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- History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...ages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...gust Ones and the Five Emperors#The Five Emperors|Five Emperors]] (三皇五帝). ...
22: ...tings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of the Shang ...
28: ...C)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power.
30: ...ang Di|First Emperor]] (Shi Huangdi), forming the first Chinese empire under the [[Qin Dynasty]]. This... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated perman...
5: ...wever, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decade...
9: ...[[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas b...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Native America...
27: ...[[1474]], Columbus joined a ship of the [[Spinola Financiers]], who were Genoese patrons of his father... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
25: ...n|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
38: ...ann Adam Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Adam]] (1780-1853) - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
12: ...ld I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Princ...
14: ...a was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language of both her mother and her governess,...
18: ...s sixteen years old. Prince Albert was Victoria's first cousin; his father was the brother of her moth...
27: ...ng unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonies. In [[Cana... - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
7: ...haraja Gangadhar Rao expired on [[21 November]] [[1853]], when Lakshmi Bai was 18 years old.
17: ...nter of the rebellion. A small group of British officials took refuge in [[Jhansi]]'s fort, and the Ra...
19: ...i, and laid siege to the city. After two weeks of fighting the British captured the city, but the Rani...
22: ...to [[British Raj]] under [[Revolt of 1857|India's First War of Independence]]. Its immediate effects i...
24: ...ia. When the [[Indian National Army]] created its first female unit, it was named after her. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
9: ...t to nursing, a career with a poor reputation and filled mostly by poorer women. Traditionally, the ro...
11: ...ading advocate for improved medical care in the infirmaries and immediately engaged the support of [[C...
19: ...ightingale's pioneering work in Crimea and in the field of nursing, and Nightingale became a key advis...
25: On [[August 12]], [[1853]], Nightingale took a post of superintendent at t...
27: ...ts began to filter back to Britain about the horrific conditions for the wounded. On [[October 21]], [... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: ...erformance partners. Schumann is credited with refining the tastes of audience through her presentati...
9: ... of her husband's works, but when in [[1856]] she first visited [[England]] the critics received Schum...
11: ... remembered, together with Joachim, as one of the first executants who really played like composers. ...
14: ...nds birthday, the three Romances were composed in 1853 and dedicated to Joseph Joachim who performed the... - Painting (4567 bytes)
34: ...st.]] Different types of paint are usually identified by the medium that the pigment is suspended or ...
48: *[[Spray paint]] ([[Graffiti]])
70: *[[Graffiti]]
80: *[[Figure painting]]
98: *[[Vincent Van Gogh|Vincent van Gogh]] ([[1853]]-[[1890]]) - Wagner tuba (1858 bytes)
4: ...is instrument after a brief visit to [[Paris]] in 1853, when he had dropped by the shop of [[Adolphe Sax...
6: ...D a ninth above middle C, and it sounds a perfect fifth lower than written.
8: ...Wagner used in the ''Ring''. This change is simplified by the horn and Wagner tuba using the same mout... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...d is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was ...
7: ...head of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nation...
11: == Requirements to hold office ==
14: ...mmigrants to American society. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because ...
16: ...wo four-year terms or a maximum of ten years in office should he have succeeded to the Presidency prev... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
6: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[April 4]], [[1841]] - [[March 4]]...
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler...
21: ... of Independence]], and the first to assume the office of President following the death of his predece...
25: ... aggressive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue.
29: ... (until the [[1967]] ratification of the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Millard Fillmore '''</font></caption>
4: ...lspan=2><div style="float:center">[[Image:Millard Fillmore.jpg|250px|]]</div></td></tr>
6: ...'''</td><td>[[July 9]], [[1850]] - [[March 4]], [[1853]]</td></tr>
13: ...nited States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Abigail Fillmore]] (wife) <br>
14: [[Mary Abigail Fillmore]] (daughter)</td></tr> - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1853]]
7: | preceded=[[Millard Fillmore]]
18: ...illiam R. King]] won in a landslide, beating [[Winfield Scott]] by a 50 to 44 percent margin in the po...
22: ...easy and good at the political game, charming and fine and handsome. And he was genuinely religious. A...
40: ...hus]]. Benjamin "Bennie" Pierce ([[1841]]–[[1853]]) died in a tragic railway accident at the age o... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
13: | '''Term of Office:'''
37: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
50: ...[[resident]] of [[Pennsylvania]] to hold that [[office]]. He has been criticized for failing to preve...
53: ...hairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomin...
57: ...c Party|Democrat]] to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Willia... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
12: | '''Term of office:'''
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
42: ...65]]) [[President of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican ...
46: ...f the border slave states at the beginning of the fighting, in his defeat of a congressional attempt t...
53: ...ky. In [[1830]], after economic and land-title difficulties in Indiana, the family settled on governme... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
10: | '''Term of Office:'''
27: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''
42: ...impeachment|impeach]] him in [[1868]]; he was the first President to be impeached. He was subsequently...
48: ...n of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses).
51: ...f Tennessee. He was Governor of Tennessee from [[1853]] to [[1857]], and was elected as a Democrat to t... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
7: ...d [[United States Democratic Party|Democrats]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Edwa... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
10: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]|
52: ...lver]]). The origin of this name goes back to the first voyages made by the [[Spain|Spanish]] conquero...
57: ...stablished, and the constitution promulgated in [[1853]].
59: ...rimarily [[United Kingdom|British]], came in such fields as railroads and ports. As in the [[United St...
63: ...ionized workers. In [[1947]], Peró® ˇnnounced the first 5-year plan based on the growth of industries ... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] Only [[...
37: ISOCode = US-AZ ([[FIPS state code|FIPS Code]] 04) |
50: Fish = [[Trout|Arizona Trout]] |
61: Fossil = [[Petrified wood]] |
62: StateRock = [[Petrified wood]] | - California (63989 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
32: ...Zone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylig...
44: ...tate symbols please verify your changes against official California Government Code sections 420-429.8...
55: ... = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
89: ...]]; see [[economy of California]]). The state's official nickname is "The Golden State" in reference t...
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