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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
81: | [[1828]] — [[1832]], [[1889]] — [[1891]] (wing added), [[1909]] — [[1911]] (wings ...
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] - 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
37: *[[Emma Abbott|Abbott, Emma]], (1849-1891), American singer
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - 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
44: *[[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600)
54: *[[Jos頊uliᮠAcosta|Acosta, Jos頊uliᮝ] (1825-1891) - 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
77: *[[George Adamski|Adamski, George]], (1891-1965), US UFO "traveler" - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
13: ...rganise parties and social events. May was also close to her aunt, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-St...
17: ...of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], whose father, HRH The [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambr...
19: ...uke of York]], to propose to May. George duly proposed and May accepted. Despite its being an arranged...
56: ...and Princess of Wales ascended the throne. May choose the regal name of Mary for her reign. George and...
58: ...ra]]. Although the two Queens were friendly and close, Alexandra was stubborn in many ways. She demand... - Emma Abbott (633 bytes)
2: ...[[December 9]], [[1850]] – [[January 5]], [[1891]]), [[United States|American]] [[opera]] singer, ... - 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...
20: ...Cassatt]]. Oil on canvas. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].]]
23: In [[1891]], she exhibited a series of highly original colo...
25: The [[1890s]] were Cassatt's busiest and most creative time. She also became a role model for ...
29: Diagnosed with [[diabetes]], [[rheumatism]], [[neuralgia]... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...folklorist]] and author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''.
22: ...ement]] struggle was demonstrated by Hurston's opposition to the [[Supreme court#United States|Supreme...
25: ...Morrison]] and [[Alice Walker|Walker]] herself, whose works are centered in a Black American experienc...
32: *''[[Moses, Man of the Mountain]]'' ([[1939]]) - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...[[January 15]], [[1850]]–[[February 10]], [[1891]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[mathematician]] and a stu...
3: Kovalevskaya was born in [[Moscow]]. Her father was [[Vasily Vasilievich Kriukov...
9: ...on the older sister Anna and he very probably proposed to her.
15: ...cs]] given to her by a family friend, she came across [[trigonometry|trigonometric]] concepts unfamili...
17: She died of [[tuberculosis]] in [[Stockholm]] and is interred there in the... - 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... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ...[[Latin]] version of the official name, avoids choosing one of the four official languages. The abbrev...
18: ...|VP 2005]])</small><br>[[Pascal Couchepin]]<br>[[Joseph Deiss]]<br>[[Samuel Schmid]] <small>([[Preside...
54: ...erland and in [[1803]], [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] imposed a new constitution, largely restoring Swiss aut...
59: ...ility for defence, trade, and legal matters. In [[1891]], the constitution was revised with unusually st...
84: ...003 elections to the Federal Council the CVP/PDC lost their second seat to the SVP/UDC. - 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...
53: ...he "Kings and Chiefs of Central Africa," and in [[1891]], the British established the [[British Central ...
63: ...ocratic Front]] (UDF), was elected President in those elections. The UDF won 82 of the 177 seats in th... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = HI |
39: ... continues to grow due to active [[lava]] flows, most notably from [[Kilauea|Kīlauea]]. Ethnicall...
46: ...ritten by [[Kalakaua|King Kalākaua]] and composed by [[Henri Berger]]. ''[[Hawaii Aloha|Hawaii A...
51: Nineteen islands and atolls extending across a distance of 2,400 km (1,500 mi) comprise the ...
56: ...ion ]] created impressive geological features. Those conditions created made [[Mount Waialeale|Mount ... - 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)
6: *[[Genrikh Yagoda|Yagoda, Genrikh Grigor'evich]] (1891-1938)
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... - Alcidamas (1796 bytes)
3: ...Isocrates]], whose rival and opponent he was. We possess two declamations under his name: ''Peri Sofis...
5: ...) criticizes his writings as characterized by pomposity of style and an extravagant use of poetical ep...
7: ...ragments and the titles have survived: ''Messeniakos'', advocating the freedom of the Messenians and c...
8: ...Papyri'', ed. [[John Pentland Mahaffy|Mahaffy]], 1891, pl. xxv.) probably contains the actual remains o... - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
1: ...tury]] AD) was a [[Byzantine Empire|Greek]] [[philosopher]], and the son of [[Hermias]] or Hermeias, a...
3: ...is commentaries on [[Plato]] and [[Ptolemy]] are lost, but we have:
4: ... commentary on the ''Isagoge'' of [[Porphyry (philosopher)|Porphyry]] (Venice, 1500 fol.);
6: ...f the [[Berlin]] Aristotle; they are also edited (1891-1899) in A. Busse's ''Commentaria in Aristot. Gra... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...rd the opposite end. Features as small as 35 m across can be seen.]]
4: ...Greek]] ''asteroeides'', ''aster'' "star" + ''-eidos'' "form, shape"), was coined in [[1802]] by Sir [...
6: ...toid") carries no strong suggestion about the composition of the object or its general location in the...
8: ... meteoroids generally break up high in Earth's atmosphere.
14: ...numbered and named minor planet was [[99905 Jeffgrossman]] [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Numbe... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
69: *[[George Ault]] ([[1891]]-[[1948]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-) - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...Fortification|fortified enclosure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained [[fortre...
6: ==Purpose of castles==
8: ...rs for specific purposes, or evolved into new purposes over time:
10: * First and foremost castles were places of protection from an invadi...
11: ...stles were offensive weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding...
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