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- Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
1: [[Image:CapitolAlbanyNewYork.jpg|thumb|280px|right|New York State Capit...
3: ... the [[county seat]] of [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]].
5: ...City of Albany''' lies 145 miles (233 kilometers) north of and slightly east from [[New York City]], a...
10: city = Albany |
13: flag = AlbanyNY.gif |
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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
48: | [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
55: | [[Illinois]]
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
132: | [[Albany, New York|Albany]]
135: | [[North Carolina]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ... [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] and [[Biography]]. Also, see [[Internationa...
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17: ...st at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
22: ...y]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]])
26: *[[Heinrich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ...aughter of [[Lorenzo II de' Medici]], Duke of Urbino, and a French princess, [[Madeleine de la Tour d'...
7: ...ine did produce children, and Francis lived long enough to see his grandchildren before he died.
9: When her maternal aunt the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County of Auvergn...
11: ...eft the kingdom for the campaign of Metz, she was nominated [[regent]], but with very limited powers. ...
15: ..., [[1560]]), Catherine became regent during the minority of her second son, [[Charles IX of France]], ... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: ...stuart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
7: ...; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of th...
15: ... 1536. Had he not died before James V, Mary would not necessarily have inherited. In this sort of [[Se...
24: ...eeves, enveloped the infant, who could sit up but not walk. She was carried by Lord Livingston in sole...
26: ...ir struck her, she began to cry. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in h... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ...nasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([[24 May]] [[1819]] – [[22 January]]...
9: ...Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Wi...
12: ...rathearn, like many other sons of George III, did not marry during his youth. The eldest son, the [[Ge...
16: ...en's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Rege... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
13: Though she was noted for her pioneering [[charity]] work, the Princ...
15: ...er her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detrac...
22: ... of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as ...
24: ...th Hall]] [http://www.riddlesworthhall.com/] in [[Norfolk]] and at West Heath School in [[Kent]], wher... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...ll University]] in [[1955]]. Her novel [[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fictio...
6: ...]). Many now include Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Literature]].
8: ...ngth of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first A...
14: ==Novels==
16: *''[[Sula (novel)|Sula]]'' (1973) - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
6: ...he Disibodenberg monastery in Germany. Jutta was enormously popular and acquired so many followers a s...
11: ...degard confided of her visions only to Jutta and another monk, named Volmar, who was to become her lif...
12: ...t kindled my whole heart and breast like a flame, not burning but warming... and suddenly I understood...
15: ...f men, I refused for a long time a call to write, not out of stubbornness but out of humility, until w...
17: ...ble to finish her first visionary work Scivias ("Know the Ways of the Lord") and her fame began to spr... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
22: ...cent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|English]].
25: ...[New York]], 20 miles south of [[Albany, New York|Albany]], the [[state capital]]. His great-great-great-g...
27: ... Van Buren made the acquaintance of Burr, but did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was adm...
33: ...]] he took up his residence in [[Albany, New York|Albany]], where he continued to reside until he entered ...
35: ... national, state and local affairs. Van Buren did not originate the system, but won the nickname of "L... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
12: | date of death=[[November 18]], [[1886]]
16: | vicepresident=None
18: ...Alan Arthur''' ([[October 5]], [[1829]] – [[November 18]], [[1886]]) was an [[Politics of the Un...
20: ...ly and friends. Interestingly, Chester Arthur pronounced his middle name, Alan, with the stress on th...
29: ...n [[1848]]. He became principal of an academy in North Pownal, Vt. in [[1851]]. He studied law, was ... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...ch of the 50 states has a high level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]] system.
12: ...cial_languages = [[Languages in the United States|None at federal level]];<br> [[English language|Engl...
46: footnotes=|
52: ...[political]], [[military]], [[scientific]], [[technological]] and [[cultural]] matters.
58: ...ederal]] government. Prior to all these was the [[Albany Congress]] in [[1754]], in which a union was firs... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
28: ...'<td>Hawaii<td>[[Hawaii]]<td>[[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]</tr>
30: ...'''<td>Ill.<td>[[Illinois]]<td>[[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]</tr>
52: ...'''<td>N.Y.<td>[[New York]]<td>[[Albany, New York|Albany]]</tr>
53: ...NC'''<td>N.C.<td>[[North Carolina]]<td>[[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]</tr>
54: ...'ND'''<td>N.D.<td>[[North Dakota]]<td>[[Bismarck, North Dakota|Bismarck]]</tr> - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Sonny Perdue|Sonny Perdue]] |
36: ...mated 8,829,383 people in 2004. Georgia is also known as the '''Peach State''' or '''Empire State of ...
42: ...e been named [[USS Georgia|USS ''Georgia'']] in honor of this state.
50: ...ish colony be called [[Province of Georgia]] in honor of King [[George II of Great Britain|George II]]...
52: ...his day is now known as [[Georgia Day]], which is not a [[public holiday]], but is mainly observed in ... - Indiana (20194 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Mitch Daniels]] |
13: Lt. Governor = [[Becky Skillman]] |
27: ...C]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] <small>(extreme northwest and southwest)</small> |
43: [[USS Indiana|USS ''Indiana'']] was named in honor of this state.
47: ...ution]], soon after which it became part of the [[Northwest Territory]], then the [[Indiana Territory]... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Jim Douglas]] |
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
36: ...[[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...ducts and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been known for its [[Liberalism|liberal politics]] and sta...
44: ...n of the state. The state's greatest length, from north to south, is 159 miles. Its greatest width, fr... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Ed Rendell]] |
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
38: ...and technological advance. The [[The Poconos|Pocono Mountains]] and the [[Delaware Water Gap]] provid...
42: ... virtually indistinguishable from non-Amish or Mennonites.
44: (The term "Dutch" is a misnomer, as none of these groups are of Dutch origin; the German... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...rnica.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note the small entrance to the trap underneath the s...
2: [[nutrient]]s (but not [[energy]]) by trapping and consuming [[animal]]...
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
20: ...]]'', which secrete mucilage, but whose leaves do not
32: pitchers do not overflow. To counteract this problem, [[natural ... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
7: ...tish]] [[colonies]] along the Atlantic Coast of [[North America]], began meeting in Philadelphia, Penn...
13: ...tion]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles of Conf...
21: ...ritish Parliament's attempt to raise taxes on the North American colonists raised fears among the Amer...
23: ...uth or Newfoundland and Nova Scotia at the north, nor French-speaking Quebec. The first [[Continental ...
27: ...to the outskirts of Boston. The appearance of cannon on Dorchester heights, above the city, led the B... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...ous]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ...h; the [[frontier]] had certain unifying features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By th...
9: ...sance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open wat...
11: ...tematic attempts at exploration. Also, as the economy of Europe began to revive, it became clear that...
13: ...e new powers to establish colonies. Though these northerly lands were relatively close to Europe, Spa... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...egorian calendar as promulgated in [[1582]] did ''not'' specify that January 1 was to be either [[New ...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes pla...
17: *[[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New York...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered by [[Giu...
22: *[[1818]] - [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern...
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