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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]] - 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: ... [[Governor]] of the [[Arizona Territory]] from [[1878]] to [[1881]]. He died of [[peritonitis]] in a [[...
13: ...t County, Idaho|Idaho]], [[Fremont County, Iowa|Iowa]] and [[Fremont County, Wyoming|Wyoming]]. Severa... - Steel (28384 bytes)
8: ...h as carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals with lower [[melting]] p...
11: ...rite phase, resulting in an excess of carbon. One way for carbon to leave the austenite is for [[cemen...
15: ...orms, then '''[[quenching]]''' the hot metal in [[water]] or [[oil]], cooling it so rapidly that the t...
26: Iron was in limited use long before it became possible to...
28: ...haeological sites more than 1000 miles (1600 km) away. When the [[United States|American]] polar expl... - 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
77: *[[William Aberhart|Aberhart, William]], (1878-1943), Canadian politician - 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... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
7: ...ver remarried after the death of her husband, but was reputed by her enemies to indulge in a love affa...
15: ...thumb|left|250px|''Wedding at the House of Ice'' (1878).]]
19: ...xecuted several months before Anna's death. Biren was sufficiently prudent not to meddle with foreign ...
24: ... natural and legitimate southern boundaries which was brought to fruition by [[Catherine the Great]]. ...
28: ...and nephew, [[Ivan VI]], should succeed her. This was an attempt to secure the line of her father, [[I... - 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 ... - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...bruary 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[United S...
3: [[image:Caraway_hattie.jpg|left|Hattie Caraway, first woman elected to US Senate]]
5: Hattie Caraway was born near [[Bakerville, Tennessee]] in [[Humphre...
7: Hattie Caraway married [[Thaddeus H. Caraway]] and moved with him to [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] ...
9: ... and served in that office until [[1921]] when he was elected to the [[United States Senate]] where he... - 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."
21: ... away from impressionism to a simpler, straightforward approach. By [[1886]], she no longer identified... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: ...ber 7]], [[1878]]–[[October 27]], [[1968]]) was an [[Austria]]n [[physics|physicist]] who studie...
4: Born in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], Lise Meitner was the third of eight children of a [[Jew]]ish fami...
10: ...y, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhattan Project...
12: ...had "left Germany with the bomb in my purse". She was honored as "Woman of the Year" by the National W... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ... [[1896]]), wife of composer [[Robert Schumann]], was one of the leading [[pianist]]s of the [[Romanti...
7: ...farther than the outskirts of [[Germany]], and it was thanks to her efforts that his compositions beca...
9: ...[[1888]] she appeared each year. In [[1878]] she was appointed teacher of the piano at the [[Hoch Con...
11: ...s considerably rarer than in the present day, she was herself the composer of a few songs and of some ...
14: ...y-six. It is suggested that negative attitudes toward women's ability to compose influenced this as w... - 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. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ... all of Europe, where they were primarily hung on walls or used on tables. Only with the opening of t...
3: ...peting'''. In this usage, the latter are wall-to-wall and are often woven in strips. In the real est...
8: [[Image:Swatches of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...'flatweave''' carpet is created by interlocking [[warp]] (vertical) and [[weft]] (horizontal) threads....
14: ...ngle. This supplementary weft is attached to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form ... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
33: Traditionally, Egypt was said to have been unified by Meni (Min or Menes ...
41: ...wer Egypt in 3100 BC. Before this period the land was settled with autonomous villages, called [[Nome ...
48: ...Late Period) are often black and very brittle. It was believed that these had been preserved by dippin...
50: ...'[[Egyptian soul|Ka]]'. Also not a very reverent way to treat your Pharaoh. The answer came from the...
52: ...ater behind which dried out in the sun. Once the water had evaporated it left behind a white crystall... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
18: ...e administration of [[James Garfield]]. Garfield was shot by [[Charles Guiteau]], a disgruntled offi...
20: ...rdrobe,and changed pants several times a day. He was called "Chet" by family and friends. Interestin...
27: ...ffice. The truth, however, was simply that Arthur was born near the Canadian border. His parents were ...
29: ...n North Pownal, Vt. in [[1851]]. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in [[1854]], and commenced p...
31: ... Collector of the [[port of New York]] [[1871]]-[[1878]]. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...o]]. The Canopic mouth of the [[Nile]] (now dry) was 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near th...
3: ...slamic rulers its status as the country's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by...
5: ... [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated in [[2001]]]]
19: ...ted). Alexander's chief architect for the project was [[Deinocrates of Rhodes]]. Ancient accounts are ...
21: ... beach which succeed in frightening the monsters away. - Romania (19812 bytes)
24: percent_water = 3% |
39: ...]]<br/>[[13 July]], [[1878]] ([[Treaty of Berlin, 1878|Treaty of Berlin]]) |
57: ...the Romanian name of the former principality of [[Wallachia]].
62: ...Romanians lived in three distinct principalities: Walachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania.
64: Wallachia and Moldavia came under the [[suzerainty]]... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
10: ...e|English]] (official), [[Chichewa language|Chichewa]] (official), others |
15: leader_names = [[Bingu wa Mutharika]] |
20: percent_water = 20.6% |
36: currency = [[Malawian kwacha|Kwacha]] (D) |
51: ...ontinued to the end of the [[19th century]]. In [[1878]], a number of traders, mostly from [[Glasgow]], ... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
17: WaterArea = 3,173 |
18: PCWater = 1.6 |
39: ...ion on [[November 2]], [[1889]]. [[North Dakota]] was admitted on the same day (see '''Trivia''', belo...
41: ... to the south by [[Nebraska]], to the east by [[Iowa]] and [[Minnesota]], and to the west by [[Wyoming...
43: [[USS South Dakota|USS ''South Dakota'']] was named in honor of this state.
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