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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
15: ...tlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built...
17: ...lo'' (Castle Hill). Therefore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwa...
19: ...y French - pirates and buccaneers, such as [[Jean-Fran篩s Duclerc]], [[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Ni...
21: ...ed suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes.
25: ... year, the capital of Brazil was officially moved from Rio to Bras�a. - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate...
7: Some members of this school, most notably Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identif...
19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember."
25: ...r's soldiers; Arthur was awarded a herd of cattle from Cadoc as [[wergeld]] for his men; Cadoc deliver...
29: ...tury]] at Cadbury Castle, and in several parts of France. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
17: *[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is pu...
24: ... II]]: U.S. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States C...
29: ... to be retrievable and she dies a few hours later from stress and overheating.
48: *[[1765]] - [[Pierre Girard]], [[France|French]] mathematician (d. [[1836]])
58: *[[1923]] - [[Freddy Heineken]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] businessman... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...dair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
37: ...ms, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
40: *[[Charles Francis Adams, Sr.|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1807-1886), grandson of John Adams, son o...
41: *[[Charles Francis Adams, Jr.|Adams, Charles Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War ...
42: *[[Charles Francis Adams (1866)|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ... Wales|HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]]. From her marriage in [[1981]] to her divorce in [[19...
15: From the time of her [[engagement]] to the Prince of...
22: ...father, [[Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer]] in [[1975]], Diana's father became the 8th [[Earl Spencer]]...
27: [[Image:princessdi.jpg|frame|right]] - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
12: ...t easy because they were avoiding the real war in France and the future invasion. The allied soldiers ...
19: # [[Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor]] (1909-1975)
20: # [[David Astor|Francis David Langhorne Astor]] (1912-2001) - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: ...]] [[2005]]) was prime minister of the [[Central African Republic]].
3: ...e first woman to serve as prime minister of an [[Africa]]n nation.
5: ...brief prison term, after which she was prohibited from returning to politics, though she remained a pr... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
51: ...ary 19]], [[1966]] to [[March 24]], [[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassinat...
67: ...-aligned). India subsequently withdrew its forces from west Pakistan, but the independent [[Republic o...
69: ...had collapsed with depositors getting back only a fraction of their money. Moreover a large number of ...
80: ...be removed from her seat in Parliament and banned from running for an additional six years. Rather tha...
84: ... help of the parliament, thus protecting herself from legal prosecution once emergency rule was revok... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: Halonen graduated from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1968 and has ...
8: ...nister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
18: ...-class quarter. She obtained a [[Master of Laws]] from the [[University of Helsinki]] in [[1968]]. She...
20: ...tee of the parliament in [[1984]]–[[1987]]. From this position Halonen rose to the status of Min...
26: ...[[European Union]] in the autumn of 1999 was also fresh in people's memory. - 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]]. - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...of Energy]]) in [[2000]]. She was the first woman from Michigan elected to the U.S. Senate, and along ...
5: ...ted States House of Representatives]] in [[1996]] from Michigan's Eighth District and served two terms...
9: ... served in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], when [[Francis B. Stockbridge]] died.
15: ...l Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from Michigan]] | years=2001- | after=Incumbent}} - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
1: [[Image:RosaLuxemburg.jpg|right|frame|Rosa Luxemburg]]
2: ...right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called the [[Freikorps]], which were sent in by the government. L...
8: ...r of the "Proletariat", a left-wing Polish party, from [[1886]]. The Proletariat had been founded in [...
10: ... flying colours. After fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[...
21: ...leadership refused, and in [[1910]] she split off from Kautsky. - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...lyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law degree from [[South Texas College of Law]] but never practi...
16: ...y of only $500,000. No further communication came from any of the O'Hairs and in 1996 William Murray f...
18: ...violent crimes (along with one for stealing funds from the organisation). Police concluded he and acco...
21: ...ded specific attacks on its validity using quotes from the [[Bible]], was flawed and ultimately underm...
24: ...h had nothing to do with O'Hair and was denied in 1975, concerning the prevention of educational radio c... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...[[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents ...
8: ...tion, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962.
10: From 1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the [[United ...
12: ...n the editorial staff for ''Paula'' magazine, and from 1973 to 1974 for the children's magazine ''Mamp...
14: ...murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile in [[Venezuela]]... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...[1891]]–[[January 28]], [[1960]]) was an [[African-American]] [[folkloristics|folklorist]] and a...
5: ...d [[anthropology]] at [[Barnard College]] under [[Franz Boas]] at [[Columbia University]].
9: ...ica of the early 20th century. For example ( Amy from the opening of ''[[Zora_Neale_Hurston/Jonah's G...
22: ...dvocate [[William Bradford Huie]]. Her detachment from the wider [[American Civil Rights Movement (189...
25: ... Hurston was published in ''[[Ms. Magazine]]'' in 1975, which is seen as reviving interest in her work.... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on ot...
19: ...to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
22: ...an aspiring young actor, [[Frank O'Connor (actor)|Frank O'Connor]], who caught her eye. The two were m...
24: ...]] by Scalara Films, [[Rome]], despite resistance from the [[Italy|Italian]] government under [[Benito...
33: ... the infamous [[Red Scare]], Rand testified as a "friendly witness" before the [[House Committee on Un... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
1: ...:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Rosalind Franklin]]
2: '''Rosalind Elsie Franklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]], [...
5: ...venings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...ent body) and women were not entitled to a degree from the University. She passed her finals in [[1941...
9: ...e went to Paris to work. She learned [[X-ray]] diffraction techniques during her three years at the ''... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
12: ..., and despite opposition, set up one of the first free public schools in the state.
14: ...y, mathematics and natural science in addition to French, German, ancient history, philosophy and reli...
21: ...Butler]] "lady in charge" of the hospitals at the front of the [[Army of the James]].
23: ...age]] movement. She also became acquainted with [[Frederick Douglass]] and became an activist for blac...
27: ...nd its humanitarian work during the war between [[France]] and [[Prussia]]. Created in [[1864]], the I...
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