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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...idate of a major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georg...
4: ...marker for site where two of Frémont's men were lost in Colorado]]
5: ...ed portions of the [[Des Moines River]], and from 1841 to [[1846]] he led exploration parties on the [[O...
7: ...e United States|presidential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[...
9: ...ia]]), but lost several battles and resigned his post. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...es Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
55: ...ge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer
57: ...ther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer
87: *[[Joseph Addison|Addison, Joseph]], (1672-1719), English poet - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
14: ...oming King George IV. Though she occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taug...
20: ...was not clear what his surname was, because like most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, h...
29: ...hat he could not govern under the restrictions imposed by the Queen, and consequently resigned his com...
33: ... on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stamp.]]
39: ...ued to secretly correspond with Lord Melbourne, whose influence, however, faded away as that of Prince... - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
8: ...[[women's rights]] movement. Perhaps one of her most famous speeches was "[[Ain't I a Woman?]]," a sh...
10: In [[1841]], she enjoyed the junko [[Northampton, Msassachu... - Jennie Kidd Trout (1706 bytes)
1: '''Jennie Kidd Trout''' ([[April 21]], [[1841]] – [[1921]]) was the first woman in Canada...
3: ...nlock''' in Wooden Mills, [[Scotland]], Jennie (whose name is variously spelled '"Jenny'") moved with ...
9: ...io, and later moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], where she died in 1921... - Pansy (10101 bytes)
20: ...ular. By 1835, 400 varieties were available. By 1841 the pansy had become a favorite show plant.
22: ...arge part to the availability of affordable, low cost [[steel]]) the bold flowers familiar to modern g...
34: ...d afterwards die like [[Annual plant|annual]]s. Most gardeners buy biennials as packs of young plants...
42: ...the middle of season. The foliage will flag and lose color. Flowers will fade and shrivel prematurel...
44: The plant is probably a total loss unless tufted. - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...c painting is considered by many to be among the most important of the [[art]] forms.
8: ...chre]] and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples ...
34: ...rking characteristics of the paint, such as [[viscosity]], [[miscibility]], [[solubility]], drying tim...
72: *[[Postmodern art|Postmodernism]]
88: A proposed and yet-unrealised development in painting is [... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...ee world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
14: .... Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but none h...
21: ... majority, the President and Vice President are chosen by the [[United States House of Representatives...
25: ...(United States)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to ...
29: ...[[Franklin Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] have chosen to affirm rather than swear. The oath is tradit... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
22: ... admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
24: ...n merchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having a foreign-born wife, Adams wed...
28: ...o [[1817]]. During this time, Adams and his wife lost to illness an infant daughter, born in [[1811]].
30: .... He is sometimes called the "Lone Wolf" for his positions during this time, because he often did not ...
32: ...emained the only American president unanimously chosen by the [[U.S. Electoral College|electoral colle... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: ...td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
22: ... of non-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|En...
35: ... politics of New York and powerfully influenced those of the nation, and which did more than any other...
39: ..., then gradually abandoned the [[protectionist]] position.
43: ...rnal improvements and declined to support the proposal for a Panama Congress. As chairman of the judic... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
9: ... vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
29: ...won), [[U.S. presidential election, 1840|1840]] (lost)}}
30: ...ears=[[March 4]], [[1837]] – [[March 3]], [[1841]]}} - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
6: ...><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[April 4]], [[1841]] - [[March 4]], [[1845]]</td></tr>
21: ...resident of the United States]], and the tenth ([[1841]]-[[1845]]) [[President of the United States|Pres...
27: ...er" and "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" are among the most famous in American politics. He assumed the pres...
29: ...the death of President Harrison on [[April 4]], [[1841]], and took the [[President of the United States ...
54: ... or after him. His youngest child, Pearl, died almost exactly 100 years after the death of his eldest ... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...s so successful he turned down several important positions. Later, he was nominated for president as a...
20: ...ivil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: ...s and show her true affection. He was one of the most popular men in New Hampshire, polite and thought...
40: ... [[epidemic typhus]]. Benjamin "Bennie" Pierce ([[1841]]–[[1853]]) died in a tragic railway accide...
45: ...the nominee, a [[party platform]] was adopted, opposing any further "agitation" over the slavery issue... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
44: Lincoln staunchly opposed the expansion of [[slavery]] into federal terri...
48: ...ing the [[Homestead Act]] (1862). However, he is most famous for his role in ending [[slavery]] in the...
59: ...poor areas along and near the river to grow and prosper. <!--Vidal _United States_ c1993 p704 quoting ...
61: ...the state of Illinois, and became steadily more prosperous. Lincoln served four successive terms in th...
63: ... bed with [[Joshua Fry Speed]] from [[1837]] to [[1841]] in Springfield. A recent biography has suggeste... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
48: ...[1841]]. He was elected to the State Senate in [[1841]], and elected as a [[United States Democratic Pa...
86: ..."left"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[William Denni...
105: ...passage of [[civil rights]] laws and otherwise imposing the will of the United States Congress —...
111: ...at the then-current Secretaries would hold their posts throughout the term of the President who appoin...
120: ==Post-Presidency== - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
4: ...'' and changed its name in [[1845]] to the ''St. Joseph Valley Register'', the [[United States Whig Pa... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ... and [[1852]], and was owner and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]]. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
7: ...|Fishing Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
19: ...interpreted this as an omen that the city would prosper, particularly in grain. Other authors make the...
23: ...y one possible site, behind the screen of the Pharos island and removed from the silt thrown out by Ni...
29: ... number-theorist [[Euclid]]. From this division arose much of the later turbulence which began to mani...
34: ...is example was followed by [[Marc Antony]], for whose favor the city paid dear to [[Octavian]], who pl... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...People's Republic of China|China]] in the easternmost part of the country. It is among the poorest cou...
60: Afghanistan, often called the crossroads of [[Central Asia]], has had a very turbule...
64: ...nged to the Abdali tribe of the ethnic Afghans, whose name was changed to Durrani upon the accession o...
66: ...xecution), [[1933]] (assassination), [[1973]] (deposition), [[1978]] (execution), [[1979]] (execution)...
70: ... Soviet soldiers as a result of [[mujahideen]] opposition trained by the [[United States]], [[Pakistan...
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