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- John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
5: ...s of the [[Des Moines River]], and from 1841 to [[1846]] he led exploration parties on the [[Oregon Trai...
9: ...t post (in [[West Virginia]]), but lost several battles and resigned his post. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...ria''' (Alexandrina Victoria [[Wettin (dynasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([...
12: ...e-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Prince Leopold ...
20: ...s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten-Windsor]].)
37: ...acy was behind the assassination attempt; others attributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presump...
43: ...as commuted, another boy, [[John William Bean]], attempted to shoot the Queen. Although his gun was lo... - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
10: ...n [[Florence, Massachusetts|Florence]], Massachusetts, where she worked with a neighbor, [[Olive Gilbe...
15: ...]], 1883. She is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek. In [[1983]], she was inducted into the [...
23: ...sojournertruth.org/ Sojourner Truth Institute] (Battle Creek, Michigan)
24: ...r/ Sojourner Truth Memorial] (Florence, Massachusetts)
25: * [http://www.fembio.org/women/sojourner-truth.shtml Bio... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: '''Mary Ann Evans''', better known by the [[pen name]] '''George Eliot''' ([...
5: ...ife from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Henry Lewes]...
8: ...es. She translated Strauss' ''Life of Jesus'' ([[1846]]) and began contributing to the ''[[Westminster ...
10: ...Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be divorced, and so he...
23: ...l balanced, and she mixes plain statement and unsettling irony with rare poise. Her commentaries are ... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
13: In [[1846]] she visited [[Kaiserwerth]], a pioneering hospi...
19: ... married but he and Nightingale were immediately attracted to each other and they became life-long clo...
25: ... [[Institute for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen]] [http://public.gvc.edu/nsa/nightingale.html] in Upper ...
33: ...She sent many letters to Herbert, to facilitate better medical care.
39: ... records for the hospital, and writing personal letters to the family of every soldier who died in the... - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
7: ...icially revealed to the public in the patent of [[1846]] (which was granted to him on [[May 17]]). He ma...
9: ...ent is unknown, but there is good evidence that fitting a [[clarinet]] mouthpiece to an [[ophicleide]]...
11: ...of Sax's patent. For the duration of the patent (1846-1866) no one except the Sax factory Paris could l...
23: ...her saxophonists maintain that the material has little, if any, effect on the sound, and that the phys...
30: ...ent) when one of the instruments is played intermittently (during which time a natural reed might beco... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
46: *David Gardiner Tyler ([[July 12]], [[1846]] - [[September 5]], [[1927]]).
67: ...ng [[Shays' Rebellion]]. He ended his published letter.
111: ...|Attorney General]]||align="left"|'''[[John J. Crittenden]]'''||align="left"|1841
138: === States Admitted to the Union ===
161: *[http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
50: ... the general [[populace]] rated him last as well[http://home.nyc.rr.com/taranto/presidents.htm].
53: ...arch 3]], [[1831]]). He was chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-first Congress). He w...
57: ...a Cabinet portfolio. He was chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-fourth through Twe...
59: ...5]] to [[1849]], during which he negotiated the [[1846]] [[Oregon Treaty]] establishing the 49th paralle...
68: ...tance" since the [[Supreme Court]] was about to settle it "speedily and finally." - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
42: ...' and nicknamed '''Honest Abe''', the '''Rail Splitter''', and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16...
46: ...f the fighting, in his defeat of a congressional attempt to reorganize his cabinet in [[1862]], in his...
48: ...tes. He also encouraged efforts to expand white settlement in western North America, signing the [[Hom...
53: ...t year, hired by New Salem businessman Denton Offutt and accompanied by friends, he took goods from Ne...
59: ...nal improvements on the Sangamon in the hopes of attracting [[steamboat]] traffic to the river, which ... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
46: ... was district attorney for Franklin County from [[1846]] to [[1849]]. He was a member of the state Asse... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
14: ...al-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: जननी जन&#...
58: Nepal has a long [http://www.dilliramanregmi.org/writings1.html history...
62: The Shah dynasty was cut short in [[1846]] when Jung Bahadur Rana seized control of the co...
66: ...fore turning the gun on himself. His [[suicide]] attempt was not immediately successful, however, and ...
83: ... mountains over 8,000 metres), are major tourist attractions and are cited as [[Wonders of the world|w... - Flag of California (3028 bytes)
1: ...dern Bear Flag of California. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
5: ... time in [[Sonoma, California]] on [[June 18]], [[1846]], by the "Bear Flaggers" led by [[William B. Ide...
7: ...ag is white with a wide [[red]] strip along the bottom. There is a red star in the upper left corner a...
11: ...t symbolized had a brief career. On [[July 9]], [[1846]], Commodore [[John Drake Sloat]] of the [[U.S. N...
15: ...times as it was lowered, would later write in a letter to his mother "Cuffy came down growling"--"Cuff... - California (63989 bytes)
30: AdmittanceOrder = 31<sup>st</sup> |
31: AdmittanceDate = [[September 9]], [[1850]] |
45: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=...
54: Butterfly = [[California dogface butterfly]] |
58: Insect = [[California dogface butterfly]] | - Iowa (24205 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 29<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 28|Dec 28]], [[1846]] |
36: ...]], having joined the union on [[December 28]], [[1846]]. The official name of the state is "State of Io...
45: ...ch explorers [[Louis Joliet]] and [[Jacques Marquette]] are believed to be the first Europeans to visi...
47: *The first white settlers officially moved to Iowa in June [[1833]]. P... - Washington (20186 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 42<sup>nd</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[November 11]], [[1889]] |
36: ...st city in Washington is [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]]. As of the [[2000]] census, the state populat...
42: The [[battleship]] [[USS Washington|USS ''Washington'']] was... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 10<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 25]], [[1788]] |
38: ...Union as a separate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American ...
44: ...n what now is Virginia were the [[Powhatan]], [[Nottaway]], [[Meherrin]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [[S...
46: ...ement in the New World which was at [[Jamestown Settlement|Jamestown]] in the [[Virginia Colony]] in [... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 33<sup>rd</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[February 14]], [[1859]] |
36: ...Range]] - form the two boundaries of the [[Willamette Valley]], one of the most fertile and agricultur...
43: ...'s environmental problems, such as the [[Oregon Bottle Bill]], but has also suffered from the rapid pa...
49: ...ver. Fort Astoria was the first permanent white settlement in Oregon. In the [[War of 1812]], the [[Br... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
9: Motto = Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) |
24: AdmittanceOrder = 47<sup>th</sup> |
25: AdmittanceDate = [[January 6]], [[1912]] |
50: ... the Rio Grande in [[1598]], the first European settlement in the future state of New Mexico. O pi...
52: ...e Americans to forced labor on the haciendas and attempted to convert them to Christianity. The [[Apac... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
6: ...ico_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
7: The city consciously attempts to preserve and display a regional architect...
9: ...]], the city's intellectual climate and cultural attractions have drawn an influx of new residents wit...
13: Some visitors find Santa Fe particularly attractive around the second week of September when t...
54: ...age:Santa_fe_nm_1846_47.jpg|thumb|300px|Santa Fe, 1846-1847]] - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
10: ...60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
15: * 12 KYA: [[Pottery]] by [[Jomon]] in [[Japan]]
123: * [[1645]]: [[Vacuum pump]]: [[Otto von Guericke]]
136: ...1733]]: [[Flying shuttle]]: [[John Kay (Flying Shuttle)]]
143: * [[1769]]: [[Steam engine]]: [[James Watt]]
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