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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
47: | [[Hawaii]]
48: | [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
63: | [[Iowa]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
210: ...entury]] [[Portuguese]] explorer and adventurer, was among the first [[Europeans]] to reach [[Japan]]... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War
94: *[[Frances Abington|Abington, Frances]], (1737-1815), actor\ - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
6: *[[Mehemet Aali|Aali, Mehemet]], (1815-1871), Turkish statesman - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
36: ...idelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
49: *[[Edward Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Edward]] (1810-1887) - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
2: ... 12]], [[1815]] – [[October 26]], [[1902]]) was a social activist and a leading figure of the ea...
4: ...ated equal. She also proposed a resolution, that was voted upon and carried, demanding voting rights ...
6: ... six volumes by various writers in 1922. Stanton was also active internationally, and in 1888 helped ...
9: ... same cause, and manifested very much in the same way''."
12: ...eral and [[Christianity]] in particular. Stanton was also an outspoken supporter of the 19th century ... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...ember 16]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[English literature|English noveli...
5: ...r malady that she died there two months later and was buried in the [[Winchester_Cathedral|cathedral]]...
9: ...ell received when they were published, with [[Sir Walter Scott]] in particular praising her work:
12: ...er one should bear in mind that a "good marriage" was then the only available form of social security ...
19: * ''[[Emma]]'' (1815) - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...raeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...male dissatisfaction, predates issues of [[second-wave feminism]]. She also has a reputation for her d...
10: ...'The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servante 飔rlate'', was included in the French version of the competitio...
14: ...an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1973 and was promoted to Companion in 1981.
24: ...1985]]) - winner of the 1987 [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ...King, Countess of Lovelace''' ([[December 10]], [[1815]] - [[November 27]], [[1852]]) is mainly known fo...
6: ...whom he was rumoured to have fathered a child. It was Augusta who encouraged Byron to marry to avoid s...
8: ...an]]. An active member of [[London]] society, she was a member of the [[Bluestockings]] in her youth.
11: ... full name and title for most of her married life was '''The Right Honourable Augusta Ada, Countess of...
19: At her own request, Lovelace was buried next to the father she never knew at the ... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...ubing wrapped into a coiled form. The instrument was first developed in France in about 1650 from the...
12: ...uide his steed. The only way to change the pitch was to use the natural [[harmonic]]s of that particu...
14: ... Now the pitch played could be changed in several ways. First the player could change the harmonic se...
16: Around [[1815]], the horn took on a new form, as valves were in...
21: ...e became increasingly precise. An early solution was simply to use a horn of higher pitch -- usually ... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
25: ... Kasper Schimmelbach and K?shafen Bayern, circa [[1815]] (MIM Kat.-Nr.: 5321). Each reed had different d...
26: The first basic "accordion" was invented in [[1822]] by [[Friedrich Buschmann]] ...
28: ...the bellows outwards, another when pushing them inwards. The notes are arranged much like on a [[harmo...
29: ... to say that the accordion was patented. Patent always belonged to some parts or different styles. New...
31: A special key layout was patented on [[January 14]], [[1854]] by [[Anthon... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: | wife= None; wife [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he too...
18: ...pril 13]], [[1743]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the third ([[1801]]–[[1809]]) [[President ...
23: ...he [[College of William & Mary]] — where he was a member of the secret [[Flat Hat Club]] —...
25: Jefferson was the primary author of the [[United States Declar...
27: ...erson sold his third library to the Congress in [[1815]]). Jefferson himself designed his famous home, [... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Port Conway, Virginia]]
18: ...d States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was co-author, with [[John Jay]] and [[Alexander Ham...
21: ...plantation to attend [[Princeton University]] (it was called the ''College of New Jersey'' at the time...
23: ...would be represented in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state represen...
25: ... as to the thinking of what Thomas Jefferson (who was in France at the time) called an "assembly of de... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
18: ... namesake of the [[Monroe Doctrine]], although it was his [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary...
24: ...n [[1790]], an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, was elected [[United States Senate|United States Sen...
28: ...evolutionary War]] veteran to serve as president, was almost uncontested in his two elections.
30: ... Southerner, [[John C. Calhoun]], as Secretary of War, and a Northerner, [[John Quincy Adams]], as Sec...
32: Monroe's presidency was later labeled "The Era of Good Feelings", in par... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Washington, D.C.]]
18: ...d States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First La...
22: ...ected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[...
24: .... The couple named one of their sons after George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. Pres...
26: .... House of Representatives]] in the same year. He was elected as a [[United States Federalist Party|Fe... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
10: | place of birth= [[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws area]] of [[North Carolina]]
18: ...[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
22: ...y the [[British]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. When he refused to clean the boots of a Briti...
24: ...ortly after [[1800]], as a young lawyer. Since he was not of a distinguished family, he had to make hi...
26: ...the [[Battle of New Orleans]] on [[January 8]], [[1815]], made his national reputation and he advanced i... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
22: ... descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|English]].
25: ... farmer and popular [[tavern]]-keeper. His mother was Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]–[[Fe...
27: ... did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was admitted to the bar and continued in active and ...
29: ...ia County]] from [[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. In [[1812]] he entered the state Senate...
33: ...s a member of the Senate, until [[1819]], when he was displaced to make room for a Federalist. He had ... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...r 17]], [[1780]]–[[November 19]], [[1850]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives|Repre...
5: ...he Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War.
7: ...mber 10]], [[1819]] to [[March 3]], [[1829]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829...
9: ... Roads and the Committee on Military Affairs. He was selected as [[Martin Van Buren]]'s Vice Presiden...
11: Johnson was a member of the state House of Representatives i... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Greenway, Virginia]]</td></tr>
21: ... States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was the second President born after the signing of t...
25: John Tyler was born the son of John Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary ...
27: ...ed [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]], Tyler was elected [[Vice President of the United States|Vi...
29: ...ely [[Acting President]], and as the Constitution was not explicit on that aspect of succession (until... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
50: ...liding]] into [[schism]] and the [[American Civil War]] and as a result, he is widely considered to be...
53: ...tee on the Judiciary (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in [[1830]]. B...
55: ...orians, but there isn't any decisive evidence one way or the other.
57: ...5]], [[1845]], to accept a Cabinet portfolio. He was chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations (...
64: Buchanan was elected as a Democratic President of the United ...
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