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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
23: | [[California]]
24: | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
32: | [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]
61: | [[1877]] — [[1886]]
72: | [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón''...
3: ...e to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although...
5: ...João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as Joh...
11: ...slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Weste...
13: ...ristóvão Colombo''. ''Columbus'' is a Latinized form of his surname. The Latin roots of his name can... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
15: ...ity of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]].
20: ...1921]] - The [[Sturmabteilung]] or SA is formally formed by [[Adolf Hitler]]
25: ... General Field Marshal [[Erwin Rommel]] leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
30: ...lyn Monroe]] and [[Clark Gable]] -- the last film for both.
36: ...ivia]] becomes a member of the [[Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works|Be... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
39: ... Cabot Abbott|Abbott, John Stevens Cabot]], (1805-1877), American writer
105: ...na Abramovic|Abramovic, Marina]], (born 1946), performance artist - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]]
71: *[[Tony Adams (footballer)|Adams, Tony]], (born 1966), athlete
77: ...eorge Adamski|Adamski, George]], (1891-1965), US UFO "traveler" - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...eir wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duke of Kent a...
14: ...ristened Alexandrina Victoria, from birth she was formally [[Style (manner of address)|styled]] ''Her ...
16: ...ce the law at that time made no special provision for a child monarch, Victoria would have been eligib...
18: ...ed the match). Whatever Albert's original reasons for marrying Victoria may have been, theirs proved t...
27: ....) The Melbourne ministry would not stay in power for long; it was growing unpopular and, moreover, fa... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
4: ...had to leave both her children behind. She fought for the causes she thought were right, starting with...
7: ...he [[Theosophical Society]] she went to [[India]] for the first time (in [[1893]]). Thereafter she dev...
9: ... [[1906]]. In [[1908]] he was taken back into the fold through the agency of Besant, who had been elec...
11: ... Besant actively courted Hindu opinion more than former Theosophical leaders. This was a clear rever...
13: ..., as the boy was proposed as the incarnate vessel for the Christ. Jiddu Krishnamurti and his brother N... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...arents believed travel was a way to learn, and before she was 10 years old, she visited many of the c...
8: ...r continued to resist her vocation, and paid only for her basic needs but not her art supplies. She re...
12: The jury accepted her first painting for the [[Paris Salon]] in [[1872]]. The Salon criti...
18: ...d sister, who fell ill after moving to Paris in [[1877]]. Her sister died in [[1882]], but her mother re...
21: ...ved away from impressionism to a simpler, straightforward approach. By [[1886]], she no longer identif... - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
5: ... [[Society of Apothecaries]] allowed her to enter for the Licence of Apothecaries' Hall, which she obt...
7: ...ildren; but the duties of these two positions she found to be incompatible with her principal work, an...
9: ...y College London]]), which was opened to women in 1877. In 1897 Dr Garrett Anderson was elected presiden...
11: ...oman mayor in the whole of England. The movement for the admission of women to the medical profession... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ...na Blavatsky''' or '''Madame Blavatsky''' was the founder of [[Theosophy]].
5: ...her to mature into a nonconformist. She was cared for by servants who believed in the many superstitio...
7: ... was in Cairo that she formed the Societe Spirite for [[occult]] phenomena with Emma Cutting (later Em...
9: ...ry]] and [[laws]] of how they work rather than performing them herself.
15: While living in New York City, she founded the [[Theosophical Society]] in September 18... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
4: ...o, New York]] in December of 1874. By the fall of 1877, their career had progressed to where they were b...
6: ...sters proved popular enough to earn regular spots for the ensuing six years after which a 21-year-old ...
8: ...y Song" which became her signature number. The performance also featured a lingering kiss which was se...
10: ... Eisfeldt, the same year she began making records for [[RCA Victor|Berliner/Victor]].
12: ...ty years she was one of America's most beloved performers. In 1914, she made her second [[silent film]... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
3: ...chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
12: ...ge, and have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.
14: ...ohn Negroponte]], born in the [[United Kingdom]]; former [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary ...
16: ...bent President [[George W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the completion of his current term in 2008...
19: ...d.) Originally, each elector voted for two people for President. The votes were tallied and the person... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''John Tyler'''</font></caption>
7: <tr><td>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td>...
21: ..., and the first to assume the office of President following the death of his predecessor.
25: ...[[Governor of Virginia]] ([[1808]]-[[1811]]), and followed his father as governor ([[1825]]-[[1827]]) ...
36: ...er ([[September 9]], [[1816]] - [[December 3]], [[1877]]). He was married to [[Elizabeth Priscilla Coope... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Ulysses S. Grant'''</font></caption>
6: ...><td>[[March 4]], [[1869]] – [[March 3]], [[1877]]</td></tr>
7: <tr><td>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Andrew Johnson]]</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]</td></tr>
22: ...erican Civil War]] and the 18th ([[1869]]–[[1877]]) [[President of the United States|President]] o... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
5: |+ <font size="+1">William A. Wheeler</font>
13: | [[March 4]], [[1877]]-<br />[[March 3]], [[1881]]
40: | [[Rutherford B. Hayes]]
46: ...ongresses ([[March 4]], [[1869]] - [[March 3]], [[1877]]).
48: ...yes]] in [[1876]]. He was inaugurated in March [[1877]] and served until March [[1881]]. He retired fr... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: '''Romania''' (formerly spelled ''Rumania'' or ''Roumania''; [[Roma...
3: BEGIN INFOBOX
6: {{Infobox_Country|
12: national_motto = none <br> former [[Kings of Romania|Royal]] motto: "Nihil Sine...
39: ...[Romanian War of Independence]]<br/>[[10 May]], [[1877]]<br/>[[13 July]], [[1878]] ([[Treaty of Berlin, ... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
2: ...er: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
59: ...General Sir [[Ralph Abercromby]] crushed a revolt fomented by the French radical Victor Hugues. More t...
61: ... in the 1860s. Conditions remained harsh for both former slaves and immigrant agricultural workers, as...
63: ...zed in 1776, Crown Colony government installed in 1877, a legislative council created in 1925, and unive...
65: ...ng it complete control over its internal affairs. Following a referendum in 1979, St. Vincent and the ... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
36: ... Iowa", and the [[U.S. Post Office]] abbreviation for the state is '''IA'''.
38: The state is named for the [[Native American]] [[Iowa tribe|Iowa]] peop...
49: ...ouncil Bluffs was designated the eastern terminus for the [[Union Pacific]] railroad. The completion ...
50: ... in the war, 13,001 of whom died. A small battle fought at Athens, MO in 1861 resulted in a few shots...
55: ...e]]s, [[fountain pen]]s, [[farm implement]]s, and food products that are shipped around the world. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ... inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the firs...
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
46: * the use of [[yeast]] for:
107: * [[1451]]: [[Concave lens]] for [[eyeglasses]]: [[Nicholas of Cusa]]
130: * [[1709]]: [[Piano]]: [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
37: ...v|Yarov, Yury]], (born 1942), Russian politician, former deputy prime minister and CIS executive secre...
40: ...ashin|Yashin, Lev]], ([[1929]]-[[1990]]), Russian football goalkeeper
43: ...(1724-1796), U.S. lawyer, Continental Congressman for New York
44: *[[Andrea Pia Yates|Yates, Andrea Pia]], former mother and murderer of her five children
45: *[[Dornford Yates|Yates, Dornford]], ([[1885]] - [[1960]]), British novelist
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