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- Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
2: [[image:HenryWilson.jpg|framed|Henry Wilson]]
3: ...ts]] and the eighteenth [[Vice President of the United States]].
5: ...etween [[1841]] and [[1852]], and was owner and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [...
7: ...y Affairs and the Militia and the Committee on Military Affairs. In [[1861]] he raised and commanded ...
9: ...1873]], until his death in the [[United States Capitol]] Building at [[Washington, DC]]. He was inter... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
2: ...nly revolutionized industrial production in the United States and the rest of the world, but also had ...
6: .... He was the eldest of six children. As a child, Henry was passionate about mechanics, preferring to tin...
8: ... James F. Flower & Bros., and later with the Detroit Dry Dock Co. In [[1882]], he returned to Dearbor...
10: ...ngines. These experiments culminated in [[1896]] with the completion of his own self-propelled vehicle...
12: ... out of the company by the investors, including [[Henry M. Leland]] in 1902, and the company was reorgani... - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
2: '''Sir Henry Morgan''' (c. [[1635]] - [[August 25]], [[1688]])...
4: ...organ commanded a ship in Edward Mansfield's expedition which seized the island of [[New Providence]] ...
6: ...ca endeavoured to cover the whole under the necessity of allowing the English a free hand to attack th...
8: ... to Maracaibo, Morgan found three Spanish ships waiting at the inlet to the [[Caribbean]]; but these h...
10: ...of this brilliant exploit was tarnished by the habitual cruelty of Morgan's crews. - Henry Morton Stanley (3669 bytes)
1: ...was a [[19th-century]], [[Wales|Welsh]]-born, [[United States]] [[journalist]] and [[List of explorers...
3: ...Upon arriving in New Orleans, he became friendly with a wealthy trader named Stanley, whose name he as...
5: [[Image:Henry_Morton_Stanley.jpg|thumb|Famous explorer who said...
7: After military service with both sides in the [[American Civil War]], Stanle...
9: ... Telegraph]],'' then financed him on another expedition to the African continent, one of his achieveme... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: '''Henry Hudson''' was an [[England|English]] [[sea explor...
3: ...ip was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is no way to go further due to th...
7: ...k before reaching Novaya Zemlya. Instead the expedition headed west and eventually reached the [[Grand...
9: ...ercantilist]] laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon release...
11: ...h (some claim he deliberately went too far south with the Dutch), reaching [[Iceland]] on May 11, the ... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
1: ..., duke of Viseu, generally known in English as '''Henry the Navigator''', ([[March 4]], [[1394]] – ...
2: [[Image:Heinrich der Seefahrer.jpg|right|200px|Henry the Navigator]]
3: ...alth, as well as with [[Africa]] in general, and with the legend of [[Prester John]].
5: ...assed he became more and more devoted to Christianity. For the purposes of his interest in exploration...
7: ...d in return received a confirmation of this tax. Henry also arranged for the colonization of the Azores ... - William Henry Harrison (11790 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=William Henry Harrison
2: | nationality=american
18: ... of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] and [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Ohio]]. Harrison...
22: ==Early years and military career==
23: ... of Virginia]] ([[1781]]–[[1784]]). William Henry Harrison's brother, [[Carter Bassett Harrison]], ... - Henry A. Wallace (8151 bytes)
1: [[Image:Henry A. Wallace.jpg|frame|Henry Agard Wallace]]
2: ...5]]) served as the 33rd [[Vice President of the United States]].
5: ...most profitable agriculture corporations in the United States today.
7: ...ving been nominated for [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] as Roosevelt's running ...
10: ...as Vice President on the Democratic Party ticket with President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. His inaugur...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
3: ...an in the late [[15th century]] and lasted for a little more than three full centuries.
81: *[[Henry Hudson]]
91: *[[Vitus Bering]]
94: *[[Fyodor Petrovich Litke]] - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...now best remembered because of his meeting with [[Henry Morton Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular q...
6: ...ied [[medicine]] and [[theology]] at the [[University of Glasgow]]. While working in [[London]], he b...
8: ...was pregnant – but returned to [[England]] with their children.
12: ...ter the then monarch, Queen [[Victoria I of the United Kingdom|Victoria]]). Livingstone was one of the...
16: ==Zambesi Expedition== - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...and machine manufacture. It began in [[England]] with the introduction of [[steam engine|steam power]]...
3: ...hnological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered [[ship]]s, and ...
5: ...hen mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
10: ...tion of [[Capital (economics)|capital]] are also cited as factors, as is the [[scientific revolution]]...
12: ...ther nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often imposed tolls an... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...up to 5.1 percent [[carbon]]; ironically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[c...
5: ...steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled,...
8: ...ke copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting results in an alloy co...
11: ...pearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]].
13: ...cal composition. As such, it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...and the Balkans, a whole goatskin is used, cured with salt and alum.
18: ... very mellow [[oboe]]-like sound, while chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighte...
23: ...er and inflation device seems to have originated with various ethnic groups in the Roman empire.
25: ...or "[[Scots Wha Hae]]", "Hey Tutti Taiti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Rob...
27: ... of bagpipes has become a common tradition for military funerals and memorials in the [[anglophone]] w... - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
1: :''For the Italian ship named after Vespucci, see [[Amerigo Ves...
4: ...454]] - [[February 22]], [[1512]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[merchant]] and [[cartography|cartographe...
8: Amerigo Vespucci was born in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], as the third child of a respected family. H...
10: ...ad proposed that the two letters were forgeries written by others of the same period.
12: ...an Italian form of ''[[Haimirich]]'' (in English, Henry). - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
26: ...[[Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
34: ...ms, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
37: ...drew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: ...chel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architect
7: ...d|Aidid, Mohammed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
9: ..., ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e...
15: ...[Lucy Aikin|Aikin, Lucy]], (1781-1864), English writer
20: ...Ainger|Ainger, Nicholas Richard]], (born 1949), British Labour MP - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...umb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[...
5: {{British Royal Family}}
7: ...nd the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...nce the death of her father, [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] on [[6 February]] [[19...
11: ...d is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]]. - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
5: ...ephen of England|Stephen, King of England]] and [[Henry of Blois]], [[Bishop of Winchester]].
7: ...ren. She was a high-spirited and educated woman, with a knowledge of [[Latin]].
9: ...tantly left to join the [[First Crusade]], along with his brother-in-law [[Robert Curthose]].
18: # [[Henry of Blois]]
20: ... Orderic Vitalis praises her as a "''wise and spirited woman''" who ably governed her husband's estate... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: ...r sisters: [[Alice of Antioch|Alice]], [[Principality of Antioch|princess of Antioch]]; [[Hodierna of ...
7: == Inheritance ==
9: ...), but a Queen Regnant, reigning by right of hereditary and civil law.
11: ...]]'', a kind of royal council comprising the nobility and clergy of the realm.
13: ...ake Melisende sole queen and to strengthen her position, he designated Melisende as guardian for the y... - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
3: ...l I Comnenus]], who had received the town and territory of [[Nablus]] from her husband the king. Isabe...
5: ...air and lovely". A marriage was arranged for her with the 17-year-old [[Humphrey IV of Toron]] in [[11...
9: ...macy shadowed Isabella's half-sister Sibylla's position for the entire period. In order to prepare for...
11: ...h Sibylla and Isabella were considered equally entitled to succeed.
13: ...ow, that both Baldwin IV and Baldwin V were dead, it was easier to resurrect that legal grounds for th... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
3: ...ine successor states, and was able to make peace with [[Theodore I Lascaris]] of the [[Empire of Nicae...
7: Yolanda also held [[Namur]], which she inherited from her uncle Philip of Namur in 1212 and left...
12: * [[Henry II, Marquis of Namur|Henry]] (d. 1229), Marquis of Namur
14: ...amur, who married first Raoul d'Issoudun and then Henry count of Vianden
19: ...ried [[Geoffrey II de Villehardouin]], [[Principality of Achaea|Prince of Achaea]] - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ... [[Kings of Castile|Queen of Castile and Leon]], with her husband [[Ferdinand V of Spain|Ferdinand V]]...
5: ...ppa of Hainault]] and through his first wife of [[Henry of Grosmont]], [[Duke of Lancaster]] and his wife...
10: ...rand Master of Santiago]], who was a brother of [[Henry the Navigator]], and his wife [[Isabella de Braga...
16: ...an to appear on a United States coin, an 1893 [[United States Commemorative Coin|commemorative]] quart...
22: This has met opposition by Jewish organizations, [[Liberation Theology... - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
4: ..., and Margaret, free from all fear of domestic sedition, could now give her undivided attention to [[S...
6: ...9]], Albrecht, who had returned from Mecklenburg with an army of mercenaries, was routed and taken pri...
10: ...kholm in pawn. Albrect failing to pay his ransom within the stipulated time, the Hansa surrendered Sto...
12: ...he complete amalgamation of [[Scandinavia]]. But with her usual prudence she avoided every appearance ...
16: ...der were well maintained; the licence of the nobility was sternly repressed; the kingdoms of Sweden an... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: ...:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[1124]] &nd...
6: ...means ''other Aenor'' in the ''langue d'oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil...
8: ... hawking, and hunting. She became heiress to [[Aquitaine]], the largest and richest of the provinces t...
10: ...crystal vase]] that is on display at the Louvre. Within a month of their marriage, [[Louis VI of Franc... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ...cis''', was Queen of France as the wife of King [[Henry II of France]], of the [[Valois Dynasty|Valois]] ...
5: ...as alive at the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
7: ...quence, whispers of a divorce began at court, and it seemed possible that Francis, alarmed at the poss...
9: ...l aunt the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County of Auvergne]].
11: ... Guises, and entered upon a course of secret opposition. On [[April 1]], [[1560]] she named as chancel... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
2: ...ine de Bourbon, duke of Vendome]] and mother of [[Henry IV of France]].
4: ...is married her to the Duke of Cleves, but this political marriage was annulled four years later.
6: ...Francis and the accession of [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] Jeanne was married to Antoine de Bourbon, "f...
8: In [[1555]] Henry II of Navarre died, and Jeanne and her husband be...
12: ...e of [[Rouen]]. Jeanne's son [[Henry IV of France|Henry]] now became "first prince of the blood." - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...s, and became notorious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of France|Henri II]].
3: ...is I of France|King Fran篩s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Valentinois.
5: ...le foreigner [[Catherine de' Medici]], Diane de Poitiers would remain his lifelong true love. They had...
7: [[Image:DianedePoitiers.jpg|left|frame|Diane de Poitiers]]
9: ... he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pearl necklace.
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