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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ... by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[Lond...
8: ...oads into [[South Africa]] because of [[Boer]] opposition. It was during this time that Livingstone m...
12: ...a transcontinental journey across Africa. The purpose of his journey was to open trade routes, whilst ...
25: He was taken ill, and completely lost contact with the outside world for six years. On... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under...
10: * [[1852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the ...
14: ...arty|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecut...
22: * [[1924]] - [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman gove...
23: ...28]] - [[Arnold Rothstein]], [[New York City]]'s most notorious gambler, is shot dead over a [[poker]]... - 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
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey|Abbey, Edwin Austin]], (1852-1911), artist, painter
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - 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 - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
6: Today she is probably the most famous of all of ancient Egypt's rulers, and is ...
9: ...s, [[Ptolemy XIII of Egypt|Ptolemy XIII]], who opposed the Roman domination, and [[Ptolemy XIV of Egyp...
11: ...achery that he seized the Egyptian capital and imposed himself as arbiter between the rival claims of ...
17: ...re named [[Cleopatra Selene]] and [[Alexander Helios]].
19: ...lers of [[Egypt]] and [[Cyprus]]; [[Alexander Helios]] was crowned ruler of [[Armenia]], [[Medes|Media... - 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... - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
7: ...mperance]] movements in New York, organizing in [[1852]] the first woman's state temperance society in A...
9: ..., and became recognized as one of the ablest and most zealous advocates of the complete legal equality...
13: ...procedure endangered women's health and lives, opposed [[abortion]] on practical and moral grounds and...
19: ...1887]]). Susan B. Anthony was also a friend of [[Josephine Brawley Hughes]], an advocate of women's ri... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ...' ([[December 10]], [[1815]] - [[November 27]], [[1852]]) is mainly known for having written a descripti...
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 ... - 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... - 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.
57: ...d deprive him of the Presidential nomination in [[1852]]. - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...onvention]]. In the [[U.S. presidential election, 1852|presidential election]], Pierce and his running m...
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...
40: ...in [[1806]] and died on [[1863]], was Pierce's opposite. She came from a aristocratic Whig family, and...
42: ==Election of 1852== - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ... and [[1852]], and was owner and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]].
7: ...n was an unsuccessful candidate for election in [[1852]] to [[United States Congress|Congress]]. He was... - Romania (19812 bytes)
62: ...achia]] by [[Basarab I]], and [[Moldavia]] by Dragos during the 13th and 14th century respectively. In...
64: ...tem, and brief periods of independence. Moldavia lost its eastern side [[Bessarabia]] to the [[Russian...
66: ... (since [[1301]] Hungary and Transylvania became possessions of House of [[Anjou]], of [[Habsburg]], a...
68: ... been regained by Moldova after the Crimean War [[1852]], as a swap with [[Dobrudja]]. At the end of the...
76: ... end of the Cold War in 1989, Romania developed closer ties with Western Europe, joined [[NATO]] in [[... - 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... - 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. - 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]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
19: ...amaoka|Yamaoka, Akira]] (born 1968), Japanese composer
26: *[[Bosa Yankovich|Yankovich, Bosa]]
42: ...2]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video game]] music composer
47: *[[Joseph C. Yates|Yates, Joseph C.]], (1768-1837), U.S. lawyer, Governor of Ne...
69: *[[A. B. Yehoshua|Yehoshua, A. B.]], author of ''Mr. Mani'' - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...en described as "dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane...
5: ...ifferent process, but very old comets which have lost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to res...
9: ...d the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than the Sun, and the ta...
11: ...and the gases glowing due to [[ion|ionization]]. Most comets are too faint to be visible without the a...
17: ...highly charged [[ions]] fly through a cometary atmosphere, they collide with cometary atoms and molecu...
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