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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
29: | [[1886]] — [[1907]]
61: | [[1877]] — [[1886]]
65: | [[1870]] — [[1886]]
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
205: | [[1886]] — [[1890]], [[1915]] — [[1917]] (Ho... - 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
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot
62: ...Abeille|Abeille, Louis]], (1765-1832), German composer - 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.
40: ...Francis Adams, Sr.|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1807-1886), grandson of John Adams, son of John Quincy Adam...
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... - 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)
14: ... against the Salon. "I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of hi...
16: ...active member of the impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friends with Degas and [[Berthe M...
20: ...Cassatt]]. Oil on canvas. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].]]
21: ...nism to a simpler, straightforward approach. By [[1886]], she no longer identified herself with any art ...
25: The [[1890s]] were Cassatt's busiest and most creative time. She also became a role model for ... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
11: ...e times. She was first married to [[Owen Moore]] (1886-1939), an Irish-born silent-film actor, on [[Janu...
18: ...vered by [[David Wark Griffith]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $...
29: ... alternatives, they settle on ''[[Rosita (movie)|Rosita]]'', in a performance that was praised by crit...
30: ...theatres this year, in Chicago and Detroit. The Los Angeles theatre is now known as the [[University ...
31: ...ning $1.4 million. Her performance earned her an Oscar. - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
5: ...of Orleans]] and attacked the ''[[Romance of the Rose]]'' written by [[Jean de Meung]].
9: ...y. After the king's death in [[1380]] her father lost his appointment, and died soon after; and when C...
11: ...mposed some fifteen important works, chiefly in prose, besides minor pieces.
13: ...0) being received by [[Philip of Burgundy]], at whose desire Christine wrote ''Le Lure des faitz ci bo...
15: ...ells her own history, by way of defence against those who objected to her pretensions as a moralist. [... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ..., was a nurse and founder of the [[American Red Cross Nursing Service]].
4: ...nt as the Superintendent of Nurses at University Hospital in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].
6: ... and chair of the National Committee of the Red Cross Nursing Service.
8: ...n]], the Army Nurse Corps, and the American Red Cross. Through her efforts, emergency response teams w...
10: ...e memorial to Jane Delano and the 296 nurses who lost their lives during World War I. - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
3: [[Image:Irwin postcard.jpg|thumb|May Irwin]]
6: ...ge debut at Toole's Theatre in August of 1884. In 1886 her husband of eight years, Frederick W. Keller, ...
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... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
12: | date of death=[[November 18]], [[1886]]
18: ...[October 5]], [[1829]] – [[November 18]], [[1886]]) was an [[Politics of the United States|America...
20: ... presidents, earning the nickname "the Gentleman Boss" for his style of dress and courtly manner, and ...
22: ...Disease]] and died of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]], most likely related to a history of [[hypertension]],...
31: ...the help of Arthur's patron and political boss [[Roscoe Conkling]], Arthur was appointed by President ... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
21: ...f the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (w...
34: ...ie County, New York]] in 1870 and, while in that post, carried out at least two hangings of condemned ...
36: ...minded Republicans in the New York legislature. Roosevelt admired Cleveland's stubborn nature.
40: ... who claimed he fathered her child, who was named Oscar Folsom Cleveland, in 1874 (Halpin was involved...
44: In June [[1886]], Cleveland married 21-year-old [[Frances Clevel... - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
1: ... is unrelated to its African heritage; it was proposed by a ''[[The Times|Times]]'' article in [[1897]...
25: | [[Lagos]]
57: ...dio]] brought most areas in the north under the loose control of an Islamic empire centered in Sokoto.
63: ...d by the [[United Kingdom|British]] government in 1886. Nigeria became a British protectorate in 1901, a...
67: ...states that led to the extermination of 30,000 Igbos. Following the creation of Biafra, war broke out ... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...scent) community in Africa, making it one of the most ethnically diverse countries on the continent. R...
5: ...e [[economy of South Africa]] is the largest and most well-developed of the entire [[Africa]]n contine...
9: ...ish]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Swati language|Swati]], [[Ndebele language|...
17: ...cross racial barriers, even though it is not the most widely spoken language by population. Afrikaans ...
24: ...one of the oldest nations in Africa. Extensive [[fossil]] remains at the [[Sterkfontein]], [[Kromdraai... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...coast of north-west [[Europe]]. It is the westernmost state of the [[European Union]], and has a [[dev...
58: ...r the state, ''Ireland'' is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and legal document...
67: ...land. (Any tariff barriers would, it was feared, most heavily hit that region.) In addition, the Prote...
71: ...ent of Ireland Act 1920]]'') could opt out and choose to remain part of the United Kingdom, which it d...
73: ...people have no right to do wrong". They objected most to the fact that the state would remain part of ... - Alaska (24727 bytes)
15: PostalAbbreviation = AK |
44: ...of U.S. state mammals|State land mammal]]'''||[[Moose]]
52: ...rs|State flower]]'''||[[Forget-me-not]]<br />(''Myosotis alpestris'')
54: |'''[[List of U.S. state mottos|State motto]]'''||"North To The Future"
60: |'''[[List of U.S. state fossils|State fossil]]'''||[[Mammoth|Wooly Mammoth]] - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = SD |
53: ... rocks, stones and gemstones|State mineral]]:''' Rose [[quartz]]
82: ...icans were unstoppable. Indeed, between 1878 and 1886, the Euro-American settler population of eastern ...
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... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = NM |
42: === Native American Pueblos ===
44: ...owns in the valley of the [[Rio Grande]] and pueblos nearby.
46: ...the upper Rio Grande valley led to long-standing hostility that impeded the Spanish conquest of New Me...
52: ...rs]] in [[1610]]. Although the colony failed to prosper, some missions flourished. Spanish settlers ar... - 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]]
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