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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...cle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fict...
28: ...[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast...
30: ...st Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other places
31: *[[Nicolas Baudin]] - [[18th century]] [[France|French]] ex...
38: ... - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...ajor party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]].
5: ...mont became the first European American to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He is also credited with determining ...
7: ...n-American War]] in California. He served (from [[1850]] to [[1851]]) as one of the first pair of [[Unit...
9: ...declared [[martial law]] in [[Missouri]]. This declaration led to a conflict with [[Abraham Lincoln]] ...
15: ...author abbreviation]] '''Frém.''' is applied to plants he described. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ndustry and machine manufacture. It began in [[England]] with the introduction of [[steam engine|steam...
3: ...of steam-powered [[ship]]s, and [[railway]]s, and later in the nineteenth century the growth of the [[...
7: ...uced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in the second half of the [[19th century]].
10: ...de]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumulation of [[Capital (economics)|capital]] are also c...
12: ...yst of the Industrial Revolution, particularly explaining why it occurred in Britain. In other nations... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
34: ...gail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
44: ..., British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
45: ...to Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez case
61: ...[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player
69: ...rchitect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...een of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the ti...
9: ...al change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her succes...
12: ...nly child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
14: ...[[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[... - Lucretia Mott (3249 bytes)
3: ...he first "[[feminist]]", but more accurately, the launcher of women's political advocacy. She was a [...
5: ...came known for her persuasive speeches against [[slavery]]. Prior to her own involvement, many Quaker ...
7: ...ous objectors" to any wars, and later their anti-slavery efforts. [[Conscientious Objector]] status w...
9: .... In the [[1830s]] she helped establish two anti-slavery groups.
11: When Mott went as a delegate to the [[World Anti-Slavery Convention]] in [[London]], the men at the me... - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ...umfree'''). Other sources list her name as "Isabella Van Wagener". The year of her birth is uncertain,...
5: ... in [[1827]]; after [[New York]] state abolished slavery, she returned there in [[1829]], working as a...
8: Later in life she became a noted speaker for both th...
10: ..., the ''Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave''.
13: ...on Proclamation]] was issued to work with former slaves. She also met President [[Abraham Lincoln]]. - Emma Abbott (633 bytes)
2: ... she married E. J. Wethereil. She died at [[Salt Lake City]]. - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...era]], whose novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their [[realism]] and psych...
5: ... scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Henry Lewes]].
8: ...ical radicals. In [[1854]], she published a translation of Feuerbach's ''Essence of Christianity'', a...
10: ...'. The collected "Scenes" were well received and launched Evans on a novelistic career. Evans' cohab...
21: ...ll on the Floss]]'' and the frequently-read ''[[Silas Marner]]'', Eliot presented the cases of social ... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...;ская) ([[January 15]], [[1850]]–[[February 10]], [[1891]]) was a [[Russia...
3: ...cended of aristocracy, a Hungarian king in particular; in [[1858]] he was permitted to change his surn...
11: ... Something of it seems to have stuck for when she later took calculus it came to her very quickly, as ...
15: ...private mathematical study, calling her "a new [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]]" in the process.
17: ... and is interred there in the [[Norra begravningsplatsen]]. - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
10: and [[melodica]]s), the mouth harmonica lacks a keyboard. Instead,
20: also in [[jazz]], [[classical music]], [[country music]], [[rock and roll...
24: The harmonica consists of a "comb" made of wood, plastic or metal which
25: creates the holes into which a player blows or draws to make distinct
26: ... comb. Over the reedplates, there is a metal or plastic cover which projects the sound out of the ope... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
7: ... in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[preside...
14: ...States Secretary of Labor|Secretary of Labor]] [[Elaine Chao]], born in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; ...
19: ...resident, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President.
25: ...ng across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. Much of the modern electoral pro...
35: .... In addition, the president has important [[legislative]] and [[judicial]] powers. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...f Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his ...
24: ...eal for the cause of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to wr...
28: ...These qualities were particularly manifested at a later period—as, for example, during his term ... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...[[October 17]], [[1780]]–[[November 19]], [[1850]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives...
5: ... [[1819]]). He was chairman of the Committee on Claims and the Committee on Expenditures in the Depar...
7: ...he doubtful accuracy of this claim, Johnson would later use it to good effect in his political career....
9: ... [[U.S. Electoral College|electors]] due to his relationship with an African-American woman. He served...
11: ...a member of the state House of Representatives in 1850, but he died in [[Frankfort, Kentucky]] soon afte... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Greenway, Virginia]]</td...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Richmond, Virginia]]</td...
13: ...tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler]] (1s...
14: [[Priscilla Cooper Tyler]] (daughter-in-law)<br>
16: <tr><td>'''Occupation:'''</td><td>[[lawyer]]</td></tr> - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Millard Fillmore '''</font></caption>
4: ...r" colspan=2><div style="float:center">[[Image:Millard Fillmore.jpg|250px|]]</div></td></tr>
6: ...r><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[July 9]], [[1850]] - [[March 4]], [[1853]]</td></tr>
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Summerhill, New York]]</...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Buffalo, New York]]</td>... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Millard Fillmore]]
10: | place of birth=[[Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]]
13: | place of death=[[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]]
18: ...d Scott]] by a 50 to 44 percent margin in the popular vote and 254 to 42 in the [[United States Electo...
20: ...e]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputation by declaring support for the [[Confederate States of Ameri... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
21: | '''Place of birth:'''
22: ...ucky]]<br />(site now in [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue County]])
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
31: | '''Profession:''' || [[Lawyer]] - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
4: ... County, Indiana]] in [[1841]]. He became a legislative correspondent for the ''[[Indiana State Journ...
6: ...ember of the state constitutional convention in [[1850]] and an unsuccessful Whig candidate for election... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
27: ! Place of Birth:
34: | [[Lawyer]]
46: ...49]]. He was a member of the state Assembly in [[1850]] and [[1851]] and a member of the state Senate f...
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