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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explore...
75: *[[Alexandra David-Néel]], (1868-1969), French explorer, visited [[...
83: *[[David Douglas]], Scottish explorer, botanist
104: ...s Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for [[President of the United States]]
129: ...[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]] - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...e United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of oppos...
7: ...idential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ...val from command in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a different post (in [[...
13: ...nty, Colorado|Colorado]], [[Fremont County, Idaho|Idaho]], [[Fremont County, Iowa|Iowa]] and [[Fremont...
22: ...e)''| after=[[Abraham Lincoln]]| years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856]] (lost)}} - November 4 (10686 bytes)
11: * [[1861]] - The [[University of Washington]] opens in [[S...
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democrati...
24: * [[1939]] - [[World War II]]: U.S. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosev...
27: * [[1952]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1952]]: [[United States Republica...
34: ... Democrat Party|Democrat]] [[Jimmy Carter]] by a wide margin. - Eleonora di Arborea (2091 bytes)
7: ...a]], on the west coast of Sardinia. It has been said that their family belonged to the clan of Viscont...
11: ...n Sardinia until [[Italy|Italian]] unification in 1861. - 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... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
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...
27: ... by the ancient art, and her brother's death she did not paint until [[1912]]. - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
5: She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure that her works were taken seriously. ...
12: ...ived. She died at the age of 61 in London of a [[kidney]] [[ailment]] and was [[interred]] in [[Highga...
15: ... finissent pas''... Now in this vast ugliness resides a most powerful beauty which, in a very few min...
19: Eliot's most famous work, ''[[Middlemarch]]'', is a turning point in the history of...
21: ...els, and political crisis is at the heart of ''[[Middlemarch]]''. By the time of ''[[Daniel Deronda]]... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...'Famed American [[nurse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
6: ...a was home-educated and extremely bright. It is said that her older brothers and sisters were kept bus...
8: ...ther became ill, for 2 years Clara stayed by his side and learned to administer all his medicine, incl...
16: ...s dying, they had a conversation that she later said changed her life. He gave Clara a command that sh...
21: ...ges of Petersburg and Richmond. Barton delivered aid to soldiers of both the North and South. In [[186... - 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... - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
8: ...nt practice in [[Rome, New York]]. The practice did not flourish, as female doctors were generally no...
10: ...n [[Washington, D.C.]] She also worked as an unpaid field surgeon near the Union front lines, includi...
12: ...enry Thomas]]. On [[November 11]], [[1865]], President [[Andrew Johnson]] signed a bill to present he...
18: ...l thereof shall be hereby made and given to the said Dr. Mary E. Walker, and that the actual medal of ...
24: Former President [[Jimmy Carter]] restored her medal posthumous... - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...'' ('''Helen Louise Leonard''') ([[December 4]],[[1861]] - [[June 6]],[[1922]]) was an [[United States o...
5: Born in [[Clinton, Iowa]] in 1861, Helen Louise Leonard would become one of the mos... - 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]]. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
5: | order=1st President
17: | vicepresident=[[John Adams]]
19: ...[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States...
31: ...n|Jumonville affair]]" became an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian ... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Madison
4: | order=4th President
16: ...orge Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]; [[Elbridge Gerry]]
18: ...sh;[[1817]]) [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was co-author, ...
25: ...to write the [[Federalist Papers]], which are considered the definitive contemporary commentary on the... - 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: ...lled at his own request. He was elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket ...
9: ... President [[Franklin Pierce]] from [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Philadelphia, and died the...
19: ...after=[[William Orlando Butler]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1844|1844]] (won)}} - 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... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
11: | 15th President
14: | [[March 4]], [[1857]]–[[March 4]], [[1861]]
46: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
47: | [[John C. Breckinridge]]
50: ...m last as well[http://home.nyc.rr.com/taranto/presidents.htm]. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
10: | '''Order:''' || 16th President
13: | [[March 4]], [[1861]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]
36: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
38: *[[Hannibal Hamlin]] ([[1861]]-[[1865]])
42: ...esident of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Repu... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>18th President</td></tr>
16: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>
22: ...sh;[[1877]]) [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]].
24: ...ed by historians to be one of America's worst presidents, who led an administration plagued by severe ...
32: ...ion, Grant adopted the form of his new name with middle initial only, never acknowledging that the "S"...
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