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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
93: | [[1871]] — [[1878]]
117: | [[1869]] — [[1871]] - 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: ...jiji]], on the shores of Lake [[Tanganyika]] in [[1871]]. Stanley joined Livingstone, and together they ... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
6: *[[Mehemet Aali|Aali, Mehemet]], (1815-1871), Turkish statesman
16: ...Evald Aav|Aav, Evald]], (1900-1939), Estonian composer and choir conductor - 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
69: *[[Thomas Adams (architect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner - 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... - Millicent Fawcett (1226 bytes)
3: ...]], [[1929]]) was a British [[suffragist]] (as opposed to a [[suffragette]], who were usually militant...
5: ...of Women's Suffrage Societies (the [[NUWSS]]), a position she held from [[1897]] until [[1919]]. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
1: [[Image:RosaLuxemburg.jpg|right|frame|Rosa Luxemburg]]
2: ..., [[1919]]. The uprising was carried out against Rosa's orders, and crushed by the remnants of the mon...
6: ...rg III and his wife Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapp...
8: .... Some of its members managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
10: ...charsky]] and [[Leo Jogiches]]. She studied [[philosophy]], [[history]], [[politics]], [[economics]] a... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
8: ...not her art supplies. She returned to Europe in [[1871]] when the archbishop of Pittsburgh commissioned ...
14: ... against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of hi...
20: ...Cassatt]]. Oil on canvas. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].]]
25: The [[1890s]] were Cassatt's busiest and most creative time. She also became a role model for ...
29: Diagnosed with [[diabetes]], [[rheumatism]], [[neuralgia]... - Grazia Deledda (304 bytes)
1: ...Sardinia]], was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[writer]] whose works won her a [[Nobel Prize for Literature]] i... - 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... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
12: * ''Chandos '' (1866)
14: * ''Folle-Farine'' (1871) - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
5: ...ally she studied anatomy privately at the London Hospital, and with some of the professors at [[St And...
7: ...spital for children; but the duties of these two positions she found to be incompatible with her princ...
9: ...(in Hunter Street, WC) having over 200 students, most of them preparing for the medical degree of Lond...
14: ... in London -- this is the modern name of the New hospital mentioned above. - Jennie Kidd Trout (1706 bytes)
3: ...nlock''' in Wooden Mills, [[Scotland]], Jennie (whose name is variously spelled '"Jenny'") moved with ...
5: ...dical career, passing her matriculation exam in [[1871]] and studied medicine at the [[University of Tor...
9: ...io, and later moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], where she died in 1921... - 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... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
5: ... three children born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson ([[1871]]-[[1920]]) and Anna Lovisa Johnasson ([[1872]]-[...
17: ...so had an on-and-off affair with the primarily homosexual British photographer [[Cecil Beaton]], to wh...
21: ...fortunately, her one-time fiancé¬ John Gilbert, whose popularity was waning, did not fare as well afte...
23: ...ed about her revealing outfit shown on the movie poster. She was next part of an all star cast in ''[[...
25: ...d she signed a new contract, which granted her almost total control over her movies. She exercised tha... - Cornet (3752 bytes)
1: The '''cornet''' is a [[brass instrument]] that closely resembles the [[trumpet]].
7: ...high register to the brass band sound and can be most effective in cutting through even the biggest cl...
9: ...easier to hold, with its centre of gravity much closer to the player.
19: ...ch has gaps in so that true melodic playing is impossible except in the extreme high register. So, to ...
25: ...the army was abolished in the army reform bill of 1871. - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
27: ...er" and "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" are among the most famous in American politics. He assumed the pres...
48: ...r 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... - 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... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
24: Grant won many important battles, rose to become general-in-chief of all [[Union army|U...
26: ...xecutive branch who were at fault. He is instead mostly criticized for not taking a strong stance agai...
30: ...n]] in [[Brown County, Ohio]], where Grant spent most of his time until he was 17.
43: ...sissippi]], in [[1863]] is considered one of the most masterful in military history; it split the Conf...
48: ...rtionately even more and inflicted irreplaceable losses. Grant has been described as a "butcher" for h... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ... and [[1852]], and was owner and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]].
7: ...an Party|Republican]] in [[1859]], [[1865]] and [[1871]], and served from [[January 31]], [[1855]], to [...
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