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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[1810]]<br>[[Sep...
68: On [[September 16]], [[1810]], independence from Spain was declared, by [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costil...
70: ...tral America]] were all incorporated into Mexico from [[1822]] to [[1823]], when they declared indepen...
72: ...uila y Tejas]] to hundreds of immigrant families from the United States, on the condition that the set...
74: ... one-third of the country's remaining territory, from which were formed the modern states of [[Califor... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...g in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ... behind, and was too weak militarily to repel [[Europe]]an interference or [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]es...
7: ...formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and i...
14: ...ion of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states.
16: ...y distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nations; a concept that continued well into... - 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. - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...ra Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ...est remembered for organizing the [[American Red Cross]].
6: ... and extremely bright. It is said that her older brothers and sisters were kept busy answering her man...
8: ...ring little girl, but at the age of 11, when her brother became ill, for 2 years Clara stayed by his s...
12: ... taught in a small Massachusetts town, where her brother owned a factory. After she was invited to tea... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ...], was a nurse and founder of the [[American Red Cross Nursing Service]].
4: ...strative skills and developed innovative nursing procedures for the patients under her care. Leaving F...
6: ...n and chair of the National Committee of the Red Cross Nursing Service.
8: ... War, more than 20,000 of her nurses played vital roles with the United States military.
10: ... of the hill overlooking the nurses section is a bronze memorial to Jane Delano and the 296 nurses who... - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
4: ...the time, the two were considered scandalous to a roughly equal degree. She was sponsored into the ''...
6: ... the [[1870s]], and was soon in demand all over Europe and in the [[United States]]. She soon develope...
8: ...was also to publish a series of books and plays throughout her life.
16: ...r career, in spite of the need to use a wooden [[prosthetic limb]]. She died in the arms of her son M...
22: ... La Berma, a [[fictional character]] in [[Marcel Proust]]'s ''[[In Search of Lost Time]]'' was inspire... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
1: '''May Irwin''' born [[June 27]], [[1862]] in [[Whitby, Ontario]], [[Canada]] ? died [[Oct...
4: ...where they were booked to appear at New York's Metropolitan Theater then at the [[Tony Pastor]] Theatr...
6: The Irwin sisters proved popular enough to earn regular spots for the e...
8: ... the scene on film. In 1896, the [[Kinetoscope]] production, [[The Kiss (film, 1896)|The Kiss]], becam...
10: ...on to her performing and singing, May Irwin also wrote the lyrics to several songs, including "Hot Tam... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...a]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but non...
16: ...e served two full terms: [[Dwight Eisenhower]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Bill Clinton]]. Incumbent Pre...
19: ...e person receiving the greatest number of votes (provided that such a number was a majority of elector...
21: ...mendment XII]] in [[1804]] changed the electoral process by directing the electors to use separate bal...
25: ...ess is concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2>[[Image:Mar...
11: ...r><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 24]], [[1862]]</td></tr>
22: ... ([[December 5]], [[1782]] – [[July 24]], [[1862]]), nicknamed '''Old Kinderhook''', was the eight...
25: ...[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
27: ...1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron Burr]]'s second in the duel with [[Alexander Ham... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2><div style=...
11: ...td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[January 18]], [[1862]]</td></tr>
21: ...er''' ([[March 29]], [[1790]] - [[January 18]], [[1862]]) of [[Virginia]] was the tenth ([[1841]]) [[Vic...
25: ...y by Jackson's aggressive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue.
36: *Robert Tyler ([[September 9]], [[1816]] - [[December... - 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: ...gressional attempt to reorganize his cabinet in [[1862]], in his many speeches and writings which helped... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
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19: | '''Place of Birth:''' || [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
42: ...ebels and his vetoes of [[civil rights]] bills embroiled him in a bitter dispute with the Congressiona...
45: Johnson was born in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], to Jacob Johnson and Mary McDonough on [[D...
48: ...s a member of the State House of Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. ... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2>[[Image:Uly...
24: Grant won many important battles, rose to become general-in-chief of all [[Union army|...
26: ...e is instead mostly criticized for not taking a strong stance against the corruption, and not acting t...
30: ... village of [[Georgetown, Ohio|Georgetown]] in [[Brown County, Ohio]], where Grant spent most of his t...
32: ...ing that the "S" stood for Simpson. He graduated from West Point in [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class ... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[Grover Cleveland]]
20: ...mily and friends. Interestingly, Chester Arthur pronounced his middle name, Alan, with the stress on ...
22: ...kely related to a history of [[hypertension]], approximately twenty-four hours after being found uncon...
29: He attended the public schools and was graduated from [[Union College]], [[Schenectady, New York]], in...
31: ... the help of Arthur's patron and political boss [[Roscoe Conkling]], Arthur was appointed by President... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...rth is not exactly known yet and the predictions from different accretion models vary between several ...
4: ... Bible (augmented by some [[astronomy]] and [[numerology]]) that creation began on [[October 23]], [[4...
6: ...o thought the Earth and [[universe]] had existed from eternity.
9: ...ury]] that the Earth had been created separately from the rest of the universe, several hundred thousa...
13: ...ve them an appreciation that the Earth had been through many changes during its existence, however lon... - Belize (11927 bytes)
1: ...f of Honduras]] to the east. The name is derived from [[Belize City]], the former capital and largest ...
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42: | '''[[Independence]]''' From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]
60: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...rialised]] countries, located in the heart of [[Europe]]. It is bordered to the north by the [[North S...
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38: |'''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]'''<br> - Total ([[2003]])<br> - GDP/cap... - Tuvalu (11893 bytes)
1: ...=0 width=300 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1em; background: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
35: | From the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]]<br/>[[October 1]], [...
60: ...le who are estimated to have settled the islands around 2,000 years ago. During pre-contact times, the...
62: ...hoping to profit from local resources. Europeans brought diseases new to the Pacific which caused many...
64: ...lice Islands to vote for separation from the [[Micronesia]]ns of the Gilbert Islands (later [[Kiribati... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[1947-08-14]]<br />...
51: ...uage|Persian]] means ''Land of the Pure''. With around 163 million inhabitants, it is the [[List of c...
57: ...umb|180px|right|[[Mohenjodaro|Ruins of Mohen-jo-Daro]], 80 km southwest of [[Sukkur]], was center of [...
59: ...ization]] and was subsequently conquered by many groups, including [[Aryans]], [[Achaemenid|Persian]]s...
62: ... the area was conquered by various Central Asian groups, most notably the [[Tocharian]] [[Kushan]]s.
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