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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
140: ...p it to [[Albany, New York|Albany]], discovered [[Hudson Bay]]
141: *[[Alexander von Humboldt]], (1769-1859), German naturalist, explored...
142: *[[Hamilton Hume]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
192: *[[Hugh McNeil]], Lewis and Clark Party member
220: *[[Robert Peary|Robert Edwin Peary]], (1856-1920), notable [[Arctic]] explorer and leader of ... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
4: [[Image:Fremonts men marker.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of ...
7: ...e, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
22: ...ncoln]]| years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856]] (lost)}} - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
1: [[image:david_livingstone.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone]]
8: From [[1840]] he worked in [[Bechuanaland]] (now [[Botswana]]), but was unable to ma...
11: ...ngstone memorial at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone memorial at [[Victoria ...
12: In the period [[1852]]–[[1856|56]], he explored the interior, discovering [[Vic...
27: ...ed over a thousand miles by his loyal attendants Chuma and Susi, was returned to Britain for burial in... - Steel (28384 bytes)
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
10: [[Image:LightningVolt Iron Ore Pellets.jpg|thumb|left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets wi...
28: ...ca]]. Beginning around the year [[1000]], the [[Thule]] people of [[Greenland]] began making [[harpoo...
32: ...m Swedish Iron Age, found at Gotland, Sweden.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Iron axehead from Swedish Iron Age,...
60: ...ces required more draft than could be provided by human power, and forging the large blooms that resul... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
12: ...ward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...olphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
26: ...Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
29: *[[Arthur Adamov|Adamov, Arthur]], (1908-1997), dramatist, author
65: ...(1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
111: *[[Gustavus Adolphus|Adolphus, Gustavus]], (1594-1632), King of Sweden - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
1: ...ony - Age 28 - Project Gutenberg eText 15220.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Susan Brownell Anthony, aged 28]]
2: ...nell Anthony - Project Gutenberg eText 15220.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Susan Brownell Anthony]]
5: ...While in Rochester, she attended the [[Unitarian Church]].
7: ... temperance society in America, and becoming in [[1856]] the agent for New York state of the [[American ...
19: ... Anthony was also a friend of [[Josephine Brawley Hughes]], an advocate of women's rights and of [[alc... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
1: [[Image:clara_s.jpg|right|thumb|Clara Schumann]]
3: ...May 20]], [[1896]]), wife of composer [[Robert Schumann]], was one of the leading [[pianist]]s of the...
7: ...ozart, and Beethoven as well as those of Robert Schumann and Brahms.
9: ... first visited [[England]] the critics received Schumann's music with a chorus of disapprobation. She...
11: ...or the piano, and the authoritative editor of her husband's works for [[Breitkopf and H䲴el]]. - Dye (6033 bytes)
9: ...d by [[William Perkin|William Henry Perkin]] in [[1856]]. Many thousands of dyes have since been prepare... - Sarrusophone (1431 bytes)
1: ...trument]] invented by [[Pierre-Louis Gautrot]] in 1856 to compete with the [[saxophone]] as a replacemen... - Nile (13738 bytes)
18: [[Image:Nile_boat.jpg|thumbnail|left|East Africa, showing the course of the...
32: [[Image:Nile_trans.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Composite image|Composite]] satellite i...
40: [[Image:Lake_Nasser.jpg |left|thumb|The Great Bend of the Nile in Sudan, looking no...
48: ...imes had failed to determine the river's source, thus yielding classical Hellenistic and Roman represe...
50: Speke was part of a 1856-1858 expedition led by [[Richard Francis Burton]]... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: [[Image:Seal_us_presdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]...
21: ...lfilled this duty in emergencies. See [[Sarah T. Hughes]].
27: [[Image:George-Washington.jpg|200px|right|thumb|'''[[George Washington]]''', 1st President (178...
51: ...dependence|Declaration of Independence]] and was thus arguably the first president who was not born a ...
136: ...ublican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[Schuyler Colfax]] and [[Henry Wilson]]{{ref 5}} - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna ...
24: ... of [[James Otis]] in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the legality of [[Writs of Assistance]...
26: ...[Congregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
33: ...08]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and in [[1816]] he took up his residence i...
49: ...e appointment of [[Samuel Swartwout]] ([[1783]]-[[1856]]), who was later a defaulter to a large amount a...
65: ... and his nomination obviously failed to arouse enthusiasm or even inspire confidence. The revolt again... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
51: *Robert Fitzwalter Tyler ([[March 12]], [[1856]] - [[December 31]], [[1927]]).
62: [[Image:bigtyler.gif|thumb]]
71: ...he Navy|Secretary of the Navy]], and [[Abel P. Upshur]], the [[United States Secretary of State|Secret...
73: ...s]], which had formerly been part of [[Mexico]], thus extending the territory of slave-holding states ...
91: ...align="left"| ||align="left"|'''[[Abel P. Upshur]]'''||align="left"|1843–1844 - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
9: ..., and died there. He is interred in St. Peter's Churchyard. The city of [[Dallas, Texas]] and others...
18: ...ster to Russia]]|before=[[John R. Clay]]|after=[[Churchill C. Cambreleng]]|years=1837-1839}}
21: ... Buchanan]]|after=[[Charles Francis Adams]]|years=1856-1861}} - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
35: ...DSCN4470 buffalofillmorestatue e.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Statue of Fillmore outside City Hall in downtow...
37: ...ted [[Daniel Webster]] to be Secretary of State, thus proclaiming his alliance with the moderate Whigs...
62: ...can Party |Republican Party]]; but, instead, in [[1856]] accepted the nomination for President of the [[...
71: [[Image:millard_fillmore_stamp.JPG|thumb|right|Fillmore postage stamp]]
97: ...gn="left"|'''[[Samuel_Dickinson_Hubbard|Samuel D. Hubbard]]'''||align="left"|1852–1853 - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
20: ...minated at the [[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856 presidential election]], and was replaced by [[Ja...
29: ...Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], [[Massachusetts]], studying under Governor [[Levi Woodbury]]...
40: ...h;[[1843]]) at the age of four from [[epidemic typhus]]. Benjamin "Bennie" Pierce ([[1841]]–[[18...
43: [[Image:ElectoralCollege1852-Large.png|300px|thumb|right|The electoral map of the 1852 election.]]
49: ... him prevail over Scott, whose anti-slavery views hurt him in the South. Scott's advantage was a known... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
61: ...ster to the [[United Kingdom]] from [[1853]] to [[1856]], during which time he help to draft the [[Osten...
64: ...ited States in [[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1857]], to [[Mar...
76: ...e memories of the caning of [[Charles Sumner]] in 1856 by a Southern Democrat still burned.
142: * [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]
162: ...er=[[George M. Dallas]]| years=[[1853]] – [[1856]]}} - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
55: [[Image:Abe_Lincoln_young.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Young Abraham Lincoln]]
63: Abraham Lincoln shared a bed with [[Joshua Fry Speed]] from [[1837]] to [[1841]] in Springf...
65: ...the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]]. In [[1856]], both men joined the fledgling [[United States ...
87: ...xes on the railroad notwithstanding. In January [[1856]], the Illinois Supreme Court delivered its opini...
100: ...y Republicans to emphasize Lincoln's humility and humble origins, though in fact Lincoln was quite wea...
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