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- Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1820]] to [[1859]]'''.
20: ...sident) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'' arguing that states can [[null...
43: *[[1836]] - [[Gag Rule]] imposed
54: *[[1838]] - [[Aroostook War]]
69: *[[1846]] - [[Wilmot Proviso]] proposed
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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... - 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... - 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... - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
4: ...que et D飬amation'' by the [[Duc de Morny]] in [[1859]] for theatrical training.
6: ... Divine Sarah"; arguably, she may have been the most famous actress of the [[19th century]].
10: ...e had an affair with a Belgian nobleman, Charles-Joseph-Eugene-Henri, Prince de Ligne, with whom she h...
16: ... career, in spite of the need to use a wooden [[prosthetic limb]]. She died in the arms of her son Ma...
22: ...racter]] in [[Marcel Proust]]'s ''[[In Search of Lost Time]]'' was inspired by Bernhardt. - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ...sophers]], [[Lexicography|lexicographers]], [[composer]]s, teachers, [[semiotics|semioticians]] or sem...
8: ...musica mundana]], [[musica instrumentalis]]. Of those, only the last - musica instrumentalis - referre...
14: ...sical interval]]s as we hear them, should be foremost among the preoccupations of Medieval musicians.
17: ...r that would be translated as "music." Inuit and most North American Indian languages do not have a ge...
21: ...mprovised song, classical instrumental metric composition, and popular dance music are. However, from ... - 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, ... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ... and [[1852]], and was owner and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]].
7: ...[United States Republican Party|Republican]] in [[1859]], [[1865]] and [[1871]], and served from [[Janua... - Australia (39438 bytes)
50: ...ng access for traditional uses of the waterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[Tor...
63: ... present-day [[Southeast Asia|south-east Asia]]. Most Indigenous Australians were [[hunter-gatherers]]...
65: ...shment of a [[penal colony]] there following the loss of the [[American colonies]].
67: ...stralia)|Victoria]] in 1851 and [[Queensland]] in 1859. The [[Northern Territory]] was founded, as part ...
70: [[Image:Anzac1.JPG|right|thumb|160px|The [[Last Post]] is played at an [[ANZAC Day]] ceremony in [[Po... - 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: ...the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in [[1859]] under the [[domnitor]] [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza]]....
76: ... end of the Cold War in 1989, Romania developed closer ties with Western Europe, joined [[NATO]] in [[... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
59: ...]. Hungary was partially demolished with a great loss of life in [[1241]]–[[1242]] by [[Mongol]]...
67: ...Italian coalition (the [[Battle of Solferino]], [[1859]]) and Prussia ([[Battle of K?gratz]], [[1866]]),...
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 [[... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ...ibes, or noting the 'glitter of the sun rising across the lake' (as seen in its flag).
49: ...a]]. At another site, dated 1500 BC, the remains possess features resembling [[Bushman]] people.
51: ...9th century]]. In [[1878]], a number of traders, mostly from [[Glasgow]], formed the [[African Lakes C...
63: ...ocratic Front]] (UDF), was elected President in those elections. The UDF won 82 of the 177 seats in th...
67: ... a "government of national unity" with several opposition parties. President Bingu wa Mutharika left t... - Flag of Oregon (652 bytes)
8: ...tars, the words "State of Oregon", and the year [[1859]]. On the reverse side is borne a figure of a [[... - Boat (6417 bytes)
1: ...oat''' is a [[watercraft]], usually smaller than most [[ship]]s. Some boats are commonly carried by a ...
78: ...e floating vehicles have been used for sports purposes as well. For example, the [[Bathtub Boat]] is u...
85: ...f the two curved structures each side of the foremost point of he hull. It is the same word as that us...
100: ...ards" while the principal ones for adjusting the positions of the sails are called "sheets".
117: * [[Ironclad]] (1859-1862) - 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... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = IA |
36: ... of the state is "State of Iowa", and the [[U.S. Post Office]] abbreviation for the state is '''IA'''.
49: ...lroad. The completion of five major railroads across Iowa brough major economic changes as well as tr...
65: ...City. There are many natural lakes in the state, most notably [[Spirit Lake (Iowa)|Spirit Lake]], [[We...
109: *[[Opossum]] - Vermont (39851 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = VT |
38: ...t was claimed by [[France]] but became a British possession after France's defeat in the [[French and ...
46: ...lain Valley]]. In the south of the valley is [[Bomoseen Lake]].
50: ...on, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: In the autumn, Vermont's hills experience an explosion of red, orange and gold foliage caused by the ... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = SD |
53: ... rocks, stones and gemstones|State mineral]]:''' Rose [[quartz]]
82: ...ies, [[Sioux Falls]] and [[Yankton]], in 1856 and 1859, respectively, and in 1861, [[Dakota Territory]] ...
115: A [[bill (proposed law)|bill]] for [[U.S. state|statehood]] for No...
138: The largest and most complete fossil of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' ever found was uncovered near the ci... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = PA |
38: ...tional and technological advance. The [[The Poconos|Pocono Mountains]] and the [[Delaware Water Gap]]...
40: Pennsylvania is one of the U.S.'s most historic states. Philadelphia is often called th...
69: ...ania, which supplied the vast majority of U.S. kerosene for years thereafter, and saw the rise and fal...
80: ...|Philadelphia]]. The other elected officials composing the executive branch are the Lieutenant Govern... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Ted Kulongoski]] |
12: PostalAbbreviation = OR |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[February 14]], [[1859]] |
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...
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