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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]] - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
13: ...e Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "R...
15: ...st invaders - neighbor [[Niter, for instance, was founded by a native chief for supporting defense...
17: ... westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio.
21: ...y European capital outside of Europe. Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommo... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
15: *[[Ivar Aasen|Aasen, Ivar]], (1813-1896), linguist - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
47: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm]], (1896-1962), mathematician
49: *[[Edward Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Edward]] (1810-1887) - 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 of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...SH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...d the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events...
9: ... Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide ...
11: ...he Duchess of Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid the...
13: ... her aunt every week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from ... - 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... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...est-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''.
5: Hurston was born in [[Notasulga, Alabama]] and grew up in [[...
11: ... hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash yo' tub uh 'gator guts and dat quick."
13: ...was making a caricature of Black culture and thus was not deserving of respect. Recently, however, cr...
15: ...as aligned with Wright's writings, Hurston's work was ignored because it simply didn't fit in with thi... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
2: ...ber 23]], [[1865]] – [[April 7]], [[1938]]) was a French [[painter]].
14: ... their strong composition and vibrant colors. She was, however, best known for her candid female nudes...
20: In [[1894]] she was the first woman admitted to the [[Soci鴩 Nation...
26: Her marriage to stockbroker Paul Mousis in [[1896]] failed, when in [[1909]] the then 44-year old V...
28: Suzanne Valadon died on [[April 7]], [[1938]] and was interred in the [[Cimeti貥 de Saint-Ouen]] in P... - 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... - 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... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
1: ...[[1938]] in [[New York City]], [[United States]], was an actress, singer and major star of [[vaudevill...
4: ... '''Ada May Campbell''', her father died when she was 13 years old and her stage-minded mother, in nee...
6: ...band of eight years, Frederick W. Keller, passed away unexpectedly.
8: ...the [[Kinetoscope]] production, [[The Kiss (film, 1896)|The Kiss]], became the first screen kiss in cine...
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... - 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... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
4: ...on tales]]. The [[Han Chinese]] thought the Earth was created and destroyed in cycles of over 23 milli...
6: ...e future beyond the end of humankind. One who did was [[Aristotle]], who thought the Earth and [[unive...
9: ..., regarded as the founder of [[Russia]]n science, was one of the first to undertake this exercise, sug...
11: ... cooling. This led him to estimate that the Earth was about 75,000 years old.
13: ... simply assumed that the Earth always had been, always would be. However, there were many naturalists ... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...-Ethiopian Agreement]] in December 1944. Ethiopia was historically called Abyssinia.
33: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total <br> - % water
49: ...edefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia]] (March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia)
59: ...a as one of the four great powers of his time. It was at this time that [[Frumentius]] introduced [[Ch...
61: ...e line of rulers descended from the Axumite kings was broken several times: first by [[Gudit|Queen Jud... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
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53: ...e east coast. From about [[1774]] to [[1824]], it was a favorite haunt for [[pirate]]s, including [[Un...
55: ...or several decades, during which the Merina court was converted to [[Presbyterianism]], [[Congregation...
57: ... in [[1895]]-[[1896|96]], and the Merina monarchy was abolished.
59: ...ance]], [[Morocco]], and [[Syria]] during [[World War II]]. After France fell to the [[Germany|Germans... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ... bordered by [[South Africa]] to the south, [[Botswana]] to the west, [[Zambia]] to the north and [[Mo...
24: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total<br> - % water || [[List of countries by area|Ranked 59th]]<b...
28: ...clared<br/> - Recognised|| [[Rhodesian Civil War]]<br>''(as Rhodesia)'' [[November 11|Nov. 11]], ...
48: ...by the [[Ndebele]], led by king [[Mzilikazi]] who was fleeing [[Shaka]] and his [[Zulu]] during the [[...
52: ...lonialist encroachment on their native lands in [[1896]]-[[1897]]. - Flag of New Jersey (1068 bytes)
2: ...en, on [[February 28]], [[1780]], the Continental War Officers in Philadelphia directed that all regim...
5: ... of the New Jersey General Assembly for March 11, 1896] - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
17: WaterArea = 1,809 |
18: PCWater = 12.6 |
36: ...the wealthiest states in the country. Connecticut was one of the [[13 colonies|thirteen colonies]] tha...
38: [[USS Connecticut|USS ''Connecticut'']] was named in honor of this state.
43: ...urrent constitution]], the third for Connecticut, was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviatio...
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