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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...esidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[...
5: ...oines River]], and from 1841 to [[1846]] he led exploration parties on the [[Oregon Trail]] and into t...
9: ...val from command in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a different post (in [[...
13: ... [[Wind River Mountains]] is also named for the explorer.
15: ... author abbreviation]] '''Frém.''' is applied to plants he described. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
11: * [[1861]] - The [[University of Washington]] opens in [[S...
12: ...ate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material...
24: ...orders the [[United States Customs Service]] to implement the [[Neutrality Acts|Neutrality Act of 1939...
31: ...d as the [[Arno]] and [[Po]] rivers flood; 113 people die, 30,000 are rendered homeless, and countless...
51: *[[1883]] - [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], Greek general and politician (d. [[1953... - Eleonora di Arborea (2091 bytes)
11: ...n Sardinia until [[Italy|Italian]] unification in 1861. - 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... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
6: ...he Fine Arts]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] (1861-1865). Tired of patronizing instructors and fello...
8: ... paid only for her basic needs but not her art supplies. She returned to Europe in [[1871]] when the a...
21: ...ed, and she moved away from impressionism to a simpler, straightforward approach. By [[1886]], she no ...
77: ...y Children Playing with a Cat 1908.jpg|''Children Playing with a Cat'' (1908) - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
19: ...el. Making masterful use of a [[counterpoint]]ed plot, Eliot presents the stories of a number of deni...
23: ... clear, patient, and well balanced, and she mixes plain statement and unsettling irony with rare poise...
30: * ''[[Silas Marner]]'' (1861) - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
6: ...er many questions, and each sibling taught her complementary skills. When Clara started school at age ...
21: ...] bureaucracy in vain to bring her own medical supplies to the battlefields. Finally, in July 1862, sh...
23: In [[1865]], President [[Abraham Lincoln]] placed her in charge of the search for the missing m...
35: ... less than a mile from her birthplace in a family plot in Oxford, Massachusetts.
43: ==Clara Barton's Birthplace House and Museum== - 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...
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...
47: ...statistical reports and was instrumental in the implementation of its recommendations. - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
10: ...t Battle of Bull Run]] (Manassas), [[July 21]], [[1861]] and at the Patent Office Hospital in [[Washingt... - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...'' ('''Helen Louise Leonard''') ([[December 4]],[[1861]] - [[June 6]],[[1922]]) was an [[United States o...
5: Born in [[Clinton, Iowa]] in 1861, Helen Louise Leonard would become one of the mos... - 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... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westm...
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
21: ...[republic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: ...n his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colo...
26: ... eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]] in [[Fairfax County, Virg... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Port Conway, Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[Montpelier]], [[Virginia]]
18: ...d is traditionally regarded as the ''[[List of people known as the father or mother of something|Fathe...
21: ... of his childhood years. In [[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton University]] (it wa...
23: ...leaders of the time to call for a convention to replace the ineffective [[Articles of Confederation]].... - 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...
65: ...power of Government against any portion of the people; but however painful the duty I have to assure y...
67: ...adjustment of which belongs exclusively to the people of Rhode Island." It was the first occasion in U... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
7: ...n Van Buren]] as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from [[1837]] to [[1839]],...
9: ... President [[Franklin Pierce]] from [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Philadelphia, and died the...
21: ...anan]]|after=[[Charles Francis Adams]]|years=1856-1861}} - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]]
13: | place of death=[[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]]
20: ... [[alcoholism]] as his marriage to [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputat...
22: ...Pierce was hounded by guilt, temptation, and just plain bad luck."
40: ...istocratic Whig family, and was extremely shy, deeply religious, often ill, and pro-[[temperance]]. Mr... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
14: | [[March 4]], [[1857]]–[[March 4]], [[1861]]
25: | '''Place of Birth:'''
31: | '''Place of Death:'''
50: ...[June 1]], [[1868]]) was the [[15]]th ([[1857]]-[[1861]]) [[President of the United States|President]] o...
64: ...ved from [[March 4]], [[1857]], to [[March 4]], [[1861]]. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
13: | [[March 4]], [[1861]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]
21: | '''Place of birth:'''
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
38: *[[Hannibal Hamlin]] ([[1861]]-[[1865]])
42: ... and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President of the United State... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Point Pleasant, Ohio]]</td></tr>
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Wilton, New York|Mount ...
24: ...ica's worst presidents, who led an administration plagued by severe [[scandal]] and [[corruption]].
26: .... More recent treatments have emphasized the accomplishments of his administration, including his stru...
30: ... Ulysses Grant''' in [[Point Pleasant, Ohio|Point Pleasant]], [[Clermont County, Ohio|Clermont County]...
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