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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
25: | [[1860]] through [[1874]]
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
47: | [[Hawaii]]
48: | [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]] - 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]]... - 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... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War - 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 ... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
2: ...tober 1]], [[1847]] - [[September 20]], [[1933]]) was a prominent [[Theosophy|Theosophist]], [[women's...
4: ...[[Fabian socialism]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.
9: ...cal Society over this in [[1906]]. In [[1908]] he was taken back into the fold through the agency of B...
11: ...nion more than former Theosophical leaders. This was a clear reversal of policy from Blavatsky and Ol...
13: ...Adyar|Theosophical Society in Adyar]], as the boy was proposed as the incarnate vessel for the Christ.... - 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."
16: She met [[Edgar Degas]] in [[1874]], and he invited her to exhibit with the [[impre... - 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), [[... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ...y 7]], [[1839]] – [[January 25]], [[1908]]) was the ''[[pen name]]'' of the [[England|English]] ...
3: ...r many years she lived in [[London]], but about [[1874]] she went to Italy, where she died.
8: * ''B颩e'' (1874) (also published with the title ''Two Little Wood...
25: * ''Pascarel'' (1874)
33: * ''Wanda'' (1883) - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...[[February 3]], [[1874]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet...
7: ...hree. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [[Ra...
13: ...nd Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael'...
17: When England declared war on Germany in [[World War I]], Stein and Toklas were visiting with [[Alfre...
19: ...reat artists and writers including [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[Thornton Wilder]], [[Sherwood Anderson]] an... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...Karl Weierstrass]] in [[Berlin]]. In [[1881]] she was appointed professor at [[Stockholm University]],...
3: ...y, a Hungarian king in particular; in [[1858]] he was permitted to change his surname to [[Matthias Co...
5: ...[Elizaveta Fyodorovna Schubert]] (1820-1879). She was granddaughter of [[Theodor Schubert]] aka [[Fyo...
7: ...s (and thus "justifying" the enormous effort that was put into the theory).
9: ...thetique'' Sonata]], to get his attention, but he was focused on the older sister Anna and he very pro... - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
3: ... June]] [[1836]] – [[17 December]] [[1917]]) was an [[England|English]] physician and [[feminism|...
5: ...on at the [[Middlesex Hospital]], [[London]], she was refused admission as a full student both there a...
7: ..., at the head of the poll for [[Marylebone]], and was also made one of the visiting physicians of the ...
9: ...ned to women in 1877. In 1897 Dr Garrett Anderson was elected president of the East Anglian branch of ...
11: ...n to the medical profession, of which Dr Anderson was the indefatigable pioneer in [[England]], extend... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ... '''Helena Blavatsky''' or '''Madame Blavatsky''' was the founder of [[Theosophy]].
5: ...t allowed her to mature into a nonconformist. She was cared for by servants who believed in the many s...
7: ... H.P. Blavatsky continued on to Cairo herself. It was in Cairo that she formed the Societe Spirite for...
9: ...cing physical objects out of nothing. Though she was apparently quite adept at these feats, her inter...
11: ..."Lamastery") where her work ''[[Isis Unveiled]]'' was created. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...nuary 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show...
4: ...es|Congressman]] [[William Brockman Bankhead]] ([[1874]]-[[1940]]) ([[United States Democratic Party|Dem...
8: ...oos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
10: ...with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West End]]'s -...
12: ...was unable to dominate the camera -- and that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lomba... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
1: ...[[1938]] in [[New York City]], [[United States]], was an actress, singer and major star of [[vaudevill...
4: ...ed in nearby [[Buffalo, New York]] in December of 1874. By the fall of 1877, their career had progressed...
6: ...band of eight years, Frederick W. Keller, passed away unexpectedly.
8: ... performance also featured a lingering kiss which was seen by [[Thomas Edison]] who hired Irwin and he...
12: ...rming personality, for more than thirty years she was one of America's most beloved performers. In 191... - 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... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
11: ...r><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[March 8]], [[1874]]</td></tr>
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. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
42: ...ail Splitter''', and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President o...
44: ...es. These events soon led to the [[American Civil War]].
46: ... toward a common goal. He personally directed the war effort, which ultimately led the Union forces to...
48: ... the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] as a pragmatic war measure which would set the stage for the comple... - 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... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
29: ...political domination between the [[American Civil War]] and the election of [[Woodrow Wilson]] in [[19...
31: Cleveland was a hard worker and was scrupulously honest at a time when many politici...
34: ...ed concentration upon whatever task faced him. He was elected sheriff of [[Erie County, New York]] in ...
36: ...s a Public Trust" as his trademark of office, and was later elected, [[Governor of New York]], where h...
39: ...cleveland_wedding.png|left|thumb|Grover Cleveland was the first and only President married in the Whit...
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