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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
6: ...nk Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
37: *[[Emma Abbott|Abbott, Emma]], (1849-1891), American singer
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: *[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
10: ...rd|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
44: *[[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600)
54: *[[Jos頊uliᮠAcosta|Acosta, Jos頊uliᮝ] (1825-1891) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...es Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
55: ...ge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer
57: ...ther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer
87: *[[Joseph Addison|Addison, Joseph]], (1672-1719), English poet - 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... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ...or '''Madame Blavatsky''' was the founder of [[Theosophy]].
5: She was born in Ekaterinoslav (now [[Dnipropetrovsk]]), [[Ukraine]] (then pa...
7: ...a with Emma Cutting (later Emma Coulomb), which closed after dissatisfied customers complained of frau...
15: ...ge]] and others. The Society was a modern day [[Gnostic]] movement of the late [[nineteenth century]] ...
17: By [[1882]] the Theosophical Society became an international organizati... - 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... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
27: ...er" and "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" are among the most famous in American politics. He assumed the pres...
48: *Julia Gardiner Tyler ([[December 25]], [[1849]] - [[May 8]], [[1871]]).
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... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
7: ...rved from [[March 4]], [[1845]] to [[March 3]], [[1849]].
14: ...ion box|title=[[Mayor of Philadelphia]]|before=[[Joseph Watson]]|after=[[Benjamin W. Richards]]|years=...
20: ...ears=[[March 4]], [[1845]] – [[March 3]], [[1849]]}} - 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... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
55: ...]. Rumors and speculation that the two had a [[homosexual]] relationship began at the time and have pe...
59: ...f President [[James K. Polk]] from [[1845]] to [[1849]], during which he negotiated the [[1846]] [[Oreg...
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: ...t attorney for Franklin County from [[1846]] to [[1849]]. He was a member of the state Assembly in [[18... - Canada (35540 bytes)
6: ... is a country in [[North America]], the northern-most in the world and the second largest in area (aft...
21: ...ficient in energy due to its large fossil fuel deposits, [[nuclear energy]] generation, and [[hydroele...
90: ...nce and [[Great Britain]]. France progressively lost territory to [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]], s...
96: ...ritish Columbia]] in 1848 and Vancouver Island in 1849. By the late-1850s, politicians in the Province o...
111: ...claim is not universally recognized. The northernmost settlement in Canada (and in the world) is Canad... - Germany (46412 bytes)
38: |'''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]'''<br> - Total ([[2003]])...
66: ...mediterranean coast in the south. During these almost thousand years, the Germans expanded their influ...
71: ...ny, the [[German Confederation]] was founded, a loose league of [[List of German Confederation member ...
73: ...d the demise of the national assembly along with most merits of the revolution.
79: ... it led to friction with neighbouring countries. Most alliances in which Germany had been involved wer... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
59: ...]. Hungary was partially demolished with a great loss of life in [[1241]]–[[1242]] by [[Mongol]]...
65: ...04 and 1711. The revolution and war of 1848–1849 eliminated [[serfdom]] and secured civil rights. ...
69: ...Miklorthy]] ruled with autocratic powers for most of the interwar period. Hungarian politics and c...
71: ...collaborator [[Ferenc Szᬡsi]] and his [[Arrow Cross Party]] in order to avert Hungary's defection to...
73: ...the Soviet Union in [[1991]], Hungary developed closer ties with Western Europe, joined [[NATO]] in [[... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
37: ...rom [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]<br>[[June 25]], [[1991]]<br>[[1992]] |
54: ... of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] from [[1945]] until gaining independence i...
59: ...d in the [[7th century]]. In [[745]], Carantania lost its independence, being largely subsumed into th...
61: ...rian Empire]], with Slovenians inhabiting all or most of the provinces of [[Carniola]], [[Gorizia]] an...
65: ...[25 June]] [[1991]] upon its independence from Yugoslavia. Slovenia joined [[NATO]] on [[29 March]] [[... - California (63989 bytes)
11: LargestCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |
15: PostalAbbreviation = CA |
64: Fossil = [[Smilodon|Saber-toothed cat]] |
89: ...s "The Golden State" in reference to California's 1849 [[California Gold Rush|Gold Rush]]. {{ref|origin_...
91: ...lifornia|San Diego]], [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], and [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = CT |
36: ...S.)|New England]] region, as well as the southernmost state in New England and one of the wealthiest s...
47: ...incorporated cities and towns across the state. Most cities are coterminal with their namesake towns ...
49: ...ors are [[Christopher J. Dodd]] (Democrat) and [[Joseph I. Lieberman]] (Democrat). Connecticut current...
56: ...nd farms of the [[Litchfield Hills]] and the casinos of [[Southeastern Connecticut]]. Connecticut's ru... - Idaho (13962 bytes)
6: Seal = Idahostateseal.jpg |
13: PostalAbbreviation = ID |
36: ...capital]] is [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]] and the U.S. postal abbreviation is '''ID'''.
48: ...gh Idaho during the [[California gold rush]] of [[1849]], few people settled there. The first organized ...
50: ...o Falls, Idaho|Idaho Falls]]) to [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]] in northern Idaho. Idaho still operates und... - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
16: PostalAbbreviation = LA |
45: It uses the U.S. postal abbreviation '''LA'''. The state is bordered t...
60: ...Soto_(explorer)|Hernando de Soto]]'s expedition crossed through the region. Thereafter the region was ...
62: ...sippi and its major tributaries, with trading outposts and mission settlements in the [[Illinois Count...
66: ...the territory to the east of the Mississippi was lost to [[Great Britain]] in the [[French and Indian...
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