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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
15: national_motto =''Sufragio efectivo, No reelecci
16: ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[1810]]<br>[[Se...
68: On [[September 16]], [[1810]], independence from Spain was declared, by [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costi...
70: ...ntral America]] were all incorporated into Mexico from [[1822]] to [[1823]], when they declared indepe... - 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: ...or da Bahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio.
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... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
20: ... Edward Snowden leaks highly classified documents from the National Security Agency.
52: ...orge H. W. Bush dies from complications resulting from Parkinson's disease. He lies in the state at th...
54: ...Washington bans all persons under 21 years of age from purchasing a semi-automatic rifle.
55: ...ernment shutdown in American history, which lasts from December 22, 2018 to *January 25, 2019 (35 days...
83: - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and v...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
16: ...eir nation as culturally and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nati...
25: ... political legitimacy. It was used in this manner from the tenth century onwards by the competing dyna... - Theodora (11th century) (2075 bytes)
2: ... ruled as [[Byzantine emperor|Byzantine Empress]] from [[January 11]], [[1055]] to [[August 31]], [[10...
8: ...throne between various noble families that lasted from [[1056]] till [[1081]]. - Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
3: ...r with his younger brother, while Eudocia ran the administration of the empire.
5: ...ike and self-willed and increasingly excluded her from power. When he was taken prisoner by the [[Selj... - 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,...
26: ...arried [[Louis XVI of France|HM King Louis XVI of France]] (1754-1793); had issue - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...eat''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novemb...
5: ...onths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by ...
11: ...tion the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles from state service and taxes; made noble status here...
13: ...the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the mode...
17: ...|Nikita Panin]], exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd sta... - 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... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
8: ...oming in the middle of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abroad.
21: ...s strengthened and revitalized. Pakistan made new friends and maintained better relations with many co...
32: ...ing more than two terms. This disqualifies Bhutto from ever holding the office again, and some said it...
34: ...who is suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]] and from where she travels around the world giving lectu... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
3: ...or [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Washington|Washington state]] and is a member...
9: ... she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration. After earning her degree, she moved to [[Seattle...
15: ... first term, she got the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Administration to drop its support of the [[Clipper Chip]], she ...
21: ... claimed in [[2000]] that RealNetworks was at the frontier of Internet privacy. However, Internet pri... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...ry, first as a member of the [[Menshevik]]s, then from [[1914]] on as a [[Bolshevik]]. She was effecti...
7: ...e. She was the most prominent woman in the Soviet administration and was best known for founding the [[Zhenodtel]]...
11: ...oviet Union|Communist Party]] and joined with her friend, [[Alexander Shlyapnikov]], to form a left-wi... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
30: ...ther, Henry Reno, immigrated to the United States from [[Denmark]] and for forty-three years was a pol...
34: ...ore than 500 students. She received her [[LL.B.]] from Harvard three years later. Despite her Harvard ...
42: ...deral government as a threat to their fundamental freedoms.
52: ... early intervention efforts to keep children away from gangs, drugs and violence and on the road to st...
67: ... protesters and activists in many states when the Administration perceived them as hindering access to abortion. - 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]]. - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
15: ...hunath Singh]] and [[Deewan Jawahar Singh]]. Many from the local population volunteered for service in...
19: ... allies captured the fortress city of [[Gwalior]] from the [[Sindhia]] rulers, who were British allies...
27: *The administration of Undivided India passed on from the East India Company to the British crown.
31: ...i/timeline.html]- for a presentation of Timeline, from the birth Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, until her... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ... [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.
5: ... in science, she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]...
7: ...cer for [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Liberia]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, she resumed her med...
11: ...lled the requirements for an A.B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended [[Weill Cornell M...
13: ...munication system to improve health care in West Africa; and The Earth We Share, (TM) an international... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...aduated [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] from [[Vassar College]] with a bachelor's degree in ...
5: ...for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to work on the deve...
9: ... extended her FLOW-MATIC language with some ideas from the IBM equivalent, the COMTRAN. However, it wa...
12: Hopper retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander at...
14: ...omputer vendors. These tests, and their official administration, were taken over in the 1980s by the National Bur... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
1: [[Image:Margaret_Mead.jpg|frame|Margaret Mead]]
5: ...r, eventually serving as its curator of ethnology from 1946 to 1969. In addition, she taught at Colum...
7: ...y enough for the general public to read and learn from her works--remains firm.
12: ...the ''Coming of Age in Samoa'', Mead's advisor, [[Franz Boas]], wrote of its significance that
20: She concluded that the passage from childhood to adulthood--the period of "adolesce... - 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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