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- David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...meeting with [[Henry Morton Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I ...
6: ... the [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a minister.
8: ...ife travelled with him for a brief time at his insistence and over the protests of the Moffats –...
10: ==Discovery of Victoria Falls==
12: ...was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
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4: *[[Sani Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria...
5: ...aristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (go...
9: ...ti]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
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8: ...Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
21: ...waetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
25: ..., Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...e years — longer than that of any other British monarch. As well as being [[Monarch|queen]] of t...
9: ...ria was marked by a great expansion of the [[British Empire]]. The [[Victorian era|Victorian Era]] wa...
12: ...Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of...
14: ...erend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
16: ...e. Since the law at that time made no special provision for a child monarch, Victoria would have been ... - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
1: ...Image:Flora_Tristan.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Flora Tristan, grandmother of Paul Gauguin]]
3: ...of the [[Spanish Armada]], and her mother, Anne Laisney, a Frenchwoman. Her parents met in [[Bilbao, S...
5: ...tuous post-independence period. The diary was published in 1838 as P鲩grinations d'une paria.
7: ...l novel [[The way to Paradise]], analyzes Flora Tristan and her grandson [[Paul Gauguin]]'s contrastin...
9: Flora Tristan herself authored several works, the best known... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: '''Mary Stevenson Cassatt''' ([[May 22]], [[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United ...
4: ...he capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]].
6: ...ters]] on her own and in [[1866]] she moved to Paris.
8: ...in [[1871]] when the archbishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, ...
10: ...atured, and in Paris, she studied with [[Camille Pissarro]]. - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
2: ...lly lobby almost every [[United States|State]] legislature to create [[psychiatric hospital|asylums]] ...
4: Dix was neither a [[physician]] nor a psychiatrist, beginning her career as a reformer before the f...
6: ... legislature to obtain an official inspection commission.
8: ...y ill is more complex and more interesting than this legend. Surviving a childhood of [[abuse]] and [[...
10: ...tious and having staked so much on her career, it is plausible to see her becoming depressed as she pe... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...ng]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
7: ...ister (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-willed wo...
9: ...er family in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...f the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
13: ... care and by the commitment and practises of the sisters. - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
2: '''Ching Shih''' [[1775]]-[[1844]] first became known as a [[China|Chinese]] [[pro...
6: ...ithout leave, or deserted and was caught, one of his ears was cut off and he was shown off through the...
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)
3: ...[1890]]-[[1900]] in [[Australia]] and some short visitations to [[Europe]].
5: ...d [[education]] and [[health]] and promoted establishment of [[schools]] and medical centers.
7: ...orks is the popular Christian book, ''Steps to Christ''.
9: ...r the Second [[Advent]], or second coming of [[Christ]].
11: ...he unity among Christians. She even considered Christian unity to be from Satan and one of the big apo... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
2: ...struggle for liberation from [[slavery]] and [[racism]].
5: ... took the name Harriet after her mother. Around [[1844]] she married John Tubman, a free man. She endur...
7: == Escape and abolitionist career ==
9: ...ympathetic [[Quaker]]s, members of the [[Abolitionist]] movement who were instrumental in maintaining ...
13: ...the chickens and chase them to recapture them. This would amuse the whites who would assume the ineff... - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
2: '''Sarah Bernhardt''' ([[October 22]], [[1844]] – [[March 26]], [[1923]]) was a [[France|...
4: ...egitimate daughter of Judith van Hard, a Dutch Jewish [[courtesan]] known as "Youle." Her father was r...
8: ...or [[Antonio de La Gandara]]. She was also to publish a series of books and plays throughout her life.
10: ...[Lou Tellegen]]). She married Greek-born actor Aristides Damala (aka [[Jacques Damala]]) in London in...
12: ...ll. The latter included ''Sarah Bernhardt à ‚elle-Isle'' ([[1912]]), a film about her daily life at ho... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
3: ...s Constitution|U.S. Constitution]], the President is also the [[head of government|chief executive]] o...
5: ... as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
7: ...of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations wit...
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]].
12: ...ution|Article II]] of the U.S. Constitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to bec... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
8: ...d>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr>
17: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
22: ...[[first language]] was not [[English language|English]].
25: ...1817]]), a farmer and popular [[tavern]]-keeper. His mother was Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]&...
27: ...the acquaintance of Burr, but did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was admitted to the bar... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
7: ...r><td>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr>
13: ...ed States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler]] (1st wife)<br>
14: [[Priscilla Cooper Tyler]] (daughter-in-law)<br>
17: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
21: ...e the office of President following the death of his predecessor. - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ...o fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Isaac D. Barnard]] and served from [[December 13]], ...
7: ...f the United States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]] and served from [[March ...
9: ...nd others are [[Dallas (disambiguation)|named in his honor]].
11: ...tor]] [[Claiborne Pell]] of [[Rhode Island]]. He is also the uncle of [[Alexander Dallas Bache]].
15: ...ed States Attorney|U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]|before=?|after=?|years=182... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
16: <tr><td>'''[[List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States |Polit...
20: ... term and was never elected to the presidency in his own right. He was the last president from the [[U...
26: ...e served in the New York legislature. He worked his way up through the Whig party, eventually being s...
29: ... we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution."
31: ...ade no public comment on the merits of the compromise proposals, but a few days before President Taylo... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...ection, 1852|presidential election]], Pierce and his running mate [[William R. King]] won in a landsli...
20: ...il War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: ...haped himself so that he could put up with her aristocratic, nervous ways and show her true affection...
25: ...nd two younger siblings, four brothers and three sisters.
27: ...[Calvin E. Stowe]], [[Sargent S. Prentiss]], and his future political rival [[John P. Hale]]. - Oregon (26551 bytes)
25: ...rity of [[Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]] is in Pacific)</small> |
33: ISOCode = US-OR |
36: ...te is much more arid. In fact, on average Oregon is as dry as Texas, but few people live in Eastern O...
38: ...{IPA|[ˈɔɹ.ə.ˌgɑn]}} is also common, but considered incorrect by locals.
41: ...cenic grandeur and easygoing individualism [that] is writing the preface to what may be the future for... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...igin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
11: ...0 KYA: [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]] and [[arrow]] in [[Tunisia]]
19: * 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
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