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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 U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
20: | [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
25: | [[1860]] through [[1874]]
73: | [[1905]] — [[1910]]
76: | [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]
135: | [[North Carolina]] - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...pes''' are a class of [[musical instrument]], [[aerophone]]s using enclosed [[reed (music)|reed]]s. T...
11: 5) Tenor drones<br>
12: 6) Bass drone<br>
16: ...[[melody]] is played, and most have at least one drone [[harmony]], although there are relatively many...
18: ...e sound, while chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighter sound. - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1:
4: ...e goddess: it could scarcely have been in a more prominent location for its brief lifetime. A longer-l...
6: ...that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th century]] [[Greek Reviv...
8: ...en when the height of the column was exaggerated. Roman fluting leaves a little of the column surface ...
9: ...c Greek Ionic capital, in ''Nordisk familjebok'', 1910]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
16: ...orge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
18: ...ob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
31: *[[Robert Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...anuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
17: ...Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
25: ...es de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] [[1056]]-[[1068]]
27: *[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United St...
36: ...nnes Agricola|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
7: ...arl Gustav Ahlefeldt|Ahlefeldt, Karl Gustav]], ([[1910]]-[[1985]]), Danish film actor - 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. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: .... She was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she su...
9: ...Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambrid...
11: ...]]s in [[1883]]. The Tecks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying i...
13: ...d War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]].
17: ...he [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]], was a brother of HRH The [[Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of ... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
1: ...:Goldman-4.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Emma Goldman, c. 1910]]
3: ...number of years in the South of France where she wrote her [[autobiography]], [[Living my Life]], and ...
6: ...ker. It was in that workplace that Goldman was introduced to revolutionary ideas; she obtained a copy ...
9: ...y she became a [[revolution]]ary. Following the uproar over the hanging, Goldman left her marriage and...
18: ...] advocated by anarchist communists like [[Peter Kropotkin]].) She was charged with "inciting a riot" ... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
1: [[Image:RosaLuxemburg.jpg|right|frame|Rosa Luxemburg]]
2: ...y, [[1919]]. The uprising was carried out against Rosa's orders, and crushed by the remnants of the mo...
6: ...his wife Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her ...
8: ...aged to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
10: ...flying colours. After fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Z... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
3: ...stantial verse pieces including "Poem Without a Hero". Her work addresses themes including time and me...
7: She married the poet [[Nikolay Gumilyov]] in [[1910]]. Their son, born in [[1912]], was the historian...
13: ..., Russia|St Petersburg]]), where Akhmatova lived from the mid [[1920s]] until [[1952]]. - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ... years old, she visited many of the capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]...
6: ...adelphia, Pennsylvania]] (1861-1865). Tired of patronizing instructors and fellow male students, and t...
8: ...ntings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe.
10: ...d, and in Paris, she studied with [[Camille Pissarro]].
14: ...t window and absorb all I could of his art," she wrote to a friend. "It changed my life. I saw art the... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ... and then at the [[London School of Art]] until [[1910]]. In [[1914]] she went to the [[Montparnasse]] Q...
5: ...et her husband, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Roald Kristian]].
7: ...aught at the [[Westminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[1918]]. After divorcing Kristian, ...
11: ...[[Roger Fry]] assisting him with the avant-garde productions of fabrics, clothes, murals, furniture, r...
13: ... favourite hangout as well as that of her friend from her home town, [[Augustus John]], and later anot... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...ed seven, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smi...
7: ...Mille]], who was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she ...
9: ...that reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
11: ...olism, and Pickford became secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883...
13: ...'s second marriage was also plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business schedule and Fairban... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...lly began in the 1960s. Tsvetaeva's poetry arose from her own deeply convoluted personality, her eccen...
8: ...]] of Fine Arts. Tsvetaeva's mother, Maria Alexandrovna Meyn, was Ivan's second wife, a highly literat...
10: ...rgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly disapproved of Marina's poetic inclination. She wished her...
12: ... by the sea at Nervi, near [[Genoa]]. Here, away from the rigid constraints of a bourgeois Muscovite l...
14: ...poems, ''Evening Album'', was self-published in [[1910]]. It attracted the attention of the poet and cri... - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
1: ...[[scientist]], born Dorothy Mary Crowfoot in [[Cairo]].
3: ...dal of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, displayed in the Royal Society, London]]
5: ...ctured synthetically; and also those of [[cholesterol]], [[lactoglobulin]], [[ferritin]], [[tobacco mo...
7: ...y and in [[1976]] the [[Copley Medal]] from the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1965]] she was appointed to t...
11: ...gical Interest: A Volume in Honour of Professor Dorothy Hodgkin''. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: Prof. Dr. '''Maria G?rt-Mayer''' ([[June 28]], [[1906...
3: ...tions and enrolled there in the fall. Among her professors were three [[Nobel prize]] winners: [[Max ...
5: ...on scientific projects. In [[1946]] she became a professor in [[Chicago]] at Sarah Lawrence College. H...
7: ...ning on its axis as the Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
9: ...wise. The same is true of those that are dancing around clockwise; some twirl clockwise, others twirl ... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
1: [[Image:Florence Nightingale - Project Gutenberg 13103.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|A y...
3: ...]] ([[May 12]], [[1820]] – [[August 13]], [[1910]]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the...
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.
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