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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - 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 - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
26: *[[Franz Ackerman|Ackerman, Franz]] (c1330-1387)
34: ...rich Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Friedrich]] (1787-1843) - 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... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...of railroad tycoon [[Chiswell Dabney Langhorne]] (1843-1919) and his wife, [[Anne Witcher Keene]]. Her s...
12: ...t easy because they were avoiding the real war in France and the future invasion. The allied soldiers ...
20: # [[David Astor|Francis David Langhorne Astor]] (1912-2001) - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
3: ...Spanish Armada]], and her mother, Anne Laisney, a Frenchwoman. Her parents met in [[Bilbao, Spain]] du...
5: ...ation of Flora and her mother changed drastically from the high standards of living they were accustom...
7: ...fe through their experiences outside their native France.
9: ...s in London'' (1840), and ''The Workers' Union'' (1843). - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ... born into [[slavery]]. (later changed to '''Baumfree'''). Other sources list her name as "Isabella V... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
15: During a nine-month period in 1842-1843, Ada translated for Babbage Italian mathematician... - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
2: ...orothy Dix]]) was a tireless social activist who, from the early [[1840s]] to well after the [[America...
4: ...er as a reformer before the first woman graduated from a U.S. [[medical school]].
10: ...f the time as a teacher and writer. In any event, friends arranged to have her sent abroad to recover....
12: ...the healing power of a family-like asylum removed from the pressures of daily life. When she returned ...
16: ..., following this presentation, the representative from Little Compton announced that Simmons had died.... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
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...
30: ...cquisition of [[Florida]] and in keeping the U.S. from becoming dependent on [[England]]. He is someti...
37: ...val [[Andrew Jackson]]. Adams served as President from [[March 4]], [[1825]] to [[March 3]], [[1829]].... - 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... - 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: ...er 6]], [[1834]]; was reelected in [[1837]] and [[1843]], and resigned on [[March 5]], [[1845]], to acc... - 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: ...s House of Representatives]], as a representative from [[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon County]], ... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
48: ...to the four succeeding Congresses ([[March 4]], [[1843]] to [[March 3]], [[1853]]). He was chairman of ...
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.... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
32: ...od for Simpson. He graduated from West Point in [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class of 39. At the academy,...
34: ...[August 22]], [[1848]]. They had four children: [[Frederick Dent Grant]], Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr....
39: ...pultepec]]. On [[July 31]], [[1854]], he resigned from the army. Seven years of civilian life followed...
48: ... attack until the enemy surrendered or was driven from the field. Such tactics often resulted in heavy...
50: ...in which the destruction of an enemy's economic infrastructure that supplied its armies was as importa... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...Events of the Millennium by LIFE Magazine. Apart from Gutenberg, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Laurens ...
8: ... using "rag" [[paper]] introduced into [[Europe]] from [[China]] by way of [[Muslims]], who had a pape...
12: ... books were copied mainly in [[monasteries]], or (from the [[13th century]]) in commercial [[scriptori...
14: ... printing presses an industry requiring a licence from the Catholic Church (an idea rejected in the en...
16: ...vention in 1453, towns from Hungary to Spain, and from Italy to Britain had functional printing presse... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
1: ...the continental [[European Union]], bordered by [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[Belgium]].<br>
15: ...'''[[Official languages]]''' || [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Luxembourgis...
48: ...sup>1</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[Franc|Luxembourg franc]].</small>
53: ...]], [[Habsburg]]s, [[Hohenzollern]]s and [[France|French]]. Even after the [[Treaty of Paris (1815)|de...
101: ...on of three official languages: [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]] and [[Luxemburg... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
1: ...d one of the smallest countries in continental [[Africa]]. It borders [[Cameroon]] on the north, [[Gab...
19: | [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]]
50: | [[CFA franc]] (XAF)
56: | From [[Spain]]<br />[[October 12]], [[1968]]
70: ...ds of State of Equatorial Guinea|two leaders]]: [[Francisco Mac� Nguema]], the former mayor of [[Mon...
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