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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...dair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
37: ...ms, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
40: *[[Charles Francis Adams, Sr.|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1807-1886), grandson of John Adams, son o...
41: *[[Charles Francis Adams, Jr.|Adams, Charles Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War ...
42: *[[Charles Francis Adams (1866)|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more...
12: ... Duke of York were already married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an ...
14: ...anguage|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Da...
20: ... own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported t...
23: [[Image:queen_victoria.jpg|framed|left|A young Victoria is depicted at her coro... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: '''Constance Georgine Markiewicz''' ([[1868]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] poli...
4: ...ere close friends of the poet [[W. B. Yeats]] who frequently visited the house, and were influenced by...
6: ...ame involved in radical politics through the [[suffragette]] movement and in the Irish nationalist mov...
10: ... policy, she declined to take her seat on release from prison in 1919. Instead she joined her colleag...
12: ...ird Ministry]] of the Dᩬ. Holding cabinet rank from April to August 1919, she became the first Iris... - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
7: ...r father ran for his and neighbors' children, and from the age of 17 to 32 she herself taught in vario...
9: ...sexes, and as a public speaker and writer. From [[1868]] to [[1870]] she was the proprietor of a weekly ...
15: ... [[National Woman's Suffrage Association]] (NWSA) from the date of its organization in [[1869]] until ...
19: ...te of women's rights and of [[alcohol]] abolition from [[Arizona]]. She died at Rochester, New York, ...
28: .... Anthony] (Volume 1 of 2), by Ida Husted Harper, from [[Project Gutenberg]] - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
5: ...may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attendi...
12: ...mooned in [[Venice]] and, allegedly, Cross jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand Canal on the...
14: Friend and author [[Henry James]] once wrote of her:
21: ...'', Eliot's sales were falling off, and she faded from public view to some degree.
34: * ''[[The Spanish Gypsy]]'' (1868) - Apple (20408 bytes)
16: ...]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of the species ''M. domesti...
27: ...ples, picked in late autumn and stored just above freezing have been an important food in [[Asia]] and...
32: ... allow [[pesticide]]s to penetrate the top of the fruit), and popular flavor.
34: ...around the world to preserve such local heirlooms from extinction.
39: ...e]]s are typically too tart and astringent to eat fresh, but they give the beverage a rich flavor that... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
8: The name shakuhachi means "1.8 foot", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japane...
14: ... of a shakuhachi. Other shakuhachi vary in length from about 1.3 shaku up to 3.3 shaku. (The longer th...
18: ... players can produce virtually any note they wish from the instrument, and play a wide repertoire of o...
22: ...The shakuhachi proper, however, is quite distinct from its continental ancestors, the result of centur...
26: ...re over their heads, a symbol of their detachment from the world.) - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...t was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, m...
14: ...ciety. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because they were not born U.S. ...
25: ... concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising drive...
29: ...titution of the United States." Only presidents [[Franklin Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] have chosen...
38: ... the office due to death, resignation, or removal from office (by [[impeachment]] and conviction). Th... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
17: | [[Franklin Pierce]]
29: | [[June 1]], [[1868]]
50: ...criticized for failing to prevent the [[country]] from [[sliding]] into [[schism]] and the [[American ...
53: ...uri]]. Buchanan served as Minister to [[Russia]] from [[1832]] to [[1834]].
55: ...nan then vowed to never marry. Buchanan was close friends with senator [[William Rufus King]], and for... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
42: ...presentatives to [[impeachment|impeach]] him in [[1868]]; he was the first President to be impeached. He...
48: ...as a member of the State House of Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. ...
51: ...a|the Confederacy]], Johnson was the only Senator from the seceded states to continue participation in...
78: ...="left"|'''[[John M. Schofield]]'''||align="left"|1868–1869
82: ...''[[Henry Stanberry]]'''||align="left"|1866–1868 - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
32: ...ging that the "S" stood for Simpson. He graduated from West Point in [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class...
34: ...[August 22]], [[1848]]. They had four children: [[Frederick Dent Grant]], Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr....
39: ...pultepec]]. On [[July 31]], [[1854]], he resigned from the army. Seven years of civilian life followed...
48: ... attack until the enemy surrendered or was driven from the field. Such tactics often resulted in heavy...
50: ...in which the destruction of an enemy's economic infrastructure that supplied its armies was as importa... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: ... States House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[Indiana]] and the 17th [[Vice President of th...
4: ...erest in the ''[[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]] Free Press'' and changed its name in [[1845]] to the...
6: ...]]. He was not a candidate for renomination in [[1868]], having become the Republican nominee for Vice ...
8: In [[1868]] he was elected Vice President of the United Sta...
14: ...lson]] | years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1868|1868]] (won)}} - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
44: ... States House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[New York]] and the nineteenth [[Vice Presiden...
46: ...tate constitutional conventions in [[1867]] and [[1868]], and was elected to the Forty-first and to the ...
48: ...77]] and served until March [[1881]]. He retired from public life and active business pursuits becaus... - Australia (39438 bytes)
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1...
44: ...notes=<sup>1</sup>There are some minor variations from these three timezones, see [[Australian States ...
50: ...island]], [[Boigu Island]], is about 5 kilometres from Papua New Guinea. This has led to a complicated...
54: The name Australia derives from the [[Latin]] ''australis'', meaning ''southern...
55: ...w of [[Port Jackson]], taken from the South Head, from ''A Voyage to Terra Australis''. [[Sydney]] was... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ...e colony's struggle for independence started in [[1868]] and continued during the [[19th century]] until...
10: ...ng other things, [[healthcare]] and [[education]] freely available were expanded to cover all Cubans.A...
14: ... to the U.S., mostly aboard vessels that departed from the U.S. Eventually the U.S. stopped the flow ...
16: ...eople, our country could not have survived the confrontation with imperialism".
18: ...espite being denied access to [[development aid]] from the [[IMF]] and [[World Bank]] because Cuba is ... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
1: ...the continental [[European Union]], bordered by [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[Belgium]].<br>
15: ...'''[[Official languages]]''' || [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Luxembourgis...
48: ...sup>1</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[Franc|Luxembourg franc]].</small>
53: ...]], [[Habsburg]]s, [[Hohenzollern]]s and [[France|French]]. Even after the [[Treaty of Paris (1815)|de...
62: ...chy]] by inheritance. Under the constitution of [[1868]], executive power is exercised by the Grand Duke... - Flag of Florida (1749 bytes)
6: ... bars, in width one-fifth the hoist, shall extend from each corner towards the center, to the outer ri...
8: ...e red saltire. [[Governor of Florida|Governor]] [[Francis P. Fleming]], a segregationist and [[Confede... - Alabama (10792 bytes)
59: ...the province of Carolina. Nevertheless, when the French took over [[Louisiana]] they also took over t...
61: ...and Alabama was readmitted to the Union in June [[1868]].
71: ...ico]]. Alabama generally ranges in [[elevation]] from [[sea level]] at [[Mobile Bay]], to a little mo...
88: -26.9% [[African American|Black]]
107: -26.0% [[African American]]
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