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- Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ...nce|French]] [[List of explorers|explorer]] and [[French Navy|naval officer]], who explored the south ...
4: ...]. He immediately arranged for the government of France to acquire one of the most valuable and famou...
8: ...und out the probable place of the death of [[Jean-François de La Pérouse|La Perouse]].
10: ... a coastal area of Antarctica that he named the [[French Southern Territories|Adélie Coast]] in honor...
16: ...in the [[Cimetière du Montparnasse]], [[Paris]], France. - Steel (28384 bytes)
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ...s, which are naturally arranged in a [[lattice]], from sliding past one another. Varying the amount of...
8: ...rtant that smelting take place in a fairly oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iro...
11:
17: ...n this case, expansion occurs. Internal stresses from this expansion generally take the form of [[com... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more...
12: ... Duke of York were already married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an ...
14: ...anguage|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Da...
20: ... own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported t...
23: [[Image:queen_victoria.jpg|framed|left|A young Victoria is depicted at her coro... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
11: ...lla ([[Lady Anne Blunt]]) born [[22 September]] [[1837]] and Ralph Gordon born [[2 July]] [[1839]]. The ... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
9: ...y in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
19: ...ted to each other and they became life-long close friends. Herbert was instrumental in facilitating Ni...
33: ...anizing patient care. Although she met resistance from the doctors and officers, her changes vastly im...
45: ...r030502 CBC story: 'Florence Nightingale suffered from bipolar disorder']
47: In response to an invitation from Queen Victoria, and despite the limitations of ... - 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... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1837]]
16: ... 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)
6: ...><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
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: ... a Federalist. He had already, in [[1808]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and ...
39: ...ion, where he opposed the grant of [[universal suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether... - 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: ...ohn J. Crittenden]], and was reelected and served from [[December 10]], [[1819]] to [[March 3]], [[182...
9: ... 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. - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
25: ...tate-rights Democrat, grew increasingly alienated from the Jacksonian Democrats, especially by Jackson...
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...
69: ...t an example, in the bosom of this Union, of such frightful disorder, such needless convulsions of soc... - 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...
16: ...ed States Senators from Pennsylvania|U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania]]|before=[[Isaac D. Barnard]]|afte... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[Franklin Pierce]]</td></tr>
20: ...dency in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]].
26: ...d complement Taylor, a slave-holding military man from the south.
29: ...merican War]]. Taylor wanted the new states to be free states, while Fillmore supported slavery in tho...
43: ...ritical number of northern Whigs in Congress away from their insistence upon the [[Wilmot Proviso]] &m... - 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: ...from [[December 6]], [[1834]]; was reelected in [[1837]] and [[1843]], and resigned on [[March 5]], [[1... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
42: ...t of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican...
44: ...y and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup></small>]] from the [[United States]], formed the [[Confederate...
53: ... Offutt and accompanied by friends, he took goods from New Salem to [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orlea...
59: ...n a company of the [[Illinois]] [[militia]] drawn from New Salem during the [[Black Hawk War]], writin...
61: ...is|Sangamon County]], beginning in [[1834]]. In [[1837]] he made his first protest against slavery in th... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
48: ...State House of Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. He was elected to th...
51: ...a|the Confederacy]], Johnson was the only Senator from the seceded states to continue participation in...
113: ...o nineteen for acquittal. He had avoided removal from office by a single vote. There were two votes ...
121: ...a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from [[March 4]], [[1875]], until his death near [[E...
130: * Johnson's [[obituary]], from the [[New York Times]]: http://starship.python.... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
17: ...r><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[March 18]], [[1837]]</td></tr>
21: ...es]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (wife)</td></tr>
29: '''Stephen Grover Cleveland''' ([[March 18]], [[1837]] – [[June 24]], [[1908]]) was the 22nd ([[...
42: ...Swiss cheese and a chop at Louis's instead of the French stuff I shall find."
44: ...dent to be married in the [[White House]] itself. Frances Cleveland was the youngest First Lady in the... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ...iver|Limpopo]] rivers. It is bordered by [[South Africa]] to the south, [[Botswana]] to the west, [[Za...
14: ...''[[List of state mottos|National motto]]: Unity, Freedom, Work''</small>
48: As of [[1837]] the Shona were frequently raided by the [[Ndebele]], led by king [[...
52: ...hodes obtained a charter for the [[British South Africa Company]], which conquered the Ndebele and the...
54: ...licy of NIBMAR - No Independence Before Majority African Rule. - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
11: ...afre's successor, which is about half as tall. Khafre's pyramid appears the tallest on some photograph...
17: ...length, and 12 [[arcsecond|seconds]] in [[angle]] from a perfect square. The sides of the square are a...
19: [[Image:Giza_4.jpg|thumbnail|300px|left|[[Khafre's Pyramid]]. Image courtesy of
22: ...[[limestone]], [[basalt]], and [[granite]] blocks from two to four [[tonne]]s in weight each with ston...
26: ...rrow shafts, about 20 centimeters wide, extending from the chamber to the outer surface of the pyramid... - Texas (39610 bytes)
38: ...nguage]] of the [[Hasinai]], ''tejas'', meaning ''friends'' or ''allies''; [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers...
42: ...ist of U.S. state mottos | state motto]] — "Friendship"
50: ** flying — [[Mexican free-tailed bat]]
57: ...om you talk to (and which part of Texas they come from), Texas forms part of the [[U.S. Southern State...
62: ...ve flown over its soil: the [[Fleur-de-lis]] of [[France]], and the national flags of [[Spain]], [[Mex...
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