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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... - History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ...lternated between periods of political union and disunion, and was occasionally conquered by external ...
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...c]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first vil...
13: == Ancient history == - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
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 ... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
1: [[ Image:Irish_Stamp_Countess_Markievicz.jpg|right|thumb|Counte...
2: ...was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist]].
4: ... visited the house, and were influenced by his artistic and political ideas.
6: ...]] in [[1908]], and founding the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[19...
8: ...government. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of ... - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
7: ...r early education in a school her father ran for his and neighbors' children, and from the age of 17 t...
9: ...he Revolution (newspaper)|The Revolution]]'', published in [[New York City]], edited by Stanton, and h...
13: ...life]] views of Susan B. Anthony. Many early feminists, aware of how the procedure endangered women's ...
19: ...on [[March 13]], [[1906]]. Anthony is known as [[List of people known as the father or mother of somet...
23: ...wards) and of her speaking abilities. She long resisted public speaking for fear her speech would not ... - 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> - Apple (20408 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
16: ...nus ''[[Malus]]'' in the family [[Rosaceae]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Ta...
23: ...h with it to develop new disease-resistant apples is continuing.
25: ...sylvestris'', but there is no hard evidence for this in older apple [[cultivar]]s. These and other ''M... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
1: [[Image:JapaneseShakuhachiSection.jpg|thumb|125px|A [[shakuhachi]], showing i...
3: ...s of the [[Fuke Zen|Fuke]] sect of [[Zen]] [[Buddhism]] in the practice of [[Suizen]] (blowing meditat...
8: ...me shakuhachi means "1.8 foot", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japanese words:
10: ...ual to 30.3 [[centimeters]] (ca. 0.994 of the English foot) and subdivided in ten (not twelve).
14: ...ns "one foot eight" (almost 55 centimeters) which is merely the standard length of a shakuhachi. Other... - 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... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
29: | [[June 1]], [[1868]]
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. - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
32: | '''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
42: ...presentatives to [[impeachment|impeach]] him in [[1868]]; he was the first President to be impeached. He...
45: ... never attended any type of school; his wife has historically been credited with teaching him to read ...
78: ...="left"|'''[[John M. Schofield]]'''||align="left"|1868–1869
82: ...''[[Henry Stanberry]]'''||align="left"|1866–1868 - 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... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
4: ...ts name in [[1845]] to the ''St. Joseph Valley Register'', the [[United States Whig Party|Whig]] organ...
6: ...]]. He was not a candidate for renomination in [[1868]], having become the Republican nominee for Vice ...
8: In [[1868]] he was elected Vice President of the United Sta...
10: ..., Nebraska, is also named after Colfax. The city is the county seat of Colfax County, Nebraska.
14: ...lson]] | years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1868|1868]] (won)}} - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
46: ...tate constitutional conventions in [[1867]] and [[1868]], and was elected to the Forty-first and to the ... - Australia (39438 bytes)
8: official_languages =[[English language|English]]|
13: ...neral]]<br>[[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] |
27: established_events=-[[Commonwealth of Australia Constituti...
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 J...
47: <!-- [[Australian English]] please. --> - Cuba (25106 bytes)
2: ...he west [[Mexico]], to the southwest the [[Cayman Islands]] and [[Jamaica]], and to the southeast [[Ha...
4: == History ==
5: :''Main article: [[History of Cuba]]''
6: ...] of [[1898]]. The [[United States]] occupied the island until its independence was granted in [[1902]...
10: ...ying out the economic reforms that Castro had promised. Among other things, [[healthcare]] and [[educa... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
1: The '''Grand Duchy of Luxembourg''' is a small [[landlocked state]] in the north-west of...
11: ...br>([[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]]: We wish to remain what we are)''</small>
15: ...uage|German]], [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]]<br>([[de jure]] since 1984)
21: |'''[[List of Grand Dukes of Luxembourg|Grand Duke]]''' || ...
23: |'''[[Prime Minister of Luxembourg|Prime minister]]''' || [[Jean-Claude Juncker]] - Flag of Florida (1749 bytes)
3: ...lag of Florida''' was adopted in [[1900]]. It consists of a red [[saltire]] with an image of the state...
6: ... white ground. Red bars, in width one-fifth the hoist, shall extend from each corner towards the cente...
8: .... In support of this, historically, the first Spanish flag over Florida was white, with a "broken" red...
10: ...d seal, as is the flag of [[Saint Patrick]] which is incorporated into the [[Union Flag]] of the [[Uni... - Alabama (10792 bytes)
1: '''Alabama''' is a [[U.S. state|state]] located in the [[U.S. Sout...
3: ...labama|CSS ''Alabama'']] were named in honor of this state.
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
15: ... language|English]] 96.7%, [[Spanish language|Spanish]] 2.2% |
38: ISOCode = US-AL |
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