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- John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...idate of a major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georg...
4: ...marker for site where two of Frémont's men were lost in Colorado]]
5: ...s of the [[Des Moines River]], and from 1841 to [[1846]] he led exploration parties on the [[Oregon Trai...
7: ...e United States|presidential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[...
9: ...ia]]), but lost several battles and resigned his post. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
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...
29: ...hat he could not govern under the restrictions imposed by the Queen, and consequently resigned his com...
33: ... on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stamp.]]
39: ...ued to secretly correspond with Lord Melbourne, whose influence, however, faded away as that of Prince... - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
8: ...[[women's rights]] movement. Perhaps one of her most famous speeches was "[[Ain't I a Woman?]]," a sh...
10: ...and Industry. When the association disbanded in [[1846]], she remained in [[Florence, Massachusetts|Flor... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...f the leading writers of the [[Victorian era]], whose novels, largely set in provincial England, are w...
8: ...emy Bentham]] and was the leading journal for philosophical radicals. In [[1854]], she published a tr...
10: In [[1857]], she published "Amos Barton," the first of the "Scenes of Clerical Lif...
12: ... They honeymooned in [[Venice]] and, allegedly, Cross jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand C...
15: ...nt pas''... Now in this vast ugliness resides a most powerful beauty which, in a very few minutes ste... - 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... - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
3: ...phe Sax]] in the mid-[[1840s]]. The saxophone is most commonly associated with [[popular music]], [[bi...
7: ...reat friendship with the influential Parisian composer [[Berlioz]].
9: ...evel of flexibility. This would explain why he chose to name the instrument the "voice of Sax."
11: ...of Sax's patent. For the duration of the patent (1846-1866) no one except the Sax factory Paris could l...
14: ...nlike the [[oboe]], whose tube is a single cone, most saxophones have a distinctive curve at the bell.... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
27: ...er" and "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" are among the most famous in American politics. He assumed the pres...
46: *David Gardiner Tyler ([[July 12]], [[1846]] - [[September 5]], [[1927]]).
54: ... or after him. His youngest child, Pearl, died almost exactly 100 years after the death of his eldest ...
58: ...tates Whig Party|Whig Party]] policies and work closely with Whig leaders, particularly [[Henry Clay]]...
69: ...f them will be willing to set an example, in the bosom of this Union, of such frightful disorder, such... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
55: ...]. Rumors and speculation that the two had a [[homosexual]] relationship began at the time and have pe...
59: ...5]] to [[1849]], during which he negotiated the [[1846]] [[Oregon Treaty]] establishing the 49th paralle...
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: ...the state of Illinois, and became steadily more prosperous. Lincoln served four successive terms in th...
63: Abraham Lincoln shared a bed with [[Joshua Fry Speed]] from [[1837]] to [[1841]] in Sprin... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
46: ... was district attorney for Franklin County from [[1846]] to [[1849]]. He was a member of the state Asse... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
60: ...uashing the Indian [[Sepoy Mutiny]] in [[1857]], most of the Terai territories were returned to Nepal.
62: ...ty and the Communist Party of Nepal received the most votes. No party has held power for more than two...
66: ...g (in accordance with Nepalese tradition) in his hospital bed. He died three days later. ''See [[Dipen...
76: ...iri]], [[Gandaki]], [[Janakpur]], [[Karnali]], [[Koshi]], [[Lumbini]], [[Mahakali]], [[Mechi]], [[Nara...
111: ...reign exchange earnings in the past three years. Most industrial activity is focussed around the [[Kat... - Flag of California (3028 bytes)
5: ... rule as the department of [[Alta California]], whose Spanish-speaking population of 4,000 was outnumb...
11: ...t symbolized had a brief career. On [[July 9]], [[1846]], Commodore [[John Drake Sloat]] of the [[U.S. N...
15: Two days later U.S. Navy Lt. Joseph Warren Revere arrived in [[Sonoma, California|... - California (63989 bytes)
11: LargestCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |
15: PostalAbbreviation = CA |
64: Fossil = [[Smilodon|Saber-toothed cat]] |
89: ...ost populous state in the U.S.]], as well as the most physically diverse, with the highest and the low...
91: ...lifornia|San Diego]], [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], and [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = IA |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 28|Dec 28]], [[1846]] |
36: ... of the state is "State of Iowa", and the [[U.S. Post Office]] abbreviation for the state is '''IA'''.
48: ...th</sup> state in the union on [[December 28]], [[1846]].
49: ...lroad. The completion of five major railroads across Iowa brough major economic changes as well as tr... - Washington (20186 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = WA |
45: ...ach with its own unique culture. Today, they are most notable for their [[totem pole]]s and their orna...
47: ...imed all the coastal lands up to the [[Russia]]n possessions in the north for [[Spain]].
51: ...ry to explorers and trappers from other nations, most notably Britain and then the United States. Capt...
53: ...ain and the U.S. that lasted until [[June 15]], [[1846]] when Britain ceded their claims to this land wi... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = VA |
48: ...United States|U.S. Congress]] dated [[July 9]], [[1846]], the area south of the Potomac that had been c...
52: ...n on [[January 26]], [[1870]], after a period of post-war military rule.
59: ...olk]], [[Williamsburg]], and [[Jamestown]] each chose one burgess. The Burgesses met to make laws for...
63: ...der the Constitution, the State Government is composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and ... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Ted Kulongoski]] |
12: PostalAbbreviation = OR |
36: ...ndaries of the [[Willamette Valley]], one of the most fertile and agriculturally productive regions in...
43: ...ded to support its increasing population without losing what attracts people to Oregon in the first pl...
49: ...gained control of all of the Pacific Fur Company posts. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = NM |
42: === Native American Pueblos ===
44: ...owns in the valley of the [[Rio Grande]] and pueblos nearby.
46: ...the upper Rio Grande valley led to long-standing hostility that impeded the Spanish conquest of New Me...
52: ...rs]] in [[1610]]. Although the colony failed to prosper, some missions flourished. Spanish settlers ar... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
7: ... in 1958, new and rebuilt buildings, especially those in designated historic districts, must exhibit a...
11: ...n the mid-1990s when [[Debbie Jaramillo]], who opposed the focus on tourism, was elected mayor. Althou...
49: ...les run the whole spectrum from [[Baroque]] to [[Post-modern]].
54: ...age:Santa_fe_nm_1846_47.jpg|thumb|300px|Santa Fe, 1846-1847]]
66: ... 17.2% of those under the age of 18 and 9.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
65: * [[3rd century BC|200s BC]]: [[Crossbow]] in [[History of China|China]]
70: ...[[Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
142: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]]
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