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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
5: ...lly acknowledged that Frémont became the first European American to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He is also ...
7: ... first pair of [[United States Senate|Senator]]s from [[California]]. In [[1856]] the new Republican P...
9: ...[Abraham Lincoln]] and led to Frémont's removal from command in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]....
11: ...ointed [[Governor]] of the [[Arizona Territory]] from [[1878]] to [[1881]]. He died of [[peritonitis]]...
21: ... Senators from California|United States Senators from California]]|before=''(none)''|after=[[John B. W... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - 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: ...tranged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the...
14: ...oria's uncle, the Prince of Wales, inherited the Crown, becoming King George IV. Though she occupied a...
16: ...the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent ...
18: ...sons for marrying Victoria may have been, theirs proved to be an extremely happy marriage. - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ...[1797]]–[[1883]]) was the self-given name, from [[1843]], of an [[United States|American]] [[abo...
8: ...51]] at the Women's Convention in [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Ohio]].
10: ...he worked with a neighbor, [[Olive Gilbert]], to produce a biography in [[1850]], the ''Narrative of S...
13: ...o [[Washington, D.C.]], after the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] was issued to work with former slaves....
19: ...he [[NASA]] [[Mars Pathfinder]] mission's robotic rover was named "Sojourner" after Sojourner Truth. - Jennie Kidd Trout (1706 bytes)
1: '''Jennie Kidd Trout''' ([[April 21]], [[1841]] – [[1921]]) was the first woman in Canada...
3: ...ard Trout in [[1865]] and thereafter moved to [[Toronto]], where Edward ran a newspaper.
5: ...1]] and studied medicine at the [[University of Toronto]], later transferring to the [[Women's Medical...
7: ...ned the Therapeutic and Electrical Institute in Toronto, which specialized in treatments for women inv...
9: Due to poor health, Trout retired in 1882 to [[Palma Sola, Florida|Palma ... - Pansy (10101 bytes)
15: ''Viola × wittrockiana''
17: ...ybrids and are referred to as ''Viola × wittrockiana''. The name "pansy" also appears as part o...
20: ...ular. By 1835, 400 varieties were available. By 1841 the pansy had become a favorite show plant.
25: ...shrubs; acting as living mulch, they inhibit the growth of weeds.
28: ... often cultivated with [[sweet alyssum]] as they produce a pleasing colour combination and bloom at th... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ... term is used especially if this is his or her [[profession]]. Evidence indicates that humans have be...
4: ...f making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface.
8: ...ochre]] and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples...
34: ...ide variety of artists' paints available for the professional or ameteur artist.]] Different types of...
52: ...s associated with. This can stem from an actual group that the artist was consciously involved with o... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...a]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but non...
16: ...e served two full terms: [[Dwight Eisenhower]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Bill Clinton]]. Incumbent Pre...
19: ...e person receiving the greatest number of votes (provided that such a number was a majority of elector...
21: ...mendment XII]] in [[1804]] changed the electoral process by directing the electors to use separate bal...
25: ...ess is concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[James Monroe]]
22: ...]] at the [[University of Leiden]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in [[1787]], and was elec...
24: ...]], the daughter of an American merchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having ...
26: ...having been elected six months early after Adams broke with the Federalist Party.
28: ...14]], and Minister to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] from [[1815]] to [[1817]]. During this time, Adams an... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2>[[Image:Mar...
6: ...td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
25: ...[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
27: ...1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron Burr]]'s second in the duel with [[Alexander Ham...
29: ...e a member of the [[Court for the Correction of Errors]], the highest [[Court (judicial)|court]] in Ne... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...ntative]] and a [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Kentucky]] and the ninth [[Vice President of t...
5: ...s a member of the state House of Representatives from [[1804]]-[[1806]] and again in [[1819]]. He was...
7: ...hn J. Crittenden]], and was reelected and served from [[December 10]], [[1819]] to [[March 3]], [[1829...
9: ... vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
13: ...the House of Representatives, and, in the case of Robert Ward, a Senator as well. - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2><div style=...
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...
25: ...y by Jackson's aggressive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue.
29: ...the death of President Harrison on [[April 4]], [[1841]], and took the [[President of the United States ... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]]
18: ...14th [[President of the United States]], serving from [[1853]] to [[1857]]. Pierce was a [[United Stat...
20: ...[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: Kunhardt wrote in ''The American President'' what many histori...
25: ...ce had six older and two younger siblings, four brothers and three sisters. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
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31: | '''Profession:''' || [[Lawyer]]
42: ... of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican ...
44: ...rica]], and took control of U.S. forts and other properties within their boundaries. These events soon...
46: ...ng competing considerations and at getting rival groups to work together toward a common goal. He pers... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
6: | style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2 | [[image:A...
19: | '''Place of Birth:''' || [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
42: ...ebels and his vetoes of [[civil rights]] bills embroiled him in a bitter dispute with the Congressiona...
45: Johnson was born in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], to Jacob Johnson and Mary McDonough on [[D...
48: ...[1841]]. He was elected to the State Senate in [[1841]], and elected as a [[United States Democratic Pa... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: ...States House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[Indiana]] and the 17th [[Vice President of the...
4: ...ty auditor of [[St. Joseph County, Indiana]] in [[1841]]. He became a legislative correspondent for the...
13: ...=[[Galusha A. Grow]] | after=[[Theodore Medad Pomeroy]] | years=[[December 7]], [[1863]] – [[Mar... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
3: ...[[1875]]) was a [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]] and the eighteenth [[Vice Pres...
5: ...as owner and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]].
7: ...] in [[1859]], [[1865]] and [[1871]], and served from [[January 31]], [[1855]], to [[March 3]], [[1873...
9: ...t with President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1873]], until his death in the [[... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...opus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,000.
3: ... of antiquity. However, upon the founding of [[Cairo]] by Egypt's mediæval Islamic rulers its st...
13: ...ding of the city and ends with the arrival of the Romans (blue).
14: * The Roman era from [[80 BC]] until the arrival of the Arabs in [[64...
15: * The Arab city from [[641]] until [[1798]] when Napoleon arrived (ye... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
4: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
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36: | From [[United Kingdom|the British]]<br>[[1919]]
55: ...fghanistan. The remainder of the name originates from the [[Persian language|Persian]] word ''stā...
60: ...ntral Asia]], has had a very turbulent history. Through the ages, the region today known as ''Afghanis...
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