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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
93: | [[1871]] — [[1878]]
108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]
204: | [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]
209: ...List of current and former capital cities within the United States]]
219: [[Category:Lists of cities in the United States|* Capital]] - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...ty to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]].
4: ...rker.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of Frémont's men were lost in Colorado]]
5: ...mining that the [[Great Basin]] had no outlet to the sea.
7: ...f the United States|presidential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) t...
9: ... command in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a different post (in [[West V... - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ....1 percent [[carbon]]; ironically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iro...
5: ...sses of steels in which carbon is replaced with other alloying materials, and carbon, if present, is u...
8: ...ast 6000 years (since the [[Bronze Age]]). Since the oxidation rate itself increases rapidly beyond 80...
10: ...ngVolt Iron Ore Pellets.jpg|thumb|left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in steel p... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
18: ...die, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian
46: *[[Abd-ar-rahman III]], (912-961), prince of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: *[[Adolphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
19: ...Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
41: ...son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
1: ...ovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias, Duchess of Courland]]
3: ...[[1693]] - [[October 28]],[[1740]]) reigned as Duchess of [[Courland]] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empres...
5: ==Ascension to the throne==
7: ...fter the death of her husband, but was reputed by her enemies to indulge in a love affair with [[Count...
10: ...s an autocratic ruler, using her popularity with the imperial guards and lesser nobility. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...pg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empr...
7: ...Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ... [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
12: ...ince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on ...
14: ...er educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...y 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[United States...
7: ...] where she cared for their children and home and her husband practiced law and started a political ca...
9: ...he [[United States Senate]] where he served until he died in office in [[1931]].
11: ...]], [[1932]] becoming the first woman elected to the [[United States Senate]]. (''see also: [[Rebecca ...
13: Caraway made no speeches on the floor of the Senate but built a reputation as an honest and si... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...Annie Besant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophist]]
2: ...mber 20]], [[1933]]) was a prominent [[Theosophy|Theosophist]], [[women's rights]] [[activist]], [[wri...
4: ...], [[Fabian socialism]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.
5: ...r conversion to Theosophy came after reading ''[[The Secret Doctrine]]'' by [[H.P. Blavatsky]] in [[18...
7: ...r she devoted much of her energy not only to the Theosophical Society, but also to India's freedom and... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
1: ...e_bath.jpg|thumb|right|225px|''The Child's Bath (The Bath)''. [[Mary Cassatt]]. ([[1893]]). Oil on can...
4: ...before she was 10 years old, she visited many of the capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris...
6: ...Masters|old masters]] on her own and in [[1866]] she moved to Paris.
8: ... paint copies of paintings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe.
10: ...ropean museums, her style matured, and in Paris, she studied with [[Camille Pissarro]]. - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: '''Lise Meitner''' ([[November 7]], [[1878]]–[[October 27]], [[1968]]) was an [[Austri...
4: ...th her knowledge of physics and his knowledge of chemistry.
6: In [[1918]], they discovered the element [[protactinium]].
8: ...ictor Auger]], a French scientist who discovered the effect two years later.
10: ...in D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhattan Project]]. - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ...humann]], was one of the leading [[pianist]]s of the [[Romantic music|Romantic era]] as well as a comp...
7: ...ited with refining the tastes of audience through her presentation of works by earlier composers inclu...
9: ...[1892]], and in which she contributed greatly to the modern improvement in technique.
11: ...ly for the piano, and the authoritative editor of her husband's works for [[Breitkopf and H䲴el]].
14: ... Hanover, Germany who declared them a "marvelous, heavenly pleasure." - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
1: [[Image:Hpb.jpg|thumb|right|Helena Blavatsky]]
2: ...' or '''Madame Blavatsky''' was the founder of [[Theosophy]].
5: ...Russia, and apparently encouraged her to believe she had supernatural powers at a very early age.
7: ...at she formed the Societe Spirite for [[occult]] phenomena with Emma Cutting (later Emma Coulomb), whi...
9: ...ws]] of how they work rather than performing them herself. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ables. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persia...
3: ...icates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the latter a floor covering that is loose-laid, most ...
8: [[Image:Swatches of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
12: ...ps of cloth such as wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric such as burlap. This type of ...
14: ...not types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the carpet. - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: ... an independent state until about [[1300 BC]]. Archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egypt...
8: ...rding to the dynasty of the ruling [[pharaoh]]. The dating of
10: ...ee millennia. There is a recommended revision of the chronology of Egypt.
19: ...iod]] (21st–25th Dynasties) (also known as the Libyan Period)
23: * [[Egyptian chronology]] (for further discussion) - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Chester Alan Arthur
3: | image name=chester a arthur illustration.3.jpg
14: | wife=[[Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur]]
18: ...September 19th, and Arthur became [[President of the United States|President]], serving until [[1885]]...
20: ...ounced his middle name, Alan, with the stress on the ''second'' syllable -- "Al-AN." - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...as 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It h...
3: ...ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had seen it reduced to li...
5: ...ia egypt 4.jpg|thumb|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar...
11: The history of Alexandria covers four periods:
13: ...ounding of the city and ends with the arrival of the Romans (blue). - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...oast on the [[Black Sea]] and the eastern and southern [[Carpathians]] mountains run through its cente...
13: national_anthem = [[Desteapta-te, Romane!|Deşteaptă-te...
38: established_events = <br> - Declared<br/> - Recognised |
39: ...]]<br/>[[13 July]], [[1878]] ([[Treaty of Berlin, 1878|Treaty of Berlin]]) |
57: ..." (The Romanian Country) is the Romanian name of the former principality of [[Wallachia]]. - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ... or noting the 'glitter of the sun rising across the lake' (as seen in its flag).
9: national_anthem = [[Mlungu dalitsani Malawi]] (Oh God B...
10: ...al), [[Chichewa language|Chichewa]] (official), others |
34: established_events = - Date |
35: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[July 6]], [[1964]] | - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Mount Rushmore State |
30: HighestElev = 2,207 |
38: ...of the northern Middle West. It is named after the [[Lakota]] ([[Sioux]]) [[Native American|American...
39: ... 2]], [[1889]]. [[North Dakota]] was admitted on the same day (see '''Trivia''', below).
41: ... and [[Montana]]. It is one of the six states of the [[Frontier Strip]].
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