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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
61: | [[1877]] — [[1886]]
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] - 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... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under...
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]]...
24: ...esident [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States Customs Service... - 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
39: ... Cabot Abbott|Abbott, John Stevens Cabot]], (1805-1877), American writer
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.
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]]
55: ...ge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer
57: ...ther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer - 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... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...nie Besant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophist]]
2: ...er 20]], [[1933]]) was a prominent [[Theosophy|Theosophist]], [[women's rights]] [[activist]], [[write...
5: Her conversion to Theosophy came after reading ''[[The Secret Doctrine]]'...
7: ...she devoted much of her energy not only to the Theosophical Society, but also to India's freedom and p...
9: ... Besant, who had been elected president of the Theosophical Society in [[1907]] upon the death of the ... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
14: ... against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of hi...
18: ...d sister, who fell ill after moving to Paris in [[1877]]. Her sister died in [[1882]], but her mother re...
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]... - 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: ...y College London]]), which was opened to women in 1877. In 1897 Dr Garrett Anderson was elected presiden...
14: ... in London -- this is the modern name of the New hospital mentioned above. - 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... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
3: [[Image:Irwin postcard.jpg|thumb|May Irwin]]
4: ...o, New York]] in December of 1874. By the fall of 1877, their career had progressed to where they were b...
8: ... to repeat the scene on film. In 1896, the [[Kinetoscope]] production, [[The Kiss (film, 1896)|The Kis...
12: ... more than thirty years she was one of America's most beloved performers. In 1914, she made her second... - 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...
36: ...er ([[September 9]], [[1816]] - [[December 3]], [[1877]]). He was married to [[Elizabeth Priscilla Coope...
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... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
6: ...><td>[[March 4]], [[1869]] – [[March 3]], [[1877]]</td></tr>
22: ...erican Civil War]] and the 18th ([[1869]]–[[1877]]) [[President of the United States|President]] o...
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. - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
13: | [[March 4]], [[1877]]-<br />[[March 3]], [[1881]]
46: ...ongresses ([[March 4]], [[1869]] - [[March 3]], [[1877]]).
48: ...yes]] in [[1876]]. He was inaugurated in March [[1877]] and served until March [[1881]]. He retired fr...
52: ...|after=[[Chester A. Arthur]]|years=[[March 4]], [[1877]] – [[March 3]], [[1881]]}} - Romania (19812 bytes)
39: ...[Romanian War of Independence]]<br/>[[10 May]], [[1877]]<br/>[[13 July]], [[1878]] ([[Treaty of Berlin, ...
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: ...s in [[1878]], following the [[Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78|Russo-Turkish War]], in which Romania fought o... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
63: ...zed in 1776, Crown Colony government installed in 1877, a legislative council created in 1925, and unive...
65: ...the region through a unified administration. The most notable was the [[West Indies Federation]], whic...
74: ...island by a [[governor general]], an office with mostly ceremonial functions. Control of the governmen...
91: ...ng sector and a small offshore financial sector whose particularly restrictive secrecy laws have cause...
96: Most Vincentians are the descendants of African slave... - 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]] - 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''
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