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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
    23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
    27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
    28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
    37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]...
  2. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
    40: *[[Lyman Abbott|Abbott, Lyman]], (1835-1922), American divine and author
    56: ...abbar|Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem]], (born 1947), US athlete
    91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the cente...
    103: ...ahams, Harold]], (1899-1978), track and field athlete
    104: *[[Joze Abram|Abram, Joze]], (1875-1938), poet
  3. List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
    11: ...ean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
    32: ...ermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
    51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist
    52: *[[Milton Acorn|Acorn, Milton]], (1923-1986), poet
    57: *[[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Acosta, Oscar Zeta]] (1935-1974)
  4. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government ministe...
    41: ...Francis Adams, Jr.|Adams, Charles Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and presid...
    42: ...les Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary
    60: *[[Leonie Adams|Adams, Leonie]], (born 1899), poet
    65: ...22-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
  5. List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
    2: __FORCETOC__
    4: *[[Pope Agapetus I|Agapetus I, Pope]], (pope 535-536)
    5: *[[Pope Agapetus II|Agapetus II, Pope]], (pope 946-955)
    6: *[[John Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
    7: ...jit Agarkar|Agarkar, Ajit]], (1977-), Indian cricketer
  6. List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
    9: *[[Olof Ũlstr?hlstr?Olof]] ([[1756]]-[[1835]]), composer
  7. Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
    1: '''Rani Lakshmi Bai''' (born-[[19 November]] [[1835]]- died [[18 June]] [[1858]]), the queen of [[Jh...
    5: ...after the young girl fell to her father. She completed her education and martial training, which inclu...
    12: ... leave the Jhansi fort. But Rani Lakshmi Bai was determined to defend Jhansi. She proclaimed her decis...
    19: ...itish assault, when she was hit by a spray of bullets while riding on the fortress ramparts. The Briti...
  8. Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
    6: Ada was the only legitimate child of the poet [[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Lord Byron...
    8: ...s De Morgan]]. An active member of [[London]] society, she was a member of the [[Bluestockings]] in he...
    11: ...velace|1st Earl of Lovelace]] whom she married in 1835. They had three children; Byron born [[12 May]] [...
    15: ... for amendment. The evidence and correspondence between Lovelace and Babbage indicate that he wrote a...
    23: ...ith mathematics, and there is some debate as to whether Lovelace understood deeply the concepts behind...
  9. Pansy (10101 bytes)
    2: ...urple, white, and yellow pansies]] | caption = 5-petaled pansies}}
    9: {{Taxobox genus entry | taxon = ''[[Violet (plant)|Viola]]''}}
    17: ...the cultivated Pansy, to the [[violet (plant)|violet]] genus ''[[Viola (plant)|Viola]]''. One or two ...
    20: ... varieties became very popular. By 1835, 400 varieties were available. By 1841 the pansy had become ...
    28: ...warm climes. They are often cultivated with [[sweet alyssum]] as they produce a pleasing colour combi...
  10. Carpet (15753 bytes)
    1: ...y by the Moors. The Crusades brought Turkish carpets to all of Europe, where they were primarily hung...
    3: ...ries a distinction is made between carpet (or carpeting) and rug. The former indicates a covering tha...
    5: [[Image:Carpet.png|350px|thumb|Contemporary Afghan Rug]]
    7: == Carpet types ==
    8: ...et 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
  11. James Madison (15187 bytes)
    18: ...ist of people known as the father or mother of something|Father of the]] [[United States Constitution]...
    21: ...[[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton University]] (it was called the ''College of Ne...
    35: ...Congress; in [[1801]] he became Jefferson's [[Secretary of State]].
    42: === Cabinet ===
    59: ...ign="left"|[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]||align="left"|'''[[Robert Smith (U....
  12. Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
    18: ...n era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil ...
    22: Born in a backwoods settlement in the [[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws ar...
    51: ...gle, Jackson succeeded in destroying the Bank by vetoing its [[1832]] recharter by Congress and withdr...
    55: ...the issue, which developed into a bitter rivalry between the two men. Particularly famous was an incid...
    57: ...overnment considered itself weak in dealing with determined opposition by an individual state.
  13. Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
    25: ...come to the [[New World]] in [[1631]] from the [[Netherlands]]. Martin's father was Abraham van Buren ...
    27: ...ity|New York]], where he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawy...
    33: ... Jackson|Jackson's]] [[United States Cabinet|cabinet]] in [[1829]].
    39: ...suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether consistent, though in this respect he is not t...
    43: ...rmation as [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] notwithstanding the "corrupt bargai...
  14. George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
    5: ...e United States]] from [[1816]] to [[1817]]. He returned to Philadelphia and was appointed deputy att...
    7: ...sident of the United States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]] and served fro...
    9: ...adelphia, and died there. He is interred in St. Peter's Churchyard. The city of [[Dallas, Texas]] an...
    11: Dallas was the son of [[U.S. Treasury Secretary]] [[Alexander J. Dallas]] and is the great-gre...
    17: ...ral of Pennsylvania]]|before=?|after=?|years=1833-1835}}
  15. Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
    29: ...e the South. In his own words: "God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we...
    37: ...re at once appointed [[Daniel Webster]] to be Secretary of State, thus proclaiming his alliance with t...
    39: ...xtension of slavery, without any progress toward settling the major issues.
    45: ...llmore's pressure from the White House to give impetus to the Compromise movement. Breaking up Clay's ...
    48: *Settle the Texas boundary and compensate her.
  16. Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
    42: ...2]], [[1809]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]), sometimes called '''Abe Lincoln''' and nicknamed '''Hon...
    46: ...of a congressional attempt to reorganize his cabinet in [[1862]], in his many speeches and writings wh...
    48: ...ar measure which would set the stage for the complete abolition of the institution.
    53: ...d land-title difficulties in Indiana, the family settled on government land along the [[Sangamon River...
    81: ...orship of the [[Oregon]] Territory. He declined, returning instead to [[Springfield, Illinois]] where,...
  17. Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
    23: | '''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee]]
    33: ...y|Democratic]]<br/>(elected on National Union ticket)
    42: ...ory policies towards the defeated rebels and his vetoes of [[civil rights]] bills embroiled him in a b...
    48: ...mber of the State House of Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. He was e...
    54: ...nt of the United States on the National Union ticket headed by Republican Abraham Lincoln in [[1864]] ...
  18. Finland (29511 bytes)
    9: ...enter width=130px| ([[Coat of Arms of Finland|In Detail]])
    38: | [[Eastern European Time|EET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)<br>[[Eas...
    42: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.fi]]
    51: ...ge, possibly even among the first [[Mesolithic]] settlers. The arrival of the [[Battle-Axe]] Culture (...
    59: ...ic]], the [[Kalevala]], in [[1835]]; and Finnish getting a legally equal status with Swedish in [[1892...
  19. Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
    8: | width="130px"| ([[Flag of Luxembourg|In Detail]])
    40: | [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1)<br>[[Cen...
    44: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.lu]]
    53: ...utonomy to Luxembourg, the country was disputed between [[Prussia]] and the [[Dutch kingdom]].
    55: Luxembourg declared independence in [[1835]]. It was however not until [[1867]] that Luxembo...
  20. Flag of Texas (2443 bytes)
    4: ...int faces upward, and of such a size that the diameter of a circle passing through the five points of ...
    24: ...penflgs.htm Flags of Texas Independence Movements 1835-1836]

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