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- Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
4: ...r the government of France to acquire one of the most valuable and famous statues in the world. The [[...
10: In [[1837]], on an expedition to the South Polar regions, h... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: '''Steel''' is a [[metal]] [[alloy]] whose major component is [[iron]], with [[carbon]] bei...
8: ...a]] and their excretion of [[oxygen]] into the atmosphere, iron can be found in the crust only in comb...
11: ... making quality steel. At room temperature, the most stable form of iron is the [[body-centered cubic...
13: ...tructure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely little ther...
15: ...formation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower activation energy. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...|Queen of the United Kingdom]] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her d...
14: ...oming King George IV. Though she occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taug...
20: ...was not clear what his surname was, because like most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, h...
25: ...V died at the age of seventy-two on [[20 June]] [[1837]], leaving the throne to Victoria. As the young q...
27: ...ingdom faced an insurrection (see [[Rebellions of 1837]]), and in [[Jamaica]], the colonial legislature ... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
3: ...[Charles Babbage]]'s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the [[analytical engine]].
6: ...n to marry to avoid scandal, and he reluctantly chose Annabella. On [[January 16]], [[1816]], Annabell...
11: ... [[Ockham, Surrey]]. Her full name and title for most of her married life was '''The Right Honourable ...
15: ...d, such as speculating that "the Engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any ...
23: ...head used by Babbage for [[public relations]] purposes. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
9: ...re equally likely to function as [[cooks]] or [[prostitutes]]. Nightingale was particularly concerned...
13: ...1846]] she visited [[Kaiserwerth]], a pioneering hospital established and managed by an order of [[Nun...
15: == Rejection of marriage proposal ==
17: ... nursing, Nightingale continued to reject his proposal.
19: ...tracted to each other and they became life-long close friends. Herbert was instrumental in facilitatin... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...ee world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
14: .... Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but none h...
21: ... majority, the President and Vice President are chosen by the [[United States House of Representatives...
25: ...(United States)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to ...
29: ...[[Franklin Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] have chosen to affirm rather than swear. The oath is tradit... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1837]]
16: ... Calhoun]] (1829-1832) [[Martin Van Buren]] (1833-1837)
18: ...ackson, nicknamed "Old Hickory," was neither of those. He was the first president who had lived on the...
24: ... career by his own merits, and soon he began to prosper in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier law....
32: ...presentatives|House of Representatives]], which chose [[John Quincy Adams]] instead. The election was... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: ...><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
22: ... of non-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|En...
35: ... politics of New York and powerfully influenced those of the nation, and which did more than any other...
39: ..., then gradually abandoned the [[protectionist]] position.
43: ...rnal improvements and declined to support the proposal for a Panama Congress. As chairman of the judic... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
9: ... woman. He served as vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
28: ...none)''|after=[[William W. Southgate]]|years=1833-1837}}
29: ...won), [[U.S. presidential election, 1840|1840]] (lost)}}
30: ...Buren]]|after=[[John Tyler]]|years=[[March 4]], [[1837]] – [[March 3]], [[1841]]}} - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
27: ...er" and "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" are among the most famous in American politics. He assumed the pres...
54: ... or after him. His youngest child, Pearl, died almost exactly 100 years after the death of his eldest ...
58: ...r a national banking act following the [[Panic of 1837]] and leaving the government deadlocked. Tyler w...
69: ...f them will be willing to set an example, in the bosom of this Union, of such frightful disorder, such...
71: ...remony. Her father was also killed during the explosion. Tyler and Gardiner were married not long afte... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
7: ...ary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from [[1837]] to [[1839]], when he was recalled at his own re...
14: ...ion box|title=[[Mayor of Philadelphia]]|before=[[Joseph Watson]]|after=[[Benjamin W. Richards]]|years=...
18: ...R. Clay]]|after=[[Churchill C. Cambreleng]]|years=1837-1839}} - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
29: ...ree states, while Fillmore supported slavery in those states in order to appease the South. In his own...
31: ...ublic comment on the merits of the compromise proposals, but a few days before President Taylor's deat...
43: ...that all land gained by the Mexican War must be closed to slavery.
50: *Place Federal officers at the disposal of slaveholders seeking fugitives.
62: ...ughout the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] he opposed [[Abraham Lincoln|President Lincoln]] and durin... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...s so successful he turned down several important positions. Later, he was nominated for president as a...
20: ...ivil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: ...s and show her true affection. He was one of the most popular men in New Hampshire, polite and thought...
34: ...sses]]([[March 4]], [[1833]]–[[March 3]], [[1837]]). At the time he was only 27 years old, the you...
36: ...United States Senate, serving from [[March 4]], [[1837]], to [[February 28]], [[1842]], when he resigned... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
55: ...]. Rumors and speculation that the two had a [[homosexual]] relationship began at the time and have pe...
57: ...from [[December 6]], [[1834]]; was reelected in [[1837]] and [[1843]], and resigned on [[March 5]], [[1...
61: ... help to draft the [[Ostend Manifesto]] which proposed the purchase of Cuba under the threat of force.
76: ...e Federal Government reached a stalemate. Bitter hostility between Northern and Southern members preva...
78: Sectional strife rose to such a pitch in [[1860]] that the Democratic ... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
44: Lincoln staunchly opposed the expansion of [[slavery]] into federal terri...
48: ...ing the [[Homestead Act]] (1862). However, he is most famous for his role in ending [[slavery]] in the...
59: ...poor areas along and near the river to grow and prosper. <!--Vidal _United States_ c1993 p704 quoting ...
61: ...is|Sangamon County]], beginning in [[1834]]. In [[1837]] he made his first protest against slavery in th...
63: ...oln shared a bed with [[Joshua Fry Speed]] from [[1837]] to [[1841]] in Springfield. A recent biography ... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
48: ...State House of Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. He was elected to th...
86: ..."left"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[William Denni...
105: ...passage of [[civil rights]] laws and otherwise imposing the will of the United States Congress —...
111: ...at the then-current Secretaries would hold their posts throughout the term of the President who appoin...
120: ==Post-Presidency== - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
17: ...r><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[March 18]], [[1837]]</td></tr>
21: ...f the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (w...
29: '''Stephen Grover Cleveland''' ([[March 18]], [[1837]] – [[June 24]], [[1908]]) was the 22nd ([[...
34: ...ie County, New York]] in 1870 and, while in that post, carried out at least two hangings of condemned ...
36: ...minded Republicans in the New York legislature. Roosevelt admired Cleveland's stubborn nature. - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
14: ...n: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[List of state mottos|National motto]]: Unity, Freedom, Work''</small>
48: As of [[1837]] the Shona were frequently raided by the [[Ndebe...
60: ...mbabwe African People's Union]] (ZAPU), led by [[Joshua Nkomo]]. With his regime near the brink of col...
66: ...ependence to an uneasy coalition government with Joshua Nkomo, head of Zimbabwe African People's Union...
78: ...omes. This action has been widely condemned by opposition and international figures. - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...ng of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]] and the most widely recognized [[pyramid]] in the world. Thou...
9: The most widely accepted estimate for its date of complet...
15: ...mestone casing stones most of which were shaken loose by a massive earthquake in the 14th century and ...
22: ...y an Arab [[Sultan]] in 1356CE in order to build mosques and fortresses in nearby Cairo.
26: ... contained a statue of the king, but the true purpose of the chamber remains a mystery.[http://www.tou... - Texas (39610 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = TX |
36: ...]] in [[1845]]. It has the [[U.S. Postal Service|postal abbreviation]] '''TX'''.
42: * [[List of U.S. state mottos | state motto]] — "Friendship"
55: ...nd [[Arkansas]] on the east. To the southwest, across the [[Rio Grande]], Texas borders the [[Mexico|M...
117: ...e [[Rio Grande]] to establish [[San Francisco de los Tejas]] Mission in East Texas, effectively blazin...
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