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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
52: | [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]
55: | [[Illinois]]
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
60: | [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] - 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: Aa (1020 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
3: ...a, Pieter van der]], (ca. 1659 - 1733), Dutch publisher
4: ...Aagesen|Aagesen, Andrew]], (1826-1879), Danish jurist
5: *[[Jeppe Aakj沼Aakj沬 Jeppe]], (1866-1930), Danish writer
6: *[[Mehemet Aali|Aali, Mehemet]], (1815-1871), Turkish statesman - 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 ... - Millicent Fawcett (1226 bytes)
3: ...e usually militantly violent) and an early [[feminist]].
5: ... women's opportunities for higher education. In [[1871]], she co-founded [[Newnham College, Cambridge]]....
7: ... the British Empire]] in [[1924]], and her memory is still preserved in the name of the [[Fawcett Soci...
9: ... of [[Elizabeth Garrett Anderson]], the first English female doctor, and the mother of [[Philippa Fawc... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...orders, and crushed by the remnants of the monarchist army and freelance right-wing [[militia]]s colle...
6: ...od trader/timber trader Eliasz Luxemburg III and his wife Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a grow...
8: ...Russian workers' parties, and started off by organising a [[general strike]]. As a result, four of its...
10: ...[[Middle Ages]] and economic and stock exchange crises.
12: .... But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members of parliament focused more and more on g... - 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... - Grazia Deledda (304 bytes)
1: '''Grazia Deledda''' ([[September 27]], [[1871]] - [[August 15]], [[1936]]), born in [[Nuoro]], ... - 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> - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ... the [[England|English]] [[novelist]] '''Marie Louise de la Ram饧''.
3: ... pen name from her own baby-talk nickname for "Louise". During her career, she wrote more than 40 [[no...
8: ...ww.gutenberg.net/etext/13912 Gutenberg etext of this book]
13: ...www.gutenberg.net/etext/1367 Gutenberg etext of this book]
14: * ''Folle-Farine'' (1871) - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
3: ...[[England|English]] physician and [[feminism|feminist]], the first woman to gain a medical qualificati...
5: ...ifficulty in gaining a qualifying diploma to practise medicine. London University, the Royal Colleges...
7: ...for [[Marylebone]], and was also made one of the visiting physicians of the East London hospital for c...
9: ...president of the East Anglian branch of the [[British Medical Association]].
11: ...in the whole of England. The movement for the admission of women to the medical profession, of which ... - Jennie Kidd Trout (1706 bytes)
3: ...in Wooden Mills, [[Scotland]], Jennie (whose name is variously spelled '"Jenny'") moved with her paren...
5: ...dical career, passing her matriculation exam in [[1871]] and studied medicine at the [[University of Tor...
7: ...lectricity." For six years, she also ran a free dispensary for the poor at the same location. The In...
9: ...orida]]. She was later instrumental in the establishment of a medical school for women at [[Queen's U... - 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... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: ...ndash; [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ... Lovisa Johnasson ([[1872]]-[[1944]]). Her older sister and brother were Alva and Sven.
8: ...]] aspirations came when she appeared in an advertising short for the department store where she worke...
10: ...''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[1924 in film|1924]]) (English: ''The Story of G? Berling''). He also gave her ...
12: ...1925]] to work for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], he insisted that Garbo be given a contract as well. But th... - Cornet (3752 bytes)
1: The '''cornet''' is a [[brass instrument]] that closely resembles the...
3: ...ed Kingdom|UK]] and other countries that have British-style brass bands.
7: ...ually just one in a band, adds an extreme high register to the brass band sound and can be most effect...
9: ...rnet is often preferred for young beginners as it is easier to hold, with its centre of gravity much c...
11: ...e:cornet.png|thumb|250px|This drawing of a cornet is a public domain image from Webster's Dictionary 1... - 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. - 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... - 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... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ...acture of shoes. He was a member of the state legislature between [[1841]] and [[1852]], and was owne...
7: ... Committee on Military Affairs. In [[1861]] he raised and commanded the Twenty-second Regiment, Massa...
9: ...t]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1873]], until his death in the [[United States Capitol]] Building a...
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