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- David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...March 19]], [[1813]] – [[May 1]], [[1873]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[missionary]] and [[Lis...
6: Livingstone was born in the village of [[Blantyre, South Lanarks...
8: ... the protests of the Moffats – although she was pregnant – but returned to [[England]] wit...
12: ...the African continent. In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be establis...
14: ...time he believed the key to achieving these goals was the navigation of the [[Zambesi River]]. He retu... - 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
75: *[[John Abercrombie|Abercrombie, John]], (1780-1844), musician - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minis...
41: ...s Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Rai...
45: ...ams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empres...
9: ...hnological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; he...
12: ...ningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] ...
14: ...s the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
16: ...ssed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of ... - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
3: ...an-Moscoso. Her father, Marino Tristá® y Moscoso, was an [[Arequipa|Arequipa-born]] [[Peruvian]] colon...
5: ...s' tumultuous post-independence period. The diary was published in 1838 as P鲩grinations d'une paria.
7: ...rio Vargas Llosa]], in his historical novel [[The way to Paradise]], analyzes Flora Tristan and her gr... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: ...May 22]], [[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...lieved travel was a way to learn, and before she was 10 years old, she visited many of the capitals o...
8: ...ted States at the outset of the [[Franco-Prussian War]], she lived with her family, but art supplies a...
14: ... friend. "It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it."
21: ... away from impressionism to a simpler, straightforward approach. By [[1886]], she no longer identified... - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
2: ...arly [[1840s]] to well after the [[American Civil War]], drew on the most advanced [[19th century]] id...
4: Dix was neither a [[physician]] nor a psychiatrist, begi...
10: Throughout her life she appears to have turned away from several opportunities to marry. By the mid ...
12: She was quick to see the parallel between the circumstan...
16: ...aire and "by all reports a skinflint of the first water" to contribute $30,000 to the construction of ... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nursing]]. Each ye...
7: ...he expected role for a woman of her status, which was to become an obedient wife.
9: ...ion as [[cooks]] or [[prostitutes]]. Nightingale was particularly concerned with the appalling condit...
11: In [[December]] [[1844]], in response to a pauper's death in a [[workhou...
13: ...r of [[Nun|Catholic sisters]] in [[Germany]], and was greatly impressed by the quality of medical care... - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
2: '''Ching Shih''' [[1775]]-[[1844]] first became known as a [[China|Chinese]] [[pro...
6: ...nd was caught, one of his ears was cut off and he was shown off through the squadron as an example.
8: ...tion, while Ching Shih died at the age of 60 in [[1844]], running a [[brothel]] and gambling house in [[... - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
3: ...ember 26]],[[1827]] – [[July 16]],[[1915]]) was co-founder of [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Sev...
5: ...lth]] (she also advocated [[vegetarianism]]). She was a [[leader]] who emphasized [[education]] and [[...
17: ... fully recovered from. In her weakened state, she was unable to return to school, and never completed ...
19: ...ctures, she felt that she was a guilty sinner and was filled with terror about being eternally lost. S...
23: ...er experiencing the [[Great Disappointment]] of [[1844]] that Ellen started having her first visions. At... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
2: ...burn, New York]]), also known as ''Black Moses'', was an [[African-American]] [[freedom fighter]]. An ...
5: ... took the name Harriet after her mother. Around [[1844]] she married John Tubman, a free man. She endur...
9: ...n slavery up to the free states, during the Civil War.
13: The reason for her success in her adventures was partly due to her cunning, daring and ruthlessne...
15: ...train station, she found that slave-catchers were watching the trains heading north in hopes of captur... - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
2: ...er 22]], [[1844]] – [[March 26]], [[1923]]) was a [[France|French]] stage actress.
4: ...idered scandalous to a roughly equal degree. She was sponsored into the ''Conservatoire de Musique et...
6: ...on the stages of [[Europe]] in the [[1870s]], and was soon in demand all over Europe and in the [[Unit...
8: ...l as modelling for [[Antonio de La Gandara]]. She was also to publish a series of books and plays thro...
10: ...y endured until Damala's death in 1889 at age 34, was quickly collapsed, largely due to the young acto... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...c figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free...
7: The United States was the first nation to create the office of [[Presi...
12: ...e United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have ...
14: ...] [[Elaine Chao]], born in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; [[United States Director of National Intellig...
16: ...endment XXII]] (which took effect in [[1951]] and was first applied to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] starti... - 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 ... - 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... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...10]], [[1792]] – [[December 31]], [[1864]]) was a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[P...
5: ...he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs.
7: ...f the United States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]] and served from [[March ...
9: Dallas was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni...
11: Dallas was the son of [[U.S. Treasury Secretary]] [[Alexand... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
20: ...er elected to the presidency in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig...
26: ...resentatives and was Comptroller of New York. It was thought that the obscure, self-made candidate fr...
29: ...[Mexico]] in the [[Mexican-American War]]. Taylor wanted the new states to be free states, while Fillm...
39: ... the extension of slavery, without any progress toward settling the major issues.
41: Clay, exhausted, left Washington to recuperate, throwing leadership upon S... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...urned down several important positions. Later, he was nominated for president as a "[[dark horse]]" ca...
20: ...nfederacy]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: ...cope with a changing America. In addition, Pierce was hounded by guilt, temptation, and just plain bad...
25: ...wo-time [[governor of New Hampshire]]. His mother was Anna Kendrick. Pierce had six older and two you...
27: ... whom he formed a lasting friendship, and [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]. He also met [[Calvin E. Stow... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
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36: ...ordering the [[Pacific Ocean]], [[California]], [[Washington]], [[Idaho]], and [[Nevada]]. Its norther...
45: ... [[United States 2000 Census|population in 2000]] was 3,421,399, a 20.4% increase over 1990; [[as of 2...
49: ...st permanent white settlement in Oregon. In the [[War of 1812]], the [[Britain|British]] gained contro... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
34: ...ntury BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
55: * [[Water clock]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
142: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]]
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