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- Periodic table (7298 bytes)
60: ...erman chemist [[Johann Wolfgang D?einer]] who, in 1829, noticed a number of ''triads'' of similar elemen... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...ale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
7: ...d'Abancourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
14: ...ari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ... born into [[slavery]]. (later changed to '''Baumfree'''). Other sources list her name as "Isabella V...
5: ... state abolished slavery, she returned there in [[1829]], working as a domestic servant for over a decad... - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
3: Born in [[Hamburg]], Fanny benefited from the same [[music]]al education and upbringing a...
5: In 1829, after a courtship of several years, she married ... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: ...ion''' is a small portable [[free reed instrument|free-reed wind instrument]] with a [[musical keyboar...
10: ...etal ribbon, a reed, which is held at one end and free at the other, like a ruler on the edge of a tab...
12: Modern free-reed instruments have several aspects in common...
14: *Metal frame and metal tongue
22: ...which is more similar to a clarinet than a modern free-reed instrument. - Concertina (3686 bytes)
2: ...y have buttons on both ends and are distinguished from an [[accordion]] (piano or button) by the direc...
9: ...tina.jpg|left|thumb|Anglo concertina mad by C. Jeffries around 1910. Note three rows of buttons.]]
10: ...eenth and early twentieth centuries include C. Jeffries (who built primarily Anglo-style concertinas) ...
13: ...gers on metal finger rests, leaving three fingers free for noting. - 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... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ... 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 ... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
18: ...nd an American [[statesman]], [[ambassador]] to [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosoph...
23: ...0]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virginia]] for se...
25: ...ch included Jefferson, [[John Adams]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livin...
27: ...[curriculum]] of which Jefferson also designed. [[Frank E. Grizzard]], Jr., a scholar at the Universit...
30: ...at the layers of occupation, and draw conclusions from them. - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ..., helping to draft their declaration of religious freedom and persuading [[Virginia]] to give their no...
25: ...the thinking of what Thomas Jefferson (who was in France at the time) called an "assembly of demi-gods...
31: ... States_House_of_Representatives|Representative]] from his home state of [[Virginia]]. He successfully...
33: ..., Madison was the nation's shortest president and frequently ill. In [[1794]] Madison married [[Dolley...
38: ...th any nation that would not remove the blockade: France did, and Britain did not. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1829]]
18: ...ebruary 23]], [[1848]]) was the sixth ([[1825]]-[[1829]]) [[President of the United States|President]] o...
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... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1829]]
16: | vicepresident= [[John C. Calhoun]] (1829-1832) [[Martin Van Buren]] (1833-1837)
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... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ...;[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
29: ... of [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia County]] from [[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. I...
33: ...ackson's]] [[United States Cabinet|cabinet]] in [[1829]].
39: ...ion, where he opposed the grant of [[universal suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether...
43: ...oted for the measure in obedience to instructions from the New York [[State legislature|legislature]] ... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...entative]] and a [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Kentucky]] and the ninth [[Vice President of ...
5: ...as a member of the state House of Representatives from [[1804]]-[[1806]] and again in [[1819]]. He wa...
7: ...e was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829.
9: ...rican-American woman. He served as vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
11: ...oon after taking his seat. He is interred in the Frankfort Cemetery. - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...64]]) was a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]] and the eleventh [[Vice Presid...
5: ...he resignation of [[Isaac D. Barnard]] and served from [[December 13]], [[1831]] to [[March 3]], [[183...
7: ...ket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1845]] to [[March 3]], [[1849]].
9: ...ingdom|Britain]] by President [[Franklin Pierce]] from [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Phila...
14: ...atson]]|after=[[Benjamin W. Richards]]|years=1828-1829}} - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
3: | image name=Franklin Pierce.jpg
18: ... 14th [[President of the United States]], serving from [[1853]] to [[1857]]. Pierce was a [[United Sta...
20: ...[[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
25: ...[[Benjamin Pierce (governor)|Benjamin Pierce]], a frontier farmer who became a [[American Revolutionar... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
17: | [[Franklin Pierce]]
50: ...criticized for failing to prevent the [[country]] from [[sliding]] into [[schism]] and the [[American ...
53: ...uri]]. Buchanan served as Minister to [[Russia]] from [[1832]] to [[1834]].
55: ...nan then vowed to never marry. Buchanan was close friends with senator [[William Rufus King]], and for...
57: ...by the resignation of William Wilkins. He served from [[December 6]], [[1834]]; was reelected in [[18... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[October 5]], [[1829]]
18: '''Chester Alan Arthur''' ([[October 5]], [[1829]] – [[November 18]], [[1886]]) was an [[Pol...
20: ... times a day. He was called "Chet" by family and friends. Interestingly, Chester Arthur pronounced h...
22: Arthur suffered from [[Bright's Disease]] and died of a [[cerebral h...
27: ...mont|Franklin County]], [[Vermont]] on October 5, 1829 (although he told people that he was born in 1830... - 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... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...cially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
11: ...#932;ΟΣ<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
29: ...[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]]<br/>[[1829]]
42: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Hymn to Freedom]]
52: ...especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a ...
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