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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
32: ...[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
39: *[[James Bruce]]
40: *[[William S. Bruce]], (1867-1921) Scottish explorer of Antarctica
41: *[[Cornelis de Bruijn]], (1652-1727), Dutch traveler and artist
77: *[[Simon Dezhnev|Semyon Dezhnev]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed throug... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
32: *[[William Abbot|Abbot, William]], (1798-1843), British actor
41: *[[Russ Abbott|Abbott, Russ]], (born 1947), British comedian
44: *[[Abd-ar-rahman I]], (died 788), Muslim Spain ruler
47: *[[Abd-ar-rahman IV]], (circa 1017), Muslim Spain ruler
48: *[[Abd-ar-rahman V]], (1023-1024), Muslim Spain ruler - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
34: ...rich Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Friedrich]] (1787-1843)
45: *[[Rudolph Ackermann|Ackermann, Rudolph]] (1764-1834) - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
25: ...y was necessary. By [[Salic law]], no woman could rule [[Hanover (state)|Hanover]], a realm which had ...
35: The Queen married Prince Albert on [[10 February]] [[1840]] at the [[Chapel Royal]] in [[St. Ja...
41: ...er of the Great Western line, [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]].
46: ...849]], Victoria lodged a complaint with Lord John Russell, claiming that Palmerston had sent official ...
48: ...truck her with his cane, crushing her bonnet and bruising her. Pate was later tried; he failed to prov... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...of railroad tycoon [[Chiswell Dabney Langhorne]] (1843-1919) and his wife, [[Anne Witcher Keene]]. Her s... - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
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5: ...wrote a travel diary about her experiences in [[Peru]] during the countries' tumultuous post-independe...
9: ...s in London'' (1840), and ''The Workers' Union'' (1843). - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
1: [[Image:Sojourner_Truth_01.jpg|thumb|Sojurner Truth]]
3: ...]–[[1883]]) was the self-given name, from [[1843]], of an [[United States|American]] [[abolitionis...
7: [[image:Sojourner_Truth.jpg|thumb|left|Sojurner Truth]]
10: ...graphy in [[1850]], the ''Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave''.
12: ...mage:Sojourner_Truth_02.jpg|thumb|right|Sojurner Truth]] - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
6: ...[half-sister]], [[Augusta Leigh]], by whom he was rumoured to have fathered a child. It was Augusta wh...
15: During a nine-month period in 1842-1843, Ada translated for Babbage Italian mathematician...
17: ...by her physicians; she had [[cancer]] of the [[uterus]]. She left two sons and a daughter; the daughte...
23: Biographers have noted that Lovelace struggled with mathematics, and there is some debate a...
30: ...story]] novel ''[[The Difference Engine]]'' by [[Bruce Sterling]] and [[William Gibson (novelist)|Will... - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
16: ...he first water" to contribute $30,000 to the construction of a new hospital for the insane. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
12: | date of death=[[February 23]], [[1848]]
18: ...incy Adams''' ([[July 11]], [[1767]] – [[February 23]], [[1848]]) was the sixth ([[1825]]-[[1829...
24: ...er to [[Portugal]] in [[1796]] and Minister to [[Prussia]] in [[1797]]. While serving abroad, he met [...
28: He was Minister (ambassador) to [[Russia]], in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] fro...
30: ...817]] to [[1825]], during which tenure he was instrumental in the acquisition of [[Florida]] and in ke... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
27: ...the United States|Vice President]] in [[1840]] as running mate to [[William Henry Harrison]]. Their ca...
50: ...on Gardiner Tyler ([[August 24]], [[1853]] - [[February 12]], [[1935]]).
60: For two years Tyler struggled with the Whigs, but when he took [[John C. C...
69: ...their love of order and of regular government, to rush into revolution, in order to obtain a redress o...
71: ...eremonial cruise down the [[Potomac River]] on February 28, 1844, a main gun of the [[USS Princeton]] ... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
26: ...eventually being selected as [[Zachary Taylor]]'s running mate. During that time he served in the Hous...
37: ...lmore to the Presidency in July 1850 brought an abrupt political shift in the administration. Taylor'...
59: ...roversy, it served rather as an uneasy sectional truce.
62: ...m Lincoln|President Lincoln]] and during [[Reconstruction]] supported [[Andrew Johnson|President Johns...
131: ...ove]] | after=[[William A. Moseley]] | years=1837-1843}} - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...ion, 1852|presidential election]], Pierce and his running mate [[William R. King]] won in a landslide,...
20: ...ratic nomination, Pierce continued his lifelong struggle with [[alcoholism]] as his marriage to [[Jane...
22: ...with her aristocratic, nervous ways and show her true affection. He was one of the most popular men in...
27: ...ntered [[Bowdoin College]] in [[Brunswick, Maine|Brunswick]], [[Maine]], where he participated in lite...
36: ...nate, serving from [[March 4]], [[1837]], to [[February 28]], [[1842]], when he resigned. He was chai... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
53: ... of Missouri]]. Buchanan served as Minister to [[Russia]] from [[1832]] to [[1834]].
55: ...ome years lived with him in [[Washington, D.C.]]. Rumors and speculation that the two had a [[homosexu...
57: ...er 6]], [[1834]]; was reelected in [[1837]] and [[1843]], and resigned on [[March 5]], [[1845]], to acc...
68: ...n his Inaugural Address, besides promising not to run again, Buchanan referred to the territorial ques...
138: * [[Oregon]] – [[February 14]], [[1859]] - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
19: | '''Date of birth:''' || [[February 12]], [[1809]]
22: ...ky]]<br />(site now in [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue County]])
42: '''Abraham Lincoln''' ([[February 12]], [[1809]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]])...
48: ...t reverted to its customary weakness after Reconstruction and the modern administrative state would on...
53: ...ite the following year, the 22-year-old Lincoln struck out on his own, [[canoe]]ing down the Sangamon ... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
42: Johnson presided over the [[Reconstruction]] of the United States following the [[Ameri...
48: ...to the four succeeding Congresses ([[March 4]], [[1843]] to [[March 3]], [[1853]]). He was chairman of ...
105: ...ted States Congress — which, of course, was run by the North. Johnson's public criticisms of Co...
107: ...upreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] ruled that such laws were indeed unconstitutional.)
111: ...claimed, the applicability of the Act had already run its course. - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]</td></tr>
24: ...nistration plagued by severe [[scandal]] and [[corruption]].
26: ...tion, including his struggle to preserve [[Reconstruction]], and looked with more understanding upon i...
32: ...od for Simpson. He graduated from West Point in [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class of 39. At the academy,...
39: ...ey | Monterrey]], and [[Battle of Veracruz | Veracruz]]. He was twice [[brevet (military) | brevet]]te... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
8: ...ge of metals that he learned as a craftsman were crucial to the later invention of the press. The clai...
18: ...slim Spain) in the 1480s. This printing press was run by a family of Jewish merchants who printed text...
25: ...od block printing which was more suited for short runs of texts for which the return was uncertain.
29: ...wed the exact citing of references, producing the rule, "One Author, one work (title), one piece of in...
40: For years, book printing was considered a true art form. [[Typesetting]], or the placement of t... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
53: ... Luxembourg, the country was disputed between [[Prussia]] and the [[Dutch kingdom]].
64: ... drafting of legislation.[http://www.ce.etat.lu/structure.htm]
96: ...creasingly more diversified to include chemicals, rubber, and other products. During the past decades,...
107: The law of [[July 26]], [[1843]] reinforced bilingualism by introducing the teac...
113: ...bility of regulating the language by law. On [[February 24]], 1984 a law, passed by the constitutional... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
70: ...tary [[coup d'鴡t]], executed his uncle, and has ruled since 1979.
87: ...erioration of the rural economy under successive brutal regimes has diminished any potential for agric...
91: ...has denied any wrongdoing. While Riggs Bank in February 2005 paid $9 million as restitution for its ba...
113: ...tories were united administratively under Spanish rule. Between 1926 and 1959 they were united as the ...
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