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- Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more ...
12: ...tranged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the...
14: ...oria's uncle, the Prince of Wales, inherited the Crown, becoming King George IV. Though she occupied a...
16: ...the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent ...
18: ...sons for marrying Victoria may have been, theirs proved to be an extremely happy marriage. - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ony of Padua, ''Josepha'' in honour of her elder brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna''...
6: ...d Ferdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ... one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
11: ...a]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand of the [[Naple...
15: ...heir was his grandson, Louis-Auguste, and it was proposed that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa ... - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
1: ...ern [[India]], was one of the great nationalist heroes of the [[Revolt of 1857]], and a symbol of resi...
5: ...] (Presently known as [[Varanasi]]). Her father Moropanth was a [[brahmin]] and her mother Bhagirathib...
10: At that time [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie|Lord Dalhousi...
12: ...Lakshmi Bai was determined to defend Jhansi. She proclaimed her decision with the famous words :''Mai ...
15: ...unath Singh]] and [[Deewan Jawahar Singh]]. Many from the local population volunteered for service in ... - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
3: '''Emmeline Pankhurst''' ([[July 14]], [[1858]] - [[June 14]], [[1928]]) was one of the founder...
5: ...and had been the author of the [[Married Women's Property Act]]s of [[1870]] and [[1882]]. In [[1889]...
7: ...feeding after going on [[hunger strike]]. Her approach to the campaign did not endear her to everyone... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ... [[Victorian era]], whose novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their [[realis...
5: ...ay have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attendin...
8: ...ion. Charles Bray, a [[Coventry]] manufacturer, brought her into contact with more liberal theologies...
12: ...ooned in [[Venice]] and, allegedly, Cross jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand Canal on thei...
14: Friend and author [[Henry James]] once wrote of her: - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...ity]], the third woman in [[Europe]] to become a professor.
3: ...aristocracy, a Hungarian king in particular; in [[1858]] he was permitted to change his surname to [[Mat...
5: ...tersburg Academy of Sciences]]) via [[Fyodor Fyodorovich Schubert]] (another Academician) and had more...
7: ...eorem]]) and essentially completed the study of [[rotating solid]]s, applying the then-new theory of [...
9: ...ed on the older sister Anna and he very probably proposed to her. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
1: [[Image:Florence Nightingale - Project Gutenberg 13103.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|A y...
7: ...led woman, Florence rebelled against the expected role for a woman of her status, which was to become ...
9: ... in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...m of the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
15: == Rejection of marriage proposal == - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: '''Helena Petrovna Hahn''' ([[July 31]], [[1831]] ([[Julian calen...
5: ...nist. Both her mother and grandmother were strong role models that allowed her to mature into a noncon...
7: ...atsky continued on to Cairo herself. It was in Cairo that she formed the Societe Spirite for [[occult]...
9: ...w feat of hers was [[materialization]], that is, producing physical objects out of nothing. Though sh...
13: ...rriage was not consummated either. She separated from Betanelly after a few months, and their divorce ... - Nile (13738 bytes)
8: ...tos'' (Αιγυπτος), which itself is the source of the nam...
12: ...artly because it receives not a single tributary from its halfway mark at the [[Atbara River]] in [[Su...
14: ...approximately 5584 km (3470 miles). It drains approximately 2.8 million to 3.4 million km² (1.1 ...
20: ... from equatorial East Africa, and the Blue Nile, from Ethiopia. Both branches formed on the western f...
24: ...the farthest headstream of the Nile is the [[Ruvyironza]] River in Burundi, which is an upper branch o... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
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50: ...riticized for failing to prevent the [[country]] from [[sliding]] into [[schism]] and the [[American C...
53: ...ri]]. Buchanan served as Minister to [[Russia]] from [[1832]] to [[1834]].
55: ...hanan was once engaged died a few days after she broke off the engagement, and Buchanan then vowed to ...
57: ...e Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-fourth through Twenty-sixth Congresses). - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
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31: | '''Profession:''' || [[Lawyer]]
42: ... of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican ...
44: ...rica]], and took control of U.S. forts and other properties within their boundaries. These events soon...
46: ...ng competing considerations and at getting rival groups to work together toward a common goal. He pers... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
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33: ! [[Profession]]:
44: ...States House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[New York]] and the nineteenth [[Vice President...
46: ... [[1851]] and a member of the state Senate from [[1858]] to [[1860]]. He was elected as a [[United Stat...
48: ...7]] and served until March [[1881]]. He retired from public life and active business pursuits because... - Flag of Minnesota (1701 bytes)
1: ...mage provided by[http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ...es are woven into a wreath of the state flower: [[1858]], the statehood year; [[1819]], the year [[Fort ...
4: ... the original 13 states. This flag was costly to produce, and few were made or used. This led to a red... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Mike Rounds]] |
41: ...[Montana]]. It is one of the six states of the [[Frontier Strip]].
53: ..., rocks, stones and gemstones|State mineral]]:''' Rose [[quartz]]
58: :'''[[List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones|State gemstone]]:''' Fa...
66: *[[Brookings, South Dakota|Brookings]] - Oregon (26551 bytes)
36: ...ey]], one of the most fertile and agriculturally productive regions in the world. Oregon is known for ...
38: ...{IPA|[ˈɔɹ.ə.gən]}}. The pronunciation {{IPA|[ˈɔɹ.ə.ˌ...
41: ...servation]], and [[urban growth boundary|limited growth]].''
43: ...he [[Oregon Bottle Bill]], but has also suffered from the rapid pace of logging in its forests.
45: ...as of 2004|as of July 2004]], the population had grown to an estimated 3,594,586. - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[May 11]], [[1858]] |
36: ...tates]], having joined the Union on [[May 11]], [[1858]].
37: Its name is from the [[Lakota#The_Dakota|Dakota people's]] name f...
39: ...the [[Upper Midwest]]. The most significant [[metropolitan area]] is known as the [[Minneapolis-St. P...
41: The state is a major [[food]] producer for the country, and has a number of [[natur... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...ctical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where the...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
10: * 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
38: *[[Harry Quelch|Quelch, Harry]], (1858-1913), socialist politician and trade unionist
47: ...elet|Quetelet, Adolphe]], (1796-1874), Belgian astronomer
55: *[[Ludwig Quidde|Quidde, Ludwig]], (1858-1941), historian and pacifist
56: *[[Carroll Quigley|Quigley, Carroll]], historian
74: ...la, A.B.]], (born c. 1965), cumbia-rap musician, brother of Selena Quintanilla - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
16: *[[Yamagata Hiro]] (born 1964), author
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
23: *[[Yan Chia-kan]] (1905-1993), ROC politician
27: ...nkovic|Yankovic, "Weird Al"]] (born 1959), US [[parody]] musician
31: ...ssociation|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]] - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...ater editions by [[Hirschig]], 1856; [[Hercher]], 1858. There are translations in many languages; in Eng...
3: ... in his ''Matheseos libri, iv. 10, 17'' (''ed.'' Kroll), he must have lived long before the author of ...
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