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- Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...han that of any other British monarch. As well as being [[Monarch|queen]] of the [[United Kingdom of G...
9: ...onarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Cob...
12: ...er of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] an...
14: ... her governess, during her early years. After she became three years old however, she was schooled in ...
16: ...rovision for a child monarch, Victoria would have been eligible to govern the realm as would an adult.... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...(born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austr...
4: ...Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy...
7: ..., had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of...
13: ... [[1762]], Maria-Antonia became the next child to be involved in her mother's political games.
15: ...la dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin. - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
1: ...born-[[19 November]] [[1835]]- died [[18 June]] [[1858]]), the queen of [[Jhansi]], a [[Maratha]]-ruled...
5: Lakshmi Bai was born on [[19 November]] [[1835]] at [[Kashi]] (Presently known as [[Va...
7: .... But Maharaja Gangadhar Rao expired on [[21 November]] [[1853]], when Lakshmi Bai was 18 years old.
17: ...itish left the fort, they were massacred by the rebels. Although the massacre probably occurred withou...
19: ... rajas of [[Datia]] and [[Orchha]]. In March of [[1858]], the British Army advanced on Jhansi, and laid ... - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
3: '''Emmeline Pankhurst''' ([[July 14]], [[1858]] - [[June 14]], [[1928]]) was one of the founder...
5: ...t by her daughters, [[Christabel Pankhurst|Christabel]] and [[Sylvia Pankhurst|Sylvia]], both of whom ...
7: ...ded in getting her imprisoned several times, but, because of her high profile, she did not endure the ... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...ge Eliot''' ([[22 November]] [[1819]] - [[22 December]] [[1880]]), was an [[England|English]] [[noveli...
5: ...riter of romances. An additional factor may have been a desire to shield her private life from public...
8: ... Christianity'', and it was at that time that she began to live with [[George Henry Lewes]] in an extr...
10: ... was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be divorced, and so he remained married to her in na...
15: ...nd, as I ended, in falling in love with her. Yes behold me in love with this great horse-faced bluest... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...lm University]], the third woman in [[Europe]] to become a professor.
3: ...aristocracy, a Hungarian king in particular; in [[1858]] he was permitted to change his surname to [[Mat...
5: ...ademy of Sciences]]) via [[Fyodor Fyodorovich Schubert]] (another Academician) and had more education ...
7: ...ting solid]]s, applying the then-new theory of [[Abelian function]]s (and thus "justifying" the enormo...
9: ...van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven)|''Pathetique'' Sonata]], to get his atten... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
1: [[Image:Florence Nightingale - Project Gutenberg 13103.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|A young '''Flor...
3: ...0]] – [[August 13]], [[1910]]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pi...
7: ...or a woman of her status, which was to become an obedient wife.
9: Inspired by what she understood to be a [[divine]] calling (first experienced in [[1837...
11: ...in the reform of the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care. - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
2: ...> - [[May 8]], [[1891]] [[London]], [[England]]), better known as '''Helena Blavatsky''' or '''Madame ...
5: ...s of Old Russia, and apparently encouraged her to believe she had supernatural powers at a very early ...
7: ...years. She returned to Russia for a short stay in 1858 to soon leave with [[Italians|Italian]] [[opera]]...
9: ... mediumship. Throughout her career she claimed to be able to perform physical and mental psychic feats...
13: ...May 25]], [[1878]]. On [[July 8]], [[1878]], she became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the [[United Sta... - Nile (13738 bytes)
12: ...ies far less water than the mighty Amazon, partly because it receives not a single tributary from its ...
14: ...am — the Ruvyironza — is taken as the beginning and followed to the Mediterranean, the Nil...
24: ...] River. The Kagera flows for 690 km (429 miles) before reaching Lake Victoria.
26: ...azal]], itself 720 km (445 miles) long, the river beomes known as the Bahr al Abyad, or the [[White Ni...
36: ... sea. From that point north, the Nile diminishes because of evaporation. - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
50: ...War]] and as a result, he is widely considered to be the worst president in [[U.S. History]]. In a sur...
53: ... defense of [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representativ...
55: ...ationship began at the time and have periodically been revived by historians, but there isn't any deci...
57: ...nation of William Wilkins. He served from [[December 6]], [[1834]]; was reelected in [[1837]] and [[1...
59: ...ary in the western U.S. No Secretary of State has become President since James Buchanan. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
8: [[Image:Lincoln.jpg|Abe Lincoln]]
42: ...called '''Abe Lincoln''' and nicknamed '''Honest Abe''', the '''Rail Splitter''', and the '''Great Ema...
44: ...idential election]] further polarized the nation. Before his [[inauguration]] in [[March]] of [[1861]]...
46: ...omatic handling of the border slave states at the beginning of the fighting, in his defeat of a congre...
48: ... social institutions. The most important may have been setting the precedent for greater centralizatio... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
46: ... [[1851]] and a member of the state Senate from [[1858]] to [[1860]]. He was elected as a [[United Stat...
48: ...red from public life and active business pursuits because of ill health, and died in Malone. He was i...
51: ...ican Party vice presidential nominees|candidate]]|before=[[Henry Wilson]]|after=[[Chester A. Arthur]]|...
52: ...box|title=[[Vice President of the United States]]|before=[[Henry Wilson]]|after=[[Chester A. Arthur]]|... - Flag of Minnesota (1701 bytes)
2: ...es are woven into a wreath of the state flower: [[1858]], the statehood year; [[1819]], the year [[Fort ...
4: ... motto. The years 1819 (settlement of Minnesota), 1858 (statehood) and 1893 (adoption of the first state... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[November 2]], [[1889]] |
38: ...[[Sioux]]) [[Native American|American Indian]] tribe.
39: ...] was admitted on the same day (see '''Trivia''', below).
54: ... of U.S. state insects|State insect]]:''' [[Honey bee]] - Apis Mellifera L.
65: *[[Aberdeen, South Dakota|Aberdeen]] - Oregon (26551 bytes)
8: Nickname = Beaver State |
40: ...ticle in ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'' described Oregon as a
41: ...dualism [that] is writing the preface to what may be the future for all [[United States|Americans]]: s...
43: ...later. [[Oregonian]]s are proud of their state's beautiful forests and streams, and place great impor...
49: ...ve American]] tribes, including the [[Bannock (tribe) | Bannock]], [[Chinook]], [[Klamath]], and [[Nez... - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[May 11]], [[1858]] |
36: ...tates]], having joined the Union on [[May 11]], [[1858]].
41: ...d has a number of [[natural resources]] that have been greatly exploited in the last two centuries.
49: ... in particular the [[Ojibwe]] (Chippewa, Anishinaabe) and [[Lakota#The_Dakota|Dakota]], although the [...
51: ...on Runestone]], which most historians consider to be an elaborate [[hoax]]. Some say that the earlies... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...may be invented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into ...
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
53: * [[Rubber]] in [[Mesoamerica]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
28: *[[Bernard Quaritch|Quaritch, Bernard]], (1819 - 1899), German-born, London-based ...
38: *[[Harry Quelch|Quelch, Harry]], (1858-1913), socialist politician and trade unionist
47: ...dolphe Quetelet|Quetelet, Adolphe]], (1796-1874), Belgian astronomer
55: *[[Ludwig Quidde|Quidde, Ludwig]], (1858-1941), historian and pacifist - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
13: ...le|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
79: *[[Robert Yerkes|Yerkes, Robert]] (1876-1956), psychologist
88: *[[Yi Sun-sin]], ([[1545]] - [[November 19]], [[1598]]), Korean admiral
176: *[[Robert Young (actor)|Young, Robert]], (1907-1998), American actor
177: *[[Robert Clark Young|Young, Robert Clark]], American novelist - Achilles Tatius (1791 bytes)
1: ...ater editions by [[Hirschig]], 1856; [[Hercher]], 1858. There are translations in many languages; in Eng...
3: ...10, 17'' (''ed.'' Kroll), he must have lived long before the author of ''Leucippe''. The fragment was ...
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