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- 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...
186: *[[Fridtjof Nansen]], (1861-1930), [[arctic]] [[List of explorers|explorer]],...
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]].
7: ... of Cahuenga]] which ended the [[Mexican-American War]] in California. He served (from [[1850]] to [[1...
9: ...mmand in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a different post (in [[West Virg...
11: Frémont was appointed [[Governor]] of the [[Arizona Territor...
13: ...t County, Idaho|Idaho]], [[Fremont County, Iowa|Iowa]] and [[Fremont County, Wyoming|Wyoming]]. Severa... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...twerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
11: ...ton]] opens in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
12: * [[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate St...
15: ...ajority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]].
16: ... first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stoc... - Eleonora di Arborea (2091 bytes)
5: ...or Eleanora di Arboria ?) (c [[1350]] - [[1404]]) was a [[Sardinia|Sardinian]] ''giudicessa'' (ruler o...
7: ...re was a republican uprising in Arborea and Ugone was murdered. Eleanora defeated the rebels and becam...
9: ...ceeded by her younger son, Mariano V. An alliance was formed with [[Genoa]], and Arborea maintained it...
11: ...n Sardinia until [[Italy|Italian]] unification in 1861.
13: ...sed on this, the Eleanor Falcon (Falco eleonorae) was named after her. - 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 ... - 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...
6: ...he Fine Arts]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] (1861-1865). Tired of patronizing instructors and fello...
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." - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ... November]] [[1819]] - [[22 December]] [[1880]]), was an [[England|English]] [[novelist]]. She is one...
5: ...ir own names, but Eliot wanted to ensure that she was not seen as a writer of romances. An additional...
8: ...f Feuerbach's ''Essence of Christianity'', and it was at that time that she began to live with [[Georg...
10: ...ovelistic career. Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be ...
12: ...e of 61 in London of a [[kidney]] [[ailment]] and was [[interred]] in [[Highgate Cemetery]] (East), [[... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ...hristmas, the 24th)–[[April 12]], [[1912]]) was a pioneer American [[teacher]], [[nurse]], and ...
6: ...ere all at least 10 years her senior. Young Clara was home-educated and extremely bright. It is said t...
8: ...ing the "great, loathsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would become Clara's...
12: ...own, where her brother owned a factory. After she was invited to teach in a private school in [[Borden...
14: ... Patent and Trademark Office|Patent Office]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] where she learned the ins and out... - 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...
13: ...r of [[Nun|Catholic sisters]] in [[Germany]], and was greatly impressed by the quality of medical care...
19: ... and they became life-long close friends. Herbert was instrumental in facilitating Nightingale's pione... - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
1: ... Walker, ca 1870. She often wore mens clothes and was arrested for impersonating a man several times.]...
2: ...ibitionist]], [[Secret agent|spy]], [[prisoner of war]], [[Surgery|surgeon]] and the only woman to rec...
6: ...]], [[New York]], the daughter of Alvah and Vesta Walker, she believed the fashions of the day, which ...
8: ... as a young woman to earn enough money to pay her way through Syracuse Medical College where she gradu...
10: ...the [[Battle of Chickamauga]]. Finally, she was awarded a commission as a "Contract Acting Assistant ... - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...) ([[December 4]],[[1861]] - [[June 6]],[[1922]]) was an [[United States of America|American]] [[actor...
5: ... and her mother left for [[New York]] where Helen was offered a role in the [[chorus]] of [[Gilbert an...
7: ...ny Pastor, known as the father of [[vaudeville]], was responsible for some of the biggest stars in sho...
9: ...anfare in the [[newsmedia]]. For forty years, she was the companion of businessman [[Jim Brady|"Diamon...
11: For years, Russell was the foremost singer of operettas in the U.S. Amo... - 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... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
15: | wife=[[Martha Washington]]
19: ...ontinental Army]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) and later the first ...
21: ...tarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him to retain that power for life (as [[monar...
24: ... the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Bea... - 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... - 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: ...9]], when he was recalled at his own request. He was elected Vice President of the United States on t...
9: ... President [[Franklin Pierce]] from [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Philadelphia, and died the...
11: Dallas was the son of [[U.S. Treasury Secretary]] [[Alexand... - 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... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
14: | [[March 4]], [[1857]]–[[March 4]], [[1861]]
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 (... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
13: | [[March 4]], [[1861]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
38: *[[Hannibal Hamlin]] ([[1861]]-[[1865]])
42: ... and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President of the United State...
44: ...es. These events soon led to the [[American Civil War]]. - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
22: ...rmy | Union]] [[general]] in the [[American Civil War]] and the 18th ([[1869]]–[[1877]]) [[Presi...
24: ...and is credited with winning the war. Although he was a successful general, he is considered by histor...
26: ...s agree that Grant was not personally corrupt; it was his subordinates in the executive branch who wer...
30: ...io]], where Grant spent most of his time until he was 17.
32: ...rant, and although Grant protested the change, it was difficult to resist the [[bureaucracy]]. Upon gr...
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