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- George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
4: | order=41st President
15: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
19: ...7]]), and the 43rd [[Vice President of the United States]] under President [[Ronald Reagan]] ([[1981]]...
22: ...necticut]] and was a partner in the prominent investment banking firm [[Brown Brothers Harriman]].
24: ...usetts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstrated early leadership, capta - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...r]] [[1880]]), was an [[England|English]] [[novelist]]. She is one of the leading writers of the [[Vi...
8: ...hed a translation of Feuerbach's ''Essence of Christianity'', and it was at that time that she began t...
10: ... were well received and launched Evans on a novelistic career. Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a s...
12: ... and was [[interred]] in [[Highgate Cemetery]] (East), [[Highgate]], [[London]].
15: ...behold me in love with this great horse-faced bluestocking.</blockquote> - George Washington (29551 bytes)
5: | order=1st President
11: ... place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
19: ...]] [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
21: ...ife (as [[monarch]]s and [[dictator]]s do). This established an important precedent of [[republic]]an ...
24: ...[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Beach]] in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]]. - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...] and the eleventh [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]], serving under [[James K. Po...
5: ...tates Democratic Party|Democrat]] to the [[United States Senate]] to fill the vacancy caused by the re...
7: ...est. He was elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[J...
9: ... Philadelphia, and died there. He is interred in St. Peter's Churchyard. The city of [[Dallas, Texas...
13: {{start box}} - George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
2: ...niques for self-sufficiency, he is known for suggesting hundreds of uses for the [[peanut]] and other ...
5: ...se]] that left him with a permanently weakened constitution. Because of this, he was unable to work as...
7: ...t he was going to be an artist as well as a botanist.
9: ... still carried scars from this incident for the rest of his life.
11: ...iculture and Mechanic Arts, which today is [[Iowa State University]]. - George Eastman (2821 bytes)
3: [[Image:george_eastman_stamp.JPG]]
5: ...as also the basis for the invention of the [[film stock|motion picture film]], used by early filmmaker...
7: ...New York]]. His parents were George Washington Eastman and Maria Kilbourn.
9: ... the phrase "You Press The Button and We Do The Rest."
11: ... the most prestigious music schools in America. Eastman was even a member of [[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]]... - George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
1: ..., which includes his grandfather (former [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Prescott Bush]]), his...
16: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
19: ...tion, 2004|was re-elected]] in 2004, running against Senator [[John Kerry]] of [[Massachusetts]].
22: ...age of three). The family spent the summers and most holidays at the [[Bush Compound]] in Maine.
25: ...years. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in [[1968]].
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Biography]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Moto...
6: ...y]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...y]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...lvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...he [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ...ng by the Qin emperor ([[2nd century BC|200 BC]]) strengthened the Chinese civilization. Politically, ...
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...ter, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found a...
13: == Ancient history == - List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
3: ...ations]] began in the late [[15th century]] and lasted for a little more than three full centuries.
5: This is a '''list of notable sea explorers''':
17: *[[Tristão Vaz Teixeira]]
18: *[[Bartolomeu Perestrelo]]
21: *[[Nuno Tristão]] - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
4: | order=41st President
15: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
19: ...7]]), and the 43rd [[Vice President of the United States]] under President [[Ronald Reagan]] ([[1981]]...
22: ...necticut]] and was a partner in the prominent investment banking firm [[Brown Brothers Harriman]].
24: ...usetts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstrated early leadership, capta - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...ope and inheritance (such as the [[supernatural]]ist philosophies and [[religion]]).
4: ==Western Philosophy==
5: ''See article [[History of Western philosophy]]''
7: ...re varied use, which includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period of the ear...
10: ...the opaque dictum, "All is water." His most noted students were [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[Anaxim... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ...arts of the southwest of what is now the [[United States]].
7: ...[Cibola]]. Of course this raised Coronado's interest, and he decided to try to get that [[gold]]. He s...
9: ...t golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marc...
11: ...t northwest, and heard of a great river further west (the [[Colorado River (U.S.)|Colorado]]). [[Garci...
12: ...and Canyon]]. [[Hernando de Alvarado]] was sent east, and found villages around the [[Rio Grande]]. Co... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by...
3: ...gions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated permanent...
5: ...all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public th...
7: ...rica]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the a... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
1: ...age:david_livingstone.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone]]
3: ... gave rise to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I presume.''"
6: ...the [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a minister.
8: ... a brief time at his insistence and over the protests of the Moffats – although she was pregnant...
11: ...toria Falls, Zimbabwe.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone memorial at [[Victoria Falls]]]] - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...roduction machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...eteenth century the growth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric pow...
5: ...agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
7: ...ntroduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in the second half of the [[19th centu...
10: ...t one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
4: ...e spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history.
8: ... are killed in the deadliest American natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina.
9: ...eptember 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs.
10:
11: ... tornado since the advent of modern weather forecasting - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
4: *[[Sani Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]...
5: ...risto]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
6: ...k Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
7: ...ourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
9: ...dair|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
21: ...aetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
25: ... Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
9: ...1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
14: ...hur]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
16: ...ikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
21: ...nsworth, Henry]], (1571-1622), English Nonconformist clergyman and scholar - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...[[head of state]] of [[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]]...
9: ...and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]...
11: ...al union]] nations of which she is or was Head of State. She is married to [[Prince Philip, Duke of Ed...
15: ...ore and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named after her mother, while he...
17: ...he style [[HRH|''Her Royal Highness'']]. Her full style was HRH Princess Elizabeth of York. At the tim... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: | [[Image:stuart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; kno...
5: {{House of Stewart(Scotland)}}
7: ...dash; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because o...
9: ...Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, [[Mary I of England]] ("Bloo...
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...an audience estimated by Arbitron at 20 million listeners weekly.
6: ..., had once owned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
8: ...al found that he had an "inoperable [[pilonidal cyst]]" and "a [[American football|football]] knee fro...
10: ...]] on station [[KQV]], using the name '''Jeff Christie'''. It was in Pittsburgh that many of Limbaugh'...
16: ...mbaugh refers on-air to the "Excellence In Broadcasting Network", or "E-I-B"; however, this is merely ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ... great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ... College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...y prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dig...
13: ...America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Q...
16: ...ary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated in the line of succession after [[Edward VI o... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
6: {{House of Stuart}}
8: ...the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]]...
10: ...tics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland w...
12: ...s of Marlborough's husband was [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], who led the English armies...
15: ...lborough), who would later become one of Anne's most important generals. - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
5: {{House of Stuart}}
8: ...er own right, did not wield actual power during most of her reign. She did, however, govern the realm ...
11: ... bore eight children, only Mary and her younger sister [[Anne of Great Britain|Anne]] survived into ad...
13: ...[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary Beatrice d'Este.
15: ...mprove his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William married in London on [[4... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ... change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successo...
12: ...rincess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of ...
14: ...as taught only [[German language|German]], the first language of both her mother and her governess, du...
16: ...d that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, would act as Regent during the queen's m...
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