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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...[[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking country in the world.
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
42: established_events = • Declared<br> • R...
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[18...
62: ...he [[Aztec]], the [[Olmec]], the [[Toltec]], and the [[Maya civilization|Maya]]. - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
73: | [[1905]] — [[1910]]
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]] - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...though pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
16: ...cularly Highland pipers. In the Middle east, and the Balkans, a whole goatskin is used, cured with sal...
18: ...ores for the Zampogna, and cylindrical bores for the Musette and Scottish Small Pipes). In general, c...
20: ...erm is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a bagpipe.
23: ...to have originated with various ethnic groups in the Roman empire. - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...thumb|right|240px|Architects' first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, ''Les ruin...
2: ...r]], added by 16th century Italian architectural theory and practice.)
4: ...emis]] at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
5: ...et the [[torus]] (enriched with interlaced guilloche) it stands upon.]]
6: ...reek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th century]] [[Greek Revival]], it conv... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
18: ...die, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian - 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]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...anuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
16: *[[Agathon]] (c. 448-400 BCE), Athenian tragic poet
17: ...[[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
21: ...d Agmon|Agmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] [[1056]]-[[1068]] - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
4: *[[Bertie Ahern|Ahern, Bertie]], (born [[1951]]), [[Taoiseach|Irish p...
5: *[[Jerry Ahern|Ahern, Jerry]], author
7: ...arl Gustav Ahlefeldt|Ahlefeldt, Karl Gustav]], ([[1910]]-[[1985]]), Danish film actor
8: ... Lars Valerian]], ([[1907]]-[[1996]]), Finnish mathematician - 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]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...[[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...ary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...ary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Du...
11: ... for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [...
13: ...he Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]]. - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
1: ...:Goldman-4.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Emma Goldman, c. 1910]]
3: ...English language representative in [[London]] of the [[Federacinarquista Ib鲩ca|CNT-FAI]].
6: ...which sowed the seeds for her anarchist ideas and her independent attitude.
9: ... remained legally married, allowing her to retain her American citizenship.
13: ...pular with the authorities. Berkman (or Sasha as she fondly referred to him) was jailed for fourteen y... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...in by the government. Luxemburg and hundreds of others were captured, tortured, and killed.
6: ... growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
8: ...rs managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
10: ...ience of [[form of government|forms of state]]), the [[Middle Ages]] and economic and stock exchange c...
12: ...f parliament focused more and more on gaining further parliamentary rights and on material wealth. - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...e [[pen name]] of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, one of the most significant Russian [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeist...
3: ...n, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of [[Stalinism]].
5: ...Her childhood does not appear to have been happy; her parents separated in [[1905]].
7: ...]] in [[1910]]. Their son, born in [[1912]], was the historian [[Lev Gumilyov]].
9: ...ms written in the form of correspondence between the two. - 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]]. - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ... an artist and writer, known as the '''Queen of Bohemia'''.
3: ...of Art]] until [[1910]]. In [[1914]] she went to the [[Montparnasse]] Quarter in [[Paris]], [[France]]...
5: ... time. In Montparnasse she also met her husband, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Roald Kristian]].
7: ...]. After divorcing Kristian, she took up with another free spirit, composer [[E.J Moeran]].
11: ...s, furniture, rugs, and the like. The photo shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Ha... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ... and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...n of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and became...
7: ... [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage name '''Mary Pickford'''.
9: ...s that reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
11: ...s was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped. - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools of [[Acmeist poetr...
8: ...ation, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ... her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ... in school, and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages.
14: ...'. Voloshin came to see Tsvetaeva and soon became her friend and mentor. - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
1: ...t Hodgkin''' [[Order of Merit|OM]] ([[May 12]], [[1910]]–[[July 29]], [[1994]]) was a British [[sc...
3: ... medal of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, displayed in the Royal Society, London]]
5: ...]], and [[insulin]]. This latter achievement took her 34 years, having started in 1933.
7: ...was appointed to the [[Order of Merit]], filling the vacancy left by [[Winston Churchill]].
11: ...n Honour of Professor Dorothy Hodgkin''. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...any]], now part of [[Poland]]) and became one of the few women to receive a [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]...
3: ...e assistant of James Franck. The couple moved to the [[United States]], Mayer's home country.
5: ...eceived a Nobel Prize in Physics in [[1963]] together with [[Eugene Paul Wigner]] and [[J. Hans D. Jen...
7: ...self is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
9: ...dancing around clockwise; some twirl clockwise, others twirl counterclockwise." - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
7: ...rebelled against the expected role for a woman of her status, which was to become an obedient wife.
9: ...and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...eform of the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
13: ...ical care and by the commitment and practises of the sisters.
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