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- List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
21: *[[David Agmon|Agmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]] - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
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18: ...art in the [[Mexican-American War]], becoming a [[brigadier general]]. Because his private law practice in hi...
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... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
32: ...ging that the "S" stood for Simpson. He graduated from West Point in [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class...
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...
41: ..., 1861). On [[August 7]], Grant was appointed a [[brigadier general]] of volunteers.
48: ... attack until the enemy surrendered or was driven from the field. Such tactics often resulted in heavy... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
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: ...Vermont|Fairfield]] in [[Franklin County, Vermont|Franklin County]], [[Vermont]] on October 5, 1829 (a...
29: He attended the public schools and was graduated from [[Union College]], [[Schenectady, New York]], i...
31: ... appointed quartermaster general with the rank of brigadier general, and served until [[1862]]. He resumed t... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...cially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
11: ...#932;ΟΣ<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
29: ...]'''<br> - Declared<br> - Recognised || From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]...
42: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Hymn to Freedom]]
52: ...especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a ... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
5: * [[1562]] - [[France]] recognized the [[Huguenot]]s under the [[Ed...
9: * [[1781]] - Continental troops under Brigadier General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces u...
25: ...Robbery]] - 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
28: * [[1966]] - [[Carl Brashear]], the first [[African American]] [[United States Navy]] diver, is i...
44: *[[1463]] - [[Frederick III of Saxony|Friedrich III]], [[Saxony|Saxon]] elector (d. [[1525... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ''This article refers to the former French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris...
10: | [[President of France]]
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[...
40: ...|French military]] leader and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}}...
42: ...ism]], which left a major influence in subsequent French politics. - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
22: ... [[1909]] and he worked at Belle Springs Creamery from [[1909]] to [[1911]].
26: ...ss]]es.{{fn|1}} His mother was active in the sect from 1895, when Dwight was five years old, until she...
30: ...te)|Georgia]]. He then served with the Tank Corps from [[1918]] to [[1922]] at [[Camp Meade]], [[Maryl...
34: ...[George V. Moseley]], Assistant Secretary of War, from [[1929]] to [[1933]]. He then served as chief m...
36: ...] he had never held an active command and was far from being considered as a potential commander of ma... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
13: ...from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture.
14: ...al law]], and quickly restored order. He resigned from the army in March 1779 on account of ill health...
18: ...fe were married for twelve years, until her death from [[cancer]].
20: ...umel. When she realized her fortune was dwindling from her husband's land speculation, they separated ...
24: ...n]]. He served in the [[New_York_State_Assembly]] from [[1784]] to [[1785]], but Burr became seriously... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...in [[Norway]], or [[Philippe P鴡in|P鴡in]] in [[France]].
9: ...etts]] eager for action, and requested permission from the Massachusetts [[Committee of Safety (Americ...
10: ...ck on [[May 10]], [[1775]], Ticonderoga was taken from the 22 British troops that held it and who were...
12: ...ston]] of the Massachusetts militia and a boyhood friend of Allen, delivered the letter announcing the...
15: ...until all American forces were forced to withdraw from Canada in June of 1776. - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
11: ...2002]].) Although Lindbergh was the first to fly from New York to Paris nonstop, he was not the first...
18: ...les Lindbergh flight to Brussels.ogg|title=Flight from Paris to Belgium |description= Lindbergh's flig...
26: ...12]] in [[Hopewell, New Jersey]] just a few miles from the Lindbergh's home, after a nation-wide ten w...
31: ...ed States|President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] openly questioned his loyalt...
36: ...signment with the Army Air Corps and making him [[Brigadier General]] in 1954. In the 1960s, he became a spok... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ...t a time, were generally reluctant to go very far from home, and would often come and go as they saw f...
15: ...f these ever set foot in America. The war was far from Britain's greatest concern at the time. [[Loyal...
19: ...cisive, though disastrous for the French economy. France's standing army at the time is estimated to h...
23: ...lack slaves used the war as a chance to escape to freedom.
31: ...regiment]]s of British regulars (about 4,000 men) from his headquarters in Boston, but the countryside... - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
3: ...[Secretary of War]] in the cabinet of President [[Franklin Pierce]]. He is most famous for serving as ...
6: ...andfather had immigrated to the [[United States]] from [[Wales]] and had once lived in [[Virginia]] an...
10: ...ter Mary, attending a [[log cabin]] school a mile from their home. Two years later, Davis entered the ...
14: ...avis's duties during this time was to keep miners from illegally entering what would eventually become...
16: ...President]]. On [[June 30]], 1835, Davis resigned from the U.S. Army. - Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
20: ... a "bad order", to withdraw his troops, he was confronted by another superior. He explained his ration...
26: ... began a Sunday school for blacks, both slave and free.
30: ...]], Jackson married again. Mary Anna Morrison was from North Carolina, where her father was the first ...
36: ...ginia infantry regiments. All of these units were from the [[Shenandoah Valley]] region of Virginia.
38: ...rry]], because of his bravery, he was promoted to brigadier general. - James Longstreet (9732 bytes)
8: ...]] and rise to the rank of [[major]]. He resigned from the [[U.S. Army]] in [[June]] of [[1861]] to ca...
12: ...r, and he was almost immediately appointed as a [[brigadier general]] in the [[Confederate Army]]. He fought ...
14: ...tionately as his ''Old War Horse''. (Longstreet's friends generally called him ''Pete''.) His record a...
18: ...Corps played the decisive role in the [[Battle of Fredericksburg]]. There, Longstreet positioned his m...
20: ...et and 15,000 men of the First Corps to be absent from the [[Battle of Chancellorsville]] in [[May]]. - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
54: ...the '''British-American War''', to distinguish it from the concurrent British involvement in the [[Nap...
84: ... were often strained. When revolutionary France [[French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1793|declare...
86: ...s seen as an effective way of combating desertion from the Royal Navy.
88: This issue came to the forefront with the [[Chesapeake-Leopard Affair]] of [[18...
90: ... lifted all embargoes, but offered that if either France or Great Britain were to cease their interfer... - Zachary Taylor (11484 bytes)
20: ...tes|President]] of the [[United States]], serving from [[1849]] to [[1850]]. Taylor was noted for his ...
34: ...ection, the Free Soilers pulled enough votes away from Cass to elect Taylor.
54: ...]. Taylor's brother, Joseph Pannill Taylor, was a Brigadier General in the Grand Army of the Republic during ... - Rutherford B. Hayes (9651 bytes)
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Fremont, Ohio]]</td></tr>
24: ...24]], [[1861]], colonel [[October 24]], [[1862]], brigadier general of Volunteers [[October 9]], [[1864]] and...
26: ...ngress. He was again elected Governor and served from January [[1876]] to [[March 2]], [[1877]], when...
36: ...t one Southerner and he withdrew all Union troups from the South, then he would become president. This...
95: ...m length to six years. He died in [[Fremont, Ohio|Fremont]], [[Sandusky County, Ohio]], [[January 17]]... - Benjamin Harrison (11469 bytes)
26: ...was a member of the [[fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] [[Phi Delta Theta]], and graduated in [...
28: ... to the [[United States Senate]], where he served from [[March 4]], [[1881]], to [[March 3]], [[1887]]...
40: ...liam McKinley]] and Senator [[Nelson W. Aldrich]] framed a still higher tariff bill; some rates were i...
42: ...with the Treasury surplus, the tariff was removed from imported raw sugar; sugar growers within the Un...
132: ... United States Senators from Indiana|U.S. Senator from Indiana]]|before=[[Joseph E. McDonald]]|after=[... - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
22: ...evelt was a fifth cousin of the later President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. They are the only cousins t...
27: ... and other ailments. It is believed he attended [[Friends Seminary]], a private [[Quaker]] school on [...
30: *From 1869 to 1870 his family toured [[Europe]] and s...
31: *From 1872 to 1873 the Roosevelt family traveled in [...
34: ... [[German language|German]] and [[French language|French]] while the family was in Dresden, remarked; ...
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