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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] n...
11: ...cisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...eorge Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Ca...
23: ... de Balboa]], (c. [[1475]]-[[1519]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...[[military]] [[Commissioned officer|officer]], [[List of explorers|explorer]], the first candidate of ...
5: ...rst European American to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He is also credited with determining that the [[Great B...
9: ...rginia]]), but lost several battles and resigned his post.
11: ... from [[1878]] to [[1881]]. He died of [[peritonitis]] in a [[hotel]] in [[New York City]].
13: ... [[Fremont Peak]] in the [[Wind River Mountains]] is also named for the explorer. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]...
10: ...t Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom o...
11: * [[1861]] - The [[University of Washington]] opens in [[S...
13: ...ic journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is published.
14: ...ne]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms. - Eleonora di Arborea (2091 bytes)
1: ''THIS ARTICLE HAS TO BE JOINED WITH [[Eleonora d'Arbore...
5: ...rdinian]] ''giudicessa'' (ruler or judge) and the island's greatest heroine.
7: ...Arborea). In March 1383 there was a republican uprising in Arborea and Ugone was murdered. Eleanora de...
9: ...ble treaty. Her eldest son Federigo died during this war, and was succeeded by her younger son, Marian...
11: ...n Sardinia until [[Italy|Italian]] unification in 1861. - 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 ... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
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]].
12: The jury accepted her first painting for the [[Paris Salon]] in [[1872]]. The Salon critics claimed th... - 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> - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ...scribed as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the [[American Red...
6: ...he could already spell 3 syllable words, and surprised her teacher by spelling "artichoke".
8: ...luding the "great, loathsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would become Clar...
10: == Teaching, organizing, learning bureaucracy, a mission ==
14: ...l science in addition to French, German, ancient history, philosophy and religion. Afterward, she was ... - 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. - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
2: ...ition|prohibitionist]], [[Secret agent|spy]], [[prisoner of war]], [[Surgery|surgeon]] and the only wo...
8: ...in [[Rome, New York]]. The practice did not flourish, as female doctors were generally not trusted or...
10: ...was awarded a commission as a "Contract Acting Assistant Surgeon (civilian)" by the Army of the Cumber...
12: ...nd later as supervisor of a female prison in [[Louisville, Kentucky]] and head of an [[orphanage]] in ...
16: ...ps as a prisoner of war four months in Southern prison while acting as contract surgeon.'' - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...'' ('''Helen Louise Leonard''') ([[December 4]],[[1861]] - [[June 6]],[[1922]]) was an [[United States o...
5: ...livan's]] [[operetta]] ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]''. This would serve as an inauspicious beginning to a daz...
7: ...she stayed on with Pastor and starred in some of his [[comic opera|comic operas]]. - 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... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...). He also served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutio...
21: ...as [[monarch]]s and [[dictator]]s do). This established an important precedent of [[republic]]an [[dem...
24: ...s birth, hence the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of ...
26: ...smallpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemaso...
29: [[Image:Washington 1772.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Madison
14: | wife=[[Dolley Madison]]
18: ...pers]], and is traditionally regarded as the ''[[List of people known as the father or mother of somet...
21: ...nia]] to give their northwestern territories (consisting of most of modern-day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] ...
23: ...ates would be represented in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state rep... - 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: ...om [[1837]] to [[1839]], when he was recalled at his own request. He was elected Vice President of th...
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... - 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]]. - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
14: | [[March 4]], [[1857]]–[[March 4]], [[1861]]
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. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
13: | [[March 4]], [[1861]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]
33: | '''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
38: *[[Hannibal Hamlin]] ([[1861]]-[[1865]])
42: ... and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President of the United State...
44: ...on. Before his [[inauguration]] in [[March]] of [[1861]], seven Southern [[slave state]]s [[secession|se... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
15: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
24: ...ne of America's worst presidents, who led an administration plagued by severe [[scandal]] and [[corrup...
26: ...accomplishments of his administration, including his struggle to preserve [[Reconstruction]], and look...
30: ...[Brown County, Ohio]], where Grant spent most of his time until he was 17.
32: ...g 21st in a class of 39. At the academy, he established a reputation as a fearless and expert horseman...
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