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- 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 ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...stria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis XVII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the ...
4: ...nd ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a s...
6: ...nia was brought up in the company of her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother,...
9: ... asked him what he would like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like th...
11: ...rince of [[Parma]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand... - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
1: ..., and a symbol of resistance to [[British raj|British rule]] in India.
7: ...d died when he was about four months old. After this, the couple adopted Damodar Rao as their son. But...
10: ...successor as per the [[Hindu]] tradition, the British rulers rejected Rani's claim that Damodar Rao wa...
12: ...etermined to defend Jhansi. She proclaimed her decision with the famous words :''Mai apni Jhansi nahi ...
15: ...s, with the popular support for her cause on the rise. - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
3: ...me of "Mrs Pankhurst", more than any other, which is associated with the struggle for votes for women ...
5: ...ement by her daughters, [[Christabel Pankhurst|Christabel]] and [[Sylvia Pankhurst|Sylvia]], both of w...
7: ...lt. Her autobiography, ''My Own Story'', was published in [[1914]]. She died ten years after seeing ... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...rovincial England, are well known for their [[realism]] and psychological perspicacity.
5: ...r works were taken seriously. Female authors published freely under their own names, but Eliot wanted...
8: ...shed a translation of Feuerbach's ''Essence of Christianity'', and it was at that time that she began ...
10: ..." were well received and launched Evans on a novelistic career. Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a ...
15: ...g in love with her. Yes behold me in love with this great horse-faced bluestocking.</blockquote> - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
3: ...rticular; in [[1858]] he was permitted to change his surname to [[Matthias Corvinus of Hungary|Korvin]...
9: ...t his attention, but he was focused on the older sister Anna and he very probably proposed to her.
11: ...stead. Sofia spent many hours of childhood scrutinising the strange scribbles. Something of it seems t...
15: ...ivate mathematical study, calling her "a new [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]]" in the process.
17: She died of [[tuberculosis]] in [[Stockholm]] and is interred there in the [[Norra begravningsplatsen]... - 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. - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
5: ...odels that allowed her to mature into a nonconformist. She was cared for by servants who believed in t...
7: ...ng (later Emma Coulomb), which closed after dissatisfied customers complained of fraudulent activities...
9: ...ne new feat of hers was [[materialization]], that is, producing physical objects out of nothing. Thou...
11: ...rnate spelling: "Lamastery") where her work ''[[Isis Unveiled]]'' was created.
13: ... [[1875]] in New York City. She maintained that this marriage was not consummated either. She separate... - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: ...6;يل ''an-nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one of the two longest [[river|rivers]] on [[Eart...
8: ...upsilon;πτος), which itself is the source of the name "Egypt".
12: ...oint from which the length of a river is measured is not always agreed upon. The Nile carries far le...
14: ...nning and followed to the Mediterranean, the Nile is approximately 6695 km (4160 miles) long. Measuri...
20: ...he western flanks of the East African Rift, which is the southern African part of the [[Great Rift Val... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
43: | '''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
50: ...ranked [[American presidents]], a [[panel]] of [[historians]] rated him last overall and the general [...
53: ...he District of Missouri]]. Buchanan served as Minister to [[Russia]] from [[1832]] to [[1834]].
55: ...een revived by historians, but there isn't any decisive evidence one way or the other.
59: ...e negotiated the [[1846]] [[Oregon Treaty]] establishing the 49th parallel as the northern boundary in... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
33: | '''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
44: ... election]] further polarized the nation. Before his [[inauguration]] in [[March]] of [[1861]], seven ...
46: ...spire the North, and in his defusing of the peace issue in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1864|1864...
48: ...ead Act]] (1862). However, he is most famous for his role in ending [[slavery]] in the United States w...
50: ... ranked as one of the greatest presidents, though is criticized by some for overstepping the tradition... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
46: ... [[1851]] and a member of the state Senate from [[1858]] to [[1860]]. He was elected as a [[United Stat... - Flag of Minnesota (1701 bytes)
2: ...r; [[1819]], the year [[Fort Snelling]] was established; and [[1893]], the year the original flag was ...
4: ...s costly to produce, and few were made or used. This led to a redesign of the flag in 1957. - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
33: ISOCode = US-SD |
38: ...the high plains of the northern Middle West. It is named after the [[Lakota]] ([[Sioux]]) [[Native A...
41: ...nd to the west by [[Wyoming]] and [[Montana]]. It is one of the six states of the [[Frontier Strip]].
43: ...ta|USS ''South Dakota'']] was named in honor of this state. - 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... - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
11: ...rgestCity = [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]] |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[May 11]], [[1858]] |
33: ISOCode = US-MN |
36: ...tates]], having joined the Union on [[May 11]], [[1858]].
37: ...e water" or "sky-tinted water". The state's name is abbreviated '''MN''' or '''Minn.''' - 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]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
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10: ...nia]], [[List of Prime Ministers of Fiji|Prime Minister]] of [[Fiji]] (2000-present)
20: *[[Dennis Quaid|Quaid, Dennis]], actor
23: *[[Mary Quant|Quant, Mary]], (born 1934), British fashion designer
29: *[[Francis Quarles|Quarles, Francis]], (1592-1644), poet - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
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15: *[[Irvin Yalom|Yalom, Irvin]], psychologist
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
35: ...emenko|Yaremenko, Yury]], (died 1996), USSR economist
37: ...ian politician, former deputy prime minister and CIS executive secretary - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ... There are translations in many languages; in English by [[Anthony Hodges]], 1638, and [[R. Smith]], 1...
3: ... with a Latin translation, 1630. Nothing definite is known as to the authorship of the other works, wh...
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