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  1. List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
    26: *[[Franz Ackerman|Ackerman, Franz]] (c1330-1387)
    34: *[[Georg Friedrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Friedrich]] (1787-1843)
    54: *[[Jos頊uliᮠAcosta|Acosta, Jos頊uliᮝ] (1825-1891)
  2. Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
    1: ...hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
    3: [[Image:MariaTheresa.JPG|frame|H.I.M. Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Quee...
    4: ...stria]], and Queen of [[Hungary]] and [[Bohemia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when ...
    8: ...g of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him,...
    24: ...HM King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily]] (1751-1825); had issue
  3. Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
    27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
    31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
    37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
    41: ...Experience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ri...
    43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].
  4. Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
    2: ...aiser, all as part of the struggle for liberation from [[slavery]] and [[racism]].
    5: ...ree man. She endured years of inhumane treatment from her various owners, including an incident where...
    9: ...d hundreds of people trapped in slavery up to the free states, during the Civil War.
    17: ...route would be shot dead to prevent the dissenter from betraying the group.
    21: Harriet Tubman continued as an activist for [[African-American]] and women's rights. With [[Sarah B...
  5. Carpet (15753 bytes)
    14: ...ds alternate with a supplementary weft that rises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular ang...
    16: ... (see [[Jacquard loom]]) in 1812 in France and c. 1825 in England. The addition of steam power in the m...
    21: ...r Axminster]] (1890). These types were developed from the American [[Halcyon Skinner]]'s 1860s invent...
    26: The warp threads are set up on the frame of the loom before weaving begins. A number o...
    30: ...al carpet production are: [[Turkey]], [[Northern Africa]], the [[Caucasus]], [[Iran]], [[Nepal]], [[Tu...
  6. President of the United States (42878 bytes)
    5: ...t was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, m...
    14: ...ciety. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because they were not born U.S. ...
    25: ... concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising drive...
    29: ...titution of the United States." Only presidents [[Franklin Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] have chosen...
    38: ... the office due to death, resignation, or removal from office (by [[impeachment]] and conviction). Th...
  7. John Adams (18716 bytes)
    18: ..., was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
    22: ...neration descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in...
    24: ...1758]], he was admitted to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing ...
    35: ...of a series of committees to study naval matters. From that time onward, Adams championed the establis...
    37: ... "these colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states," acting as champion of ...
  8. James Monroe (11107 bytes)
    6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1825]]
    18: ...ly 4]], [[1831]]) was the fifth ([[1817]]–[[1825]]) [[President of the United States|President]] o...
    22: ... the [[Continental Army]], and practiced law in [[Fredericksburg]], Virginia. His parents Spence Monro...
    24: ...-[[1796]], he displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later, with [[Robert R. Livingston]] a...
    30: ... State. Only [[Henry Clay]]'s refusal kept Monroe from adding an outstanding Westerner. Both of these ...
  9. John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
    5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1825]]
    18: ...dash; [[February 23]], [[1848]]) was the sixth ([[1825]]-[[1829]]) [[President of the United States|Pres...
    22: ...e]] at the [[University of Leiden]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in [[1787]], and was ele...
    26: ...list]] to the [[United States Senate]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1803]], until [[June 8]], [[1808...
    28: ...814]], and Minister to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] from [[1815]] to [[1817]]. During this time, Adams a...
  10. Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
    18: ...e first president who had lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associa...
    22: ...trust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favo...
    24: ...began to prosper in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state milit...
    34: ...ackson's election represented a significant break from that past.
    36: He was also the first President from a state west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. ...
  11. John Tyler (18019 bytes)
    25: ...tate-rights Democrat, grew increasingly alienated from the Jacksonian Democrats, especially by Jackson...
    40: ...ntesse Tyler ([[April 5]], [[1825]] - [[July]], [[1825]]).
    58: ...g office, and the entire cabinet he had inherited from Harrison resigned in September. The one excepti...
    63: ...itution, which extended Rhode Island's restricted franchise. Tyler was of the opinion that the 'lawles...
    65: <blockquote>"I freely confess that I should experience great reluct...
  12. Australia (39438 bytes)
    28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1...
    44: ...notes=<sup>1</sup>There are some minor variations from these three timezones, see [[Australian States ...
    50: ...island]], [[Boigu Island]], is about 5 kilometres from Papua New Guinea. This has led to a complicated...
    54: The name Australia derives from the [[Latin]] ''australis'', meaning ''southern...
    55: ...w of [[Port Jackson]], taken from the South Head, from ''A Voyage to Terra Australis''. [[Sydney]] was...
  13. Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
    36: | From [[United Kingdom|the British]]<br>[[1919]]
    55: ...Afghanistan. The remainder of the name originates from the [[Persian language|Persian]] word ''st&#257...
    64: ...ans. The Mohammadzay furnished the Saddozay kings frequently with top counsellors, who served occasion...
    72: ...an were able to capture 90% of the country, aside from [[Northern Alliance]] strongholds primarily in ...
    74: ...the group's downfall. In late 2001, major leaders from the Afghan opposition groups and diaspora met i...
  14. Bolivia (30115 bytes)
    40: ...blished_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[August 6]], [[1825]] |
    62: ...of the Viceroy of [[Lima]]. Local government came from the Audiencia de Charcas located in Chuquisaca ...
    65: ..., named for [[Sim󮠂ol�r]], on [[August 6]], [[1825]] (see [[Bolivian War of Independence]]).
    71: ... political awareness among the indigenous people. From the end of the Chaco War until the [[1952]] rev...
    74: ...tenssoro]], the MNR introduced universal adult suffrage, carried out a sweeping land reform, promoted ...
  15. Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
    2: ...y''' ([[December 8]], [[1765]] - [[January 8]], [[1825]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]]...
    6: ...husetts]], the son of a farmer, Whitney graduated from [[Yale University|Yale]] College in [[1792]], w...
    14: ...ians believe that this invention allowed for the African [[slavery]] system in the Southern United Sta...
    24: This system differed from the traditional [[artisan]]al style of manufact...
  16. Connecticut (28543 bytes)
    43: ... permanently in Connecticut were English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, ...
    49: ...rrently has five [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Connecticut|representatives in the House]].
    56: ...strial cities, located along the coastal highways from the New York border to New Haven, then northwar...
    65: ... the state, and at times there are minor cultural frictions between the regions and their major cultur...
    79: ...les (tv)|Miracles]], the protagonist took a train from Boston directly to Hartford, causing Connecticu...
  17. Utah (29154 bytes)
    74: ...e most popular destinations. The name ''Utah'' is from the [[Southern Ute language]] and means "higher...
    85: [[Francisco Vᳱuez de Coronado]] may have crossed int...
    89: ...h man, ɴienne Provost, who visited the area in [[1825]].
    96: ...ce Brigham Young as territorial governor with [[Alfred Cumming]]. The resulting conflict is known as t...
    98: ...nd [[Paiutes]] attacked and killed 120 immigrants from [[Missouri]], an event called the [[Mountain Me...
  18. Oregon (26551 bytes)
    43: ...the [[Oregon Bottle Bill]], but has also suffered from the rapid pace of logging in its forests.
    51: ...he Columbia District, built [[Fort Vancouver]] in 1825.
    61: ...fornians (or outsiders in general). State ballots frequently illustrate the extremes of the political ...
    68: ... that the name came from an engraver's error in a French map published in the early 1700s, naming the ...
    69: ...m the word ''oolighan'', referring to grease made from fish, which the [[Native American]]s of the reg...
  19. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
    12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
    17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
    29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
    59: *[[Fra Angelico]] ([[1387]]-[[1445]])
  20. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
    53: *[[Jacques-Yves Cousteau|Jacques Cousteau]], [[France]] &mdash; [[Aqua-Lung|aqualung]]
    56: ...illiam Cullen]] &mdash; mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
    87: *[[Benjamin Franklin]], (1706-1790), [[United States|USA]] &mdas...
    88: *[[William Friese-Greene]], (1855-1921) &mdash; [[cinematograph...

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