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- Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
3: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1860]] to [[1899]]'''.
5: === [[1860s]] ===
6: ====1860–1865====
7: ...as-1970-1860.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1860]]
8: *[[1860]] - [[Pony Express]] begins
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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
13: | [[1923]] — [[1931]]
17: | [[1899]] — [[1900]]
21: | [[1895]] — [[1915]]
25: | [[1860]] through [[1874]]
29: | [[1886]] — [[1907]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region i... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
3: ==Ada==
4: === Adac - Adal ===
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and ...
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
5: ...vate life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Henry ...
8: Mary Ann Evans was the daughter of an estate agent in [[Warwickshire]], bor...
10: ...career. Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be divorced, ...
21: ...[Middlemarch]]''. By the time of ''[[Daniel Deronda]]'', Eliot's sales were falling off, and she fade...
27: * ''[[Adam Bede]]'' (1859) - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
5: ...edicine, an unheard-of thing for a woman in those days, regarded by some as almost indecent. Having o...
7: In 1866 she was appointed general medical attendant to St Mary's Dispensary, a London institution s...
9: ... medical degree of London University (the present-day [[University College London]]), which was opened... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
11: ...nfirmary]] in [[London]] that became a public scandal, Nightingale became the leading advocate for imp...
19: ...46]]), a position he would hold again ([[1852]] – [[1854]]) during the [[Crimean War]]. Herbert ...
23: ...ctivity, and the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] foundations of the hospital. While at Kaiserwerth, Flore...
31: ...arly in November [[1854]]. In [[Scutari]] (modern-day [[ܳk? in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]) Nightingale ... - Beehive (beekeeping) (7741 bytes)
5: ...ally destroyed the hives, though there were some adaptations with extra top baskets which could be rem...
27: ...h, Langstroth, Modified Commercial and Modified Dadant, top-bar or Kenya-type hives, plus regional var...
31: ...nted his design in 1860 and it has become the standard style hive for 75% of the world's beekeeping.
35: Langstroth hives make use of standardized sizes of hive bodies and frames to ensure t...
38: ... or plastic and which have a wax or plastic [[foundation]] on which the bees draw out the comb. - Nile (13738 bytes)
2: ...[Africa]]|the [[Mediterranean]]||[[Uganda]] - [[Sudan]] - [[Egypt]]}}
8: ...from the word ''Neilos'' (Νειλος), a Greek name for the Nile. A...
12: ...m its halfway mark at the [[Atbara River]] in [[Sudan]] all the way to the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
14: If the remote headstream — the Ruvyironza — is taken as the beginning and followed to the ...
24: [[Lake Victoria]], which lies between [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] is considered to be... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
7: ...nt]], the head of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world...
14: ...r Granholm]], born in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are pr...
21: ...ce]], any federal judge can administer the oath — and even judges of [[federal district court]]s...
23: On Inauguration Day, following the oath of office, the President cus... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: ...Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[December 5]], [[1782]]</t...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 24]], [[1862]]</td>...
15: <br>(daughter-in-law, widowed)</td></tr>
22: ...''Martin Van Buren''' ([[December 5]], [[1782]] – [[July 24]], [[1862]]), nicknamed '''Old Kinde... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[March 29]], [[1790]]</td>...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[January 18]], [[1862]]</...
14: [[Priscilla Cooper Tyler]] (daughter-in-law)<br>
44: ... [[1842]]. John spent two years as a widower. His daughter-in-law [[Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper]] serve...
46: *David Gardiner Tyler ([[July 12]], [[1846]] - [[Sept... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
14: | [[March 4]], [[1857]]–[[March 4]], [[1861]]
22: | '''Date of Birth'''
28: | '''Date of Death:'''
50: '''James Buchanan''' ([[April 23]], [[1791]] – [[June 1]], [[1868]]) was the [[15]]th ([[1857...
53: ...ciary (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in [[1830]]. Buchanan served ... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
13: | [[March 4]], [[1861]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]
19: | '''Date of birth:''' || [[February 12]], [[1809]]
24: | '''Date of death:''' || [[April 15]], [[1865]]
42: ... '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President of the United States]], a...
44: ... U.S. forts and other properties within their boundaries. These events soon led to the [[American Civi... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
21: ! Date of Birth
24: ! Date of Death:
44: ...'William Almon Wheeler''' ([[June 30]], [[1819]]–[[June 4]], [[1887]]) was a [[United States Hou...
46: ...d a member of the state Senate from [[1858]] to [[1860]]. He was elected as a [[United States Republica...
48: ...been nominated in [[1876]] as the Republican candidate for Vice President. He was elected on the Repu... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
9: [[March 4]], [[1885]] – [[March 3]], [[1889]]<br>
10: [[March 4]], [[1893]] – [[March 3]], [[1897]]</td></tr>
17: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[March 18]], [[1837]]</td>...
19: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[June 24]], [[1908]]</td>...
26: [[Adlai E. Stevenson]] ([[1893]]–[[1897]])</td></tr></table> - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
6: ...[Red Sea]]; it borders [[Libya]] to the west, [[Sudan]] to the south, and the [[Gaza Strip]], [[Palest...
28: ... BCE]] - [[Great Sphinx of Giza|Sphinx]], still today the world's largest single-stone [[statue]]
35: ...400 BCE]] - [[Egyptian calendar|Astronomical Calendar]], used even in the [[Middle Ages]] for its [[ma...
36: * [[1900 BC|1860 BCE]] - possible [[Suez Canal|Nile-Red Sea Canal]...
48: ** Unknown date - [[Rollin Papyrus]] - Mummy (16225 bytes)
8: ...preserved mummies formed under natural conditions date from the [[Inca]] period in [[Peru]].
18: The earliest known 'mummified' individual dates back to approximately [[34th century BC|3300 B...
27: A typical mummification took 70 days in which craftsmen raced to finish the tomb.
63: ...uage]] remained in use in the Tarim Basin (Modern day [[Xinjiang]] in [[China]]) until the [[8th centu...
65: ...ied body when they opened a coffin in a graveyard dating back 1,900 years, according to Xinhua news ag... - California (63989 bytes)
16: TradAbbreviation = Calif. |
19: LandArea = 404,298 |
31: AdmittanceDate = [[September 9]], [[1850]] |
32: ...Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylight saving time|-7]] |
63: ... = [[West Coast Swing]]; folk - [[Square dance]] | - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
17: LandArea = 126,256 |
25: AdmittanceDate = [[November 21]], [[1789]] |
26: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
42: ...to be born stateside, was born in North Carolina. Dare County is named for her. The demise of one, the...
44: ...the Carolina territory, which encompassed present-day [[South Carolina]] and [[Tennessee]] as well. In... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
16: LandArea = 12,559 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 9]], [[1788]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
43: ...tion, the "[[Fundamental Orders of Connecticut|Fundamental Orders]]", was adopted on [[January 14]], [...
52: ...n Hartford and New Haven, which stems back to the days when the two cities shared the state's capital,...
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