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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...m]] ([[1st century BC|100 BC]]) and the forced imposition of a common system of writing by the Qin emp...
7: ...unded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
24: ...ynasty|Xia]] and the [[Shang Dynasty|Shang]] can possibly refer to political entities that existed at ...
28: ... as [[Confucianism]], [[Taoism]], [[Legalism (philosophy)|Legalism]] and [[Mohism]] were founded. Afte...
30: ...since the Spring and Autumn Period and was very loosely a primitive prototype of the modern system of ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hers. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reached the [[Ameri...
3: ...nd. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out...
5: ...Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472...
9: ...]], the [[Columbian Exchange]] of species (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacter...
11: ...est Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and c... - 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
38: ...ann Adam Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Adam]] (1780-1853)
44: *[[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600) - 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... - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
5: ...s affectionately called Manu in her family. Manu lost her mother at the age of four, and responsibilit...
7: ...haraja Gangadhar Rao expired on [[21 November]] [[1853]], when Lakshmi Bai was 18 years old.
15: ...ompanied by her generals [[Gulam Gaus Khan]], [[Dost Khan]], [[Khuda Baksh]], [[Lala Bhau Bakshi]], [...
19: ...of a man, strapping her adopted son Damodar Rao closely on her back. She regrouped loyal soldiers in t... - 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... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ... [[Romantic music|Romantic era]] as well as a composer.
7: ...those of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven as well as those of Robert Schumann and Brahms.
9: ...och Conservatorium]] at [[Frankfurt am Main]], a post which she held until [[1892]], and in which she ...
11: ... than in the present day, she was herself the composer of a few songs and of some charming music, main...
14: ... Romances were composed in 1853 and dedicated to Joseph Joachim who performed them for King George V o... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...c painting is considered by many to be among the most important of the [[art]] forms.
8: ...chre]] and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples ...
34: ...rking characteristics of the paint, such as [[viscosity]], [[miscibility]], [[solubility]], drying tim...
72: *[[Postmodern art|Postmodernism]]
88: A proposed and yet-unrealised development in painting is [... - Wagner tuba (1858 bytes)
2: ...er Ring des Nibelungen]]''. Since then, other composers have written for it, including [[Anton Bruckne...
4: ...is instrument after a brief visit to [[Paris]] in 1853, when he had dropped by the shop of [[Adolphe Sax...
6: ...nor in B-flat and bass in F, and both are [[transposing instrument]]s. The tenor tuba's written range ... - 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...
50: *Lyon Gardiner Tyler ([[August 24]], [[1853]] - [[February 12]], [[1935]]).
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... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
6: ...'''</td><td>[[July 9]], [[1850]] - [[March 4]], [[1853]]</td></tr>
20: ...]], [[1874]]) was the thirteenth ([[1850]]–[[1853]]) [[President of the United States]] and the sec...
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. - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1853]]
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...
40: ...hus]]. Benjamin "Bennie" Pierce ([[1841]]–[[1853]]) died in a tragic railway accident at the age o... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
55: ...]. Rumors and speculation that the two had a [[homosexual]] relationship began at the time and have pe...
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 ...
82: ...r of the West. The unarmed ship was caught in a cross-fire. Receiving no assistance from Fort Sumter, ... - 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... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
48: ...ngresses ([[March 4]], [[1843]] to [[March 3]], [[1853]]). He was chairman of the Committee on Public E...
51: ...f Tennessee. He was Governor of Tennessee from [[1853]] to [[1857]], and was elected as a Democrat to t...
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... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ... and [[1852]], and was owner and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]].
7: ...ul candidate for [[Governor of Massachusetts]] in 1853. In [[1855]] he was elected to the [[United Stat... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] |
57: ...stablished, and the constitution promulgated in [[1853]].
67: ...hizers. They restored basic order, but the human costs of what became known as "El Proceso," or the "[...
69: ...ice 6 months early after Peronist candidate [[Carlos Saul Menem]] won the [[1989]] presidential electi... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
17: PostalAbbreviation = AZ |
53: Reptile = [[Rattlesnake|Arizona Ridgenose Rattlesnake]] |
57: Flower = [[Saguaro]] Blossom |
61: Fossil = [[Petrified wood]] |
87: ...rizona" and its attachment to the region. Three possible derivations are: - 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...
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