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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...eate the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...itation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is speculative. The ''[[Homo ...
14: ...metimes said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Following this period Sima Qian relates that a ...
24: ...in early China is known to have been much more complicated. Hence, as some scholars of China suggest, ...
38: ... from Persian or Sanskrit origins for "Chinese People" which ultimately was derived from 秦 qín and ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...cia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic O...
3: ...etting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas,...
5: ...t]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472) of two, led by [[João Vaz C...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isle...
11: ...]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
4: ... Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
38: ...ann Adam Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Adam]] (1780-1853) - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...f Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 M...
18: ...tch, but his objections failed to dissuade the couple. Many scholars have suggested that Prince Albert...
20: ...merged the Royal House name and family surname, replacing both with one deliberately English sounding ...
29: ...wives of Whigs, but Sir Robert Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. Victoria strongly o...
37: ... the assassination attempt; others attributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King... - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
5: ...g after the young girl fell to her father. She completed her education and martial training, which inc...
7: ...haraja Gangadhar Rao expired on [[21 November]] [[1853]], when Lakshmi Bai was 18 years old.
31: Plese see [http://www.copsey-family.org/~allenc/laks... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
7: ...d [[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-willed woman, Floren...
23: ...mily objections concerning the risks and social implications of such activity, and the [[Roman Cathol...
25: On [[August 12]], [[1853]], Nightingale took a post of superintendent at t...
31: ...cial indifference. [[Medicine]]s were in short supply, [[hygiene]] was being neglected, and mass [[inf...
35: ...ted to have escaped serious injury when it was toppled in an accident. Following this episode she used... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: ...nnes Brahms]], at age twenty, met the couple in [[1853]] and his friendship with Clara lasted until her ...
11: ...oachim, as one of the first executants who really played like composers. Besides being remembered for...
14: ... Germany who declared them a "marvelous, heavenly pleasure." - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: '''Painting''' is the practice of applying [[pigment]] suspended in a carrier (or [[medi...
4: ... is the process of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface...
8: ...ceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples of [[cave painting]] all over the world.
20: *[[Pointillism]] (aka divisionism, 'stippling')
36: Examples include: - Wagner tuba (1858 bytes)
4: ...is instrument after a brief visit to [[Paris]] in 1853, when he had dropped by the shop of [[Adolphe Sax...
8: ...re Wagner used in the ''Ring''. This change is simplified by the horn and Wagner tuba using the same m... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...ould be repealed because it excludes qualified people based on technicalities, and fails to appreciate...
16: ...George W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the completion of his current term in 2008.
19: ...President, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President.
25: ...ing across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. Much of the modern electoral pr...
35: ... a vast organization numbering about 4 million people, including 1 million active-duty military person... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Greenway, Virginia]]</t...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Richmond, Virginia]]</t...
29: ...ng President]], and as the Constitution was not explicit on that aspect of succession (until the [[196...
50: *Lyon Gardiner Tyler ([[August 24]], [[1853]] - [[February 12]], [[1935]]).
65: ...power of Government against any portion of the people; but however painful the duty I have to assure y... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
6: ...'''</td><td>[[July 9]], [[1850]] - [[March 4]], [[1853]]</td></tr>
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Summerhill, New York]]<...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Buffalo, New York]]</td...
20: ...]], [[1874]]) was the thirteenth ([[1850]]–[[1853]]) [[President of the United States]] and the sec...
26: ...e, self-made candidate from [[New York]] would complement Taylor, a slave-holding military man from th... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1853]]
10: | place of birth=[[Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]]
13: | place of death=[[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]]
18: ...[President of the United States]], serving from [[1853]] to [[1857]]. Pierce was a [[United States Democ...
20: ... [[alcoholism]] as his marriage to [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputat... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
25: | '''Place of Birth:'''
31: | '''Place of Death:'''
61: ...rved as Minister to the [[United Kingdom]] from [[1853]] to [[1856]], during which time he help to draft...
66: ...balance in his appointments and persuading the people to accept constitutional law as the Supreme Cour...
74: Economic troubles also plagued Buchanan's administration with the outbreak ... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
21: | '''Place of birth:'''
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
42: ...n''' and nicknamed '''Honest Abe''', the '''Rail Splitter''', and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the...
44: ...]][[Confederate States of America#International Diplomacy and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup></small...
46: ...]. His leadership qualities were evident in his diplomatic handling of the border slave states at the ... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
19: | '''Place of Birth:''' || [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
23: | '''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee...
45: ..., Tennessee in [[1826]], where he continued his employment as a tailor. He never attended any type of ...
48: ...ngresses ([[March 4]], [[1843]] to [[March 3]], [[1853]]). He was chairman of the Committee on Public E...
51: ...f Tennessee. He was Governor of Tennessee from [[1853]] to [[1857]], and was elected as a Democrat to t... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ... Henry Wilson and his wife, who only had but a couple kids. In [[1833]] he had his name legally change...
7: ...ul candidate for [[Governor of Massachusetts]] in 1853. In [[1855]] he was elected to the [[United Stat... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
52: ...named the river of Solís, Río de la Plata (River of the Silver).
57: ...stablished, and the constitution promulgated in [[1853]].
63: ...r, known as [[Evita]] ([[1919]]-[[1952|52]]), played a key role in developing support for her husb...
65: ...to a number of emergency decrees, including the implementation of special executive authority to deal ...
67: ...til [[December 10]], [[1983]]. The armed forces applied harsh measures against terrorists and many sus... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
96: ... the end of the [[Mexican War]] in [[1848]]. In [[1853]] the land below the [[Gila River]] was acquired ...
108: ... employees, and health insurance for government employees. The executive budget has allocated money to...
130: ...and marks the southwestern edge of the [[Colorado Plateau]], where the state experienced its [[Rodeo-C...
134: ...f [[sediment]] as the [[Colorado Plateau]]s have uplifted.
145: ...stic images, such as sunsets, coyotes, and desert plants. Several major Hollywood films, such as [[U-T... - California (63989 bytes)
44: <!-- before modifying these state symbols please verify your changes against official Californ...
57: Grass = [[Stipa|Purple Needlegrass]] |
81: ...Footnotes in this article use names, not numbers. Please see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] for details.
82: ... 1) Assign your footnote a unique name, for example TheSun_Dec9.
86: 5) Multiple footnotes to the same reference: see [[Wikipedia...
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