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- Periodic table (7298 bytes)
9: ...and Applied Chemistry]] (IUPAC). The IUPAC scheme was developed to replace both older Roman numeral sy...
59: The original table was created without a knowledge of the inner structu...
60: The first to recognize these regularities was the German chemist [[Johann Wolfgang D?einer]] w...
82: ...ements in the empty cells of his table. Mendeleev was later vindicated by the discovery of the electro... - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
47: | [[Hawaii]]
48: | [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
63: | [[Iowa]] - 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... - 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...
13: * [[1869]] - The first issue of the scientific journal ''[...
15: ...ajority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
61: ...[Richard Abegg|Abegg, Richard Wilhelm Heinrich]] (1869-1910), chemist
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
50: *[[Emilio Aguinaldo|Aguinaldo, Emilio]], (1869-1964), [[Philippines]] independence fighter - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
3: ...ry 15]], [[1820]] – [[March 13]], [[1906]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[civil rights]] l...
5: She was born in [[Adams, Massachusetts]], the daughter o...
7: ...de preceding the outbreak of the [[American Civil War]], she took a prominent part in the anti-[[slave...
9: ...speaker and writer. From [[1868]] to [[1870]] she was the proprietor of a weekly paper, ''[[The Revolu...
13: ...views of Susan B. Anthony. Many early feminists, aware of how the procedure endangered women's health ... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ... works, before taking part in the [[Spanish Civil War]] in [[1936]] as the English language representa...
6: ...rset maker. It was in that workplace that Goldman was introduced to revolutionary ideas; she obtained ...
13: ... Berkman (or Sasha as she fondly referred to him) was jailed for fourteen years.
18: ...archist communists like [[Peter Kropotkin]].) She was charged with "inciting a riot" by the criminal c...
21: ...ourse of study in anarchist ideas. Leon Czolgosz was found guilty of murder and executed. - 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 ... - 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... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
2: ...burn, New York]]), also known as ''Black Moses'', was an [[African-American]] [[freedom fighter]]. An ...
5: ...records of her birth. Harriet herself claimed she was born around 1825. Born Araminta Ross, she later ...
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... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
6: ...daa" meaning "subduer of the enemies". This title was given to the city as many armies were destroyed ...
11: ...0617.jpg|thumb|left|200px|This Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focused ov...
18: Extensive water systems have also allowed the city to expand e...
20: ...ies were Cairo's ancient predecessors, when Cairo was still in this approximate geographical location.
26: ...], which was the capital of [[Ancient Egypt]] and was founded in around [[3100 BC]] by [[Menes]] of [[... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
33: ...'''[[Area]]'''<br /> - Total <br /> - % water
69: ...he world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom was founded circa [[3200 BC]] by King [[Menes]], and...
71: It was the Muslim [[Arabs]] who introduced [[Islam]] an...
73: ...llowing the completion of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[1869]], Egypt became an important world transportation...
75: ...med Fouad II. Finally the '''Egyptian Republic''' was declared on [[18 June]] [[1953]] with Gen. [[Moh... - 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... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
12: | date of death=[[October 8]], [[1869]]
18: ...urned down several important positions. Later, he was nominated for president as a "[[dark horse]]" ca...
20: ... 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... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
11: | [[April 15]], [[1865]] - [[March 4]], [[1869]]
40: ...President of the United States]] ([[1865]]–[[1869]]), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassi...
42: ...]; he was the first President to be impeached. He was subsequently acquitted by a single vote in the [...
45: ...ge of 13 he was apprenticed to a tailor, but ran away to Greeneville, Tennessee in [[1826]], where he ...
48: ...arch 4]], [[1843]] to [[March 3]], [[1853]]). He was chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
6: ...><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1869]] – [[March 3]], [[1877]]</td></tr>
17: ;[[Schuyler Colfax]] ([[1869]]–[[1873]])
22: ...l]] in the [[American Civil War]] and the 18th ([[1869]]–[[1877]]) [[President of the United State...
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... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: ...ch 23]], [[1823]]–[[January 13]], [[1885]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives|Repre...
4: ...ith his parents to [[New Carlisle, Indiana]]. He was appointed deputy auditor of [[St. Joseph County,...
6: ...f the House of Representatives]] in [[1863]]. He was not a candidate for renomination in [[1868]], ha...
8: ... 4, 1869, served until March 3, [[1873]]. Colfax was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in [[...
10: He was a lecturer after leaving public office, and died...
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