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- David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
1: [[image:david_livingstone.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone]]
3: '''David Livingstone''' ([[March 19]], [[1813]] – [[...
8: ..., they had rejected Christianity. He married in [[1844]], and his wife travelled with him for a brief ti...
11: ...al at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone memorial at [[Victoria Falls]]]]
14: ...urned to England to try to garner support for his ideas, and to publish a book on his travels. At this... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-19...
52: ...m Abdo|Abdo, Hussam]], (born 1989), Palestine suicide bomber
75: *[[John Abercrombie|Abercrombie, John]], (1780-1844), musician
114: ...(circa 1000 BC), Biblical figure, third son of David
118: *[[Abu Nidal]], (1937-2002), Syrian terrorist - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
26: ...us|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
41: ...35-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
43: ... Charles Francis]] (born 1910), son of above, president of [[Raytheon]]
44: ..., (1952-2001), British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
54: ...John Adams|Adams, John]], (1735-1826), second President of the United States - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...um|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince of Leininge...
16: ...queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the R...
20: ... royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victoria asked her staff to dete...
27: ...it was growing unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonie...
33: ...ight|A likeness of Queen Victoria appears on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stam... - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
3: ...]] in [[Paris, France]] - died [[November 14]], [[1844]] in [[Bordeaux, France]], was one of the founder...
7: ... for the ideal life through their experiences outside their native France. - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: '''Mary Stevenson Cassatt''' ([[May 22]], [[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United ...
6: ...tudents, and the slow pace of her courses, she decided to study the [[Old Masters|old masters]] on her...
8: ...er father continued to resist her vocation, and paid only for her basic needs but not her art supplies...
18: ... her health, and Cassatt resumed painting by the mid-1880s.
21: ...aightforward approach. By [[1886]], she no longer identified herself with any art movement and experim... - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
2: ...War]], drew on the most advanced [[19th century]] ideas about [[psychiatric]] treatment to successfull...
6: ...vide her heart "scope for its affections," she decided to go to the jail to see if she could be of hel...
10: ...away from several opportunities to marry. By the mid [[1830s]] she became quite [[clinical depression|...
12: ... United states she brought an enthusiasm for this idea with her.
16: ...p by persuading [[Cyrus Butler]], a self-made Providence millionaire and "by all reports a skinflint o... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
11: ...ged the support of [[Charles Villiers]], then president of the [[Poor Law Board]]. This led to her ac...
19: ...e met [[Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea|Sidney Herbert]], a brilliant politician who had been...
27: ...re sent to the Crimea, with the authorisation of Sidney Herbert.
35: ...an accident. Following this episode she used a solid Russian-built carriage, with waterproof hood and ...
45: ...[http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=63468] or [[myalgic encephalitis]] [http://member... - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
2: ... and fought in a [[Vietnam]]ese rebellion on the side of the [[Tay-son]]. They adopted a son named [[...
6: ...one except the leaders of the fleet. That was considered a capital offense along with disobeying order...
8: ...tion, while Ching Shih died at the age of 60 in [[1844]], running a [[brothel]] and gambling house in [[... - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
5: Ellen White was a prolific [[writer]]. She is said to be the most translated female writer in the hi...
9: ... and have moved the hearts of men and women. Considered by some to be the prophetess for the end-time...
11: ...ibute to the unity among Christians. She even considered Christian unity to be from Satan and one of t...
23: ...er experiencing the [[Great Disappointment]] of [[1844]] that Ellen started having her first visions. At...
27: ...ers to more broadly share her visions, which she did by a mix of public speaking, magazine articles, a... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
2: ...k]], laundress and [[cook]], refugee organizer, raid leader and [[intelligence commander]], [[nurse]] ...
5: ...reatment from her various owners, including an incident where an overseer hurled a two-pound weight in...
9: ...he North, and again was never captured. And she guided hundreds of people trapped in slavery up to the...
21: ...in the Life of Harriet Tubman''. This was of considerable help to her sad financial state - she was n...
34: ...ever met any person of any color who had more confidence in the voice of God." -- [[Thomas Garrett]] - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
2: '''Sarah Bernhardt''' ([[October 22]], [[1844]] – [[March 26]], [[1923]]) was a [[France|...
4: ...f a [[courtesan]] - at the time, the two were considered scandalous to a roughly equal degree. She wa...
10: ...u Tellegen]]). She married Greek-born actor Aristides Damala (aka [[Jacques Damala]]) in London in [[... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...eal_us_presdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ... States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]], the President is also the [[head of government|chief executi...
5: ... public figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of th...
7: ...ulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
15: <br>(daughter-in-law, widowed)</td></tr>
18: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Richard M. Johnson]]</td></tr>
22: ...]] of the [[United States]]. He was the first President born after the signing of the [[United States ...
27: ...]]. Van Buren made the acquaintance of Burr, but did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was ... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
4: ...at:center">[[image:Seal_us_presdent.jpg|200px|Presidential Seal]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>10th President</td></tr>
18: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td> ''none'' </td></tr></table>
21: ...ence]], and the first to assume the office of President following the death of his predecessor.
27: ...t famous in American politics. He assumed the presidency upon Harrison's death a month into his term. - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...th [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]], serving under [[James K. Polk]].
5: ...March 3]], [[1833]], when he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Commit...
7: ...f the United States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]] and served from [[March ...
9: ...nipotentiary to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] by President [[Franklin Pierce]] from [[1856]] to [[1861]],...
19: ...Butler]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1844|1844]] (won)}} - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>13th President</td></tr>
17: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>''none''</td></tr>
20: ... presidency in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party...
26: .... It was thought that the obscure, self-made candidate from [[New York]] would complement Taylor, a s...
28: === The Vice-Presidency === - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
4: | order=14th President
16: | vicepresident=[[William R. King]]
18: ...lege|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
20: ...t the [[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856 presidential election]], and was replaced by [[James Buc... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
28: Width = 420 |
36: ...; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. In fact, on average Oregon is as dry as Texas, ...
38: ....ə.ˌgɑn]}} is also common, but considered incorrect by locals.
41: :''state of scenic grandeur and easygoing individualism [that] is writing the preface to what may b...
43: ... Bottle Bill]], but has also suffered from the rapid pace of logging in its forests. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
54: ...d]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
70: ...Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
99: ...280s]]: [[Glasses|Eyeglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]]
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