when British T...
61: ...mpts). President [[Sylvanus Olympio]], who took office as soon as Togo gained independence in 1960, wa...
65: ...lagued by numerous coup attempts. Eyad魡 himself fired many of the shots that killed 13 attackers in ... - Alaska (24727 bytes)
11: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
35: ISOCode = US-AK ([[FIPS state code|FIPS Code]] 02) |
48: |'''[[List of U.S. state fish|State fish]]'''||King [[Salmon]]
66: ...to the east, the [[Gulf of Alaska]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] to the south, the [[Bering Sea]], [[Beri...
69: Alaska was probably first settled by people who came there across the [[...
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